B Movies
by Tyler Woods on Mar. 07, 2010, under Life
I am getting ready to move, and as I am moving, I run across an old DVD I got for my mother a few years ago. I did it as a joke I must admit. Every since I was a child, my mother had a horrible fear of “pod people.” You know, the people from the movie The Body Snatchers? It spooked her to the point that as children she would check under our beds to make sure there were no pods. God forbid we wake up as pod people. As an adult, I get a chuckle out of it. One year for Christmas I got her the movie thinking if she watched, it would dissipate her fears. Sadly my mother did not see the humor in it and I doubt if she watched it. Needless to say running into this old video got me thinking…
I am unsure how anyone could be afraid of B rated horror movies. Though I do recall as a teen, I was pretty frightened by Texas Chainsaw Massacre. However the horror movies of the 50s and 60s to this day make me laugh. These B movies have made audiences laugh for decades. A B movie is a movie that is sleezy, cheesy and the budget that is so low, you almost had to pay people to watch it. Still what would life be without these campy movies?
Take the Wasp Woman. Please someone take her. It really stood out as a crack me up B movie. I mean come on folks, an aging cosmetics mogul injects herself wasp enzyme in order to restore her fading youth. This movie is pure cheesey, the acting is so awful it’s funny. Don’t take my word, here watch it. The Wasp Woman
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die was another one of those funny B horror films. It had your typical plot with a mad scientist. His girlfriend is in an accident and he manages to save her head. Of course he must find her a body since her head is severed he is pretty sure he can just sew it on another woman, but…well you can watch the humor here. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
I suppose things have really changed since the 50s. We would like to believe if there is life outside of this planet, they probably are far smarter than we are. They probably do not kill just to kill, they more than likely do not hate others just for the color of their skin or the religion they believe in, and surely if we had creatures from outer space, they probably all would have some form of medical insurance! However, in the 50’s if it came from outer space, it was more than likely after us. Killers from Space was just that and this one too just cracked me up when watching it. Killers From Space
Still to this day my favorite has to be Invasion of the Body Snatcher 1956 version. I honestly love to look at people and not blink and let them think I am some pod person. Though the movie never spooked me, in fact, it remains one of my favorite B classics to laugh at.
We just don’t have the fun low budget B movies anymore. People ran out of ideas instead, we have to do Halloween 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and how about Saw 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8? Of course there is Friday the 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and coming soon, 20! Many horror flick goers must have a difficult time looking past just a few titles. As the sequels to these horror flicks are just as amazing as the people that must watch them. So hey folks think outside you typical horror flick box and visit some good old B rated movies from the past. At least they do not have a zillion versions to bore you with.
What was your favorite B movies?
