March 30, 2025

Day 3 is a wrap for The Third 'Favorite Stars in B Movies' Blogathon!

Banner image - Joseph Cotton in Lady Frankenstein (1971) for 2025 'Favorite Stars in B Movies' Blogathon

Before we dive into the last group of entries on this, the last day of the blogathon, I want to thank everyone who helped stitch together this event by contributing wonderful posts, promoting it on their sites and social media, and/or simply providing moral support.

It's a wonderful Frankenstein-like creation (and I mean that in the very best sense of the word), pieced together from the parts of exemplary performances in B movies, drive-in flicks and and various other low-budget pics spanning multiple decades.

Bloggers: If you signed up (or even if you didn't) and your piece isn't quite ready, relax, there's plenty of room on this page once you're done (you know the drill -- comment below or email me, brschuck66@yahoo.com).

Don't forget to check out Day 1 and Day 2 if you haven't already.

Now, on with the third act!

Dustin at Horror and Sons examines the careers of actors who were rising, falling or just coasting when they made Zombie Nightmare (1987):


Sally at 18 Cinema Lane fishes for things to like about Orca (1977), and finds good performances by Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling as they battle a vengeful killer whale:


Marianne at Make Mine Film Noir sings the praises of the low-budget neo-noir Save the Tiger (1973), in which Jack Lemmon plays a harried businessman who is trying to save his failing company, but who really needs to save himself first:


Rebecca at Taking Up Room marvels at how masterfully Vincent Price handles all the horror movie tropes in The Haunted Palace (1963):


Grand Old Movies wonders how the deliriously gorgeous Ava Gardner didn't get even one close-up in her first credited role in the East Side Kids programmer Ghosts on the Loose (1942):


Catherine at Thoughts All Sorts shines a spotlight on the films of Christian Slater's that weren't box office smashes, but are highly watchable due to his presence:


Barry at Cinematic Catharsis celebrates Joan Crawford's last feature film role as a scientist who befriends a throwback caveman in the throwback "Saturday matinee" B-thriller Trog (1970):


Kayla (and co-reviewer Buddy) at Whimsically Classic laugh out loud at the comic antics of horror icons Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone in The Comedy of Terrors (1963):


Yours truly at Films From Beyond the Time Barrier cheers on Maureen O'Sullivan, who tries to protect a lost alien family from clueless earthbound authorities and an extraterrestrial assassin in Stranded (1987):

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2 comments:

  1. I'm sorry this is so late; but I wanted to finish it. I was so busy last weekend. I get it if it's too late to post on your blog.

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    1. No problem Kayla! Adding you right now to Day 3...

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