REFLECTIONS OF A ''B''- MOVIE JUNKIE

About the Book

"Reflections Of A 'B' Movie Junkie" is a tribute to the old "B" Movies of the Saturday Matinees of yesteryear. Actually, it is more of a homage to them, or at least (6) genres of those film types, that were so prevalent back in primarily the '40's and '50's. Their research and discussion, however, in some instances, dates all the way back to the beginning of the "talkies" of motion picture content, and can extend in the other direction, into the early '70s. These (6) genres include the popular "B"-Western, The Comedy Teams, The Jungle Adventures, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Horror and the Serial, or Chapter Plays, so popular with the week-end Matinee crowds back then.
These film-types filled up our Saturday afternoons (and evenings) with exciting adventure, curious wonder, spine-tingling horror, and non-stop action. Often filmed on a shoe-string budget, and in a limited time-frame, many of these "classics" came to be looked upon by many fans as being so truly bad, that they were good, (in a bad sort of way) !
They are thus categorized, reviewed and discussed, for the most part, in a lovingly personal style, especially when compared to the film types we are subjected to in today's market. They had their place in film history, and that time is long since gone. But, for some of us, they have never been equaled, which, for others, may indeed be a good thing.

About the Author

Jim Driscoll was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 10th, 1942. He graduated from The University of Detroit in 1964, with a liberal arts degree, majoring in History and English. In late 1970, after a divorce earlier that year, he moved to Los Angeles, California, with his young son, and raised him in Southern California. In June, 2000, after 35 years of service, he retired from General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the automobile financial arm of General Motors. He currently resides in northern Washington State, to be close to his three grandchildren, who live near the border, in Surrey, B.C.