Ten Films that Rip Off Alien
Alien is one of those movies that launched a cottage industry of imitators. This haunted house in space movie changed the way we see, well, aliens. No longer would they look human or like little green Martians. Everything from here on out was going to be HR Giger xenomorphic grossouts with multiple mouths and dripping […]
Ten video game movies
Aren’t you sick of playing your own game and controlling your own outcome? Wouldn’t you rather have someone else play a video game and you can just watch instead? No, us neither. But for some reason, video game movies keep getting made. Here are just ten of them. And if we miss one you love […]
Ten horror anthologies
1945’s Dead of Night is one of the few British horror films of that decade, as the genre had been banned from production during World War II. In decades to come, its influence would be felt on Amicus, a study that often battled Hammer for the crown of British horror while using many of the same actors. Please consider this list an […]
Ten 80’s sword and sorcery films
Following the success of 1982’s Conan the Barbarian, filmmakers the world over suddenly saw the opportunity to rip off — make their own — versions of that film and make some money. It came easy to the Italians, who had their own peblum crazy of Hercules films in the 1950’s and 60’s. To quote Joe Bob […]
Ten films we’re shocked that were rated PG
Does anyone even pay attention to ratings any more? Growing up, I was never one of those kids who wasn’t allowed to see an R rated movie. That said, the sheer violence and insanity of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom did seem quite shocking. That’s one of the films — along with Gremlins — that […]
Ten Band Cameos in Movies
There’s nothing like a band that you love showing up unexpectantly in a movie. Here are some of our favorite moments when a band showed up, blew our minds and rocked our eardrums. Keep in mind for this list, the band or artist had to actually be playing themselves. When it comes to musicians showing […]
Ten awesome movie cats
Cats. We love them around here at B&S About Movies, as Becca moved in with two cats, Elvis and Lola, to join Sam’s boys, Norris and Anderson. So we often look for movies that star cats. We could list lots of kid-friendly films, but we’d rather find some strange movies that just happen to have […]
Ten music videos with horror stars in them
Remember music videos? Well, once the bands you like used to have them on a channel called, get this, Music Tele Vision, or MTV. Now, you have to go to YouTube to see your favorite videos. Here are ten that feature your favorite horror movie characters, too. 1. “What’s This Life For” by Creed from Halloween […]
Ten movies that ruin Christmas
Christmas is nearly here. It’s the most wonderful time of the year — unless you accidentally play one of these movies at your holiday gathering. Don’t say we didn’t warn you — these are guaranteed bah humbug films. 1. Santa Claus vs. The Martians: There has never been a Christmas movie so insidious, nor a holiday […]
Ten Jaws Ripoffs
If we’ve learned anything over this last BASTARD PUPS OF JAWS week, it’s that there are plenty of other fish (and bears and alligators and devilfish and piranha and barracuda) in the sea. These are the ten best ones that we’ve found and as you’ve read above, a movie doesn’t have to have a shark […]
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