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Samurai Cop (1991), is the worst low budget action movie ever shot. With a terrible script and comical sequences, it was never released in theaters. But it went viral via VHS. The movie brought a totally unexpected acclaim to Matt Hannon, the main actor: twenty five years after shooting, this film still defines his life. Because yes, Matt Hannon is alive and well.
No scenery, no screenplay, and no actors, equals no problems. This is the philosophy of Eurociné, a production company unique in the world that isn't afraid of anything, least of all of being ridiculous. Result: a low budget film on cannibals shot in 1981 in a Spanish seaside city. Michel Malaussena was an assistant and still remembers it.
A film about zombies, but not any old zombies: Nazi zombies. This French film was shot in 1980, and whilst there are some terrifying zombies, there is also the unexpectedly sentimental zombie. A real delight.
Good casting in a film is often a challenge. In Terror of Tiny Town, a 1938 western, all the actors are tiny. Very tiny. It a great movie does not make.
When Bruce Lee died in 1973, he left a terrible void in the hearts of the public... and in the producers' portfolio. Until dozens of approximate look-alikes popped up on screens. The thing they have in common? A bowl cut, sunglasses and the indispensable cat-like yowl.
Sam Firstenberg is the man who invented the Hollywood ninja movie. In 1985, his famous cinematographic oxymoron, American Ninja, did not please the Japanese too much. But the producers of Hong Kong loved it so much that they copied it with dozens of movies about American ninjas. Thanks, Sam.
Jean-Marie Pallardy has written, produced and directed dozens of feature films since the 1970s. At 76, he still hasn't made anything mainstream. He'll be spotted by Hollywood eventually, right? In any case, his own life is a movie.
In 2003, Uwe Boll thought an adaptation of a cult video game would make a good movie. He became the first director to come up against bashing 2.0. Nominated by the web as the "new worst director of the world", he preferred to settle his scores by fighting back.
The trailer was seen nearly three million times on Youtube... figures that are the stuff of dreams for any movie studio. Especially for a movie that cost 200 dollars to make. Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010) is the most improbable action film of all time. Welcome to Wakaliwood, the nascent industry of the Ugandan blockbuster.
The intentional B movie is one of the greatest mysteries of cinema since 2001: A Space Odyssey. An exercise in style that only young, adventurous directors should attempt. And succeed at: easy to do when the criteria for success is failure. Or is it? Kelsey Gunn, actress and screenwriter of Dude Bro Party MIassacre II (2015), wonders.
