B-movie
From Tribeca Film Festival Payton McCarty-Simas pairs two films, one an ode to midnight movies past, with another paean to movie obsessives.
Lake Michigan Monster embraces strangeness as it affectionately homages sci-fi B-movies of the 1950s and silent comedies of the 1920s.
The film making is far from flawless, but what Ganja & Hess really projects is the sense that it came from a person who wanted the work to reflect himself.
Despite a potentially fun premise, Elvis from Outer Space does not quite capture the B-movie joy it appears to be chasing.
Spidarlings is a love letter to a forgotten era of midnight movies – but in 2018, it feels less revolutionary than in their 70’s heyday.
From Forbidden Planet to Frogs, there’s nothing like a good ole sci-fi/horror picture. But among all my beloved flicks, Killer Klowns From Outer Space reigns supreme; it also happens to be this film’s 30th anniversary.
