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favorite B-movies
Kugai:
Black Sheep
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *CHOMP*
Emaline:
Also, Sleepaway Camp
Easily one of my favorite cheesy horror movies ever.
KvP:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 21 Feb 2010, 22:22 ---Does Army of Darkness count as a B-movie? I mean it's kind of lo-fi I guess but I always figured that had more to do with the age of it- or possibly a deliberate choice on Raimi's part- than anything. I mean the first Evil Dead probably count but by the time Army of Darkness rolled around it was a genuine franchise, nahmsayin?
--- End quote ---
Yeah, I mean it's gotten to the point now where (would-be or actual) "cult film" and "b-movie" are virtually synonymous. And while there is quite a bit of overlap they ought to be defined separately. I'd say a B-movie is a film that may be kind of bad (not necessarily though) and patently cheap. It can have comedic elements but the point of the film shouldn't be "this film sux lol". That rules out pretty much anything Troma-related. Evil Dead had a lot of silliness but Sam Raimi wasn't out to make a shitty movie. Steven Seagal films are B. Roger Corman pictures are the very definition of B (the term comes from the second film in a double feature, which was the standard viewing experience once upon a time. Corman churned them out on a shoestring budget).
So if you want to actually see B-movies these days, you're invariably going to end up looking for either TV movies (the 84-year old Corman is directing "Sharktopus" for Syfy, due this year) or films on DVD that never got a theatrical run. There are tons of them at Blockbuster.
scarred:
Steven Seagal movies don't deserve to be called B-movies
Dollface:
Final mission
its so bad its good.
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