B-Movie Hall of Fame Adds Victims

Written by Eric Olsen
Published October 08, 2002
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JOE-BOB BRIGGS. Good ol' boy film critic who has been an indefatigable champion for B-Movies.

WES CRAVEN. Prolific filmmaker who scared audiences with his memorable "The Last House on the Left" (1972) and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984).

DAVID CRONENBERG. Canadian filmmaker who directed B-Movie gems including "Scanners" (1981) and "Videodrome" (1983) before heading to the A-list.

DIVINE. Cross-dressing diva who starred in the John Waters flicks "Multiple Maniacs" (1970), "Pink Flamingos" (1972) and "Polyester" (1981).

PAM GRIER. Icon of 1970s blaxploitation classics including "Coffy" (1973) and "Foxy Brown" (1974).

RAY HARRYHAUSEN. Celebrated master of stop-action animated special effects, best known for "Jason and the Argonauts" (1963), "The Valley of Gwangi" (1969) and "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" (1974).

BETTIE PAGE. Pin-up superstar who graced movie burlesque revues including "Striporama" (1953) and "Varietease" (1954).

TOM SAVINI. Versatile film artist best known for his extraordinary make-up work on the horror classics "Deranged" (1972), "Martin" (1977) and "Maniac" (1980).

B-MOVIE CLASSICS:

"ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13" (1976), directed by John Carpenter. Cops and cons join forces when an isolated station is suddenly under attack.

"DAWN OF THE DEAD" (1978), directed by George Romero. Second installment in the zombie trilogy, with the recently deceased returning to take over a mall.

"ERASERHEAD" (1977), directed by David Lynch. Midnight movie perennial about a weird man who becomes father to an even weirder baby.

"FASTER, PUSSYCAT...KILL! KILL!" (1965), directed by Russ Meyer. Three strippers go on a wild crime spree in this proto-feminist cult favorite.

"Friday THE 13TH" (1980), directed by Sean S. Cunningham. The first in the long-running horror series featuring the homicidal Jason on the loose at a summer camp.

"GLEN OR GLENDA?" (1953), directed by Edward D. Wood Jr. A closet transvestite's gnawing angst is explored with astonishing lunacy in this camp anti-classic.

"HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER" (1980), directed by John McNaughton. The true-life criminal career of Henry Lee Lucas is extensively recreated in gruesome detail.

"THE HILLS HAVE EYES" (1977), directed by Wes Craven. A vacationing family is stranded in the California desert and stalked by odd beings who don't enjoy visitors.

"I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE" (1978), directed by Meir Zarchi. A woman is brutally assaulted and left for dead ... except she doesn't die and instead seeks out her attackers for some much-needed revenge.

"MARTIN" (1977), directed by George Romero. A boy in Pittsburgh claims to be a vampire ... and his claim might not be as strange it seems!

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#1 — October 8, 2002 @ 12:30PM — Kevin Murphy [URL]

How can they leave Claudia Jennings off the list?

How did they pick just one Russ Meyer's film?

#2 — October 8, 2002 @ 12:40PM — Kevin Murphy [URL]

How can they leave Claudia Jennings off the list?

I can imagine the agony of trying to pick just one Russ Meyer film for induction. They need to have a lifetime achievement award and give it to him.

#3 — October 8, 2002 @ 13:34PM — Kevin Murphy [URL]

How can they leave Claudia Jennings off the list?

I can imagine the agony of trying to pick just one Russ Meyer film for induction. They need to have a lifetime achievement award and give it to him.

#4 — October 8, 2002 @ 14:07PM — Eric Olsen

Uh, Kevin, I take it you like Claudia Jennings and Russ Meyer.

#5 — October 8, 2002 @ 15:19PM — Kevin Murphy [URL]

I like them, but not that much.

When I posted, I got the hourglass for a long time, and then an error message about not being able to communicate. I thought that meant that my post, my important, vitally important post didn't make it all the way to blogcritics.

Sorry, I'll know next time to check before hitting post a second time.

#6 — October 8, 2002 @ 16:01PM — Bill Sherman [URL]

You're right, though: it's a crime and shame that only one Russ Meyer film (albeit a great one) is on the list. And where's my favorite Cronenberg flick, The Brood?

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