Love them or hate them “B” movies have become the steady workhorse of the horror genre. They are cheap, poorly acted, weak plotted and more often that not the seventh sequel to a huge hit over a decade ago. However, every now and again along comes a “B” movie that grabs our attention, a film that rises above its lack of script, budget and acting talent to become beloved. It becomes beyond criticism, falling into one of 2 categories. The first is the hardest category to achieve, that of cult status despite having nothing going for it. Whilst the movie is not critically acclaimed or probably even that good it becomes accepted to the fans as a work of art. A masterpiece of bad cinematic history that rises above it all to gain the title of “so bad it’s good”. An example of this would be “Blood Diner” a terrible movie that pushes all the right buttons. The second category is much more attainable to the common “B” stinker. That is that of a movie that its weaknesses are over looked by the fans because the movie is just so damn entertaining. Prime example of this would be “Army of Darkness”. ...

Love them or hate them “B” movies have become the steady workhorse of the horror genre. They are cheap, poorly acted, weak plotted and more often that not the seventh sequel to a huge hit over a decade ago. However, every now and again along comes a “B” movie that grabs our attention, a film that rises above its lack of script, budget and acting talent to become beloved. It becomes beyond criticism, falling into one of 2 categories. The first is the hardest category to achieve, that of cult status despite having nothing going for it. Whilst the movie is not critically acclaimed or probably even that good it becomes accepted to the fans as a work of art. A masterpiece of bad cinematic history that rises above it all to gain the title of “so bad it’s good”. An example of this would be “Blood Diner” a terrible movie that pushes all the right buttons. The second category is much more attainable to the common “B” stinker. That is that of a movie that its weaknesses are over looked by the fans because the movie is just so damn entertaining. Prime example of this would be “Army of Darkness”. ...