| rdfs:comment | - B-movies were films that were made on Earth, usually starred monsters and aliens, and had less-than-adequate special effects and story lines. After hearing Tom Paris's enthusiastic reaction to her film posters in 1996, Rain Robinson remarked, "Let me guess. You minored in B movies." (VOY: "Future's End")
- B-Movie are a new wave band from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, active in the first half of the 1980s. They were signed to the Some Bizzare record label, and had a track "Moles" featured on the original Some Bizzare Album.
- B-Movie are a new wave band from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, active in the first half of the 1980s. They were featured on the original Some Bizzare Album and released three classic singles Remembrance Day, Marilyn Dreams and Nowhere Girl. The latter became an international hit in clubs and gave the band a worldwide fan base.
- B-Movie are a new wave band from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK, active in the first half of the 1980s. Their 1982 single "Nowhere Girl" became an international club hit. The band were a support act for Duran Duran in 1981.
- In the early days of cinema, 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 "A-movie", while the secondary feature was called a "B-movie". As the double feature faded from prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, the term B-movie came to be synonymous with what were previously called "exploitation films" -- low-budget cash-ins with an emphasis on sensationalism, sexuality, and gore -- and the phrase is understood in those terms to this day.
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| abstract | - B-movies were films that were made on Earth, usually starred monsters and aliens, and had less-than-adequate special effects and story lines. After hearing Tom Paris's enthusiastic reaction to her film posters in 1996, Rain Robinson remarked, "Let me guess. You minored in B movies." (VOY: "Future's End")
- B-Movie are a new wave band from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, active in the first half of the 1980s. They were signed to the Some Bizzare record label, and had a track "Moles" featured on the original Some Bizzare Album.
- B-Movie are a new wave band from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, active in the first half of the 1980s. They were featured on the original Some Bizzare Album and released three classic singles Remembrance Day, Marilyn Dreams and Nowhere Girl. The latter became an international hit in clubs and gave the band a worldwide fan base.
- B-Movie are a new wave band from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK, active in the first half of the 1980s. Their 1982 single "Nowhere Girl" became an international club hit. The band were a support act for Duran Duran in 1981.
- In the early days of cinema, 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 "A-movie", while the secondary feature was called a "B-movie". As the double feature faded from prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, the term B-movie came to be synonymous with what were previously called "exploitation films" -- low-budget cash-ins with an emphasis on sensationalism, sexuality, and gore -- and the phrase is understood in those terms to this day. B-movies are generally produced on a limited budget with C- or D-list actors who are often paid very little for their appearance. While B-movies may occasionally have very well-written scripts and gripping plots, the primary goal is not art, but cheap, disposable entertainment. As such, B-movies tend to be genre pieces, in such categories as western, Horror Tropes, Science Fiction, or Crime and Punishment Series. 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 "Golden Age" of the B-movie in the 1960s and 1970s, the films were widely distributed and screened in older cinemas coloquially called "grindhouses". Since the dawning of cable TV and home video in The Eighties, few B-movies see theatrical release, but are typically produced as TV movies or Direct to Video releases, or released directly over the internet. The Sci Fi Channel (or Syfy) in particular produces many original B-movies, and Mystery Science Theater 3000 maintained interest in the genre throughout the '90s, with its rereleases of classic B-movies with three characters making snarky comments on the action. While many B-movies are "bad" in terms of writing and execution, some prove to be So Bad It's Good. Those that attempt seriousness are usually full of Narm. A lot of later movies could be called B-movies-- if not for their A-list cast and large budgets, then for their hammy acting and cheesy lines. (See Krull, Flash Gordon and the Dune movie.) Actual B-movies tend to not get too widely noticed these days, but as the style has come to be appreciated 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. The style saw a resurgence in the late 2000s as the rise of the internet and ready access to video recording and editing made low-budget filmmaking and distribution easier than ever. Contrast Epic Movie. See There's No B in Movie for when a character is a fan of one of these, and The Mockbuster for a particular form of B-movie Z-movie common today.
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