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* ''Film/ThreeBigMen'' (1973): Turkish mockbuster film where ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Wrestling/ElSanto fight AxCrazy drug boss Franchise/SpiderMan.

The tag B-Movie or "B-movie spirit" which is used in contemporary times is more or less [[TheArtifact an artifact]]. It's been a while since there have been actual B-movies, that being a movie released as the bottom-half of a double-bill, the freebie to get out of the way before the "real" A-picture starts. The [[SpiritualSuccessor nearest modern correlative]] would be movies released DirectToVideo without a theatrical release, or low-budget movies made for broadcast TV and basic cable. Considering the higher production values of TV in TheOughties and TheNewTens, even this is becoming a misnomer, especially since so many A-directors are migrating to TV. You are far more likely to find the authentic B-Movie experience in arthouse movies or repertory screenings where you have movies paired for double-bill for comparison rather than because one of them is a cheap filler made for a more serious film.

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TheGreatDepression hit Hollywood almost as hard as it hit other industries; a third of the audience disappeared between 1929 and 1933. To combat this, the major studios distributed feature films in pairs meant to be screened as a DoubleFeature. The longer and bigger-budgeted of the two films was called an "A-movie", while the secondary feature was called a "B-movie." A third category known as a "programmer" was a film that could be used as either an "A-movie" or a "B-movie" depending on the intended value of the double feature. At first, the studios maintained separate production units to make the Bs; these units served as training grounds for talent on the way up and as last stops for talent on the way down. Later, the studios just bought pictures from "Poverty Row" studios like Monogram, Mascot & Republic; again, some stars were able to use these pictures to [[StarMakingRole make]] or [[CareerResurrection remake]] their careers, notably Creator/JohnWayne and Creator/RoyRogers.

The tag B-Movie or "b-movie spirit" which is used in contemporary times is more or less [[TheArtifact an artifact]]. It's been a while since there have been actual B-movies, that being a movie released as the bottom-half of a double-bill, the freebie to get out of the way before the "real" A-picture starts. The [[SpiritualSuccessor nearest modern correlative]] would be movies released DirectToVideo without a theatrical release, or low-budget movies made for broadcast TV and basic cable. Considering the higher production values of TV in TheOughties and TheNewTens, even this is becoming a misnomer, especially since so many A-directors are migrating to TV. You are far more likely to find the authentic B-Movie experience in arthouse movies or repertory screenings where you have movies paired for double-bill for comparison rather than because one of them is a cheap filler made for a more serious film.

* ''Film/SkySharks'' (2021): A military task force is assembled to stop a group of flying sharks genetically modified by the Nazis.

* ''Film/TheTerminator'' (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 four sequels, a bunch of novels, video games, a TV series, comics, and countless homages, parodies and imitations.

* ''Film/{{Clonus}}'' (1979): A community of people who are promised to be "accepted" to move to "America" after they have completed some type of physical training is revealed to be actually composed of clones who are bred to serve as a source of replacement organs for the wealthy and powerful. The story surrounds one clone who begins to question the circumstances of his existence and eventually escapes the colony. Known for, among other things: Its poster actually spoiling the reveal about organ harvesting, being featured on [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E11PartsTheClonusHorror an episode]] of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' (under its alternate title ''Parts: The Clonus Horror''), and its director suing the makers of the Creator/MichaelBay film ''Film/TheIsland'' for copyright infringement (reportedly after being alerted by [=MSTies=]); before the case could go to trial, the studio settled for an undisclosed amount.

* ''Film/TheRoom'' (2003): A man's life is '''[[{{Narm}} TORN APART]]''' when his girlfriend starts cheating on him with his best friend. Written, produced, directed by, and starring Creator/TommyWiseau, of whom it's hard to say at any given moment whether he's [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously taking the movie seriously]] or [[ParodyRetcon treating it as intentionally bad]]. Became a cult classic and theatrical screenings have developed a Rocky Horror-esque series of call-and-responses from the audience.

* ''Film/TheTerminator'' (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 four sequels, a bunch of novels, video games, a TV series, comics, and countless homages, parodies and imitations.

* ''Film/MegaSharkVsGiantOctopus'' (2009): And you thought ''Zombie vs. Ninja'', ''Zombie Strippers'' and ''Lesbian Vampire Killers'' were titles to fool you into thinking the movies in question would be [[SoBadItsGood so bad they're good]]. The two eponymous beasties get freed from an arctic glacier and proceed to terrorize the world; prompting the requisite scientist protagonists to [[GenreBlind lure them to the bays of major coastal cities]] to capture them. One of the few productions of the Asylum not to be a {{Mockbuster}}.

* ''Film/{{Transmorphers}}'' (2007): No, not ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'', '''''Transmorphers'''''. By the Asylum. [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} It's actually]] ''Film/TheMatrix'' [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} or]] ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} made on a sub-zero budget]].[[/index]]

* ''Film/{{Transmorphers}}'' (2007): No, not ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', '''''Transmorphers'''''. By the Asylum. [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} It's actually]] ''Film/TheMatrix'' [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} or]] ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} made on a sub-zero budget]].[[/index]]

* ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' (1995): Based on [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 the video game of the same name]], Three unknowing martial artists are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world. followed by a [[Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation sequel]] in 1997.

* ''Film/ForbiddenZone'' (1980): The Hercules family obtains a house with a door in the basement leading to the Sixth Dimension. Everything is fine until the daughter, Frenchy, ventures in. What ensues involves Satan, a dancing frog, and which [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs overall one could get the same experience of by overdosing on LSD]]. Made by the band Oingo Boingo.

* ''Film/{{Absurd}}'' (1981): InNameOnly sequel to ''The Anthropophagus Beast'' (above) about a man whose blood coagulates very fast thus making him nearly invincible; [[AxCrazy albeit also homicidal]].

* ''Film/KillerNun'' (1979): A nunsploitation flick about a sister's descent into drug addiction, madness, and illicit affairs, and murder following surgery to remove a brain tumor.

* ''Film/WarmBodies'' (2013): A horror comedy about the romantic relationship between a woman and a zombie. Based on the [[Literature/WarmBodies book of the same name]], the movie was made during the height of the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' craze.

* ''Supervixens'' (1975): A man dumps his sexually-insatiable wife, whereupon a cop starts having an affair with her but eventually murders her. The cop tries to pin the blame on the man. The man flees across the country, being sexually-assaulted at every turn by a series of [[GagBoobs mammoth-breasted]] women whom all have the prefix 'super' in their name. By Russ Meyer.

* ''Film/ZontarTheThingFromVenus'' (1966): A young scientist who helps a lone alien from Venus, finds out it wants to destroy man. A remake of ''Film/ItConqueredTheWorld''. The film was commissioned to pad out one of American International's television syndication packages and became one of Larry Buchanan's best known works.

* ''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.