The term “B movie” is now used for any film that’s made with limited resources. But cheap doesn’t mean bad, so while some of these movies are pretty rough, others did incredible things with small budgets. One thing they all have in common, though, is that they’re entertaining as hell. IMDb summary: “Johnny is a successful bank executive who lives quietly in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, putting aside any scruple, she seduces Johnny’s best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.” IMDb summary: “Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible ‘Plan 9’ into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger.” 1 - There are no trolls. 2 - There is no first Troll movie (well, there is, but it has no connection to this one). 3 - The Italian filmmakers and American actors were largely unable to communicate due to a language barrier. IMDb summary: “A vacationing family discovers that the entire town they’re visiting is inhabited by goblins disguised as humans, who plan to eat them.” IMDb summary: “Three go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he’s hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him.” IMDb summary: “In Hawaii, an undercover DEA agent and her civilian friend stumble upon a drug trafficking operation, and have to enlist the help of all their colleagues/friends to go after the vicious drug kingpin.” IMDb summary: “A group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lockdown before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions, and goes on a killing spree.” IMDb summary: “Joe Marshall and Frank Washington are two tenacious police detectives who seek at all costs to stop the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles.” IMDb summary: “Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.” IMDb summary: “When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals its true nature when it tries to exact vengeance on the gang, and anyone else who gets in its way.” IMDb summary: “When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature’s deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace.” IMDb summary [edited]: “Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is on when his commanding officers ask him to save an ambassador’s daughter.” IMDb summary: “A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break.” “Renewed my faith in politics.” —Stephen H. “I was always asking myself which president is the greatest monster-hunting US president: Abraham Lincoln or F.D. Roosevelt, and as a historian, I am happy that finally, someone provided an answer.” —Panta O. “Ever wanted to see Franklin Delano Roosevelt fire his rocket launcher wheelchair at Werewolf Hitler? Of course you have. Why are you still reading this? Go watch the movie.” —Colson V. IMDb summary: “An outrageous, over-the-top spoof, FDR: American Badass is the untold true story of our country’s greatest monster-hunting president!” IMDb summary: “Disappointed by its creation, the almighty being that created Man arrives on Earth in a human form and interacts with various troubled, wicked and sinful people on his journey to Vegas.” IMDb summary: “A run-away human slave from Earth’s future escapes to the present.” IMDb summary: “An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.” IMDb summary: “A bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.” IMDb summary: “A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.” IMDb summary: “A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.” IMDb summary: “When a gang of terrorists invades a campus building, it’s up to English professor Joe McCann to save the day.” IMDb summary: “A horde of mutated birds descends upon the quiet town of Half Moon Bay, California. With the death toll rising, Two citizens manage to fight back, but will they survive Birdemic?” IMDb summary: “After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.” IMDb summary: “Scientists become trapped on a shrinking island with intelligent, murderous giant crabs.” IMDb summary: “Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as ‘The Filthiest Person Alive.’” IMDb summary: “A voluptuous Black vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.” IMDb summary: “Three bad boy motorcyclists get kicks raping women and generally being a nuisance. When they rape a veterinarian’s wife, he takes exception and pursues them, teaming up with a Cajun woman whose husband they killed. The leader of the gang, a Vietnam vet, begins showing signs of being a few slices short of a loaf.” IMDb summary: “When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort’s rivers, the guests become their next meal.” IMDb summary: “Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.” IMDb summary: “A young security guard must track down diminutive aliens who kill people even as they make their fantasies come true.” IMDb summary: “An evil leprechaun finds himself in Las Vegas, where he proceeds to cause mischief by killing people, granting twisted wishes, and infecting a young man with his green blood.” IMDb summary: “A race of alien robots have conquered Earth and forced humanity underground. After 400 years, a small group of humans develops a plan to defeat the mechanical invaders in the ultimate battle between man and machine.” IMDb summary: “The monstrous Ro-Man attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter.”
