Fun, Classic B-Movies

After releasing “Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank,” a lot of people assume Cranium Candy Entertainment mainly produces horror films… that was actually the first horror I had ever done. I like horror movies, but that’s not my favorite genre at all.

When I was a kid, I went through a phase where I absolutely lived and breathed horror movies… they used to run old B-Movies on a TV show called “Chiller.” They didn’t show the famous, classic B-Movies… but more obscure, totally cheap B-Movie horror. I remember “The Hideous Sun Demon,” where a scientist actually went through reverse-evolution when he was exposed to the sun, and turned into a prehistoric lizard-creature. “Target Earth” was fun – made in the 50’s - and “The Cyclops,” was about a giant 50 foot man with one eye. He kind-of twisted his face up and growled which was frightening and made you feel sorry for him at the same time. Do you remember any of these? … kirkfilms@hotmail.com. I also loved “The Monster of Piedras Blancas” – about a Black-Lagoon-type creature that wreaked havoc in a seaside community. Years ago I took a film class taught by the director - Irv Berwick, who told us a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff that went on. I’ll tell one of his stories next Blog.

There were some movies so obscure… there was one with a giant glob/creature that looked like a big beanbag chair. It squished a skinny, weasly guy named Max, trapped in a cave… till blood poured out of his mouth. That was pretty daring for a movie on TV back then. Sound familiar? I can’t think if that title.

My movies include some horror parodies, a political satire, and sexy comedies. I like to have a variety of genres, even though most are fun, quirky movies. The most different movie I made was, I think, “Bittersweet Lies.” Even though it had comedy in it, it was a drama set in a teen suicide prevention facility. None of the girls grew fangs and ate their boyfriends. No Dawn-of-the-dead Republican Zombies tried to take over the world. It was a relationship-based story with Supernatural overtones.

Well, I’m still thinking about how to get some DVD screeners to some of you readers there… and I’m sure I’ll come up with something within the next couple days…