Tag: Borrowing Blockbusters

  • Bad Movie Bible – Borrowing Blockbusters: The Exorcist

    Back when I was twelve or thirteen, my parents went out, leaving me home alone, and I thought this would be a great time to watch The Exorcist. It was on TNT or A&E, or maybe it was BRAVO, I can’t remember, point being, even with the commercial breaks, that movie scared the crap out of me. I think it was the last horror movie that gave me nightmares, and made me sleep with a light on. I still hold it’s the scariest I have ever seen.

    So, when I saw that Rob Hill, through his Bad Movie Bible page, was adding The Exorcist to his “Borrowing Blockbuster” series, at first I was sure about this addition. First, I agree that The Exorcist is an amazingly influential movie, if not one of the best movies ever made. But, I couldn’t really think of any movies that ripped it off. That’s where Rob Hill comes in, and I will never doubt his judgement again.

  • Bad Movie Bible – Borrowing Blockbusters: Bruceploitation Part One

    When I was growing up, I watched a lot of tv. One of the best UHF stations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area was Channel 21 which showed tons of monster movies, weird supernatural “documentaries,” and kung-fu flicks. My love of bad movies comes directly from this station.

    So, when I was watching Rob Hill’s latest installment of his “Borrowing Blockbuster” series, all about the rip-off Bruce Lee movies, I know for certain that I watched several of those growing up.

    The best news out of all of this is that there will be two more episodes of the “Bruceploitation!”

  • Bad Movie Bible – Borrowing Blockbusters: Maxploitation (Part 2 of 2)

    Rob Hill is back with Part Two of his “Borrowing Blockbuster: Maxploitation” at the Bad Movie Bible YouTube channel. I had no idea how many Mad Max sub-generas there are, which also lead me to notice that I have seen many of this knock-offs. No matter what, these videos are an education on how some of the worst movies came into being

  • Bad Movie Bible – Borrowing Blockbusters: Maxploitation

    Rob Hill is back with another installment of his “Borrowing Blockbuster” series from Bad Movie Bible. This time around he is tackling the Mad Max movies. If you are like me, then you love a wonderful good-bad movie to unwind with, and Hill find plenty fodder in the Mad Max world of rip-offs and imitation. This is just part one, so I suspect that part two might only be a week or month away.

  • Bad Movie Bible – Borrowing Blockbusters: RoboCop Rip-Offs

    Rob Hill and his Bad Movie Bible are back with another installment of “Borrowing Blockbusters: Robocop Rip-Offs.” The funny thing is that like a week ago, I started wondering if Rob was due with another video…

    I’m a fan of bad movies, and Rob does a great job of tying all of the production companies, directors and producers together to give a complete picture of how the world loves to rip-off a good movie.