Bikini Drive-In (1995; Fred Olen Ray)

A well-remembered T&A favourite from the days of late night cable, Bikini Drive-In remains one of the most durable titles from the prolific Fred Olen Ray, whose low-budget exploitation films were plentiful on rental shelves and specialty channels during the heyday of the video age.  His movies are especially known for generous showcases of old and new favourite B-movie personalities. As per its namesake, Bikini Drive-In, features many veterans from ye olde drive-in, as well as scream queens and familiar Cinemax personalities of its time. 

The Gatling Gun (1971; Robert Gordon)

Genre fans tend to dislike this low-budget western, but I have an irrational fondness for it... probably because it was purchased for the princely sum of one dollar. Early in the DVD revolution, when players and movies had become more wallet friendly for the average consumer, there also came the glut of "dollar DVDs", usually featuring public domain movies, cartoons or vintage TV shows. They often came in no-frills packaging, usually nothing more than a thin cardboard sleeve that was glued shut on one side, and one had to carefully pry them open so not to scratch the disk inside. And of course, the movies were in bare bones presentations: zero effort put into remastering, no extras, and sometimes they didn't even bother with chapter stops! Well? What did you expect for a buck? Criterion?