When I was a child I used to watch old movies on our black
& white television with my father late at night: The Incredible Shrinking Man, Revenge of the Creature, Tarantula, This Island Earth and dozens more. Nothing was more
exciting than a movies about aliens or giant spiders or old castles with secret
passageways. In my adult life, I’ve realized (through spending way more time in
front of a screen than is healthy for anyone) that probably 99% of all Hollywood films are wastes of time. How these scripts got
written and films financed has always been a mystery to me. Yet they gross
billions for an industry that thrives on recycling every cliché in the book.
Conversely (maybe perversely) I occasionally love to watch B
Movies (or grade Z movies) to remind myself of the insanity of the culture we
live in as reflected through the fantasy of filmmakers. Plus, it’s fun to make
fun (what a negative pleasure). The zine
I Love Bad Movies is co-edited with great skill by Matt Carman and Kseniya
Yarosh. They’ve assembled a stellar crew of writers (and films) to explore,
mostly centered on the 1980’s onwards. Most of these movies can still be found
used on VHS (or DVD) in flea markets or stashed in the basement of the few
remaining bricks & mortar DVD shops. Anja Verdugo illustrates the
psychedelic splatter flick Shrooms with
suck veracity I feel like I’ve seen the movie (and I probably have – in some
parallel universe). The inner workings of
Sleepaway Camp, The Darwin
For more information see www.ilovebadmovies.com
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Thanks DJ Frederick! We're glad to count you among the appreciators of great-bad movies.
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