Website B-Movie Theater announces this year's inductees to the B-Movie Hall of Fame:

"B-Movies have long been ignored by the critics and award-givers, but audiences love them and have kept the B-Movies alive all of these years," says Ron Bonk, founder of B-Movie Theater and curator of the B-Movie Hall of Fame. "That's why we open the voting to the film lovers around the world who can't get enough of the B-Movies. Every year, we receive more and more votes on a wide number of classic films and iconic stars and filmmakers. The B-Movie Hall of Fame is the moviegoer's way of saying thanks to the great films and great people who created them!"

During the first four years of voting, the B-Movie Hall of Fame has inducted the following icons of the genre: Forest J. Ackerman, Samuel Z. Arkoff & James H. Nicholson, The Bowery Boys, Hillary Brooke, Bruce Campbell, Jeanne Carmen, William Castle, Jackie Chan, Lon Chaney Jr., Roger Corman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Cushing, Tamara Dobson, Godzilla, George "Gabby" Hayes, Inoshiro Honda, Joseph Kane, Boris Karloff, Lloyd Kaufman & Michael Herz, Bruce Lee, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Arthur Lubin, Bela Lugosi, Jayne Mansfield, Russ Meyer, Jack Nicholson, Parker Posey, Elvis Presley, Vincent Price, Ronald Reagan & Nancy Davis (Reagan), George Romero, Emil Sitka, Barbara Steele, the Three Stooges, Lee Van Cleef, Mamie Van Doren, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Waters, John Wayne and Edward D. Wood Jr.

The classic B-Movies previously voted for honor are "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" (1978), "The Blair Witch Project" (1999), "Blood of Jesus" (1941), "Blood Feast" (1963), "Carnival of Souls" (1962), "Cat People" (1942), "Clerks" (1994), "The Day of the Triffids" (1965), "Death Race 2000" (1975), "Detour" (1945), "El Mariachi" (1994), "Enter the Dragon" (1973), "The Evil Dead" (1982), "Faces of Death" (1978), "A Fistful of Dollars" (1965), "Flash Gordon" (1936), "The Flying Deuces" (1939), "Godzilla" (1954), "Gorgo" (1961), "Halloween" (1978), "Hercules" (1957), "High School Confidential!" (1958), "Kentucky Fried Movie" (1977), "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" (1988), "The Killing" (1956), "The Leopard Man" (1943), "The Little Shop of Horrors" (1960), "Mad Max" (1979), "Mondo Cane" (1963), "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975), "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1978), "Night of the Living Dead" (1968), "Pink Flamingos" (1972), "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1959), "Reefer Madness" (1936), "Repo Man" (1984), "Shaft" (1971), "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1973), "The Toxic Avenger" (1985) and "X, the Man with X-Ray Eyes" (1963).

This year's inductees are:

B-MOVIE ARTISTS:

DARIO ARGENTO. Italian legend who directed B-Movie classics including "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" (1970), "Suspiria" (1977) and "Creepers" (1985).

MARIO BAVA. Italian director who helmed the horror masterpieces "Black Sunday" (1960), "The Whip and the Body" (1963) and "Blood and Black Lace" (1965).

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