The list author says: "I'm Retroman Steve, owner and editor of the Lost Highway (www.dchighway.com). It's your unexpected detour from the mainstream to the shadowy side of b-movie and cult film reviews. On this desolate stretch of road, a lone drive-in still plays on. Here's a list of the definitive must see b-movie and cult films to start your journey."
"Taking place on the mean streets of New York in the early 80’s this movie defines thick cheesy atmosphere and thin plotlines. Bad costumes, bad hair, and bad dialog. It’s my all time favorite movie. Can you dig it?"
"“No acting skills required” must have been on the actors wanted sign for this cheesy 80’s karate movie. Olympic medalist Kurt Thomas stars as Jonathen Cabot, who stretches his acting muscle to plays a champion gymnast. He is recruited to represent the United States in a deadly competition inside the borders of the country Parmistan. (I like to sprinkle some Parmistan on my spaghetti.)"
"We get a rare movie that features car racing and hit and run homocides combined together into a bloody sport of the future. I think given a few years American Gladiator would've turned into this if we stuck the contestants in tripped out golf carts."
"Ignore the first film on this double feature DVD as Troll 2 is the crowned Jewel of bad movies. It’s not actually a sequel to Troll 1 as this films contains no story, no acting, and amazingly no trolls! There are however midgets dressed in cheesy goblin masks prancing through the woods and eating people they turned into green goo. Absolutely hilarious and a must see."
"Take note geeks on love patrol, if you want to get the ladies you simply need to wear a pink tu-tu and accidentally fall into a barrel of toxic waste thereby become hideously deformed. It will give you super hero strength, motivate you to fight evil, and change your voice to a someone who sounds like they should do Viagra commercial."
"This is a great sci-fi movie interrupted only by an overly long wrestling matches. Roddy Piper plays Nada, a tough guy construction worker with a bad mullet trying to edge out a living in the big city. Yes, the same Roddy Piper from the wrestling fame. He soon discovers a conspiracy via some Rayban sunglasses."
"When a couple at the local makeout spot are solicited to buy waffle cones and push-up treats by some local goobers in an ice cream truck they suddenly spot a falling comet over the treetops. It's the arrival of mutant clowns from the deep carnival of space. Watch of for cotton candy cocoons and pop-corn guns."
"Flash Gordon, a quarterback from the New York Jets, is put in the unlikely situation of having to try to save the world from the evil clutches of an alien overlord name Ming. With only enough brain power to warm toast and a uncanny skill in bad one-liners, Flash goes to Ming’s planet accidentally with the help of an equally dimwitted newsreporter to try to stop him from destroying the Earth."
"This is the legendary story of a bouncer named James Dalton played by Patrick Swayze who confronts his inner demons while defending a small bar outside Kansas City from the evil Ben Gazzara. Dalton cool demener hides a raging anger that I believe resulted from a post dramatic Dirty Dancing disorder. He deals with rage through spouting wisdoms like "pain don't hurt" and doing Swayziest Tai-Chi."
"When good smores go bad...real bad. some backwoods hillsman decided to taste something he sees bubbling up from the ground, because when you can’t identify something it’s always a good idea to taste it! Before you can say mass marketing, the yogurt like substance is on every shelf and in every refrigerator in America and is taking over their brains."
"It’s a blood soaked zombie infestation that takes no prisoners. A small town is infected with a deadly military experiment that causing the residents to break out with the worse acne cases you’ll ever see turning them into giant walking puss bucket zombies. A small band of survivors try to flee the town with help of a one legged stripper and a knife wielding rebel."
"The president has crashed into Manhattan which has been turned into a maximum security prison. This movie supposedly take place in the future. Manhattan has some snobby pet owners but I wouldn’t say it’s an island prison yet. Snake has 24 hrs to get the president out and yet Keither Sutherland never makes a cameo and of course this just puts Snake in a bad mood."