In this issue of the B-grade film inventory, we still continue to recommend 10 films, of which some are famous in recent years, some have been widely circulated, and even sent to the "altar" and nailed to the "column of shame", but no matter what the evaluation, they represent the unique flavor of the B-grade film.
Without further ado, let's move on.
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11. [Troma Alert] TerrorFirmer (1999)
Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
Produced by: Usa
Starring: Ron Jeremy Ron Jeremy / Matt Stone / Terry Parker Terry Park
Recommended reason: A smorgasbord of Tro romanesque
Class B Moment: The perverted killer pulls the man's body long, like Luffy's arm
From the perspective of theatrical structure, this film borrows from Truffaut's "Day and Night" in 1973, but in Truffaut, it is a producer who complains, making the whole crew jump; and in "Trema", it becomes a perverted recording engineer who goes crazy and kills the entire crew.
In the hands of "Devil Commander" Lloyd Kaufman, the little bit of ruin from his own company and the style of his own company's films were combined to stew this feast of blood, vomit and AV picture quality.
The whole film is basically divided into three parts, first let's make you hard in an adult movie, then a little vomit or maggots make you sick, and finally let the overwhelming blood plasma make you laugh.
Big tits, self-touching women, fat pigs, monsters, perverted killers, stumps soaked in formalin, the presentation of various deformed bodies... The whole [Troma Alert] is like a museum of B-rated films, where you want and don't want to get B-grade experiences.
However, this film is not a one-time B-grade fast food, it has a tribute to the predecessors, but also has an impact on future generations.
In the tribute, the maggots surrounding the organs almost copied the scene in [Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh]; as for the impact, it is really unimaginable.
In 2002, Woody Old Man's "Hollywood Ending" borrowed the blind director's setting in this film. It's just that Kaufman's "blind shooting" is excusable, while Woody's "blind shooting" is full of self-deprecation.
If you want to understand what a "B-grade film" is, please see [Te Roma Alert] (and a more exciting picture, it's up to you to find it yourself)
12. SurviveStyle 5+ (2004)
Director: Sekiguchi
Exhibit: Japan
Starring: Tadanobu Asano / Reika Hashimoto / Hiroshi Abe
Reason for recommendation: A variety of Japanese B-grade skits
Class B Moment: The wife who has been killed many times by her husband returns home, her fist directly out, and begins to teach her husband
When it comes to Japanese B-grade films, the biggest difference compared with Europe and the United States is that it is not entirely violent and pornographic.
That is to say, this is like the A film made by Europeans and Americans and Japanese, the former is a beast-like mess, the actress is like a, and then pulls out one by one, and the whole film ends.
And the Japanese, like to make a little bit of small feelings, foreplay to be sufficient, even more than the main film, of course, the actress's voice is also feminine, enjoyable, provocative audience.
This conspicuous distinction is placed in the B-grade film piece, and it becomes: Japanese B-grade films are spiritually nourished.
To put it simply, Japanese B-grade films not only show violence, perversion and pornography, but also promote love.
But this kind of love is by no means a virgin's care, but always with a little deformed taste, so that between your emotion and nausea, it is difficult to move, and if you are not careful, you will begin to silently introspect yourself: Am I a pervert in the end.
Don't worry, it's definitely not you who is perverted, it's Japanese.
Whether it is Fukasaku Shinji's work or Yuan Ziwen's film, it is in the cold and crazy coat, carrying a hot heart that is pounding. And this [Wife Killing Story] is also the same truth.
It's just that the short-lived director Sekiguchi is now playing more tricks, and he skewers several B-grade stories with different flavors to cook a delicious grilled material.
In these stories, there are wives who kill and divide corpses, there are hypnotic masters, and there are also warm families and conjugal love. When these stories are connected in a curved narrative, they are also unified in form and content.
As for the ending, "Father Bird" carries "suicide husband" and flies to the depths of the sky, which is even more of a finishing touch, completing the sermon of the great "B-grade love".
It is a pity that director Sekiguchi has not continued to make a move after this film, only to make people lament that a B-class monster has disappeared into invisibility.
Sekiguchi now shows both curiosity and warmth in [Wife Killing Story].
Plan 9from Outer Space (1959)
Directed by Ed Wood Edward D. Wood Jr.
Starring: Gregory Walcott/Mona McKinnon/Duke Moore Moore
Reason for recommendation: The most copycat sci-fi movie in film history
Class B Moment: A swarm of dishes appears on Earth, resurrecting the dead in the grave
Why is there no door in the cockpit of the spaceship, but a curtain? Why is the flying saucer circling in the sky very similar to the crew's dish at lunchtime? Why does the effect of a surface-to-air missile explosion be like a fireworks show?
If you think you're watching Into Science, you're wrong, it's a show called "Into [Project 9 in Outer Space].
When you see so many bizarre things happening in a movie, the only answer you can think of is Ed Wood.
As a B-movie veteran, Ed Wood's fame was widely publicized with tim Burton's [Ed Wood]. In the midst of endless ridicule, people are more admiring his passion for movies.
But then again, are Ed Wood and this [Outer Space Program 9] really that bad?
At least by the standard of a B-grade film ,the worse the better," this is definitely a "great work." Although it has a measly high score of 3.9 on IMDb, off-screen, there is a group of hardcore movie fans who hold a carnival for it every year.
This B-grade film fan culture phenomenon is itself an affirmation of [Outer Space Program 9].
Even though Ed Wood eventually fell to his death, [Outer Space Project 9] was also "viciously" rated as "the first bad film", if we could watch the film in its entirety, the first thing that flashed in our minds was Ed Wood's sincere voice, "cut! It's perfect! ”
[Outer Space Program 9] not only made Ed Wood's "bad reputation" louder, but also opened a new chapter in the "bad film"
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Directed by: George W. Bush A. Romero George A. Romero
Starring David Emge/ Ken Fury Ken Foree / Scott H. Reininger Scott H. Reiniger
Reason for recommendation: The founding father of zombie B-grade films
B-class moment: The protagonist and his party engage in an offensive and defensive battle with the zombie horde in the mall
Speaking of Romero's [Dawn of the Living Dead], it is really a thousand corpses, and I don't know where to start.
In this film where merits and grooves coexist, the greatest thing is, of course, the establishment of the "three laws of zombies".
This epoch-making creation opened the floodgates of zombie culture, and since then, similar movies, TV series, games, "Survival Guide" and other derivatives such as corpses after death have crawled out of the cemetery and rushed to the living people in the real world.
Since then, corpses have been strewn across the field and organs have been all over the streets.
In terms of plot setting, the mall scenes, rooftop dramas and corridor scenes in the film have become the standard of zombie movies.
Especially in the scene of the mall, the living have to take a risk in order to survive, to steal the setting of the car in the center of the mall, which has become a paragraph to be imitated, and in the computer game "The Road to Survival", this section is copied in its entirety, which shows the degree of stimulation.
As for the groove point of the film, naturally it is impossible to avoid the problem of obedience, especially in terms of makeup, a zombie with a face of green ash "arsenic poisoning", which is really crying and laughing.
But when they bloodily nibble on the flesh of a living person, this rough and bloody contrast creates the thrill unique to B-grade films.
Presumably, this is also an important reason for the success of Dawn of the Living Dead in that year.
Nowadays, Romero's disciples and grandchildren have long been alive and well, and looking back at this pioneering work, even though the service is simple and simple, it still does not feel boring.
Romero's Dawn of the Living Dead, as the founding father of zombie movies, laid the genre model for similar films
Ghostbusters (1984)
Directed by Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray / Dan Akroyd / Sigourney Weaver
Recommended reason: A windy, free-wheeled ghost hunting adventure
B-Grade Moment: "Marshmallow Man" storms the streets of New York
[Ghostbusters] is a blockbuster with "box office ambitions", not to mention the film's budget of more than $30 million, and even several of the main actors are the hot reds of the time - Bill Murray from "Saturday Night Live" and "space heroine" Sigour in [Alien].
But despite its huge expense, and even though it was nominated for the 1985 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, it was rife with the exaggeration of b-movies (like all kinds of ghosts flying out of children's comics); it also had the imagination of b-rated films (think of the giant "Michelin"); and it even had the bad taste of b-movies (the part where Sigour was ghosted).
In addition, the "B-grade smell" of the film also emanates from everyone's performance, the filming of the film is almost in a state of ignoring the script, in almost every scene, there are improvisations, especially Bill Murray, most of his performances are improvised, so we can clearly feel his "light fluttering, god pocket" oil cavity slippery tone.
[Ghostbusters] was originally a blockbuster box office, and it was re-released the following year, and then with the rise of videotapes, it became crazy again, so it is also a full-fledged Cult film, part of many people's childhood memories.
And [Ghostbusters] also provides an idea for the business model, that is, with the attitude of shooting B-grade films, it is possible to create an A-grade masterpiece, and today's [Haibian Kings] can be regarded as its descendants.
[Ghostbusters], which was unusually hot in the United States, embodies the spirit of B-grade films
16. [The Sexual History of the Iron Curtain] Seksmisja (1984)
Directed by Julius Mashuwski, Juliusz Machulski
Produced by: Poland
Starring: Auger Lukaszewicz Olgierd Lukaszewicz / Jackie Stull Jerzy Stuhr / Bozena Stryjkówna
Recommended reasons: realistic imagination, repressed madness, serious absurdity
B-Class Moments: Cake fights to the accompaniment of jazz
Poland's ill-fated recent history has made their filmmakers accustomed to making sadness and misery the main voice of their films.
However, this [Iron Curtain Sexual History] is full of irony and harmony:
Two men participate in a "hibernation experiment", but the sudden outbreak of war prolongs their "sleep time", and when they wake up, they find that they have become the last two men on earth, and the woman is the absolute ruler of this future society.
Director Yulis Mashuwski borrowed the theme to play the trial of the two in the film, like the "Lion Slaughter Conference" in "The Dragon Slayer", each speaker is performing a ridiculous book, and at this moment, totalitarians and feminists have become the object of Mahusky's ridicule.
The scale of the film is also in line with the standards of b-grade films - revealing but not obscene. Those tall young women, like Eve, who had not yet been civilized, had no shame, and their clothes were taken off and undressed, creating a lot of fragrance.
As a science fiction film, the production of [Iron Curtain Sex History] is very "affordable", although it is simple but it is real. And when these elements are mixed together, they create this miracle in the history of Polish cinema.
[Iron Curtain Sex History] can be described as the best B-grade movie played by "edge ball", often rubbing to key parts, but never holding
17. [Ten Massacres of the Manchu Qing Dynasty] (1994)
Director: Lin Qinglong
Producer: Hong Kong, China
Starring: Wu Qihua / Weng Hong / Xu Jinjiang / Huang Guangliang
Recommended reason: The perfect combination of wind moon elegance and erotic violence
Level B Moment: Xiba Qidanfeng and the Dragon in the Clouds of the Gods fight for 300 rounds in the forest
The double plum on the ridge blooms with buds, the lush valley stream flows for a long time, a pair of yin and yang double heroes, turning the forest into a bed, dancing guns, seventy-two positions are fickle, and people are stunned to see it.
Lin Qinglong's strange tricks and tricks were fully displayed in [The Ten Tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty].
More importantly, on the basis of the erotic tertiary film, the share of plasma is increased, and a folk injustice story belonging to the Chinese tradition is embedded with the elements of a hundred flowers, so that the whole film has obtained "positive energy" in the spiritual aspect.
This trick is also reflected in the "Nine Pin Sesame Officer" of the same year, but the latter does not have these charming eye flowers, so it can directly penetrate people's hearts, while [Manchu Ten Tortures] can only be reduced to a B-grade movie full of torture equipment and blood-colored passion.
Of course, the attributes of this B-grade film itself do not have any inferior meaning, but shine with various unique fragrances or deformed paragraphs.
For example, Yang Naiwu and Zhan Shi's "four big ■ tools" in the boudoir, such as the bloody climax of Xiao Cabbage and Ge Xiaoda, and of course, the combination of dragons and phoenixes in the forest, are all standard configurations that can ignite the whole theater at midnight in Hong Kong.
In other words, this film scratches the itch hole of the layman, but it can also pull out some crepe crepe "eggs", which is elegant and vulgar, and in the midst of one obscene blood, it highlights the unique characteristics of Hong Kong B-grade films.
The boundless imagination and nonsense spirit of [the Ten Tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty] all highlight the essence of Hong Kong-style third-level culture
18. [The Great Silence] Ilgrande silenzio (1968)
Directed by: Sergio Kaubsi Sergio Corbucci
Produced by: Italy
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant / Klaus Kinsky / Frank Wolff
Why: Different from Leone's macaroni westerns
Class B Moment: The male protagonist is shot dead by a group of bandits, and buried with blood and buried by snow
The film was directed by Italian macaroni western director Sergio... Speaking of this, there must be many viewers who do not know the truth and shout, "What, this is actually Leone's film?" "Not Sergio Leone, but Sergio Kaubsi.
Who is Kaubsi, the one who lives in Leone's shadow, and it can even be said that he and Leone are two bowls of macaroni.
However, we ate Leone's bowl first and forgot about The Taste of Kaubusi.
In addition, Leone has an exclusive sauce called "Morricone", which even more obscures the flavor of Kaubusi.
But despite this, Kaubucci's macaroni westerns are not much worse in quality than Leone. And this [Great Silence] is the best proof of that.
Leone's "Eastwood" is silent, while Kabusi's Transion is directly dumb; Leone's villain Van Cliff is awe-inspiring, Kabusi's villain Kinsky is full of demons; Leone's vase meat bomb, Kabusi's heroine is a black pearl, and more importantly, the latter is more naked.
This, coupled with the vast snow scene from the cream piled up in this film, creates a "sweet cold".
Kaubucci's [Great Silence] proves one thing, that Italian macaroni westerns aren't just Leone
19. Battle Royale (2000)
Director: Shinji Fukasaku
Starring: Takeshi Kitano / Ryoya Fujiwara / Taro Yamamoto / Masanobu Ando
Reason for recommendation: "Masturbation artifact" belonging to the student group
Grade B Moment: Chai Jie Peony blossoms, and there are several ghost corpses on her side
The success of [Battle Royale], especially in China, was largely due to the fact that high school students borrowed DVDs from each other. This film about the theme of students has a high popularity among students, and it is natural to think about it.
However, the angle at which students watch this film and those who have passed the student age watch this film is completely different.
Students watch this film in order to see their classmates killed with various weapons, headshots, doves, and abdominal deaths, from which they vented their pressure and achieved something that they could not do in reality. For example, killing a classmate that he hates very much;
Or in order to see Shibasaki Yuki's delicate carcass, the yearning of "peony flowers die, ghosts also flow", contains the boys' desire for the body of a precocious girl;
Or in order to see the confession before death, and the romance of dying with each other, the love of youth ends at the beginning, although it is a pity, but it satisfies the feelings of crush.
Therefore, students like to watch this film because they see a yearning, although in the eyes of adults, it is a nightmare, but for students, nightmares that do not come true are called "beautiful", which is the second disease.
And adults watch this film, just simply appreciate the setting and violent scenes, in terms of satisfaction, of course, it is a bit worse.
In other words, as a "student B-grade movie", the biggest feature of [Battle Royale] is that it combines bloody violence and sweet pure love to construct a unique "secondary two" characteristic look and feel.
Coupled with the cooperation of The violent master and apprenticeship of Shinji Fukasaku and Takeshi Kitano, the film was able to gain a high popularity among Japanese B-grade films.
Of course, in addition to the "secondary temperament", this film has the style of Japanese cruel campus comics in the setting of the world view and plot, and does not forget the perverted nature, and the blood and honey are combined into one.
This style continued to enter the screen, and naturally it was a great success.
The popularity of [Battle Royale] has become popular with the special "B-class secondary disease"
20.[Machete] Machete(2010)
Directed by Ethan Maniquis/ Robert Rodriguez Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Danny Trejo / Michelle Rodriguez
Reason for recommendation: Rodriguez officially returned the work from A to B
B-class moment: "Machete" calculates the height of the floor, pulls the enemy's intestines, and jumps directly down, accurately
When a Mexican who looks like a rapist rushes at the Americans with a machete, a question suddenly arises in our minds - where did this piece come from?
The reason for [The Machete] is derived from the pseudo-trailer in "Planet of Terror" filmed by Rodriguez in 2007.
At this point, however, the word "pseudo" seems to have to be removed. When this trailer appeared, the audience was already so excited that it was not enough to watch.
So, at the request of the audience and at the instigation of the "fox friends", [machete] killed from the trailer to the main film.
If you compare [Machete] to [Horror Planet], you will find that the highlights of the former are not denser than the latter, but from the perspective of B-grade production, [Machete] is more like a B-rated movie.
Because, [machetes] are more "rotten".
In the traditional B-grade films, we will always find some of these bridge sections, these bridge sections are in the clouds, do not know what to call, let people want to doze off, but reluctant to close their eyes, for fear of missing the sudden meat play or meat bloom.
In [Machete], there are many such passages, and most of De Niro's scenes basically belong to this category. Where it should be stuffy, and where it should be, [the machete] will never go down.
For example, pulling the intestines down, holding the wave goods Lindsay and "her mother" in the pool. This pattern of stuffiness and hi is staggered, and it is obviously more like a B-grade film than the whole "Horror Planet" without urine spots.
Authentic B-movie audiences will definitely choose [Machete] because they know that real B-movies really can't be too "good-looking".
[Machete] proves that even in today's film market there is still a way for B-grade films to survive