Though a couple of my favorites like Killer Shrews made the list, there are a couple I’ve never heard of! Teeth, people? Really?

Have any flicks you’d like to add to the list?

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (6)
Evil Dead (5)
Evil Dead 2 (4)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (3)

Basket Case (3)
Plan 9 From Outer Space. (2)
Night of the Living Dead (2)
Attack of the Killer Shrews (2)
The Incredible Melting Man
Night of the Lepus (2)
The Blob (2)
The Abominable Dr Phibes
Army of Darkness
Sleep Away Camp
My Bloody Valentine
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Teeth
Forbidden Planet!
Devil Girl From Mars
Blade Runner
Invasion of The Body Snatchers
They Live

Box Art From Amazon

Post from: SF Universe

I give you, Alien Trespass starring Eric McCormack as the intrepid astronomer, Ted and Jenni Baird as Tammy the diner waitress. See the saucer crash! See the alien attack! See Eric McCormack shoot laser beams out of some cool alien tool. It’s all here in the documentary that looks strangely like a 1950’s B-movie. And it’s all from R.W. Goodwin, executive producer of The X-Files and Tru Calling. Now that’s a man who knows his weird.

Now you can win won of two Alien Tresspass movie posters autographed by R.W. Goodwin himself! See the picture in the corner of this post? Well, that’s not it. But it’s something like that and if you’re a B-Movie fan you’ll love it because it’s faux-vintage cool.

To enter, all you have to do is tell me the name of your favorite B-Movie in the comments below. Two winners will be chosen by random draw. Contest ends at midnight PST on April 3. US entries only, please.

Alien Tresspass opens April 3 in select theaters around the country. Visit the website to find a location near you.

Photo courtesy of Roadside Attractions

Post from: SF Universe

Landis will join TCM host Robert Osborne to present seven memorable films – including a Buster Keaton classic; three shorts featuring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Mabel Normand; a classic, groundbreaking musical; a cult horror film; and a masterful thriller from Alfred Hitchcock – on Monday, March 16, beginning at 8 p.m. (ET).

One of Landis’ pics is a real favorite of mine, the 1963 film The Brain that Wouldn’t Die. This cheezy horror-fest has a famous surgeon looking for a new body on which to sew his girlfriend’s head. While he’s looking, he keeps her head alive and talking in his lab and it’s nothing but nag, nag, nag.

They’ll also be airing Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy, a darkly humorous tale of an innocent man suspected of being a serial strangler.

Landis’ extensive film credits include National Lampoon’s Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, Three Amigos!, Into the Night, Spies Like Us, Coming to America and Innocent Blood. He also wrote, produced and directed Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” one of the most popular music videos of all time, and directed Jackson’s “Black and White” video. He also directed the critically acclaimed documentary Slasher.

Landis is also an active television producer and director, with such credits as Dream On, Psych, Masters of Horror, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

Landis’ next project will be Burke and Hare, the story of the legendary grave robbers, for Ealing Studios in London.

Photo: Kyle Christy / TCM

Post from: SF Universe

It Came from Beneath the Sea and  Earth vs. the Flying Saucers will both debut on January 15 with all new audio commentaries, tons of bonus features and an interview with the special effects master himself.

Both movies have been previously released on DVD but not colorized and not with so many extras.  If you’re not a fan of the colorization process, fear not, as the original black & white versions are included as well.

Take a look at the amazing special features:

It Came From Beneath The Sea

The first collaboration between special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen and producer Charles H. Schneer stars Kenneth Tobey (The Thing From Another World), Faith Domergue (This Island Earth), Donald Curtis (Earth vs. The Flying Saucers) and Ian Keith (The Ten Commandments)as a giant octopus attacks San Francisco.

Complete DVD Special Features :

• Audio Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, Arnold Kunert, Randy Cook and John Bruno
• Featurette: Ray Harryhausen on It Came From Beneath The Sea
• Video Photo Galleries
• Featurette: Tim Burton Sits Down with Ray Harryhausen
• A Video Discussion of It Came From Beneath the Sea’s 1955 marketing and advertising campaign by producer Arnold Kunert
• Featurette: David Schecter on Film Music’s Unsung Hero
• Featurette: A Present Day Look at Stop-Motion
• Sneak Peek of Digital Comic Book It Came from Beneath the Sea…Again!

Earth vs. The Flying Saucers

With ground breaking visual effects techniques, this was the second of several collaborations between producer Charles H. Schneer and special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. The film about the invasion of earth and destruction of Washington D.C. was masterfully directed by Fred F. Sears (Crash Landing) and stars Joan Taylor (20 Million Miles to Earth), Hugh Marlowe (The Day the Earth Stood Still), Donald Curtis (The Ten Commandments) and Morris Ankrum (Invaders from Mars).

Complete DVD Special Features:

• Audio Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, Arnold Kunert, Jeff Okun, Ken Ralston
• Featurette: Ray Harryhausen on Earth vs. The Flying Saucers
• Featurette: A Present Day Look at Stop-Motion
• Featurette: The Colorization Process
• Featurette: Original Screenplay Credits
• Video Photo Galleries
• Featurette: Tim Burton Sits Down with Ray Harryhausen
• Advertising Artwork video montage of film’s ad materials by Producer Arnold Kunert
• Featurette: Interview with Joan Taylor
• Featurette: David Schecter on Film Music’s Unsung Hero
• Featurette: The Hollywood Blacklist and Bernard Gordon
• Sneak Peek of Digital Comic Book Flying Saucers vs. the Earth

If you’re a fan of Harryhausen or classic scifi films in general, both of these are worth the buy even if you already own them on DVD.  The Tim Burton talks to Harryhausen interview alone is worth the price and even if you’re not a fan of colorization, give these films a try, you may be pleasantly surprised.
It Came from Beneath the Sea and  Earth vs. the Flying Saucers are available for order now so you can have them as soon as they’re released on January 15.

Post from: SF Universe

Dr. Shock and his Mad Theater ruled Saturday afternoons on Channel 17 but if what he had didn’t grab me, I could always hop over to Channel 48 for a double dose of B-movie fun with Creature Double Feature. “The Brain that Wouldn’t Die,” “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” “Fiends Without a Face;” I loved those movies and I watched them over and over again until I had them memorized.

But movies like these have been harder to come by in the last ten years. Oh sure, you can catch a classic like “War of the Worlds” or “The Day the Earth Stood Still” on AMC but where can you find “The Giant Gila Monster”, or he Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Gave Up Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies?”

Luckily, you can locate some of these b-movie greats on DVD. I almost fell over when I found “Killer Shrews” in the used DVD pile at my local Game Stop. Some of them you can watch over streaming video on websites such as Bmovies.com where they’re currently showing “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” complete with the pops and shutter of actual film running through a projector.

Still, I miss those Saturday afternoon double features and so I thought I’d let nostalgia be my inspiration. Every Saturday, starting in January, I’ll take a look at one of those sci-fi b-movies that I loved so much. I hope you’ll join me in singing the praises of these great old films.

So tell me, which B sci-fi and horror films make you long for the good old days of the Creature Double Feature. And while you’re at it, I’d love to hear about your favorite horror host, too.

Dr. Shock Photo from Monster Horror Chiller Theater

Post from: SF Universe