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If a category is listed as "Optional", it does not need to be
filled to "complete" the checklist. There are 10 free spots you may apply to non-Optional categories.
As with other checklists, titles can count for multiple categories.
Some of these categories are so obscure we're giving 10 free spots of your choosing to fill in the list.
Watch one film from every decade of film history.
* 1890 - (insert film title here)(Optional)
* 1900 -(optional)
* 1910 -(optional)
* 1920 -(optional)
* 1930 -
* 1940 -
* 1950 -
* 1960 -
* 1970 -
* 1980 -
* 1990 -
* 2000 -
* 2010 -
Watch a film for each rating:
* G - (optional)
* PG -
* PG-13 - (optional)
* R -
* X (or NC-17) -
* Unrated (post-MPAA 1968) -
Watch films in at least three formats (DVD, BD, HD DVD, Laserdisc, TV, online, Streaming Netflix type, UMD, theater, iPod, VHS-sourced{VHS transferred to DVD-+R is fine}).
* First format, (insert format), (insert title).
* Second format, (insert format), (insert title).
* Third format, (insert format), (insert title).
Watch a film in an actual Drive-in. (optional) (insert title)
Watch a film in the following genres:
Italian (or European) films of the following Genres:
* Giallo
* Sword & Sandal
* Spaghetti Western
* Cannibal Film
Martial Arts film:
* Bruce Lee-sploitation (Starring any variation on Bruce Li, Le, etc.)
* Hong Kong (or other Asian) film
* American film
* Any "Ninja" film
* Bonus* Actual Bruce Lee film
Asian Action Film
Biker Film
Stoner Film
Carsploitation Film
FADsploitation
Blaxploitation
Sexploitation:
* Any type
* Nudie Cutie
* Roughie
* 70s Porn
* Emmanuelle Film
* Teen Sex Comedy
Nunsploitation
Shocksploitation
Rape/Revenge Film
Vigilante Film
Women in Prison
Nazisploitation
Eschploitation (religious end times, or general religious exploitation)
Hixploitation/Moonshiners
Roadshow Exploitation/30s-40s "Cautionary" films
Juvenile Delinquent Film
60s Beach Movie
Film starring Musical Group or Music Star (that did not become a legit actor)
* *Bonus* Elvis film
Ozploitation
Mexican Wrestling Film
Foreign "Ripoff" film (such as Turkish cinema)
Eco-Terror Film
Pre-90s Post-Apocalyptic film
"Mondo" Film
Documentary ABOUT Exploitation/Drive-ins or those involved in their production
Video Nasty
Critical Bomb (Less than 20% Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic or IMDB Bottom 100 {Bottom 100 archive})
Financial Bomb
Razzie Winner or Nominee
MST3K/RiffTrax (or Cinematic Titanic) version of a film
Watch 3 Paycheck films, A.K.A. Nick Cage memorial. Films with once respected actors fallen on hard times.
* 1
* 2
* 3
Watch 10 films starring anyone from the actors safe list.
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
Watch 10 films Directed/Produced by anyone from the directors/producers safe list.
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
Watch 5 films from those in the Studio/Distributor safe list.
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
Safe Lists
The following lists are Automatic Safe lists. They are not definitive and there might be exceptions therein, especially concerning Distributors. Generally, the presence of those on the lists in an actual creative capacity (that is, more than just a cameo or bit part. For instance, Bruce Campbell appearing in Spider-Man does not make Spider-Man safe) is enough to make a film safe. Got more? Post them and I'll update the list. Obviously, films not including these participants are safe, too. Update: I added several new names to the actors list. Some of these actors appeared in actual big budget Hollywood fare, but most of their career was in B-Movies, then obviously discard the Big Hollywood movies and just watch the B's (For example, William Shatner. Ignore Star Trek movies but anything else is fair game. Or Patrick Swazye. Ghost is probably not right, but most of his other films were B-Movies).
Automatic Safe list:
filled to "complete" the checklist. There are 10 free spots you may apply to non-Optional categories.
As with other checklists, titles can count for multiple categories.
Some of these categories are so obscure we're giving 10 free spots of your choosing to fill in the list.
Watch one film from every decade of film history.
* 1890 - (insert film title here)(Optional)
* 1900 -(optional)
* 1910 -(optional)
* 1920 -(optional)
* 1930 -
* 1940 -
* 1950 -
* 1960 -
* 1970 -
* 1980 -
* 1990 -
* 2000 -
* 2010 -
Watch a film for each rating:
* G - (optional)
* PG -
* PG-13 - (optional)
* R -
* X (or NC-17) -
* Unrated (post-MPAA 1968) -
Watch films in at least three formats (DVD, BD, HD DVD, Laserdisc, TV, online, Streaming Netflix type, UMD, theater, iPod, VHS-sourced{VHS transferred to DVD-+R is fine}).
* First format, (insert format), (insert title).
* Second format, (insert format), (insert title).
* Third format, (insert format), (insert title).
Watch a film in an actual Drive-in. (optional) (insert title)
Watch a film in the following genres:
Italian (or European) films of the following Genres:
* Giallo
* Sword & Sandal
* Spaghetti Western
* Cannibal Film
Martial Arts film:
* Bruce Lee-sploitation (Starring any variation on Bruce Li, Le, etc.)
* Hong Kong (or other Asian) film
* American film
* Any "Ninja" film
* Bonus* Actual Bruce Lee film
Asian Action Film
Biker Film
Stoner Film
Carsploitation Film
FADsploitation
Blaxploitation
Sexploitation:
* Any type
* Nudie Cutie
* Roughie
* 70s Porn
* Emmanuelle Film
* Teen Sex Comedy
Nunsploitation
Shocksploitation
Rape/Revenge Film
Vigilante Film
Women in Prison
Nazisploitation
Eschploitation (religious end times, or general religious exploitation)
Hixploitation/Moonshiners
Roadshow Exploitation/30s-40s "Cautionary" films
Juvenile Delinquent Film
60s Beach Movie
Film starring Musical Group or Music Star (that did not become a legit actor)
* *Bonus* Elvis film
Ozploitation
Mexican Wrestling Film
Foreign "Ripoff" film (such as Turkish cinema)
Eco-Terror Film
Pre-90s Post-Apocalyptic film
"Mondo" Film
Documentary ABOUT Exploitation/Drive-ins or those involved in their production
Video Nasty
Critical Bomb (Less than 20% Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic or IMDB Bottom 100 {Bottom 100 archive})
Financial Bomb
Razzie Winner or Nominee
MST3K/RiffTrax (or Cinematic Titanic) version of a film
Watch 3 Paycheck films, A.K.A. Nick Cage memorial. Films with once respected actors fallen on hard times.
* 1
* 2
* 3
Watch 10 films starring anyone from the actors safe list.
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
Watch 10 films Directed/Produced by anyone from the directors/producers safe list.
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
Watch 5 films from those in the Studio/Distributor safe list.
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
Safe Lists
The following lists are Automatic Safe lists. They are not definitive and there might be exceptions therein, especially concerning Distributors. Generally, the presence of those on the lists in an actual creative capacity (that is, more than just a cameo or bit part. For instance, Bruce Campbell appearing in Spider-Man does not make Spider-Man safe) is enough to make a film safe. Got more? Post them and I'll update the list. Obviously, films not including these participants are safe, too. Update: I added several new names to the actors list. Some of these actors appeared in actual big budget Hollywood fare, but most of their career was in B-Movies, then obviously discard the Big Hollywood movies and just watch the B's (For example, William Shatner. Ignore Star Trek movies but anything else is fair game. Or Patrick Swazye. Ghost is probably not right, but most of his other films were B-Movies).
Automatic Safe list:
Code:
Directors/Producers:
- Al Adamson
- Albert Pyun
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Andrea Bianchi
- Andreas Schnaas
- Andy Milligan
- Andy Sidaris
- Antonio Margheriti
- Barry Mahon
- Bill Rebane
- Brian Yuzna
- Bruno Mattei
- Carl Monson
- Charles Band
- Cirio H. Santiago
- Danny Steinman
- Dario Argento
- David A. Prior
- David E. Durston
- David F. Friedman
- David L. Hewitt
- David Lynch
- Don Coscarelli
- Don Dohler
- Don Edmonds
- Doris Wishman
- Dwain Esper
- Eddie Romero
- Edward D. Wood, Jr.
- Eli Roth
- Enzo G. Castellari
- Frank Henenlotter
- Fred F. Sears
- Fred Olen Ray
- George A. Romero
- George Weiss
- Giovanni "Tinto" Brass
- Godfrey Ho
- Greydon Clark
- Harry Novak
- Herschell Gordon Lewis
- Ishirô Honda
- Jack Hill
- Jack Smith
- Jamaa Fanaka
- Jean Rollin
- Jeff Lieberman
- Jerry Warren
- Jess Franco
- Jim Wynorski
- Joe D'Amato
- Joe Sarno
- John Carpenter
- John Waters
- José Mojica Marins (Coffin Joe)
- José Ramón Larraz
- Joseph Merhi
- Juan Piquer Simón
- Kenneth Anger
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Larry Cohen
- Lars von Trier
- Lindsay Shonteff
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Lucio Fulci
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Mario Bava
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Menahem Golan
- Michael and Roberta Findlay
- Nico Mastorakis
- Olaf Ittenbach
- Paul Morrissey
- Quentin Tarantino
- Radley Metzger
- Ralph Bakshi
- Ray Dennis Steckler
- Richard Gabai
- Richard Rush
- Rob Zombie
- Robert Rodriguez
- Roger Corman
- Roger Watkins
- Ron Ormond
- Ruggero Deodato
- Russ Meyer
- Samuel Z. Arkoff
- Samuel Fuller
- Sam Katzman
- Sean Weathers
- Seijun Suzuki
- Sergio Corbucci
- Sergio Leone
- Shaw Brothers
- Stephen Apostolof
- Stuart Gordon
- Takashi Miike
- Ted V. Mikels
- Tobe Hooper
- Umberto Lenzi
- Uwe Boll
- Wes Craven
- William "One Shot" Beaudine
- William Castle
- William Girdler
- William Grefe
- William Lustig
- Walerian Borowczyk
- Yoram Globus
- Zebedy Colt
Code:
Actors:
- Adam West
- Alan Steel
- Allison Hayes
- Angelo Rossitto
- Annie Belle
- Arch Hall Jr
- Audie Murphy
- Barbara Steele
- Bela Lugosi
- Beverly Garland
- Bill Goldberg
- Billy Blanks
- Blue Demon
- Boris Karloff
- Brinke Stevens
- Bruce Campbell
- Bruce Dern
- Bruce Lee (Le, Li, etc.)
- Buck Flower
- Bud Spencer
- Cameron Mitchell
- Candice Rialson
- Casper Van Dien
- Chelo Alonso
- Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith
- Christina Lindberg
- Christopher Lee (except his newer films)
- Chuck Conners
- Chuck Norris
- Clint Howard (except his brother's films)
- Corey Feldman
- Corey Haim
- Cynthia Rothrock
- Charles Bronson
- Claudia Jennings
- Daniel Bernhardt
- David Bradley
- David Carradine
- David Hess
- Dennis Hopper (ex: Speed)
- Dick Miller
- Divine
- Dolores Fuller
- Dolph Lundgren
- Don “The Dragon” Wilson
- Don Johnson
- Dona Speir
- Donald Pleasence
- Doug McClure
- D'Urville Martin
- Dyanne Thorne
- Eddie Deezen
- Eddie Parker
- Eduardo Cianelli
- Edwige Fenech
- Elisha Cook Jr
- Elizabeth Russell
- Ernest Borgnine
- Faith Domergue
- Fred Williamson
- Gary Daniels
- Geofrrey Lewis
- George Kennedy
- George Zucco
- Gordon Scott
- Harry Reems
- Harvey Lembeck
- Hulk Hogan
- J. Carrol Naish
- Jack Elam
- Jack Nicholson (pre-1975)
- Jack Palance
- Jackie Coogan
- James Arness
- James Karen
- Jan-Michael Vincent
- Jason Statham
- Jayne Mainsfield
- Jean-Claude van Damme
- Jeff Conaway
- Jeff Speakman
- Jeff Wincott
- Jeffery Combs
- Jim Brown
- Jim "The Dragon" Kelly
- Joan Crawford
- Joe Don Baker
- Joe Spinell
- John Agar
- John Bloom
- John Carradine
- John Saxon
- Karin Schubert
- Klaus Kinski
- Lana Clarkson
- Laura Gemser
- Lee Van Cleef
- Lili Carati
- Lina Romay
- Linda Blair
- Linnea Quigley
- Lionel Atwill
- Lon Chaney Jr
- Lorenzo Lamas
- Lou Ferrigno
- Mädchen Amick
- Maila Nurmi
- Mamie Van Doren
- Mantan Mooreland
- Maria Ford
- Maria Ouspenskaya
- Mariangela Giordano
- Marjoe Gortner
- Martin Kosleck
- Mary Mendum (aka Rebecca Brooke)
- Mary Woronov
- Maureen O'Sullivan
- Michael Berryman
- Michael Dudikoff
- Micheal Gough
- Micheal Ironside
- Michelle Bauer
- Misty Mundae
- Olivia Pascal
- Olivier Gruner
- Paola Senatore
- Pam Grier
- Patrick Swayze
- Peter Cushing
- Peter Graves
- Peter Lorre
- Phil Fondacaro
- Pierre Kirby
- PJ Soles
- Randolph Scott
- Reiko Ike
- Rena Riffel
- Richard Carlson
- Richard Harrison
- Richard Johnson
- Richard Norton
- Richard Roundtree
- Robert Vaughn
- Robert Z'dar
- Roddy McDowall
- Roddy Piper
- Roger Watkins
- Rondo Hatton
- Rudy Ray Moore
- Russ Tamblyn
- Santo
- Shannon Tweed
- Shannon Whirry
- Shô Kosugi
- Sid Haig
- Simon Oakland
- Soledad Miranda
- Sonny Chiba
- Steve Railsback
- Steve Reeves
- Steven Seagal
- Sybil Danning
- Sylvia Kristel
- Ted Prior
- Terrence Hill
- The Amazing Criswell
- Tom Atkins
- Tor Johnson
- Traci Lords
- Tura Santana
- Udo Kier
- Uschi Digard
- Vanity
- Victor Buono
- Vincent Price
- Virginia Leith
- Warren Oates
- Whit Bissell
- William Shatner (except Star Trek)
- William Smith
- Zoe Trilling
Code:
Distributors/Studios:
- Academy
- Adness
- Alpha Blue
- American International Pictures (A.I.P.)
- Amicus
- Artsmagic
- Asia Pulp Cinema
- Bci / Eclipse
- Blue Underground
- Boxoffice International Pictures
- Cannon Films
- Code Red
- Concorde-New Horizons
- Critical Mass
- Crown International Pictures
- Cult Epics
- Dark Sky Films
- Discotek
- Fantoma
- Full Moon
- Grindhouse Releasings
- Hammer Film Productions
- Hong Kong Legends
- Imperial
- Independent International Pictures
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Mondo Macabro
- Monogram
- MPI
- New Concorde
- No Shame
- Panik House
- PRC
- Redemption
- Retro Seduction Cinema
- Seduction Cinema
- Severin Films
- Shout Factory
- Shriek Show
- Something Weird Video
- Sub Rosa
- Sunn Classic Pictures
- Synapse
- The Asylum
- Toe Tag Pictures (August Underground)
- Tokyo Shock
- Troma Entertainment
- Unearthed
- VCI
- Vinegar Syndrome
- WWE Studios
Code:
(Some more theatrical ones, with samples of their output)
- After Dark Films (The Abandoned, Captivity, Frontier(s))
- Audubon Films (I a Woman, The Lickerish Quartet, Therese and Isabelle)
- Bryanston Distributing (Coonskin, Deep Throat, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
- Cambist Films (Anita, The Crazies, Ilsa)
- Chancellor Films (Confessions of a Psycho Cat. The Diary of Knockers McCalla, Submission)
- Commonwealth United (99 Women, The Blood of Fu Manchu , The Girl Who Knew Too Much)
- Dimension Pictures (Boss N----r, Dolemite, Gator Bait)
- Empire Pictures (Creepozoids, Re-Animator, Troll)
- Eve Productions (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Mondo Topless, Vixen!)
- Film Ventures International (Anthropophagus, Ator the Invincible, Pieces)
- The Filmgroup (Creature from the Haunted Sea, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wasp Woman)
- Greycat Films (The Dark Backward, Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer, Meet the Feebles)
- Grove Press (I am Curious, Mr. Freedom, Week End)
- J.E.R. Pictures(Diary of a Nudist, The Ghastly Ones, Nude on the Moon)
- Jack H Harris Enterprises (Dark Star, Equinox, Schlock)
- Joseph Brenner Associates (Cuban Rebel Girls, Deep River Savages, Shock Waves)
- MPM (Invasion of the Bee Girls, Virus, Savage Streets)
- Magnet Releasing (Chocolate, Let the Right One In, Ong Bak 2)
- Maron Films (Godzilla - Monster Zero, Godzilla's Revenge, War of the Gargantuas)
- Millimeter Films (Hardware, The Return of the Swamp Thing, Stepfather II)
- Sherpix (Pink Narcissus, Punishment Park, The Stewardesses)
- Trans American Films (The Cycle Savages, Salon Kitty, Shivers)
- Trans World Entertainment (The Curse, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Maniac Cop)
- UFDC (1990 - The Bronx Warriors, Dawn of the Dead, Sleepaway Camp)
- World Northal (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The Children, Slaughter in San Francisco)
10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
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Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
Another Joe Bob episode tonight on Shudder?
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#78
Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
^If so, my horror/exploitaton Fridays are starting to get overcrowded with this, TCM Underground and B-Movie TV’s midnight owl show!
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Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
And this is a good resource for the older ones despite not being updated since 2015:
The Trailer Compilation Database: Compilations by title
Karate: Hand of Death should also get a recommendation on the trailer compilation list. I thought the disc had long been OOP, but deepdiscount currently has it for $9. The bonus feature, "Incredible Mayhem Martial Arts Trailer Show" was more satisfying than Kung Fu Trailers of Fury to me. Mostly because the trailers are marketed towards the English-speaking crowd with the Drive-In/Grindhouse POV.
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Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
This challenge is perfect for showing me that I have a high tolerance for what are normally critically panned movies. I saw that Rotten Tomatoes rated The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen as a very bad movie, with a rating of 17%. Myself, I have always enjoyed that movie, so when I saw it was on Starz, I jumped at the chance to watch it again. I’ll be gone later today for an early Easter dinner, so won’t get as much watched as I would like, but I am planning to pick up my pace, as I would love to get a decent total this year. I’m not even at 10 yet.
#82
Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
I watched Seth's review for "Grindhouse Nightmares". Good thing I resisted giving that a blind-buy!
Also noticed that Pluto TV added a "Cult Movies" channel to their lineup. Today, they had the Killer Tomatoes double-feature and Maniac (Crazy 30's version) was on last night. Wonder what other goodies they've got!
Also noticed that Pluto TV added a "Cult Movies" channel to their lineup. Today, they had the Killer Tomatoes double-feature and Maniac (Crazy 30's version) was on last night. Wonder what other goodies they've got!
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Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
Jeez, finally saw Poltergeist last night. What the H was all the fuss about?? It was terrible! Supernatural for the ET crowd or something?? Not at all scary or creepy or suspenseful. Tobe Hooper directed??? Seriously?
#85
Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
Now see, if you had watched it back in '82 like you were supposed to, you'd have a totally different perspective, but you had to wait 30 plus years, watching who knows how much genre stuff, a fair chunk of it owing a nod or more to Poltergeist. Truly the stuff of Afterschool Specials.
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Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
Now see, if you had watched it back in '82 like you were supposed to, you'd have a totally different perspective, but you had to wait 30 plus years, watching who knows how much genre stuff, a fair chunk of it owing a nod or more to Poltergeist. Truly the stuff of Afterschool Specials.
#87
Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
Now see, if you had watched it back in '82 like you were supposed to, you'd have a totally different perspective, but you had to wait 30 plus years, watching who knows how much genre stuff, a fair chunk of it owing a nod or more to Poltergeist. Truly the stuff of Afterschool Specials.
#89
Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
Well, since it's 420, I guess I'll point out that I finally got to see an *Uncut* version of Marihuana (1936) complete with extra nude stripping from the "Weed-infested" ladies on Grindhouse's Flickstream TV channel earlier. I wonder where this print came from considering my DVD (Via Mill Creek set) and a TCM Underground showing doesn't include the footage. And I just found out that the Something Weird Video version (With audio commentary by Mike Vraney and Dave Friedman) is on youtube. I'll be checking that out later to see if that's uncut as well. If not, it'll be a treat to hear those two comment about the film at least.
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DC movies in general don’t get the acclaim that the Marvel movies do, but even if they wouldn’t be considered good movies, they are oh so enjoyable. I just watched Jonah Hex for the first time, on HBO, and I was glued to my phone for the entire movie. I could easily see him as one of the Hellblazers.
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Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
It's nearly over. Thanks everyone for participating. Please finalize your lists by next week. If you can, please tally up totals on movies watched and first time views. It's sometimes difficult to count the little * on each list. I can't guarantee when I'll have them counted up (I don't think I even finished it last year). As I said before, I've got a few things I'm going through and time is a premium.This month alone was spent in hotel rooms in Charleston WV and Nashville TN. Finalizing my forced retirement from my job of 30 years and interviewing for a new job this week. Not to mention, I celebrate my 50th birthday May 1.
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Thanks for hosting, caligula, and happy birthday!
I finally watched the Bruce Willis Death Wish after finding it on Prime. It got some buzz here, but seemed like by-the-numbers revenge thriller. Also available the Bronson version, so I watched that too, and am pretty sure I’d never seen it before. Weird to see Jeff Goldblum in a small but important role.
Also coming up in the same “willis” search was a 2015 sex comedy-drama called The Escort. Not sure if it counts here as a sex comedy-drama (the male lead is a sex addict), but it was interesting and kinda sweet. And damn, the hooker was played by Lyndsy Fonseca, who played Ted Mosby’s future daughter in How I Met Your Mother. How quickly they grow up.
I finally watched the Bruce Willis Death Wish after finding it on Prime. It got some buzz here, but seemed like by-the-numbers revenge thriller. Also available the Bronson version, so I watched that too, and am pretty sure I’d never seen it before. Weird to see Jeff Goldblum in a small but important role.
Also coming up in the same “willis” search was a 2015 sex comedy-drama called The Escort. Not sure if it counts here as a sex comedy-drama (the male lead is a sex addict), but it was interesting and kinda sweet. And damn, the hooker was played by Lyndsy Fonseca, who played Ted Mosby’s future daughter in How I Met Your Mother. How quickly they grow up.
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Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
Happy birthday, Caligula! Thanks for hosting! (And sorry about your forced retirement.)
I managed to watch over 40 movies, even with a road trip. I ended with Ghost Warrior (1984), a movie about a frozen samurai who is brought back to life in the 1980s. It was... uneven - not the worst thing I watched but not as crazy as the premise makes it sound.
I managed to watch over 40 movies, even with a road trip. I ended with Ghost Warrior (1984), a movie about a frozen samurai who is brought back to life in the 1980s. It was... uneven - not the worst thing I watched but not as crazy as the premise makes it sound.
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Happy birthday, Caligula. I didn’t get very good numbers, but I enjoyed what I did watch.
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Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
My total watched was 103 with 103 first time views. Thanks everyone and see you at the horror challenge.
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Wow! This was the first time in all these years doing this challenge where there wasn't a single unbearable title watched, and there was Andy Milligan, Tim Kincaid, and Al Adamson flicks involved.
My list isn't quite complete, but I should have it done soon along with [hopefully] a recap of the best/worst.
My list is finalized.
Total: 100
First Time Views: 94
Thanks again for hosting this, Caligula. And Happy birthday.
My list is finalized.
Total: 100
First Time Views: 94
Thanks again for hosting this, Caligula. And Happy birthday.
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#99
Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
I ended up with 75 movies (67 FTV) way more than I though I'd get in. None were totally awful although a few tried my patience and I enjoyed several quite a bit. A big takeaway for me was just how good Larry Cohen really was. I always knew that I liked his movies but watching six of his films during this challenge (Bone, Black Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem and the It's Alive trilogy) and two last October (The Stuff, God Told Me To) gave me a new appreciation for him, especially his scripts. He credited the viewer with some intelligence and he is one of the few who did social commentary in a way I could enjoy. I usually find it too heavy handed and obvious but not in his stories.
Many thanks for keeping this going Caligula and a belated Happy Birthday.
Many thanks for keeping this going Caligula and a belated Happy Birthday.
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Re: 10th Annual Drive-in/Exploitation/B-movie Challenge. April 1-30, 2019
Thanks for hosting Caligula. Not especially big numbers, but I didn't miss a day (or burnout) either. Didn't make it to the drive-in this year unfortunately. Weather didn't cooperate. Looking forward to next year.
My list is finalized.
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My list is finalized.
Total 35
First Time Views - 20
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