grindhouse
Exploitation film venue
A grindhouse is a run-down movie theater showing low-budget exploitation films—horror, martial arts, sexploitation, and other disreputable fare.
The term evokes 1970s urban decay and double features watched in seedy venues.
Now grindhouse describes the aesthetic itself: deliberately trashy, violent, and cheaply made.
The director paid homage to grindhouse cinema with fake scratches and missing reels.
Selfish use of others
- blaxploitationSeventies Black action cinema
- sexploitationFilms exploiting carnal content
- slasherKnife-wielding horror villain
- splatterScatter in drops
gore · kung-fu · zombie · revenge · cannibal · mondo · shock · pulp
Lasting until morning
- marqueeTheater entrance canopy
- projectorLight-casting display device
- reelsCylindrical winding devices
- screenDisplay or barrier
seats · concession · lobby · rundown · dilapidated · fleapit · drive-in · urban
- RodriguezSpanish patronymic surname
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- revivalReturn after decline
- restorationReturning something to condition
VHS · fandom · enthusiasts · aficionados · repertory · rediscovery · underground · obscure
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- blaxploitationSeventies Black action cinema
- sexploitationFilms exploiting carnal content
- slasherKnife-wielding horror villain
splatter · gore · kung-fu · zombie · revenge · cannibal · mondo · shock · pulp · B-movie
gritty
Coarse or courageous
faded · lurid · garish · tawdry · sleazy · seedy · sordid · grimy · dingy · raw
all-night
Lasting until morning
screen · seats · concession · lobby · rundown · dilapidated · fleapit · drive-in · urban · downtown
Tarantino
- RodriguezSpanish patronymic surname
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- revivalReturn after decline
restoration · VHS · fandom · enthusiasts · aficionados · repertory · rediscovery · underground · obscure · rarities
70s
Fourth decade, twentieth century
revival · old-school · bygone · theatrical · classic · heyday · defunct · lost · forgotten · rediscovered
- film genreshorror, comedy, drama, action, romance
- cinemasmovie theater, cinema, multiplex, cineplex, drive-in theater
- B-moviesB-movie, exploitation film, exploitation films, cult film, cult classic
- lowbrowreality TV, tabloids, gossip magazines, trash TV, celebrity gossip
- schlockschlock, schlocky, trash, junk, dreck
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
grindhouseart house cinema
Venue for noncommercial films
picture palace · arthouse · red carpet premiere · legitimate theater
grindhousemultiplex
Multi-screen movie theater
megaplex · cineplex · IMAX theater · AMC