I have been on form of an old-school “B” film kick recently and discovered that our native drive-in was internet hosting a double-feature of “Critters,” which I had by no means seen, and “The Blob,” which I hadn’t seen in years.
I did not know what to anticipate from “Critters,” since during the film till the krites had been launched, I received it confused with the VHS field artwork for a TOTALLY totally different film [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoulies#/media/File%3AGhoulies_Poster.jpg], so I went in considering it was about some child demon aliens that attacked folks from the bathroom. (There was a bathroom assault within the film although.) I actually loved it, and I do not know what made me wait so lengthy to see it. There was an surprising look by Elliott’s mother from “E.T.” in addition to early appearances by Billy Zane and Scott Grimes. It was campy and humorous and 80s-level scary in all the proper methods, and it additionally has the most effective sensible results scenes from that period. [https://youtu.be/cX1x50vxTVs]
Rewatching “The Blob” was like seeing it for the primary time, since there was a lot I did not bear in mind. Once more, it additionally had nice sensible and post-production compositing results — and holy cow, I by no means realized that Frank Darabont was one of many co-writers! As a lot as I could not recall a few of the movie, the demise scenes had been very a lot already etched into my mind (the hospital, the diner, the telephone sales space, the theater, the sewer, and so forth.) I used to be unhappy to be taught that it wasn’t as appreciated when it first got here out because it rightfully later grew to become, however I am additionally glad that it will definitely received the popularity that it deserves for being one of many nice horror remakes alongside movies like 1978’s “Invasion of the Physique Snatchers” and John Carpenter’s”The Factor” from 1982.
I am on the hunt for much more, so you might have a favourite (probably underseen or underappreciated) “B” film within the sci-fi or horror genres from the later a part of the final century, be at liberty to drop it within the feedback, and if I’ve by no means seen it earlier than, or at the very least not too long ago, I am going to add it to my listing. Thanks!
