Erstellt am: 26. 7. 2011 - 12:43 Uhr
Today's Webtip: B-Movies
Ever heard the term "B-Movie"?
It orginated in the golden years of Hollywood, when theaters used to offer something called a double feature. Sort of a two-for-one for people with a lot of time on their hands. If the A-Movie was the headliner, the B-movie was the support band.
The were usually very low budget, but not always very low quality. One of the more proficient creators in this genre was Roger Corman, the man who brought us the original "Little Shop of Horrors" and helped launch a lot of hollywood hopefuls into massive careers.
He also bought the occasional foreign film and brought it to the States. With a little bit of effort, dubbing, and some new material they were then let loose on the U.S. public.
One of those films was Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women. A movie that isn't anywhere near as bad as the title might suggest. It started its life as a Soviet science fiction film. Mr. Corman actually made a few films out of the footage, but it's the version he asked Peter Bogdanovic to make that caught my eye. It tells the tale of mans first trip to venus, as well as the second and third. It features cosmonauts, dinosaurs, robots and women wearing sea-shells. It was one of the first two films directed by Bogdanovic, and it has a very different feel from a lot of the B-Movies I have seen. Peter's opening narrative and the eery soundtrack make it something special.
But why tell you about it when you can watch it?
For those of you who need to know more about the history of this film, you can get the background info here , and anyone willing to explore more movies they might not have heard of should check out the openflix sci-fi channel. It's tasty.