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favorite B-movies
Alex C:
What do you mean by B-movie? Rocky Horror is most certainly a B-movie by all but the strictest definition. Limited release, low budget and a staple of midnight showings. That's got B-movie all over it.
KvP:
There are lots of B-Movies that aren't midnight movie staples. Those are cult films. See above.
Alex C:
I've never considered cult film status to exempt a film from being a b-movie.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: Alex C on 24 Feb 2010, 00:34 ---What do you mean by B-movie? Rocky Horror is most certainly a B-movie by all but the strictest definition. Limited release, low budget and a staple of midnight showings. That's got B-movie all over it.
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It wasn't low budget, just a smaller budget than a mainstream American film. I doubt there were many other British films made in the mid-'70s that cost more. And I think the limited release and it being shifted to midnight screenings after a while was because it was drawing small audiences in the markets it was originally introduced to rather than it simply never being intended for widespread distribution.
scarred:
Low budget doesn't automatically incur B-movie status, but cult status doesn't prohibit a film from being classified as a B-movie. Donnie Darko was extremely low budget, had a limited release, didn't break even, and has a huge cult following, and yet I would never in a million years call it a B-movie.
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