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Can we talk about the best B-movies?
Now, B-Movies are usually confined to the Sci-Fi/Action/ or Horror genre, but there are exceptions to the rule. Let's discuss our favorites. You know you have at least one.
They're movies that are not exactly good, but there's just something interesting or satisfying about them.
Horror Express
This one is hands down my favorite B-movie The film is about an alien life form that is frozen in a block of ice, inside the host of a prehistoric humanoid. It was discovered by a scientist played by Christopher Lee, who is taking his findings back to Europe on the trans Siberia line. However, the creature in the crate defrosts during the trip and proves to still be alive. It is also able to jump from person to person, and even revive corpses. The film is a very loose adaptation of John Campbell's novella "Who Goes There?" which was eventually given a more faithful adaptation in " John Carpenter's The Thing"
This film features the inseparable horror duo of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, who...ironically don't do very much during the movie. The main focus of the movie is actually on the alien itself, and on a Russian Monk who serves as a "spiritual advisor" for a Polish Count and Countess, as a very obvious stand-in for Grigori Rasputin. This monk soon becomes a host for the creature, thinking it is Satan on Earth, and in awe of it's power, renounces his faith and offers his eternal service to the creature.
It's like, what if you combined the The Thing with Murder on the Orient Express, with a bit of pre-communist Russia folklore (yes, Rasputin was a real person, but he has so many stories about him that cannot be verified, that he is practically a folklore figure)
It's campy, it's shlocky, but damn it, it's fun, and it actually manages to be pretty creepy during certain parts. The only thing I didn't really care for was Cushing and Lee. They're both great actors, and I love them both, but honestly, I didn't feel like they were needed for this movie. In fact, they're somewhat distracting, because while you are watching the film for the first time, you keep expecting more from their characters in the film, but that never really happens. They're major protagonists that ALMOST feel like background characters.
Also, the film is in the public domain, so it's quite easy to find a place online to watch this movie for free, if I've piqued your curiosity
Now, B-Movies are usually confined to the Sci-Fi/Action/ or Horror genre, but there are exceptions to the rule. Let's discuss our favorites. You know you have at least one.
They're movies that are not exactly good, but there's just something interesting or satisfying about them.
Horror Express
This one is hands down my favorite B-movie The film is about an alien life form that is frozen in a block of ice, inside the host of a prehistoric humanoid. It was discovered by a scientist played by Christopher Lee, who is taking his findings back to Europe on the trans Siberia line. However, the creature in the crate defrosts during the trip and proves to still be alive. It is also able to jump from person to person, and even revive corpses. The film is a very loose adaptation of John Campbell's novella "Who Goes There?" which was eventually given a more faithful adaptation in " John Carpenter's The Thing"
This film features the inseparable horror duo of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, who...ironically don't do very much during the movie. The main focus of the movie is actually on the alien itself, and on a Russian Monk who serves as a "spiritual advisor" for a Polish Count and Countess, as a very obvious stand-in for Grigori Rasputin. This monk soon becomes a host for the creature, thinking it is Satan on Earth, and in awe of it's power, renounces his faith and offers his eternal service to the creature.
It's like, what if you combined the The Thing with Murder on the Orient Express, with a bit of pre-communist Russia folklore (yes, Rasputin was a real person, but he has so many stories about him that cannot be verified, that he is practically a folklore figure)
It's campy, it's shlocky, but damn it, it's fun, and it actually manages to be pretty creepy during certain parts. The only thing I didn't really care for was Cushing and Lee. They're both great actors, and I love them both, but honestly, I didn't feel like they were needed for this movie. In fact, they're somewhat distracting, because while you are watching the film for the first time, you keep expecting more from their characters in the film, but that never really happens. They're major protagonists that ALMOST feel like background characters.
Also, the film is in the public domain, so it's quite easy to find a place online to watch this movie for free, if I've piqued your curiosity
