Piranha 3D's Painful Predecessors!
What is it about science-fiction and horror movies that unleashes the cinematic cheese? From hilarious atomic monsters to UFOs dangling from strings, the history of genre films is riddled with patently absurd imagery.
With Piranha 3D chewing its way into theaters Friday, the flesh-ripping–fish franchise — which got its start in the '70s at the hands of schlock-shock producer Roger Corman — aims for a bloodletting upgrade by showcasing the carnage in three-dimensional splendor.
Director Alexander Aja's modern-day reboot brings to mind a welter of predecessors that made melodramatic mincemeat from mutant DNA, flimsy rocket science, stiff acting and hilariously un-special "special effects."
To assemble this round-up of sci-fi's cheesiest hits, Wired.com recruited Pyschotronic Film Society founder Mike Flores, a specialist in B movies. Also weighing in are the movie-mocking madmen from Mystery Science Theater 3000 spinoff RiffTrax.
- The Creeping Terror
Killer Shrews
Troll 2
The Giant Spider Invasion
The Horror of Party Beach
The Happening
Robot Monster
The Amazing Colossal Man
Cloverfield
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Barbarella
Galaxy Of Terror
Battlefield Earth
The Beast of Yucca Flats
The Avengers
Slither
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Sins of the Fleshapoids
Tremors
Clash of the Titans (remake)
Attack of the Puppet People
The Aztec Mummy vs the Human Robot
The Monster's Ship
Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity
Attack of the Crab Monsters
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/...-sci-fi-films/
Bet they forgot a few good ones. If you ask me, I wouldn't add Tremors, Cloverfield or the Titans remake to this list. They aren't painfully cheesy for chrissakes!
No Killer Klowns or Frankenfish? Come on...
Doc and NE should chip in with some good vintage ones.
Elvis and Ferox note - check out the cover of Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity.