This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the Mars Attacks trading cards by Topps, under than name Bubbles Inc. in 1962, which went on to be a major Hollywood film 1996.
So here at Attack from Planet B we thought we would take a little look at the tarding card phenomena of the 60s that was Mars Attacks. Taking inspiration from the classic pulp science fiction comics by EC Comics of the 40s and 50s and the B-movies of the time, The Mars Attacks trading cards are everything that Planet B is about.
So head on inside to find out more about this icon of trading card world…
When it come to action, the 80s and 90s was the pinnacle of all things high concept and bombastic in the world movies, with buses exploding, battleships being taken hostage and entire cities being destroyed. However, it was the lone one man army that flew the flag for action during these glory days of action cinema; always there with an Uzi 9mm or an M-16 in one hand and quick one-liner in the other. So here at Attack From Planet B we have but together our top “One Man Army” movies.
So head on inside to see if your favourites are in our action-packed list…
Cigarette Burns Cinema brings you an other great screening at the world famous Prince Charles Cinema London, with Lucio Fulci’s A Lizard in a Women’s Skin.
Perhaps better known for his moody gore-laced excursions of the late 70s and 80s, Lucio Fulci was also a master of the Italian thriller genre known as giallo, directing two of its finest entries: Don’t Torture a Duckling and the renowned classic A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin.
Shameless Sexploitation Boxset – SHAM301Horror, Sex Sirens, Satanic rituals & Sci-fi monsters have never been so wild and depraved as they are in this BBFC-baiting, mind-frying, definitive collectors box-set of shameless sexploitation. Join Shameless in their celebration of unadulterated, adult-rated Sinema – featuring erstwhile-arthouse sex symbol Sirpa Lane, notorious porn-diva Marina Hedman and trash movie queen Mariangela Giordano, and adorned by extra footage previously only available in XXX versions, as Shameless Screen Entertainment release their “Shameless Sexploitatio” Boxset.
Head on inside for full details of this wonderful offering from Shameless Screen Entertainment.
This a little film that we’ve been following for a while here at Attack From Planet B, so the next bit of info for Battleship is the release of yet another new trailer, now big and more bonkers.
This one has more explosions, more boats, more aliens and little bit of story, but not much, it is Battleships after all. So head on inside to see the full explosive carnage…
Another month has past and the reprobates of Kim Newman’s Video Dungeon are clamouring at their jail cell doors to escape into your DVD players again.
This month brings genre draining lost footage wannabes, film-noir re-imaging and car morphing squids, yes you read the last one correctly, car morphing squids! Also, as usual we will have Kim’s breakout release to see what he deems should be let out on decent society.
So head on side for the full horror of Kim Newman’s Video Dungeon for the coming month.
Inspired by “The Epic Beard Man” of YouTube fame, Danny Trejo is a one man army taking on the ASBO generation of LA’s mean streets. It’s OAP in the Hood!
The original YouTube clip, which you can see here, is of the epic bread men dishing out some whoop-ass on a mouthy youth on a public bus, which has now had over 5 million views.
So head on inside to see the violence unfold…
A town is in danger from a deadly foe from outer space and the only thing standing in its way from devouring the populous is 4 teenagers and one little kid. Can they defeat this unstoppable eating machine that craves flesh and blood or will they become the next course on this monster’s menu of human victims? All is ravelled in The Deadly Spawn.
Thanks to Arrow Video The Deadly Spawn can gain another lease of life and show the brainwashed teens of today what joys can be had from the low-budget independent horror of the 80’s. So head on inside now…
