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Killer B's on DVD: Splatter Beach

September 10, 2007, 12:35 pm

After the last Polonia brothers movie I watched (the dreadful Splatter Farm which I reviewed here), I couldn't imagine wanting to see more of their work. Camp Motion Pictures will be inflicting...

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Killer B's on DVD: Robinson Crusoe on Mars

September 17, 2007, 8:09 am

This science fiction film from 1964 played frequently on television when I was a kid in the early 1970s. Favorite movies from childhood tend to disappoint when seen through adult eyes, but I'm happy to...

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Killer B's on DVD: Chosen Survivors/The Earth Dies Screaming

September 24, 2007, 5:02 am

The Midnight Movies DVD series has returned with a vengeance, with a dozen releases -- most of which are double features -- just now hitting stores. I'm frankly stoked to see some of these obscure...

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Killer B's On DVD: See Jane Run

November 7, 2007, 3:05 am

And, we're back. Killer B's on DVD has been on hiatus for the last month so I could concentrate on contributing to all the Halloween shenanigans here on Cinematical. If you're like me and it's always...

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Killer B's on DVD: American Punks

November 14, 2007, 10:02 am

Sometimes it seems like the term "B-movie" is synonymous with low budget horror. That's probably why I found this grade z crime thriller from 1997 so refreshing. No fake monsters or cheesy special...

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Killer B's on DVD: Deadwood Park

November 19, 2007, 10:02 am

While the last Cinema Epoch disk I discussed left me cold (check out my review of See Jane Run) this recent slice of indie horror leaves me filled with renewed enthusiasm for low budget independent...

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Killer B's on DVD: Bacterium

November 26, 2007, 12:02 pm

Although I never gave it much thought, Bacterium explains why the creatures in the 1958 classic The Blob and its 1988 remake weren't colored green: they would have resembled mucus. That's what the...

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Killer B's on DVD: A Feast of Flesh

December 3, 2007, 12:02 pm

This is probably the best vampire brothel movie since Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood. That's not saying much since, to the best of my knowledge, this recent release from Bloody Earth...

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Killer B's on DVD: Millenium Crisis

December 10, 2007, 11:02 am

Unlike most releases from Shock-O-Rama Cinema, the cast of Millennium Crisis actually has some familiar faces. Granted, the highest profile actor we have here is Ted Raimi (Sam's brother) along with...

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Killer B's on DVD: I Am Omega

December 17, 2007, 11:02 am

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Will Smith and the cast and crew of I Am Legend should be tickled pink about this. The blatant knock-off is a longstanding tradition of the B-movie...

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Killer B's on DVD: MST3K - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

December 27, 2007, 4:32 am

I usually review a recent release for Killer B's, but in light of the holiday season I decided to cast a critical eye at 1964's Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Be advised, however, that this is an...

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Killer B's on DVD: The Killer Snakes

January 1, 2008, 8:02 am

The Shaw Brothers was a legendary Hong Kong film studio known for its many forays into exploitation cinema. Given the large number of kung fu movies the studio put out, I was surprised to find The...

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Killer B's on DVD: Dark Chamber

January 7, 2008, 11:02 am

The reason I enjoy watching the micro-budget direct to DVD stuff, is that it offers the opportunity to discover something new and different. Granted, you have to sift through a lot of crap before...

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Killer B's on DVD: The Undertaker and His Pals

January 14, 2008, 11:02 am

The unapologetically named Cheezy Flicks has released a new version of The Undertaker and His Pals, a public domain horror comedy that has been available on various labels for years. This drive-in...

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Killer B's on DVD: The Killing Kind

January 22, 2008, 12:02 pm

Dark Sky Films is one of a handful of companies making a habit of rescuing B films from obscurity and giving them fairly lavish DVD presentations. 1974's The Killing Kind is not a great film, but it's...

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Killer B's on DVD: Grindhouse Experience 2 - Part 1

January 28, 2008, 2:02 pm

Despite the box office failure of Grindhouse, scads of DVD companies are releasing disks claiming to replicate the grindhouse experience. For historical accuracy, the best I've seen is the Welcome to...

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Killer B's on DVD: Kingdom of the Vampire

February 4, 2008, 11:02 am

For those of you expecting the second half of my review of the Grindhouse Experience collection (click here to see the first installment), my apologies. Finding time to watch all ten of the remaining...

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Killer B's on DVD: Deadly End

February 11, 2008, 12:02 pm

I am of two minds on Deadly End (which IMDB is still listing under its original title Neighborhood Watch), just recently released by Full Moon Direct. On the one hand we have a well produced indie...

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Killer B's on DVD: Grindhouse Experience 2 - Part 2

February 19, 2008, 12:02 pm

At long last, here's the second half to my review of the Grindhouse Experience 2 collection. Finding time to sit down and watch ten movies turned out to be harder than I thought. If you missed the...

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Killer B's on DVD: 42nd Street Forever, Vol. 3 - Exploitation Explosion

February 26, 2008, 11:02 am

I never had the pleasure of visiting The Deuce as New York's 42nd Street was called during its heyday as a venue for exploitation cinema. On the one hand it sounds like it was one scary ass...

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Killer B's on DVD: Gabriel

March 4, 2008, 9:02 am

I discussed the trailer for this Australian action/fantasy flick awhile back, and I was surprised it never had any kind of theatrical release in the states. Now that I've seen the film (just out from...

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Killer B's on DVD: Winterbeast

March 11, 2008, 2:32 pm

I have a new favorite bad movie, and it's called Winterbeast. When director Chris Thies agreed to send me a screener copy of his 1991 opus (now available on DVD through Amazon.com or the film's...

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Killer B's on DVD: Tragic Ceremony

March 18, 2008, 12:02 pm

Easily the most noteworthy aspect of Tragic Ceremony (recently released to DVD by Dark Sky films) is the participation of Camille Keaton. The great niece of silent film star Buster Keaton, Camille...

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Killer B's on DVD: The Rage

March 25, 2008, 11:02 am

Sometimes you need a film with multi-faceted characters, clever dialogue and an intricate story with many layers, but other times you've just got to let the entrails fly. The Rage very much falls into...

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Killer B's on DVD: It's My Party And I'll Die If I Want To

March 31, 2008, 2:02 pm

It's My Party And I'll Die If I Want To is a low budget horror flick looking for a distributor, though you can still buy the film directly from the producers at Scotchworthy Productions. This $15,000...

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Killer B's on DVD: The Oozing Skull

April 7, 2008, 12:02 pm

The Oozing Skull is the first release from Cinematic Titanic, a project that reunites the original cast and writers of Mystery Science Theater 3000 as well as writer/performers from later in the...

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Killer B's on DVD: Barn of the Naked Dead

April 15, 2008, 2:03 am

Years ago when I first read about 1974's Barn of the Naked Dead I thought "this is the greatest title ever conceived anywhere by anyone in the history of cinema and I must see it," so I was a bit...

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Killer B's on DVD: Women's Prison Massacre

April 21, 2008, 11:02 am

Laura Gemser appeared in a long string of Italian softcore films as Emanuelle. Note that the name is spelled with a single "m" to differentiate the character from the one appearing in the official...

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Killer B's on DVD: Sick Nurses

April 29, 2008, 12:02 pm

Sick Nurses, just now hitting DVD from Magnolia Pictures, is a Thai film known in its homeland as Suay Laak Sai. Directors Piraphan Laoyont and Thodsapol Siriwiwat are obviously familiar with recent...

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Killer B's on DVD: Drainiac

May 5, 2008, 11:02 am

On Drainiac's audio commentary, writer/director Brett Piper explains that the original 2000 DVD release of this film was essentially unfinished. This new version, which arrives on DVD from Shock-o-Rama...

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Killer B's on DVD: The Queen of Black Magic

May 12, 2008, 11:02 am

Once again, Mondo Macabro gives us a taste of what they call "the wild side of world cinema" with this Indonesian scare-fest from 1979 that streets on May 27. The wedding of a town leader's son in...

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Killer B's on DVD: The Car

May 20, 2008, 12:02 am

When people talk about killer vehicle movies (and they do), John Carpenter's 1983 adaptation of Stephen King's Christine usually heads the list, with Maximum Overdrive and maybe even Killdozer making...

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Killer B's on DVD: Boarding House

May 26, 2008, 10:02 am

Now here's a dubious distinction: 1982's Boarding House ("Where the rent won't kill you, but something else will"), just out from Code Red DVD claims to be the first horror film to be shot on video,...

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Killer B's on DVD: Delirium

June 2, 2008, 12:02 pm

As they say (or at least they should), there's always room for giallo. No, it's not a gelatinous dessert, but an Italian film genre generally identified by its use of gory murders, mystery/police...

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Killer B's on DVD: The Skull

June 9, 2008, 12:02 pm

I'm not certain that this DVD's release was intentionally planned to come so quickly on the heels of the latest Indiana Jones film, but this horror flick from 1965 (just out from Legend Films) does...

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Killer B's on DVD: Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- The Movie

June 17, 2008, 12:02 am

For a movie that's taken this long to make its bow on DVD way back onto DVD after being out of print for years, 1996's Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie is a disappointingly barebones disk...

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Killer B's on DVD: Blood and Sex Nightmare

June 23, 2008, 2:02 pm

There's a lot to be said for truth in advertising, and few people could come away from a film called Blood and Sex Nightmare (due for release on August 5 from Bloody Earth Films) with the outraged cry:...

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Killer B's on DVD: Student Bodies

June 30, 2008, 12:02 pm

I first discovered this slasher satire (recently released to DVD by Legend Films) during one of its many runs on cable in the early '80s. I recall liking it at the time, but I was a college kid with a...

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Killer B's on DVD: T.V. The Movie

July 7, 2008, 12:02 pm

I've always felt there was something oddly compelling about public access television. Essentially, the FCC requires cable companies to provide training, equipment and air time for pretty much anyone...

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Killer B's on DVD: Rat Pfink A Boo Boo

July 14, 2008, 11:02 am

With The Dark Knight making its debut this Friday, I thought the time was right to take a look back at this jaw-dropping Batman parody from 1966. Rat Pfink A Boo Boo was the brainchild of Ray Dennis...

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