B movie
Low-budget cult film
A B movie is a low-budget film, originally the second feature in a double bill.
The term now describes any cheaply made movie, often with poor acting, crude special effects, and formulaic plots.
Some B movies achieve cult status precisely because of their flaws: We stayed up late watching old B movies on cable.
- low-budgetCosting relatively little
- shoestring budgetExtremely limited financial resources
- pulpSoft wet mass
- cheap thrillsEasy, shallow entertainment
- indieProduced outside majors
cult film · drive-in theaters · knockoff · practical effects · rubber suit · flick · independent · slasher films · film · Western · grindhouse · cult classics · exploitation · genre film · crime drama · double feature · cult following · horror
B movieblockbuster
Enormously successful entertainment property
tentpole film · summer blockbuster · tentpole movie · epic · franchise film
B movieprestige film
Movie aiming for awards
art film · arthouse film · awards bait · critical darling · masterpiece
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