B- Movie - TV Tropes. To combat this, the major studios distributed feature films in pairs meant to be screened as a Double Feature. The longer and bigger- budgeted of the two films was called an . Later, the studios just bought pictures from . While B- movies may occasionally have very well- written scripts and gripping plots, the primary goal is not, deliberate, art or widespread commercial success, but cheap, disposable entertainment.

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As such, B- movies tend to be genre pieces, in such categories as western (by far the most popular B- genre in Hollywood's Golden Age), horror, Science Fiction, or crime. B- movies are often heavily trope- laden, and a particularly successful one can become a trope maker for big- budget films in the future. During the 3. 0's and 4. B- series were often highly successful; for example, Andy Hardy, Charlie Chan, The Cisco Kid, The Saint, and even Sherlock Holmes (in the sequels produced by Universal). On the other hand, the overall decline of the majors left room for independents with a B mentality — American International Pictures and Roger Corman being by far the most prominent — to flourish.

In the 1. 96. 0s and 1. B- movie came to be synonymous with what was now called . During the . Since the dawning of cable TV and home video in The '8. B- movies see theatrical release, but are typically produced as TV movies or Direct- to- Video releases, or released directly over the internet. Syfy (formerly the Sci Fi Channel) in particular produces many original B- movies, and Mystery Science Theater 3. B- movies with three characters making snarky comments on the action.

While many B- movies are . Those that attempt seriousness are usually full of narm. Several B- Movies of the 1. Vindicated by History and were embraced for their subversion of the restrictions of The Hays Code. The code often focused more heavily on the A- Picture and this meant the B- Movie fell Beneath Suspicion.

This meant that directors, paradoxically, had more freedom on a B- Movie than an A- Picture. Several films, especially Film Noir, which today are regarded as classics were B- Movies in their day. For example, Detour, by Edgar G. Ulmer, would later be cited by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Fran. The likes of William Castle were admired by his more high profile peers like Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock in fact took inspiration from the popularity of Castle's low- budget productions to bring Psycho. Out of the Ghetto.

Roger Corman likewise became celebrated for providing many aspiring film- makers entry into making Hollywood films, everyone from Francis Ford Coppola to James Cameron. As a film- maker, Corman also made stylish film adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's horror films as well as anti- racist films like The Intruder. Indeed, Corman often insisted, as did many other B- Film- makers that they made .

The reverse is also true however. The modern blockbuster cinema is A- Movie in terms of its cast and large budgets, the chastity of its storyline and aesthetic, but it is B- Movie in terms of its content (Science- Fiction, Action Movie, Superhero films) which were considered low even by the standards of the B- Movies (many of them being serials and usually not played as part of a Double Bill). Starting with Star Wars, many blockbusters were, initially, derisively named . These films actually make more money and are seen by more people in America and the world (whereas the original B- Movie rarely enjoyed wide- distribution compared to its A- counterpart), but rarely win any awards, compared to the under- seen Oscar Bait. Actual B- movies tend not to get too widely noticed these days, many of them going direct to video on VHS and later DVD- BR. They existed for a bit longer in other markets, in Hong Kong, and parts of India, but gentrification spread there eventually.

Today, the style of B- Movie has come to be appreciated by some for its camp value, there have been a number of successful big- budget movies that emulate B- movie tropes and production values in a sort of Affectionate Parody. In addition, there have been film- makers who seek to revive and update the old B- Movie aesthetic for what they value as its low- budget inventiveness and sincerity. The style saw a resurgence in the late 2.

See There's No . Remade as a Musical Comedy in 2. The film claims to draw attention to the subject of child marriage and be critical of it; so why it therefore needed an extended scene of a 1. Shirley Mills skinnydipping is a mystery. Its star was a nobody cowboy actor named John Wayne who had appeared in over 8.

John Ford, was widely considered insane. Made on a B- film budget and not expected to do much, it managed to become a massive hit, made Wayne into a superstar, and garnered an Oscar win for supporting actor Thomas Mitchell. Remade in 1. 96. 6 and 1. Intended to be a filler movie to help the studio recoup some of the losses that they'd suffered from Fantasia flopping, the film ended up becoming a smash hit and a classic on its own. Ulmer, the . Sadly, for leading man Tom Neal, the film would prove a case of Life Imitates Art. In a further oddity, the 1. Neal's son, Tom Neal Jr.

Inspired by Bonnie and Clyde, it would itself be used as inspiration for Bonnie and Clyde. Very loosely remade in 1. Drew Barrymore. Adapted from the 1. Remade by John Carpenter in 1. Bits of the original can be seen in John Carpenter's Halloween (1. Confidential. A ferocious dinosaur is awakened by an Arctic atomic test and terrorizes the North Atlantic and ultimately New York City. In case you're wondering; no, despite the title, the women aren't catgirls.

The directorial debut of Ed Wood; and a foretaste of what people could basically expect from his career. In order to do this, they need photographs of the dark side.

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Ro- Man, it might just be mentioned, is played by a man in a gorilla suit wearing a toy plastic space helmet. Oh, and did we mention his master computer constantly spews bubbles? Music by Elmer Bernstein. Tensions soon mount between them, and they also contend with a mutant dwelling nearby. By Roger Corman. Oh, but because Ray Harryhausen wasn't given enough money, the said octopus only has six arms. In between romantic interludes, they face an iguana masquerading as a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The directorial debut of Bert I. Gordon, who - despite somehow being far less well- known - can pretty much join the ranks of Roger Corman, Coleman Francis and Ed Wood in terms of the rate at which he churned this breed of movie out. An embryo washes up on the beach and is found by a small boy, who sells it to a zoologist. A reptilian monster hatches from the embryo and quickly grows to enormous proportions, whereupon it terrorizes Rome. A movie with special effects by Ray Harryhausen. The Page Image. It seems that a swarm of grasshoppers broke into a silo containing some of said vegetables, ate them, became irradiated themselves, grew to enormous proportions and are now running amok, headed towards Chicago.

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