History Main / Bmovie

** The 1988 remake was done on a bet by JimWynorski that he could do it on the same budget and schedule. It shows and the acting exactly what you would expect when the best you can afford wouldn't make a HS drama club. Some of the special effects, however, would have been right at home in StarTrek.

* ''Film/{{Machete}}'' (2010) : "Mexploitation" revenge flick by Creator/RobertRodriguez. The title character (Danny Trejo), a disgraced former federale turned illegal immigrant day laborer, sets out on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against an anti-immigrant senator ([[Creator/RobertDeNiro Robert [=DeNiro=]]]) after being drawn into an EvilPlan on his part to justify the mass deportation of Mexican laborers. Spun off from one of the [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake trailers]] Rodriguez produced for the above-mentioned ''Grindhouse''. Features Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal, and Lindsay Lohan in minor parts.

* ''Film/GunCrazy'' (1949) : A couple with a mutual fascination for weaponry go on a crime spree. ''Very'' loosely remade in 1992 with Creator/DrewBarrymore.

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 TheEighties, few B-movies see theatrical release, but are typically produced as [[MadeForTVMovie TV movies]] or {{direct-to-video}} releases, or released [[WebOriginal directly over the internet.]] The SciFiChannel (or [[XtremeKoolLetterz Syfy]]) in particular [[SyFyChannelOriginalMovie produces many original B-movies]], and ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' 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 SoBadItsGood. Those that attempt seriousness are usually full of {{narm}}.

** The 1988 remake was done on a bet by JimWynorski that he could do it on the same budget and schedule. It shows.

* ''[[Franchise/{{Predator}} Predator]]'' (1987). A film starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger which involves an alien species HuntingTheMostDangerousGame. It was the first of a franchise including sequels, videogames, comics, et cetera and so on.

* ''Film/BeyondTheValleyOfTheDolls'' (1970) : An all-girl rock band goes to Hollywood hoping to make it big and slips into decadence... as only 1970's celebrities could. "This is my happening, and it freaks me out!!" Directed by Russ Meyer, but most notable for being written by none other than... '''RogerEbert'''!!!; who had became friends with Meyer after writing positive reviews of several of his films.
* ''Film/IDrinkYourBlood'' (1970) : A coven of Satanist hippies loosely based on the Manson Family descends upon a quiet little country town and molests a local girl. The girl's grandfather confronts them but is dosed with LSD. The brother/grandson seeks revenge by injecting some meat pies with blood from a rabid dog and feeding them to the hippies. [[AxCrazy Can you guess what happens next?]]

* ''Film/CityOfTheLivingDead'' (1980) : After the suicide of a priest causes the opening of a gate of hell and the rising of the dead, a psychic and a reporter must close the gate before All Saints Day. Infamous for two scenes: one of a woman ''vomiting up her own intestines'' whilst weeping blood (an effect which required the actress to swallow several yards of sheep intestines), and the other of a man having his head drilled through with an electric drill until it protrudes from the other side. The first film in Lucio Fulci's unofficial ''Gates of Hell'' trilogy, as it its also known ''as'' ''The Gates of Hell.''

* ''Film/KillBill'' (2003/2004) : A two-part epic about a woman seeking revenge on the five people responsible for the death of her unborn child, the last of whom is the titular Bill. The movies are a shameless homage to samurai movies, [[SpaghettiWestern Spaghetti Westerns]], RapeAndRevenge flicks, horror movies, and [[GenreBusting so many more]]. Regarded as some of the best movies ever made thanks to the ''extremely'' strong performances from its cast, and Creator/QuentinTarantino's amazing direction/writing. The [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]] for RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

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* ''[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} The Terminator]]'' (1984) : A cybernetic assassin from the year 2029 arrives in the present day, on a mission to assassinate the mother-to-be of the child who will become the leader of the human resistance against the machines. A classic example of a B-movie done good: on a limited budget with one previously noteworthy star and an unknown director, it became a box office and critical hit, launched the career of Creator/JamesCameron, gave Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger his trademark CatchPhrase, catapulted Michael Biehn into his career as an action actor, and spawned three sequels, a bunch of novels, videogames, a TV series, comics, and countless homages, parodies and imitations.

* ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'' (1974): Five hippies going to visit the vandalized grave of one of their number's grandfather fall prey to a murderous backwoods family of cannibals, one of which, Leatherface, wields a chainsaw. Bashed on its release, regarded as a classic nowadays. Turned into [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre a franchise]], including three sequels, a remake and its sequel, and an alternate sequel to the original. By TobeHooper.

* ''Film/AssaultOnPrecinct13'' (1976) : A man kills a gang member and takes refuge in a police station that is about to be decommissioned. The gang proceeds to besiege the station, and the police and criminals-awaiting-transfer within must work together to defend themselves. By John Carpenter. Remade in 2005.

[[caption-width-right:250:Taking GiantEnemyCrab to a whole new level.]]

* ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootZombie'' (2013): A gypsy curse causes a woman to come back from the dead, and then shortly after stumbling into a vat of radioactive waste grows to 50 feet tall, the story get's even more absurd after that.

Contrast EpicMovie. See TheresNoBInMovie for when a character is a fan of one of these, and TheMockbuster for a particular form of [[strike:B-movie]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_movie Z-movie]] common today.

* ''Film/{{Machete}}'' (2010) : "Mexploitation" revenge flick by RobertRodriguez. The title character (Danny Trejo), a disgraced former federale turned illegal immigrant day laborer, sets out on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against an anti-immigrant senator (Robert Deniro) after being drawn into an EvilPlan on his part to justify the mass deportation of Mexican laborers. Spun off from one of the [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake trailers]] Rodriguez produced for the above-mentioned ''Grindhouse''. Features Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal, and Lindsay Lohan in minor parts.

* "Film/AttackOfThe50FootZombie" (2013): A gypsy curse causes a woman to come back from the dead, and then shortly after stumbling into a vat of radioactive waste grows to 50 feet tall, the story get's even more absurd after that.

* ''Film/RollingThunder'' (1977) A ShellShockedVeteran must avenge the deaths of his wife and son. A personal favourite of QuentinTarantino.

* ''Film/{{Laserblast}}'' (1978) : Two aliens kill another alien but forget to pick up the laser canon he's carrying. Some kid finds it, and he goes on a murderous rampage. [[SpecialEffectsFailure Cheap stop-motion aliens]], a character getting mutated into a monster by a salt shaker he wears around his neck, and according to Leonard Maltin, it's better than ''TaxiDriver''. [[SarcasmMode What a wild, wacky, wonderful world we live in!]]

* ''Film/TheBrood'' (1979) : A psychiatrist experiments with a new therapy that causes his patients to develop nasty physical manifestations; culminating in a psychotic woman giving birth to the titular brood of murderous children. Nobody else could pull this off but DavidCronenberg.

* ''Film/{{Zombi 2}}'' (1979) : A boat drifts into New York City, its passengers having long since succumbed to a zombie plague contracted on an unexplored tropical island. Unauthorized Italian sequel (InNameOnly) to ''Dawn of the Dead'' (above), which itself was called ''Zombi'' in that country. The best known product of the Italian exploitation boom of the '70s. By LucioFulci. Somewhere between four and ten sequels (there being a number of b-movies with "Zombi 5" and "Zombi 6" as alternate titles), which have ''exactly'' as much to do with ''Zombi 2'' as it has to to with ''Dawn of the Dead''. Also known in some quarters by the title ''Zombie Flesh Eaters'''

* ''Film/CityOfTheLivingDead'' (1980) : After the suicide of a priest causes the opening of a gate of hell and the rising of the dead, a psychic and a reporter must close the gate before All Saints Day. Infamous for two scenes: one of a woman ''vomiting up her own intestines'' whilst weeping blood (an effect which required the actress to swallow several yards of sheep intestines), and the other of a man having his head drilled through with an electric drill until it protrudes from the other side. The first film in Lucio Fulci's unofficial ''Gates of Hell'' trilogy.

* ''Film/FridayThe13th1980'' (1980) : Essentially a rip-off of ''Halloween'' made to cash in on its success; nevertheless started one of the most popular and long-running horror series of all time and introduced one of the genre's most iconic killers; Jason Voorhees. Directed by ''TheLastHouseOnTheLeft'' producer Sean Cunningham.

* ''Film/TheBurning'' (1981) : A counsellor at a summer camp is badly burned in a prank played by some teens. He returns to the camp from hospital and [[SlasherMovie starts offing campers]]. Widely reputed to be a rip-off of ''Friday the 13th'' (above), though it's script was actually written before that movie was made.

* ''Film/{{Ms 45}}'' (1981) : After getting raped, a mute New York woman goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge [[RevengeAgainstMen against men]]. Think ''TaxiDriver'', only with a woman.

* ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' (1983) : The head of a pirate television station becomes a key figure in a plot on the government's part to cleanse the country of low-lifes obsessed with sex and violence by having him broadcast a [[SnuffFilm snuff]] television show that causes hallucination-causing fatal brain tumors. Much better than it sounds, but just as much a MindScrew. Meant as a satire on how the media influences our minds and as an indirect result our bodies too. By DavidCronenberg.

* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' (1984) : A cybernetic assassin from the year 2029 arrives in the present day, on a mission to assassinate the mother-to-be of the child who will become the leader of the human resistance against the machines. A classic example of a B-movie done good: on a limited budget with one previously noteworthy star and an unknown director, it became a box office and critical hit, launched the career of Creator/JamesCameron, gave Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger his trademark CatchPhrase, catapulted Michael Biehn into his career as an action actor, and spawned three sequels, a bunch of novels, videogames, a TV series, comics, and countless homages, parodies and imitations.

* ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' (1987). A film starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger which involves an alien species HuntingTheMostDangerousGame. It was the first of a franchise including sequels, videogames, comics, et cetera and so on.

* ''Film/ZombieVsNinja'' (1987) : A guy's family is killed and the said guy is left for dead. An undertaker who can summon zombies to sharpen his fighting skills takes him in as his apprentice and teaches him kung-fu, until he can avenge his family. There's an unrelated plot (the film is actually two films tacked together) about [[HighlyVisibleNinja Highly Visible Ninjas]] with oh-so-Asian-sounding names like Duncan and Bob, and [[CoversAlwaysLie never do said ninjas and aforementioned zombies meet]].
* ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace'' (1988) : A troupe of [[MonsterClown Monster Clowns]] from outer space land in a small town in a spaceship resembling a big-top tent and proceed to transform the residents into giant wads of cotton candy for later consumption. Features some profoundly creative concepts and scenes, such as a group of people being eaten by a shadow-puppet of a T-rex against the wall behind them, and a balloon animal being used as a tracker dog among other things.
* ''Film/MenBehindTheSun'' (1988) : A pseudo-documentary about Unit 731; a branch of the Imperial Japanese Military that performed rather nasty biological experiments on Chinese prisoners during WorldWarII.
* ''Film/CannibalWomenInTheAvocadoJungleOfDeath'' (1989) : A team ventures into a jungle that happens to be located in southern California to liberate the nation's avocado supply from two tribes of women at war with one another over whether men are best eaten with guacamole dip or clam dip. Obviously, an intentional parody of B movies of this calibre, a satire of feminism and a send-up of a few other aspects of popular culture (such as Phil Donohue).

* ''Film/RoadHouse'' (1989) : A remake of {{Shane}} with Patrick Swayze and a monster truck... becomes a runaway cult classic. Much better than it sounds, plus unforgettable one liners ("Pain don't hurt.")

* ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'' (1991) : TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture when all prisons have been privatized, a superpowered kung fu-kicking inmate (the titular Ricky) wrecks havoc against the sadistic wardens. Known for some of the most [[{{Narm}} hilariously over-the-top, unrealistic]], [[{{Gorn}} gorntastic]] death scenes in cinema history (such as people exploding upon being punched and a man attempting to strangle another man with his own intestines.)

* ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' (1994) : Charts a day in the life of two shop clerks as they are annoyed by customers, discuss movies with each other, play hockey on the roof, deal with [[JayAndSilentBob two stoners out the front]], and one comes to terms with his girlfriend's promiscuous past. Made on a budget of $27,000 with the director's friends and family, in the very shop in which he actually worked; it grossed $3 million, pioneered the ViewAskewniverse, and kick-started the independent film industry. AnimatedAdaptation in 2000, film sequel in 2007.
* ''Film/{{Anaconda}}'' (1997) : IceCube and JenniferLopez battle a giant snake.

* ''Film/KillBill'' (2003/2004) : A two-part epic about a woman seeking revenge on the five people responsible for the death of her unborn child, the last of whom is the titular Bill. The movies are a shameless homage to samurai movies, [[SpaghettiWestern Spaghetti Westerns]], RapeAndRevenge flicks, horror movies, and [[GenreBusting so many more]]. Regarded as some of the best movies ever made thanks to the ''extremely'' strong performances from its cast, and QuentinTarantino's amazing direction/writing.

* ''Film/RoboGeisha'' (2009) : And you thought ''The Machine Girl'' and ''Tokyo Gore Police'' were awesome! Two geishas get recruited into the army of a steel tycoon with world domination plans and given cybernetic implants. Includes, among other things; katanas coming out of hips and armpits, circular saws coming out of mouths, breast machine guns, breasts that squirt acid (again), a woman transforming her lower body into a tank, a giant robot, buildings that bleed, ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and a man getting impaled in the eyes with a pair of fried shrimp]]''! '''''SEE THIS MOVIE RIGHT NOW.'''''

* ''Film/TheHumanCentipede (2010) : A mad scientist kidnaps three people in order to make them into the titular human centipede by sewing them together mouth-to-anus. A sequel in 2011 was [[BannedInChina banned in the UK.]]

* ''KingDinosaur'' (1955) : A new planet moves into our solar system and four scientists (two couples) are sent to explore Planet Nova. In between romantic interludes, they face an iguana masquerading as a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The directorial debut of BertIGordon, who - despite somehow being far less well-known - can pretty much join the ranks of Creator/RogerCorman, Creator/ColemanFrancis and Creator/EdWood in terms of the rate at which he churned this breed of movie out.

* ''Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)'' arguably the UrExample of the car chase movie.

* ''[[TheStoryOfRicky Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky]]'' (1991) : TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture when all prisons have been privatized, a superpowered kung fu-kicking inmate (the titular Ricky) wrecks havoc against the sadistic wardens. Known for some of the most [[{{Narm}} hilariously over-the-top, unrealistic]], [[{{Gorn}} gorntastic]] death scenes in cinema history (such as people exploding upon being punched and a man attempting to strangle another man with his own intestines.)

* ''Film/ItCameFromBeneathTheSea'' (1955) : A giant octopus is disturbed by atomic tests and makes its way to San Franscisco. Oh, but because RayHarryhausen wasn't given enough money, the said octopus only has six arms. Call it a "hextapus".

* ''[[Film/TwentyMillionMilesToEarth 20 Million Miles to Earth]]'' (1957) : A spaceship freshly returned from Venus crashes into the sea near Italy. 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 HarryhausenMovie.

* ''Film/{{Frankenhooker}}'' (1990): Jeffrey Franken's fiance is killed in a freak lawnmower accident, so he swipes her severed head and collects the body parts of hookers to reconstruct and resurrect her. Another over-the-top schlocker from director Frank Henenlotter, it stars James Lorinz from ''StreetTrash.''

* ''Film/BadTaste'' (1987) : Before ''TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/KingKong'', Creator/PeterJackson began his career with this $255,000 SoBadItsGood [[{{Gorn}} splatterfest]] about aliens coming to earth to harvest humans for their intergalatic fast-food franchise only to contend with a four person paramilitary force that includes Jackson himself.