Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Kinuhata Saiai is mentioned to be a big fan of "C-Movies", that is, movies so terrible that they're a step below even B-Movies. ("Z-movie" is the term usually used in real life for such "productions".)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 65 (click to see context) from:
* In the FramingDevice for ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', an unnamed boy - played by Creator/JoeHill - is shown to be wild about horror films and especially comics. While Joe Hill's [[Creator/StephenKing actual father]], who wrote ''Creepshow'''s screenplay, would no doubt approve of all this, his father in the movie - played by Creator/TomAtkinson - does not, and [[AbusiveDad slaps]] his son for being into "that horror crap". The whole sequence is clearly meant to invoke the moral panic around horror comics in the 1950s that lead to the formation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.
to:
* In the FramingDevice for ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', an unnamed boy - played by Creator/JoeHill - is shown to be wild about horror films and especially comics. While Joe Hill's [[Creator/StephenKing actual father]], who wrote ''Creepshow'''s screenplay, would no doubt approve of all this, his father in the movie - played by Creator/TomAtkinson - does not, and [[AbusiveDad slaps]] his son for being into "that horror crap". The whole sequence is clearly meant to invoke the moral panic around horror comics in the 1950s that lead to the formation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.MediaNotes/TheComicsCode.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 65 (click to see context) from:
* In the FramingDevice for ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', an unnamed boy - played by Creator/JoeHill - is also shown to be wild about '50s horror films and especially comics. While Joe Hill's [[Creator/StephenKing actual father]], who wrote ''Creepshow'''s screenplay, would no doubt approve of all this, his father in the movie - played by Creator/TomAtkinson - does not, and [[AbusiveDad slaps]] his son for being into "that horror crap". The whole sequence is clearly meant to invoke the moral panic around horror comics in the 1950s that lead to the formation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.
to:
* In the FramingDevice for ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', an unnamed boy - played by Creator/JoeHill - is also shown to be wild about '50s horror films and especially comics. While Joe Hill's [[Creator/StephenKing actual father]], who wrote ''Creepshow'''s screenplay, would no doubt approve of all this, his father in the movie - played by Creator/TomAtkinson - does not, and [[AbusiveDad slaps]] his son for being into "that horror crap". The whole sequence is clearly meant to invoke the moral panic around horror comics in the 1950s that lead to the formation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.
Changed line(s) 67 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Film/DonnieDarko'', Donnie goes to see ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''. It was originally supposed to be ''Film/{{CHUD}}'', but they couldn't get the rights.
to:
* In ''Film/DonnieDarko'', Donnie goes to see ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''. It was originally supposed to be ''Film/{{CHUD}}'', but they couldn't get the rights. However, later in the film he does refer to someone he doesn't like as a "chud".
Changed line(s) 76 (click to see context) from:
** More broadly, the entire Monster Squad are huge fans of monster movies, particlarly the Franchise/UniversalHorror body of work.
to:
** More broadly, the entire Monster Squad are huge fans of monster movies, particlarly particularly the Franchise/UniversalHorror body of work.
Changed line(s) 106 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', Ally and Henry are essentially a subversion of this trope. The two are gore-obsessed teens who judge a movie on "how many killin's it's got". Despite this, between the two of them they've watched such critically acclaimed films as ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' (although they didn't like it because it only had seven killin's), ''[[Theatre/RichardIII Richard Eye Eye Eye]]'' and ''[[Film/ThreeColorsTrilogy Trois Couleurs: Bleu]]''. If, at ''some'' point in the film, somebody gets killed, they'll watch it.
to:
* In ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', Ally and Henry are essentially a subversion of this trope. The two are gore-obsessed teens who judge a movie on "how many killin's it's got". Despite this, between the two of them they've watched such critically acclaimed films as ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' (although they didn't like it because it only had seven killin's), ''[[Theatre/RichardIII ''[[Film/RichardIII Richard Eye Eye Eye]]'' and ''[[Film/ThreeColorsTrilogy Trois Couleurs: Bleu]]''. If, at ''some'' point in the film, somebody gets killed, they'll watch it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added italics to a film name.
Changed line(s) 155 (click to see context) from:
* ''VisualNovel/{{Last Chance in Xollywood}}'': Jarl is not only a huge movie buff but also he has a soft spot for B-Movies. Throughout the game he will reference all kinds of bizarre alien flicks and compare whatever happens while working on "Love Dies Screaming" to them.
to:
* ''VisualNovel/{{Last Chance in Xollywood}}'': Jarl is not only a huge movie buff but also he has a soft spot for B-Movies. Throughout the game he will reference all kinds of bizarre alien flicks and compare whatever happens while working on "Love ''Love Dies Screaming" Screaming'' to them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added visual novels section with example.
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{Last Chance in Xollywood}}'': Jarl is not only a huge movie buff but also he has a soft spot for B-Movies. Throughout the game he will reference all kinds of bizarre alien flicks and compare whatever happens while working on "Love Dies Screaming" to them.
[[/folder]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{Last Chance in Xollywood}}'': Jarl is not only a huge movie buff but also he has a soft spot for B-Movies. Throughout the game he will reference all kinds of bizarre alien flicks and compare whatever happens while working on "Love Dies Screaming" to them.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
improper indentations
Changed line(s) 101,102 (click to see context) from:
* On one episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', Abed hosts a showing of the '80s movie ''Kickpuncher'', which appears to be a bad ''Film/MadMax''/''Franchise/{{Robocop}}'' mash-up. Abed and Troy even film a FanSequel for TheStinger.
** The sequel features Kickpuncher's nemesis, Punchkicker.
** The sequel features Kickpuncher's nemesis, Punchkicker.
to:
* On one episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', Abed hosts a showing of the '80s movie ''Kickpuncher'', which appears to be a bad ''Film/MadMax''/''Franchise/{{Robocop}}'' mash-up. Abed and Troy even film a FanSequel for TheStinger.
** The sequelTheStinger. It features Kickpuncher's nemesis, Punchkicker.
** The sequel
Changed line(s) 108,109 (click to see context) from:
* ''{{Series/MASH}}'' used this as a RunningGag. Almost every movie mentioned as playing on a given day was some lousy B picture. On the rare occasions the camp was getting a good movie, it was usually a plot point. E.g., in "The Moon Is Not Blue", they want to get ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'' ([[BannedInChina/UnitedStates a film notorious at the time for its use of the word "virgin"]]), and instead get ''Film/StateFair.'' We see clips from both, and they end up ''bored'' by both. (Ironically, history has decided ''State Fair'' is marginally the better film.)
** They didn't care if it was good or not, just that it had been labeled "obscene", which ''had'' to be better than the horrendous G-rated schpeel they've gotten nonstop.
** They didn't care if it was good or not, just that it had been labeled "obscene", which ''had'' to be better than the horrendous G-rated schpeel they've gotten nonstop.
to:
* ''{{Series/MASH}}'' used this as a RunningGag. Almost every movie mentioned as playing on a given day was some lousy B picture. On the rare occasions the camp was getting a good movie, it was usually a plot point. E.g., in "The Moon Is Not Blue", they want to get ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'' ([[BannedInChina/UnitedStates a film notorious at the time for its use of the word "virgin"]]), and instead get ''Film/StateFair.'' We see clips from both, and they end up ''bored'' by both. (Ironically, history has decided ''State Fair'' is marginally the better film.)
**) They didn't care if it was good or not, just that it had been labeled "obscene", which ''had'' to be better than the horrendous G-rated schpeel they've gotten nonstop.
**
Changed line(s) 138 (click to see context) from:
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Nature Trail to Hell" is presented as a trailer for one...[[TitleDrop in 3D]]! His later song, "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars" is also B-movie inspired, although the song itself claims to be referencing actual events.
to:
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's Music/WeirdAlYankovic:
** "Nature Trail to Hell" is presented as a trailer for one...[[TitleDrop in3D]]! His later song, 3D]]!
** "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars" is also B-movie inspired, although the song itself claims to be referencing actual events.
** "Nature Trail to Hell" is presented as a trailer for one...[[TitleDrop in
** "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars" is also B-movie inspired, although the song itself claims to be referencing actual events.
Changed line(s) 155 (click to see context) from:
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Strong Bad has expressed a fondness for "triple-R" rated movies like ''Women's Penitentiary Bakesale Nightmare'', the ''Fists of Knuckles'' series, and ''Axe-Gun: Legends of the Brain-Outener''. Similarly, the Cheat Commandoes have expressed a love for a series of {{Exploitation Film}}s called ''Pony Fights''.
to:
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
** Strong Bad has expressed a fondness for "triple-R" rated movies like ''Women's Penitentiary Bakesale Nightmare'', the ''Fists of Knuckles'' series, and ''Axe-Gun: Legends of the Brain-Outener''. Similarly, the Cheat Commandoes have expressed a love for a series of {{Exploitation Film}}s called ''Pony Fights''.
** Strong Bad has expressed a fondness for "triple-R" rated movies like ''Women's Penitentiary Bakesale Nightmare'', the ''Fists of Knuckles'' series, and ''Axe-Gun: Legends of the Brain-Outener''. Similarly, the Cheat Commandoes have expressed a love for a series of {{Exploitation Film}}s called ''Pony Fights''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
missed one
Changed line(s) 165 (click to see context) from:
** Karkat Vantas loves awful romantic comedies with {{long|Title}}, {{spoiler|Title}}y titles. Unlike the other kids, his films are ''all'' noted to be of terrible quality.
to:
** Karkat Vantas loves awful romantic comedies with {{long|Title}}, long, {{spoiler|Title}}y titles. Unlike the other kids, his films are ''all'' noted to be of terrible quality.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Long Title has been disambiguated
Changed line(s) 210 (click to see context) from:
* The ultimate RealLife movie title of this sort belongs to a GagDub of ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' called ''[[LongTitle Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating, Subhumanoid Living Dead]], [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230575/ Part II]]''.
to:
* The ultimate RealLife movie title of this sort belongs to a GagDub of ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' called ''[[LongTitle Night ''Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating, Subhumanoid Living Dead]], Dead, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230575/ Part II]]''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 1,3 (click to see context) :
%% Image removed per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1644259687035061800
%% Previous thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1459161989003458500
%% Please don't add a new image without starting a new thread.
%% Previous thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1459161989003458500
%% Please don't add a new image without starting a new thread.
%%
%%
%%
%% This list of examples has been alphabetized. Please add your example in the proper place. Thanks!
%%
%%
%%
%%
%%
%% Image removed per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1644259687035061800
%% Previous thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1459161989003458500
%% Please don't add a new image without starting a new thread.
%%
%%
%%
%% This list of examples has been alphabetized. Please add your example in the proper place. Thanks!
%%
%%
%%
%%
%%
%% Image removed per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1644259687035061800
%% Previous thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1459161989003458500
%% Please don't add a new image without starting a new thread.
%%
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''
** Bob in particular seems to be a big fan of old B-movies. He and Gene bond over their shared love of the ''Banjo'' {{Spaghetti Western}}s (which spoof the ''Film/{{Django}}'' movies), and with Louise over the ''Hawk and Chick'' films (parodies of the ''Film/LoneWolfAndCub'' samurai films). He also takes Tina to a screening of ''Vampire Disco Death Dance'', a campy horror musical where the audience is encouraged to go in costume and throw things at the screen - an obvious parody of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.
** "The Deepening", a ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' rip-off shot in the town where the show takes place. It features a younger, [[IWasQuiteALooker more handsome]] Teddy as a lifeguard.
** Teddy is a big fan of ''The Ham and Egger'', a blatant ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' rip-off, which Bob [[ExpyCoexistence does not hesitate to point out.]]
** Bob in particular seems to be a big fan of old B-movies. He and Gene bond over their shared love of the ''Banjo'' {{Spaghetti Western}}s (which spoof the ''Film/{{Django}}'' movies), and with Louise over the ''Hawk and Chick'' films (parodies of the ''Film/LoneWolfAndCub'' samurai films). He also takes Tina to a screening of ''Vampire Disco Death Dance'', a campy horror musical where the audience is encouraged to go in costume and throw things at the screen - an obvious parody of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.
** "The Deepening", a ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' rip-off shot in the town where the show takes place. It features a younger, [[IWasQuiteALooker more handsome]] Teddy as a lifeguard.
** Teddy is a big fan of ''The Ham and Egger'', a blatant ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' rip-off, which Bob [[ExpyCoexistence does not hesitate to point out.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** At the end of "Summerween", the gang watches a horror movie marathon, which includes a film called ''The Fear Guy From Terror Town Street'' that apparently consists of alternating shots of a screaming woman and a growling, obviously fake alien.
** "Into the Bunker" opens with Dipper and Wendy watching a cheesy zombie movie called ''Nearly Almost Dead But Not Quite!'' TheStinger features a selection of bad movies showing on ''Gravity Falls Bargain Movie Showcase'', such as ''Attack of the Exclamation Points!!!!!'', ''Ghost Turtle'', ''Planet People from Planet Planet'' and ''Help! My Mummy's A Werewolf'' (and its sequel ''Help! My Mummy's a Werewolf 2: This Again'').
** Inverted in "The Inconveniencing", where Grunkle Stan ends up becoming very invested in the highbrow, extremely dry costume drama ''The Duchess Approves''.
** At the end of "Summerween", the gang watches a horror movie marathon, which includes a film called ''The Fear Guy From Terror Town Street'' that apparently consists of alternating shots of a screaming woman and a growling, obviously fake alien.
** "Into the Bunker" opens with Dipper and Wendy watching a cheesy zombie movie called ''Nearly Almost Dead But Not Quite!'' TheStinger features a selection of bad movies showing on ''Gravity Falls Bargain Movie Showcase'', such as ''Attack of the Exclamation Points!!!!!'', ''Ghost Turtle'', ''Planet People from Planet Planet'' and ''Help! My Mummy's A Werewolf'' (and its sequel ''Help! My Mummy's a Werewolf 2: This Again'').
** Inverted in "The Inconveniencing", where Grunkle Stan ends up becoming very invested in the highbrow, extremely dry costume drama ''The Duchess Approves''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Dr. Doofensmirtz inspires a plan after watching a low-budget horror movie about giant killer cats, though what the viewers see is footage of real-life kittens crawling and playing on top of a set made out of cardboard. This was very likely a parody of the laughably bad ''Film/NightOfTheLepus''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep,'' both the Farmer and the sheep seem to like low-budget horror films.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', two of the characters are seen watching "Attack of the Zombie Cows". Other than the title, it is not seen...but you can hear it, and it consists of glass breaking, screaming, and mooing. Again and again and again.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', two of the characters are seen watching "Attack of the Zombie Cows". Other than the title, it is not seen...but you can hear it, and it consists of glass breaking, screaming, and mooing. Again and again and again.
Deleted line(s) 186,199 (click to see context) :
* In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', two of the characters are seen watching "Attack of the Zombie Cows". Other than the title, it is not seen...but you can hear it, and it consists of glass breaking, screaming, and mooing. Again and again and again.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Dr. Doofensmirtz inspires a plan after watching a low-budget horror movie about giant killer cats, though what the viewers see is footage of real-life kittens crawling and playing on top of a set made out of cardboard. This was very likely a parody of the laughably bad ''Film/NightOfTheLepus''.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** At the end of "Summerween", the gang watches a horror movie marathon, which includes a film called ''The Fear Guy From Terror Town Street'' that apparently consists of alternating shots of a screaming woman and a growling, obviously fake alien.
** "Into the Bunker" opens with Dipper and Wendy watching a cheesy zombie movie called ''Nearly Almost Dead But Not Quite!'' TheStinger features a selection of bad movies showing on ''Gravity Falls Bargain Movie Showcase'', such as ''Attack of the Exclamation Points!!!!!'', ''Ghost Turtle'', ''Planet People from Planet Planet'' and ''Help! My Mummy's A Werewolf'' (and its sequel ''Help! My Mummy's a Werewolf 2: This Again'').
** Inverted in "The Inconveniencing", where Grunkle Stan ends up becoming very invested in the highbrow, extremely dry costume drama ''The Duchess Approves''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep,'' both the Farmer and the sheep seem to like low-budget horror films.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''
** Bob in particular seems to be a big fan of old B-movies. He and Gene bond over their shared love of the ''Banjo'' {{Spaghetti Western}}s (which spoof the ''Film/{{Django}}'' movies), and with Louise over the ''Hawk and Chick'' films (parodies of the ''Film/LoneWolfAndCub'' samurai films). He also takes Tina to a screening of ''Vampire Disco Death Dance'', a campy horror musical where the audience is encouraged to go in costume and throw things at the screen - an obvious parody of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.
** "The Deepening", a ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' rip-off shot in the town where the show takes place. It features a younger, [[IWasQuiteALooker more handsome]] Teddy as a lifeguard.
** Teddy is a big fan of ''The Ham and Egger'', a blatant ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' rip-off, which Bob [[ExpyCoexistence does not hesitate to point out.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Dr. Doofensmirtz inspires a plan after watching a low-budget horror movie about giant killer cats, though what the viewers see is footage of real-life kittens crawling and playing on top of a set made out of cardboard. This was very likely a parody of the laughably bad ''Film/NightOfTheLepus''.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** At the end of "Summerween", the gang watches a horror movie marathon, which includes a film called ''The Fear Guy From Terror Town Street'' that apparently consists of alternating shots of a screaming woman and a growling, obviously fake alien.
** "Into the Bunker" opens with Dipper and Wendy watching a cheesy zombie movie called ''Nearly Almost Dead But Not Quite!'' TheStinger features a selection of bad movies showing on ''Gravity Falls Bargain Movie Showcase'', such as ''Attack of the Exclamation Points!!!!!'', ''Ghost Turtle'', ''Planet People from Planet Planet'' and ''Help! My Mummy's A Werewolf'' (and its sequel ''Help! My Mummy's a Werewolf 2: This Again'').
** Inverted in "The Inconveniencing", where Grunkle Stan ends up becoming very invested in the highbrow, extremely dry costume drama ''The Duchess Approves''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep,'' both the Farmer and the sheep seem to like low-budget horror films.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''
** Bob in particular seems to be a big fan of old B-movies. He and Gene bond over their shared love of the ''Banjo'' {{Spaghetti Western}}s (which spoof the ''Film/{{Django}}'' movies), and with Louise over the ''Hawk and Chick'' films (parodies of the ''Film/LoneWolfAndCub'' samurai films). He also takes Tina to a screening of ''Vampire Disco Death Dance'', a campy horror musical where the audience is encouraged to go in costume and throw things at the screen - an obvious parody of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.
** "The Deepening", a ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' rip-off shot in the town where the show takes place. It features a younger, [[IWasQuiteALooker more handsome]] Teddy as a lifeguard.
** Teddy is a big fan of ''The Ham and Egger'', a blatant ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' rip-off, which Bob [[ExpyCoexistence does not hesitate to point out.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin is constantly trying to convince his parents (and sometimes his babysitter, Rosalyn) to let him watch sleazy exploitation movies with titles like ''Cuisinart Murders of Central High'', ''Vampire Sorority Babes'', and ''Venusian Vampire Vixens''. [[KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms Of course, he never actually gets to see them,]] except in one instance where he locks Rosalyn outside.
** In a Sunday strip, he imagines himself as Franchise/{{Godzilla}} rising from the sea (his bathtub) to defeat [[Film/GodzillaVsMegalon Megalon]] (his mother).
** In a Sunday strip, he imagines himself as Franchise/{{Godzilla}} rising from the sea (his bathtub) to defeat [[Film/GodzillaVsMegalon Megalon]] (his mother).
Deleted line(s) 31,33 (click to see context) :
* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin is constantly trying to convince his parents (and sometimes his babysitter, Rosalyn) to let him watch sleazy exploitation movies with titles like ''Cuisinart Murders of Central High'', ''Vampire Sorority Babes'', and ''Venusian Vampire Vixens''. [[KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms Of course, he never actually gets to see them,]] except in one instance where he locks Rosalyn outside.
** In a Sunday strip, he imagines himself as Franchise/{{Godzilla}} rising from the sea (his bathtub) to defeat [[Film/GodzillaVsMegalon Megalon]] (his mother).
* Jeremy from ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' has shown a similar obsession occasionally.
** In a Sunday strip, he imagines himself as Franchise/{{Godzilla}} rising from the sea (his bathtub) to defeat [[Film/GodzillaVsMegalon Megalon]] (his mother).
* Jeremy from ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' has shown a similar obsession occasionally.
* Jeremy from ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' has shown a similar obsession occasionally.
Changed line(s) 44 (click to see context) from:
[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
to:
* A promo for ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' has the emotions' reactions (mostly Fear's) to Riley watching a horror movie called ''The Shoes of Doom''. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Movie posters seen in the dream studio]] advertise her nightmares like schlocky B-movies, only with titles like "Dad's Driving Scares Me" and "Grandma's Vacuum."
Deleted line(s) 46,47 (click to see context) :
* A promo for ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' has the emotions' reactions (mostly Fear's) to Riley watching a horror movie called ''The Shoes of Doom''. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Movie posters seen in the dream studio]] advertise her nightmares like schlocky B-movies, only with titles like "Dad's Driving Scares Me" and "Grandma's Vacuum."
* Norman Babcock from ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' is fond of gory, cheesy zombie movies. While he's only seen watching one at [[BookEnds the beginning and end]] of the movie, his room is filled with posters and memorabilia.
* Norman Babcock from ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' is fond of gory, cheesy zombie movies. While he's only seen watching one at [[BookEnds the beginning and end]] of the movie, his room is filled with posters and memorabilia.
* Norman Babcock from ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' is fond of gory, cheesy zombie movies. While he's only seen watching one at [[BookEnds the beginning and end]] of the movie, his room is filled with posters and memorabilia.
Changed line(s) 51 (click to see context) from:
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
to:
* During the GoodTimesMontage of ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'', Michelle and Emmett watch the VHS of a fictitious movie called ''Cannibal Airlines''.
* In ''Film/TheBabadook'', Amelia is a habitual watcher of whatever is on TV late at night, and is seen watching ''Series/SkippyTheBushKangaroo'' in one scene and the '60s horror movie ''Film/{{Black Sabbath|1963}}'' in another.
* In ''Film/BMXBandits'', Goose is a fan of slasher movies with titles like ''Kiss the Blood Off My Tyre Iron'', and keeps regaling his friends (and, at one point, the crooks) with their plots.
* In the FramingDevice for ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', an unnamed boy - played by Creator/JoeHill - is also shown to be wild about '50s horror films and especially comics. While Joe Hill's [[Creator/StephenKing actual father]], who wrote ''Creepshow'''s screenplay, would no doubt approve of all this, his father in the movie - played by Creator/TomAtkinson - does not, and [[AbusiveDad slaps]] his son for being into "that horror crap". The whole sequence is clearly meant to invoke the moral panic around horror comics in the 1950s that lead to the formation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.
* In ''Film/TheDeadlySpawn'', KidHero Charles is obsessed with older monster movies, mainly those from the '50s, and it's implied that this gives him the emotional training he needs to make it through the low budget monster that's going on around him.
* In ''Film/DonnieDarko'', Donnie goes to see ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''. It was originally supposed to be ''Film/{{CHUD}}'', but they couldn't get the rights.
Changed line(s) 53,55 (click to see context) from:
* There's a scene in ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' of Elliot and his friends watching the real Italian movie ''Grunt!'', which features a gorilla who uses a crystal ball to fly around. Of course, ''Troll 2'' is hardly any less stupid.
* ''Film/MyNameIsBruce'' is a meta-example of this trope, the movie being about B-Movie star Creator/BruceCampbell {{as himself}} meeting a bunch of B-Movie fans to help them get rid of a local monster. This is funny because it is by itself also a B-Movie.
* In ''Film/DonnieDarko'', Donnie goes to see ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''. It was originally supposed to be ''Film/{{CHUD}}'', but they couldn't get the rights.
* ''Film/MyNameIsBruce'' is a meta-example of this trope, the movie being about B-Movie star Creator/BruceCampbell {{as himself}} meeting a bunch of B-Movie fans to help them get rid of a local monster. This is funny because it is by itself also a B-Movie.
* In ''Film/DonnieDarko'', Donnie goes to see ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''. It was originally supposed to be ''Film/{{CHUD}}'', but they couldn't get the rights.
to:
* Creator/OrsonWelles' ''Film/FForFake'' uses clips from the Creator/RayHarryhausen scifi flick ''Film/EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers'' to represent the panic Welles allegedly caused with his ''Radio/{{The War of the Worlds|1938}}'' broadcast decades earlier.
* Becomes a major plot point in the original ''Film/FrightNight1985'', where the hero recruits his favourite horror actor to help him fight a vampire. The actor's name - Creator/{{Peter|Cushing}} Creator/{{Vincent|Price}} - is itself a homage to real-world horror actors.
* In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', Billy falls asleep watching the original ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', with the famous screams of "They're here already! You're next!" nicely coinciding with Billy's [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unwittingly instigating]] the entire gremlin rampage. Billy also has posters for ''Film/{{Them}}'', ''Film/BeginningOfTheEnd'', and ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' in his room. Throughout the movie, characters are also seen watching non-B movies like ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' and the largely-forgotten Creator/ClarkGable movie ''Film/ToPleaseALady'', and there's a key scene at a movie theatre showing ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
** Pointedly averted in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', where Robert Prosky's character, a cable TV HorrorHost, is portrayed as deeply unhappy with having to watch ''Film/InvasionOfTheOctopusPeople'' ([[CelebrityParadox starring Robert Prosky]]) with a cheap dragon puppet, and would much rather be a news anchor. There's also a scenein ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' of Elliot and his friends watching the real Italian film critic Creator/LeonardMaltin being [[DeathByCameo murdered by gremlins]] while giving a negative review to a B movie ''Grunt!'', which features a gorilla who uses a crystal ball to fly around. Of course, ''Troll 2'' is hardly any less stupid.
* ''Film/MyNameIsBruce'' is a meta-example of this trope, the movie being about B-Movie star Creator/BruceCampbell {{as himself}} meeting a bunch of B-Movie fans to help them get rid of a local monster. This is funny because it is by itself also a B-Movie.
* In ''Film/DonnieDarko'', Donnie goes to see ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''. It was originally supposed to be ''Film/{{CHUD}}'', but they couldn't get the rights.called... ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.
* Becomes a major plot point in the original ''Film/FrightNight1985'', where the hero recruits his favourite horror actor to help him fight a vampire. The actor's name - Creator/{{Peter|Cushing}} Creator/{{Vincent|Price}} - is itself a homage to real-world horror actors.
* In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', Billy falls asleep watching the original ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', with the famous screams of "They're here already! You're next!" nicely coinciding with Billy's [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unwittingly instigating]] the entire gremlin rampage. Billy also has posters for ''Film/{{Them}}'', ''Film/BeginningOfTheEnd'', and ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' in his room. Throughout the movie, characters are also seen watching non-B movies like ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' and the largely-forgotten Creator/ClarkGable movie ''Film/ToPleaseALady'', and there's a key scene at a movie theatre showing ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
** Pointedly averted in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', where Robert Prosky's character, a cable TV HorrorHost, is portrayed as deeply unhappy with having to watch ''Film/InvasionOfTheOctopusPeople'' ([[CelebrityParadox starring Robert Prosky]]) with a cheap dragon puppet, and would much rather be a news anchor. There's also a scene
* ''Film/MyNameIsBruce'' is a meta-example of this trope, the movie being about B-Movie star Creator/BruceCampbell {{as himself}} meeting a bunch of B-Movie fans to help them get rid of a local monster. This is funny because it is by itself also a B-Movie.
* In ''Film/DonnieDarko'', Donnie goes to see ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''. It was originally supposed to be ''Film/{{CHUD}}'', but they couldn't get the rights.
* ''Film/{{Matinee}}'' explores this trope in detail, focusing on the premiere of a [[ShowWithinAShow very silly B-movie]] (mostly a pastiche of ''Film/{{Them}}'' and ''Film/TheFly1958'') at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and how, to a lot of the characters, it's a very necessary release from the constant unease of the Cold War. Creator/JohnGoodman's character, the movie's director, waxes lyrical about why goofy escapist trash is actually extremely important.
* In ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', the hero wants to go see a [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday-themed slasher film]] called ''Groundhog Day''. This became HilariousInHindsight (and slightly confusing) a few years later when the actual film ''Film/GroundhogDay'' - a charming romantic comedy with elements of MagicRealism - was released.
** More broadly, the entire Monster Squad are huge fans of monster movies, particlarly the Franchise/UniversalHorror body of work.
* In ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', the hero wants to go see a [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday-themed slasher film]] called ''Groundhog Day''. This became HilariousInHindsight (and slightly confusing) a few years later when the actual film ''Film/GroundhogDay'' - a charming romantic comedy with elements of MagicRealism - was released.
** More broadly, the entire Monster Squad are huge fans of monster movies, particlarly the Franchise/UniversalHorror body of work.
* ''Film/MyNameIsBruce'' is a meta-example of this trope, the movie being about B-Movie star Creator/BruceCampbell {{as himself}} meeting a bunch of B-Movie fans to help them get rid of a local monster. This is funny because it is by itself also a B-Movie.
* There's a scene in ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' of Elliot and his friends watching the real Italian movie ''Grunt!'', which features a gorilla who uses a crystal ball to fly around. Of course, ''Troll 2'' is hardly any less stupid.
* There's a scene in ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' of Elliot and his friends watching the real Italian movie ''Grunt!'', which features a gorilla who uses a crystal ball to fly around. Of course, ''Troll 2'' is hardly any less stupid.
Changed line(s) 60,64 (click to see context) from:
* Becomes a major plot point in the original ''Film/FrightNight1985'', where the hero recruits his favourite horror actor to help him fight a vampire. The actor's name - Creator/{{Peter|Cushing}} Creator/{{Vincent|Price}} - is itself a homage to real-world horror actors.
* In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', Billy falls asleep watching the original ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', with the famous screams of "They're here already! You're next!" nicely coinciding with Billy's [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unwittingly instigating]] the entire gremlin rampage. Billy also has posters for ''Film/{{Them}}'', ''Film/BeginningOfTheEnd'', and ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' in his room. Throughout the movie, characters are also seen watching non-B movies like ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' and the largely-forgotten Creator/ClarkGable movie ''Film/ToPleaseALady'', and there's a key scene at a movie theatre showing ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
** Pointedly averted in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', where Robert Prosky's character, a cable TV HorrorHost, is portrayed as deeply unhappy with having to watch ''Film/InvasionOfTheOctopusPeople'' ([[CelebrityParadox starring Robert Prosky]]) with a cheap dragon puppet, and would much rather be a news anchor. There's also a scene of film critic Creator/LeonardMaltin being [[DeathByCameo murdered by gremlins]] while giving a negative review to a B movie called... ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.
* In ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', the hero wants to go see a [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday-themed slasher film]] called ''Groundhog Day''. This became HilariousInHindsight (and slightly confusing) a few years later when the actual film ''Film/GroundhogDay'' - a charming romantic comedy with elements of MagicRealism - was released.
** More broadly, the entire Monster Squad are huge fans of monster movies, particlarly the Franchise/UniversalHorror body of work.
* In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', Billy falls asleep watching the original ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', with the famous screams of "They're here already! You're next!" nicely coinciding with Billy's [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unwittingly instigating]] the entire gremlin rampage. Billy also has posters for ''Film/{{Them}}'', ''Film/BeginningOfTheEnd'', and ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' in his room. Throughout the movie, characters are also seen watching non-B movies like ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' and the largely-forgotten Creator/ClarkGable movie ''Film/ToPleaseALady'', and there's a key scene at a movie theatre showing ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
** Pointedly averted in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', where Robert Prosky's character, a cable TV HorrorHost, is portrayed as deeply unhappy with having to watch ''Film/InvasionOfTheOctopusPeople'' ([[CelebrityParadox starring Robert Prosky]]) with a cheap dragon puppet, and would much rather be a news anchor. There's also a scene of film critic Creator/LeonardMaltin being [[DeathByCameo murdered by gremlins]] while giving a negative review to a B movie called... ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.
* In ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', the hero wants to go see a [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday-themed slasher film]] called ''Groundhog Day''. This became HilariousInHindsight (and slightly confusing) a few years later when the actual film ''Film/GroundhogDay'' - a charming romantic comedy with elements of MagicRealism - was released.
** More broadly, the entire Monster Squad are huge fans of monster movies, particlarly the Franchise/UniversalHorror body of work.
to:
* Becomes a major plot point in Randy Meeks, the original ''Film/FrightNight1985'', where resident MetaGuy of the hero recruits his favourite horror actor to help him fight a vampire. The actor's name - Creator/{{Peter|Cushing}} Creator/{{Vincent|Price}} - [[Film/Scream1996 first]] [[Film/Scream2 two]] ''Film/{{Scream}}'' films, is itself a homage to real-world horror actors.
* In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', Billy falls asleep watching the original ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', with the famous screams of "They're here already! You're next!" nicely coinciding with Billy's [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unwittingly instigating]] the entire gremlin rampage. Billy also has posters for ''Film/{{Them}}'', ''Film/BeginningOfTheEnd'', and ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' in his room. Throughout the movie, characters are also seen watching non-B movies like ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' and the largely-forgotten Creator/ClarkGable movie ''Film/ToPleaseALady'', and there's a key scene ata movie theatre showing ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
** Pointedly averted in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', where Robert Prosky's character, a cable TV HorrorHost,geek who is portrayed as deeply unhappy with having specifically into horror, especially B-grade '80s {{slasher|Movie}}s. He is the first person to watch ''Film/InvasionOfTheOctopusPeople'' ([[CelebrityParadox starring Robert Prosky]]) with figure out that the killer is imitating a cheap dragon puppet, horror movie, and would much rather lays out a set of rules for surviving one ([[SexSignalsDeath don't have sex]], [[TheScourgeOfGod don't drink or do drugs]], [[TemptingFate don't say "I'll be a news anchor. There's also a scene of film critic Creator/LeonardMaltin being [[DeathByCameo murdered by gremlins]] right back"]]). In [[Film/Scream4 the fourth film]], Kirby Reed takes his place as his [[TheLadette Lad-ette]] DistaffCounterpart, while giving a negative review to a B movie called... ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.
* In ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'',[[Film/Scream2022 the hero wants to go see fifth]] introduces his niece Mindy Meeks-Martin, who is as much a [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday-themed slasher film]] called ''Groundhog Day''. This became HilariousInHindsight (and slightly confusing) a few years later when the actual film ''Film/GroundhogDay'' - a charming romantic comedy with elements of MagicRealism - was released.
** More broadly, the entire Monster Squad are huge fans of monster movies, particlarly the Franchise/UniversalHorror body of work.horror buff as her uncle was.
* In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', Billy falls asleep watching the original ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', with the famous screams of "They're here already! You're next!" nicely coinciding with Billy's [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unwittingly instigating]] the entire gremlin rampage. Billy also has posters for ''Film/{{Them}}'', ''Film/BeginningOfTheEnd'', and ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' in his room. Throughout the movie, characters are also seen watching non-B movies like ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' and the largely-forgotten Creator/ClarkGable movie ''Film/ToPleaseALady'', and there's a key scene at
** Pointedly averted in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', where Robert Prosky's character, a cable TV HorrorHost,
* In ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'',
** More broadly, the entire Monster Squad are huge fans of monster movies, particlarly the Franchise/UniversalHorror body of work.
Deleted line(s) 66,67 (click to see context) :
* During the GoodTimesMontage of ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'', Michelle and Emmett watch the VHS of a fictitious movie called ''Cannibal Airlines''.
* ''Film/{{Matinee}}'' explores this trope in detail, focusing on the premiere of a [[ShowWithinAShow very silly B-movie]] (mostly a pastiche of ''Film/{{Them}}'' and ''Film/TheFly1958'') at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and how, to a lot of the characters, it's a very necessary release from the constant unease of the Cold War. Creator/JohnGoodman's character, the movie's director, waxes lyrical about why goofy escapist trash is actually extremely important.
* ''Film/{{Matinee}}'' explores this trope in detail, focusing on the premiere of a [[ShowWithinAShow very silly B-movie]] (mostly a pastiche of ''Film/{{Them}}'' and ''Film/TheFly1958'') at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and how, to a lot of the characters, it's a very necessary release from the constant unease of the Cold War. Creator/JohnGoodman's character, the movie's director, waxes lyrical about why goofy escapist trash is actually extremely important.
Deleted line(s) 70,75 (click to see context) :
* In ''Film/BMXBandits'', Goose is a fan of slasher movies with titles like ''Kiss the Blood Off My Tyre Iron'', and keeps regaling his friends (and, at one point, the crooks) with their plots.
* Randy Meeks, the resident MetaGuy of the [[Film/Scream1996 first]] [[Film/Scream2 two]] ''Film/{{Scream}}'' films, is a movie geek who is specifically into horror, especially B-grade '80s {{slasher|Movie}}s. He is the first person to figure out that the killer is imitating a horror movie, and lays out a set of rules for surviving one ([[SexSignalsDeath don't have sex]], [[TheScourgeOfGod don't drink or do drugs]], [[TemptingFate don't say "I'll be right back"]]). In [[Film/Scream4 the fourth film]], Kirby Reed takes his place as his [[TheLadette Lad-ette]] DistaffCounterpart, while [[Film/Scream2022 the fifth]] introduces his niece Mindy Meeks-Martin, who is as much a horror buff as her uncle was.
* Creator/OrsonWelles' ''Film/FForFake'' uses clips from the Creator/RayHarryhausen scifi flick ''Film/EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers'' to represent the panic Welles allegedly caused with his ''Radio/{{The War of the Worlds|1938}}'' broadcast decades earlier.
* In ''Film/TheBabadook'', Amelia is a habitual watcher of whatever is on TV late at night, and is seen watching ''Series/SkippyTheBushKangaroo'' in one scene and the '60s horror movie ''Film/{{Black Sabbath|1963}}'' in another.
* In ''Film/TheDeadlySpawn'', KidHero Charles is obsessed with older monster movies, mainly those from the '50s, and it's implied that this gives him the emotional training he needs to make it through the low budget monster that's going on around him.
* In the FramingDevice for ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', an unnamed boy - played by Creator/JoeHill - is also shown to be wild about '50s horror films and especially comics. While Joe Hill's [[Creator/StephenKing actual father]], who wrote ''Creepshow'''s screenplay, would no doubt approve of all this, his father in the movie - played by Creator/TomAtkinson - does not, and [[AbusiveDad slaps]] his son for being into "that horror crap". The whole sequence is clearly meant to invoke the moral panic around horror comics in the 1950s that lead to the formation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.
* Randy Meeks, the resident MetaGuy of the [[Film/Scream1996 first]] [[Film/Scream2 two]] ''Film/{{Scream}}'' films, is a movie geek who is specifically into horror, especially B-grade '80s {{slasher|Movie}}s. He is the first person to figure out that the killer is imitating a horror movie, and lays out a set of rules for surviving one ([[SexSignalsDeath don't have sex]], [[TheScourgeOfGod don't drink or do drugs]], [[TemptingFate don't say "I'll be right back"]]). In [[Film/Scream4 the fourth film]], Kirby Reed takes his place as his [[TheLadette Lad-ette]] DistaffCounterpart, while [[Film/Scream2022 the fifth]] introduces his niece Mindy Meeks-Martin, who is as much a horror buff as her uncle was.
* Creator/OrsonWelles' ''Film/FForFake'' uses clips from the Creator/RayHarryhausen scifi flick ''Film/EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers'' to represent the panic Welles allegedly caused with his ''Radio/{{The War of the Worlds|1938}}'' broadcast decades earlier.
* In ''Film/TheBabadook'', Amelia is a habitual watcher of whatever is on TV late at night, and is seen watching ''Series/SkippyTheBushKangaroo'' in one scene and the '60s horror movie ''Film/{{Black Sabbath|1963}}'' in another.
* In ''Film/TheDeadlySpawn'', KidHero Charles is obsessed with older monster movies, mainly those from the '50s, and it's implied that this gives him the emotional training he needs to make it through the low budget monster that's going on around him.
* In the FramingDevice for ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', an unnamed boy - played by Creator/JoeHill - is also shown to be wild about '50s horror films and especially comics. While Joe Hill's [[Creator/StephenKing actual father]], who wrote ''Creepshow'''s screenplay, would no doubt approve of all this, his father in the movie - played by Creator/TomAtkinson - does not, and [[AbusiveDad slaps]] his son for being into "that horror crap". The whole sequence is clearly meant to invoke the moral panic around horror comics in the 1950s that lead to the formation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.
Deleted line(s) 79,80 (click to see context) :
* Literature/CaptainUnderpants[='=]s Extra-Crunchy Books o' Fun each had a story featuring a villain named Hairy Potty. The second Hairy Potty story was called ''The Night of the Terror of the Revenge of the Curse of the Bride of Hairy Potty'', which ends with a teaser for ''The Night of the Terror of the Dawn of the Day of the Curse of the Late-Afternoon of the Son of the Bride of Hairy Potty''.
** One of the books also has a brief scene of George and Harold watching a Japanese monster movie on TV. From the illustration, it appears to be something involving Film/{{Gamera}}.
** One of the books also has a brief scene of George and Harold watching a Japanese monster movie on TV. From the illustration, it appears to be something involving Film/{{Gamera}}.
* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants[='=]s Extra-Crunchy Books o' Fun'' each had a story featuring a villain named Hairy Potty. The second Hairy Potty story was called ''The Night of the Terror of the Revenge of the Curse of the Bride of Hairy Potty'', which ends with a teaser for ''The Night of the Terror of the Dawn of the Day of the Curse of the Late-Afternoon of the Son of the Bride of Hairy Potty''.
** One of the books also has a brief scene of George and Harold watching a Japanese monster movie on TV. From the illustration, it appears to be something involving Film/{{Gamera}}.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In ''Literature/ProvenGuilty'', supernatural beings that feed on fear take on the form of that Verse's Expies of various horror-film villains. One of the films imitated is titled "Nature Red", which is at least minimally literate as B-movie titles go; the others come from slasher-style series which play this trope to the hilt. Molly is the biggest fan among the main cast, to the point of helping organize the convention that attracts the beasties in question.
* In ''Literature/TheEarTheEyeAndTheArm'', Arm draws on his viewings of ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf'' to scare off a gang of superstitious witch-hunters. Apparently in 22nd-century Africa, B-movies from the 1950s are still running on late-night holovision. (Or it was remade under the same title, which would certainly not be unprecedented.)
** One of the books also has a brief scene of George and Harold watching a Japanese monster movie on TV. From the illustration, it appears to be something involving Film/{{Gamera}}.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In ''Literature/ProvenGuilty'', supernatural beings that feed on fear take on the form of that Verse's Expies of various horror-film villains. One of the films imitated is titled "Nature Red", which is at least minimally literate as B-movie titles go; the others come from slasher-style series which play this trope to the hilt. Molly is the biggest fan among the main cast, to the point of helping organize the convention that attracts the beasties in question.
* In ''Literature/TheEarTheEyeAndTheArm'', Arm draws on his viewings of ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf'' to scare off a gang of superstitious witch-hunters. Apparently in 22nd-century Africa, B-movies from the 1950s are still running on late-night holovision. (Or it was remade under the same title, which would certainly not be unprecedented.)
Deleted line(s) 83,84 (click to see context) :
* In ''Literature/TheEarTheEyeAndTheArm'', Arm draws on his viewings of ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf'' to scare off a gang of superstitious witch-hunters. Apparently in 22nd-century Africa, B-movies from the 1950s are still running on late-night holovision. (Or it was remade under the same title, which would certainly not be unprecedented.)
* In ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Proven Guilty]]'', supernatural beings that feed on fear take on the form of that Verse's Expies of various horror-film villains. One of the films imitated is titled "Nature Red", which is at least minimally literate as B-movie titles go; the others come from slasher-style series which play this trope to the hilt. Molly is the biggest fan among the main cast, to the point of helping organize the convention that attracts the beasties in question.
* In ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Proven Guilty]]'', supernatural beings that feed on fear take on the form of that Verse's Expies of various horror-film villains. One of the films imitated is titled "Nature Red", which is at least minimally literate as B-movie titles go; the others come from slasher-style series which play this trope to the hilt. Molly is the biggest fan among the main cast, to the point of helping organize the convention that attracts the beasties in question.
Changed line(s) 88 (click to see context) from:
[[folder:Live Action TV]]
to:
* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Penny has had roles in the (fictional) B-movies ''[[http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Serial_Ape-ist Serial Ape-ist]]'' and [[http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Serial_Ape-ist_2:_Monkey_See,_Monkey_Kill Serial Ape-ist 2: Monkey See, Monkey Kill]]''. Howard found and watched the first film, probably enjoying Penny's ShowerScene. Amy and Bernadette found and watched the second film, where Penny had a more substantial role. By their reactions, the film was SoBadItsGood.
* On ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', Phoebe's favorite movie is a B-horror movie called "Kill It Before It Dies"; in the episode "[[Recap/CharmedS2E18ChickFlick Chick Flick]]", a demon's powers cause the characters to become real, then the sisters to be trapped in the movie.
* On one episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', Abed hosts a showing of the '80s movie ''Kickpuncher'', which appears to be a bad ''Film/MadMax''/''Franchise/{{Robocop}}'' mash-up. Abed and Troy even film a FanSequel for TheStinger.
** The sequel features Kickpuncher's nemesis, Punchkicker.
* In the Nickelodeon teen series ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', Josh works at a movie theater with a marquee filled with movie titles like 'Cave Mom' - each title indicating a more schlocky movie than the last.
* On ''Series/ForeverKnight'', Nick Knight likes to watch old horror movies, particularly ones about vampires.
* Justine from ''[[Series/GLOW2017 GLOW]]'' is specifically a fan of the works of GLOW's director, B-movie legend Sam Sylvia. While there turns out to be a [[GenerationXerox ulterior motive]] for her interest, she does stick to her love of movies and ends up getting a movie deal at the end of show for a script she wrote.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and one of his girlfriends go to see ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' on a date, and in another episode, as part of a two-minute speed date, they watch a few seconds of ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.
* In ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', Ally and Henry are essentially a subversion of this trope. The two are gore-obsessed teens who judge a movie on "how many killin's it's got". Despite this, between the two of them they've watched such critically acclaimed films as ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' (although they didn't like it because it only had seven killin's), ''[[Theatre/RichardIII Richard Eye Eye Eye]]'' and ''[[Film/ThreeColorsTrilogy Trois Couleurs: Bleu]]''. If, at ''some'' point in the film, somebody gets killed, they'll watch it.
* ''{{Series/MASH}}'' used this as a RunningGag. Almost every movie mentioned as playing on a given day was some lousy B picture. On the rare occasions the camp was getting a good movie, it was usually a plot point. E.g., in "The Moon Is Not Blue", they want to get ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'' ([[BannedInChina/UnitedStates a film notorious at the time for its use of the word "virgin"]]), and instead get ''Film/StateFair.'' We see clips from both, and they end up ''bored'' by both. (Ironically, history has decided ''State Fair'' is marginally the better film.)
** They didn't care if it was good or not, just that it had been labeled "obscene", which ''had'' to be better than the horrendous G-rated schpeel they've gotten nonstop.
* In ''Series/MonsterWarriors'', Kreeger runs a video store devoted to obscure B-grade science fiction and horror films. In particular, he is a huge fan of 1950s director Klaus Von Steinhauer and is a walking encyclopedia regarding Klaus and his oeuvre. This makes him the perfect person to advise the Monster Warriors when Klaus starts creating real monsters based on his old films and unleashing them upon Capital City.
* On the Creator/AnimalPlanet series, ''The Most Extreme'', clips from B-movies and horror flicks are used to demonstrate talents that a particular animal has.
Changed line(s) 90,92 (click to see context) from:
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
** Tom Paris and Harry Kim are big fans of the campy B-serial ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton,'' and frequently take on the roles of Captain Proton and his sidekick Buster Kincaid (respectively) in the holodeck (the program being in black and white, including Tom and Harry themselves.)
** In one episode, Tom recreates a 20th-century movie theater in the holodeck so he and B'Elanna can watch ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature''. At the end of the episode, many characters have gathered to watch a double feature which includes 'Attack of the Lobster People'.
** Tom Paris and Harry Kim are big fans of the campy B-serial ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton,'' and frequently take on the roles of Captain Proton and his sidekick Buster Kincaid (respectively) in the holodeck (the program being in black and white, including Tom and Harry themselves.)
** In one episode, Tom recreates a 20th-century movie theater in the holodeck so he and B'Elanna can watch ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature''. At the end of the episode, many characters have gathered to watch a double feature which includes 'Attack of the Lobster People'.
to:
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
During one scene in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Point of No Return", we briefly see O'Neill watching a black-and-white UFO movie.
**Tom Paris and Harry Kim are big fans What we see of the campy B-serial ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton,'' and frequently take ShowWithinAShow ''Wormhole X-treme!'' is essentially a TV version of this. In-universe, it's a show based on the roles of Captain Proton ''real'' show's main characters, and his sidekick Buster Kincaid (respectively) in the holodeck (the program being in black and white, including Tom and Harry themselves.)
** In one episode, Tom recreates a 20th-century movie theater in the holodeck so he and B'Elanna can watch ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature''. At the endout-of-universe it's an excellent parody of the episode, many characters have gathered show itself and of science fiction in general, especially '60s-style campy sci-fi — with plenty of StylisticSuck to watch a double feature which includes 'Attack of the Lobster People'.go around.
**
** In one episode, Tom recreates a 20th-century movie theater in the holodeck so he and B'Elanna can watch ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature''. At the end
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
** Tom Paris and Harry Kim are big fans of the campy B-serial ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton,'' and frequently take on the roles of Captain Proton and his sidekick Buster Kincaid (respectively) in the holodeck (the program being in black and white, including Tom and Harry themselves.)
** In one episode, Tom recreates a 20th-century movie theater in the holodeck so he and B'Elanna can watch ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature''. At the end of the episode, many characters have gathered to watch a double feature which includes 'Attack of the Lobster People'.
* In ''Series/StrangerThings'', Mike and his friends are very much into sci-fi and horror movies, and play regular ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
** The local science teacher, Mr. Clarke, is also a big nerd who fully supports these interests, and one scene in the first season shows him watching ''Film/TheThing1982'' on VHS with his girlfriend.
** Implied with Jonathan Byers, who has a poster for ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' on his bedroom wall. In one scene, his lousy, absentee dad tells him to take the poster down because "It's inappropriate."
** In the third season, Lucas uses the difference between ''The Thing'' and [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld the '50s original]] as his go-to analogy to explain why he prefers the New Coke to classic Coca-Cola.
** It's also clear that the writers themselves are also fans of this kind of content, and ''Stranger Things'' [[ShoutOut/StrangerThings wears its genre influences proudly on its sleeve.]]
* In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E18HollywoodBabylon "Hollywood Babylon"]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Dean is revealed to be a fan of low-budget Horror movies.
** Tom Paris and Harry Kim are big fans of the campy B-serial ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton,'' and frequently take on the roles of Captain Proton and his sidekick Buster Kincaid (respectively) in the holodeck (the program being in black and white, including Tom and Harry themselves.)
** In one episode, Tom recreates a 20th-century movie theater in the holodeck so he and B'Elanna can watch ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature''. At the end of the episode, many characters have gathered to watch a double feature which includes 'Attack of the Lobster People'.
* In ''Series/StrangerThings'', Mike and his friends are very much into sci-fi and horror movies, and play regular ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
** The local science teacher, Mr. Clarke, is also a big nerd who fully supports these interests, and one scene in the first season shows him watching ''Film/TheThing1982'' on VHS with his girlfriend.
** Implied with Jonathan Byers, who has a poster for ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' on his bedroom wall. In one scene, his lousy, absentee dad tells him to take the poster down because "It's inappropriate."
** In the third season, Lucas uses the difference between ''The Thing'' and [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld the '50s original]] as his go-to analogy to explain why he prefers the New Coke to classic Coca-Cola.
** It's also clear that the writers themselves are also fans of this kind of content, and ''Stranger Things'' [[ShoutOut/StrangerThings wears its genre influences proudly on its sleeve.]]
* In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E18HollywoodBabylon "Hollywood Babylon"]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Dean is revealed to be a fan of low-budget Horror movies.
Deleted line(s) 100,120 (click to see context) :
* In the Nickelodeon teen series ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', Josh works at a movie theater with a marquee filled with movie titles like 'Cave Mom' - each title indicating a more schlocky movie than the last.
* On ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', Phoebe's favorite movie is a B-horror movie called "Kill It Before It Dies"; in the episode "[[Recap/CharmedS2E18ChickFlick Chick Flick]]", a demon's powers cause the characters to become real, then the sisters to be trapped in the movie.
* In ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', Ally and Henry are essentially a subversion of this trope. The two are gore-obsessed teens who judge a movie on "how many killin's it's got". Despite this, between the two of them they've watched such critically acclaimed films as ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' (although they didn't like it because it only had seven killin's), ''[[Theatre/RichardIII Richard Eye Eye Eye]]'' and ''[[Film/ThreeColorsTrilogy Trois Couleurs: Bleu]]''. If, at ''some'' point in the film, somebody gets killed, they'll watch it.
* On one episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', Abed hosts a showing of the '80s movie ''Kickpuncher'', which appears to be a bad ''Film/MadMax''/''Franchise/{{Robocop}}'' mash-up. Abed and Troy even film a FanSequel for TheStinger.
** The sequel features Kickpuncher's nemesis, Punchkicker.
* On ''Series/ForeverKnight'', Nick Knight likes to watch old horror movies, particularly ones about vampires.
* On the Creator/AnimalPlanet series, ''The Most Extreme'', clips from B-movies and horror flicks are used to demonstrate talents that a particular animal has.
* During one scene in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Point of No Return", we briefly see O'Neill watching a black-and-white UFO movie.
** What we see of the ShowWithinAShow ''Wormhole X-treme!'' is essentially a TV version of this. In-universe, it's a show based on the ''real'' show's main characters, and out-of-universe it's an excellent parody of the show itself and of science fiction in general, especially '60s-style campy sci-fi — with plenty of StylisticSuck to go around.
* ''{{Series/MASH}}'' used this as a RunningGag. Almost every movie mentioned as playing on a given day was some lousy B picture. On the rare occasions the camp was getting a good movie, it was usually a plot point. E.g., in "The Moon Is Not Blue", they want to get ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'' ([[BannedInChina/UnitedStates a film notorious at the time for its use of the word "virgin"]]), and instead get ''Film/StateFair.'' We see clips from both, and they end up ''bored'' by both. (Ironically, history has decided ''State Fair'' is marginally the better film.)
** They didn't care if it was good or not, just that it had been labeled "obscene", which ''had'' to be better than the horrendous G-rated schpeel they've gotten nonstop.
* In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E18HollywoodBabylon "Hollywood Babylon"]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Dean is revealed to be a fan of low-budget Horror movies.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and one of his girlfriends go to see ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' on a date, and in another episode, as part of a two-minute speed date, they watch a few seconds of ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.
* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Penny has had roles in the (fictional) B-movies ''[[http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Serial_Ape-ist Serial Ape-ist]]'' and [[http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Serial_Ape-ist_2:_Monkey_See,_Monkey_Kill Serial Ape-ist 2: Monkey See, Monkey Kill]]''. Howard found and watched the first film, probably enjoying Penny's ShowerScene. Amy and Bernadette found and watched the second film, where Penny had a more substantial role. By their reactions, the film was SoBadItsGood.
* In ''Series/MonsterWarriors'', Kreeger runs a video store devoted to obscure B-grade science fiction and horror films. In particular, he is a huge fan of 1950s director Klaus Von Steinhauer and is a walking encyclopedia regarding Klaus and his oeuvre. This makes him the perfect person to advise the Monster Warriors when Klaus starts creating real monsters based on his old films and unleashing them upon Capital City.
* Justine from ''[[Series/GLOW2017 GLOW]]'' is specifically a fan of the works of GLOW's director, B-movie legend Sam Sylvia. While there turns out to be a [[GenerationXerox ulterior motive]] for her interest, she does stick to her love of movies and ends up getting a movie deal at the end of show for a script she wrote.
* In ''Series/StrangerThings'', Mike and his friends are very much into sci-fi and horror movies, and play regular ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
** The local science teacher, Mr. Clarke, is also a big nerd who fully supports these interests, and one scene in the first season shows him watching ''Film/TheThing1982'' on VHS with his girlfriend.
** Implied with Jonathan Byers, who has a poster for ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' on his bedroom wall. In one scene, his lousy, absentee dad tells him to take the poster down because "It's inappropriate."
** In the third season, Lucas uses the difference between ''The Thing'' and [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld the '50s original]] as his go-to analogy to explain why he prefers the New Coke to classic Coca-Cola.
** It's also clear that the writers themselves are also fans of this kind of content, and ''Stranger Things'' [[ShoutOut/StrangerThings wears its genre influences proudly on its sleeve.]]
* On ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', Phoebe's favorite movie is a B-horror movie called "Kill It Before It Dies"; in the episode "[[Recap/CharmedS2E18ChickFlick Chick Flick]]", a demon's powers cause the characters to become real, then the sisters to be trapped in the movie.
* In ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', Ally and Henry are essentially a subversion of this trope. The two are gore-obsessed teens who judge a movie on "how many killin's it's got". Despite this, between the two of them they've watched such critically acclaimed films as ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' (although they didn't like it because it only had seven killin's), ''[[Theatre/RichardIII Richard Eye Eye Eye]]'' and ''[[Film/ThreeColorsTrilogy Trois Couleurs: Bleu]]''. If, at ''some'' point in the film, somebody gets killed, they'll watch it.
* On one episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', Abed hosts a showing of the '80s movie ''Kickpuncher'', which appears to be a bad ''Film/MadMax''/''Franchise/{{Robocop}}'' mash-up. Abed and Troy even film a FanSequel for TheStinger.
** The sequel features Kickpuncher's nemesis, Punchkicker.
* On ''Series/ForeverKnight'', Nick Knight likes to watch old horror movies, particularly ones about vampires.
* On the Creator/AnimalPlanet series, ''The Most Extreme'', clips from B-movies and horror flicks are used to demonstrate talents that a particular animal has.
* During one scene in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Point of No Return", we briefly see O'Neill watching a black-and-white UFO movie.
** What we see of the ShowWithinAShow ''Wormhole X-treme!'' is essentially a TV version of this. In-universe, it's a show based on the ''real'' show's main characters, and out-of-universe it's an excellent parody of the show itself and of science fiction in general, especially '60s-style campy sci-fi — with plenty of StylisticSuck to go around.
* ''{{Series/MASH}}'' used this as a RunningGag. Almost every movie mentioned as playing on a given day was some lousy B picture. On the rare occasions the camp was getting a good movie, it was usually a plot point. E.g., in "The Moon Is Not Blue", they want to get ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'' ([[BannedInChina/UnitedStates a film notorious at the time for its use of the word "virgin"]]), and instead get ''Film/StateFair.'' We see clips from both, and they end up ''bored'' by both. (Ironically, history has decided ''State Fair'' is marginally the better film.)
** They didn't care if it was good or not, just that it had been labeled "obscene", which ''had'' to be better than the horrendous G-rated schpeel they've gotten nonstop.
* In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E18HollywoodBabylon "Hollywood Babylon"]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Dean is revealed to be a fan of low-budget Horror movies.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and one of his girlfriends go to see ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' on a date, and in another episode, as part of a two-minute speed date, they watch a few seconds of ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.
* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Penny has had roles in the (fictional) B-movies ''[[http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Serial_Ape-ist Serial Ape-ist]]'' and [[http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Serial_Ape-ist_2:_Monkey_See,_Monkey_Kill Serial Ape-ist 2: Monkey See, Monkey Kill]]''. Howard found and watched the first film, probably enjoying Penny's ShowerScene. Amy and Bernadette found and watched the second film, where Penny had a more substantial role. By their reactions, the film was SoBadItsGood.
* In ''Series/MonsterWarriors'', Kreeger runs a video store devoted to obscure B-grade science fiction and horror films. In particular, he is a huge fan of 1950s director Klaus Von Steinhauer and is a walking encyclopedia regarding Klaus and his oeuvre. This makes him the perfect person to advise the Monster Warriors when Klaus starts creating real monsters based on his old films and unleashing them upon Capital City.
* Justine from ''[[Series/GLOW2017 GLOW]]'' is specifically a fan of the works of GLOW's director, B-movie legend Sam Sylvia. While there turns out to be a [[GenerationXerox ulterior motive]] for her interest, she does stick to her love of movies and ends up getting a movie deal at the end of show for a script she wrote.
* In ''Series/StrangerThings'', Mike and his friends are very much into sci-fi and horror movies, and play regular ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
** The local science teacher, Mr. Clarke, is also a big nerd who fully supports these interests, and one scene in the first season shows him watching ''Film/TheThing1982'' on VHS with his girlfriend.
** Implied with Jonathan Byers, who has a poster for ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' on his bedroom wall. In one scene, his lousy, absentee dad tells him to take the poster down because "It's inappropriate."
** In the third season, Lucas uses the difference between ''The Thing'' and [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld the '50s original]] as his go-to analogy to explain why he prefers the New Coke to classic Coca-Cola.
** It's also clear that the writers themselves are also fans of this kind of content, and ''Stranger Things'' [[ShoutOut/StrangerThings wears its genre influences proudly on its sleeve.]]
* The opening of Music/MichaelJackson's "Music/{{Thriller}}": On a date, Michael turns into a monstrous werewolf, lunges toward the girl, and [[spoiler:the FakeoutOpening ends, revealing Michael is watching a B movie on a date]]. Then the music starts up and the whole video transforms ''into'' a B movie.
* Oddly enough, the ''band'' Music/MonsterMagnet (''not'' named after the Zappa song, but just the toy of the same name) give {{shout out}}s to comic books and B-movies in their songs, "Goliath and the Vampires" and "Ego, the Living Planet" being examples.
* An album by a dub musician Scientist, itself called ''Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires'' ([[SongAssociation Which you may well know]] from the K-Jah station in ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII GTAIII]]'') has all its songs named in this fashion.
* This is central to the image of White Zombie and Music/Powerman5000, whose respective frontmen Music/RobZombie (who later went solo with a very similar style) and Spider One are brothers. Both bands are rooted in an embrace of classic B-movie camp, with White Zombie's lyrics based on Franchise/UniversalHorror and '70s {{exploitation film}}s while Powerman 5000 focuses more on homaging '50s SciFiHorror and AlienInvasion movies. Both Rob and Spider later became {{Promoted Fanboy}}s, with Rob becoming a horror filmmaker in the '00s while Spider produced the HorrorComedy series ''Series/DeathValley''.
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Nature Trail to Hell" is presented as a trailer for one...[[TitleDrop in 3D]]! His later song, "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars" is also B-movie inspired, although the song itself claims to be referencing actual events.
** Another song, "Slime Creatures From Outer Space", just screams b-movie.
* Oddly enough, the ''band'' Music/MonsterMagnet (''not'' named after the Zappa song, but just the toy of the same name) give {{shout out}}s to comic books and B-movies in their songs, "Goliath and the Vampires" and "Ego, the Living Planet" being examples.
* An album by a dub musician Scientist, itself called ''Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires'' ([[SongAssociation Which you may well know]] from the K-Jah station in ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII GTAIII]]'') has all its songs named in this fashion.
* This is central to the image of White Zombie and Music/Powerman5000, whose respective frontmen Music/RobZombie (who later went solo with a very similar style) and Spider One are brothers. Both bands are rooted in an embrace of classic B-movie camp, with White Zombie's lyrics based on Franchise/UniversalHorror and '70s {{exploitation film}}s while Powerman 5000 focuses more on homaging '50s SciFiHorror and AlienInvasion movies. Both Rob and Spider later became {{Promoted Fanboy}}s, with Rob becoming a horror filmmaker in the '00s while Spider produced the HorrorComedy series ''Series/DeathValley''.
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Nature Trail to Hell" is presented as a trailer for one...[[TitleDrop in 3D]]! His later song, "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars" is also B-movie inspired, although the song itself claims to be referencing actual events.
** Another song, "Slime Creatures From Outer Space", just screams b-movie.
Deleted line(s) 129,134 (click to see context) :
* Oddly enough, the ''band'' Music/MonsterMagnet (''not'' named after the Zappa song, but just the toy of the same name) give {{shout out}}s to comic books and B-movies in their songs, "Goliath and the Vampires" and "Ego, the Living Planet" being examples.
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Nature Trail to Hell" is presented as a trailer for one...[[TitleDrop in 3D]]! His later song, "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars" is also B-movie inspired, although the song itself claims to be referencing actual events.
** Another song, "Slime Creatures From Outer Space", just screams b-movie.
* The opening of Music/MichaelJackson's "Music/{{Thriller}}": On a date, Michael turns into a monstrous werewolf, lunges toward the girl, and [[spoiler:the FakeoutOpening ends, revealing Michael is watching a B movie on a date]]. Then the music starts up and the whole video transforms ''into'' a B movie.
* An album by a dub musician Scientist, itself called ''Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires'' ([[SongAssociation Which you may well know]] from the K-Jah station in ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII GTAIII]]'') has all its songs named in this fashion.
* This is central to the image of White Zombie and Music/Powerman5000, whose respective frontmen Music/RobZombie (who later went solo with a very similar style) and Spider One are brothers. Both bands are rooted in an embrace of classic B-movie camp, with White Zombie's lyrics based on Franchise/UniversalHorror and '70s {{exploitation film}}s while Powerman 5000 focuses more on homaging '50s SciFiHorror and AlienInvasion movies. Both Rob and Spider later became {{Promoted Fanboy}}s, with Rob becoming a horror filmmaker in the '00s while Spider produced the HorrorComedy series ''Series/DeathValley''.
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Nature Trail to Hell" is presented as a trailer for one...[[TitleDrop in 3D]]! His later song, "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars" is also B-movie inspired, although the song itself claims to be referencing actual events.
** Another song, "Slime Creatures From Outer Space", just screams b-movie.
* The opening of Music/MichaelJackson's "Music/{{Thriller}}": On a date, Michael turns into a monstrous werewolf, lunges toward the girl, and [[spoiler:the FakeoutOpening ends, revealing Michael is watching a B movie on a date]]. Then the music starts up and the whole video transforms ''into'' a B movie.
* An album by a dub musician Scientist, itself called ''Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires'' ([[SongAssociation Which you may well know]] from the K-Jah station in ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII GTAIII]]'') has all its songs named in this fashion.
* This is central to the image of White Zombie and Music/Powerman5000, whose respective frontmen Music/RobZombie (who later went solo with a very similar style) and Spider One are brothers. Both bands are rooted in an embrace of classic B-movie camp, with White Zombie's lyrics based on Franchise/UniversalHorror and '70s {{exploitation film}}s while Powerman 5000 focuses more on homaging '50s SciFiHorror and AlienInvasion movies. Both Rob and Spider later became {{Promoted Fanboy}}s, with Rob becoming a horror filmmaker in the '00s while Spider produced the HorrorComedy series ''Series/DeathValley''.
* One of the lines you can hear in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'''s Perpetual Testing Initiative involves Cave mentioning watching a movie called "Attack of the Killer Ants". He fell asleep shortly after it reached the part where they attacked the nation's sugar reserves.
Deleted line(s) 141 (click to see context) :
* One of the lines you can hear in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'''s Perpetual Testing Initiative involves Cave mentioning watching a movie called "Attack of the Killer Ants". He fell asleep shortly after it reached the part where they attacked the nation's sugar reserves.
* In ''Webcomic/BrokenPlotDevice'', Liz, who is a {{lizard|Folk}}woman, sometimes plays at being a female Godzilla to amuse herself.
* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'' has Renee, who loves to watch bad and outright strange movies from various genres and eras, often delivering in-depth critical analysis on them. It's a trait she apparently [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1126 picked up from her father Chuck.]]
* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'' has Renee, who loves to watch bad and outright strange movies from various genres and eras, often delivering in-depth critical analysis on them. It's a trait she apparently [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1126 picked up from her father Chuck.]]
* ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' offers ''Trampoline Tony and the Man-Eating Lettuce from Toronto,'' ''Blood Orange,'' and ''Apocallipsis'' (which is presumably about an ellipsis that ends the world), among others.
Deleted line(s) 158,159 (click to see context) :
* In ''Webcomic/BrokenPlotDevice'', Liz, who is a {{lizard|Folk}}woman, sometimes plays at being a female Godzilla to amuse herself.
* ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' offers ''Trampoline Tony and the Man-Eating Lettuce from Toronto,'' ''Blood Orange,'' and ''Apocallipsis'' (which is presumably about an ellipsis that ends the world), among others.
* ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' offers ''Trampoline Tony and the Man-Eating Lettuce from Toronto,'' ''Blood Orange,'' and ''Apocallipsis'' (which is presumably about an ellipsis that ends the world), among others.
Changed line(s) 164 (click to see context) from:
* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'' has Renee, who loves to watch bad and outright strange movies from various genres and eras, often delivering in-depth critical analysis on them. It's a trait she apparently [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1126 picked up from her father Chuck.]]
to:
* Solidly in WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob's territory, as his portrayer is a fan of such schlock (specially of the {{exploitation|Film}} kind) and the character is supposed to call out TheMovieBuff who looks down on such material.
Deleted line(s) 169 (click to see context) :
* Solidly in WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob's territory, as his portrayer is a fan of such schlock (specially of the {{exploitation|Film}} kind) and the character is supposed to call out TheMovieBuff who looks down on such material.
Changed line(s) 174 (click to see context) from:
%%* So are Coop and Jamie from ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR''.
to:
Changed line(s) 178,179 (click to see context) from:
* In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', two of the characters are seen watching "Attack of the Zombie Cows". Other than the title, it is not seen...but you can hear it, and it consists of glass breaking, screaming, and mooing. Again and again and again.
* Ed of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' is obsessed with B-horror movies and comic books, which, given his [[TheDitz intelligence]] and [[CloudCuckoolander grip on reality]], does not bode well for his behavior. Especially when it rubs off on others. Cheese-ball movies like these appear to be popular enough in the show's world that stuff like "Robot Rebel Ranch" still plays at the local multiplex.
* Ed of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' is obsessed with B-horror movies and comic books, which, given his [[TheDitz intelligence]] and [[CloudCuckoolander grip on reality]], does not bode well for his behavior. Especially when it rubs off on others. Cheese-ball movies like these appear to be popular enough in the show's world that stuff like "Robot Rebel Ranch" still plays at the local multiplex.
to:
* Ed of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' is obsessed with B-horror movies and comic books, which, given his [[TheDitz intelligence]] and [[CloudCuckoolander grip on reality]], does not bode well for his behavior. Especially when it rubs off on others. Cheese-ball movies like these appear to be popular enough in the show's world that stuff like "Robot Rebel Ranch" still plays at the local multiplex.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' the local drive-in was playing "I was a Teenage Mutant Lobster Zombie From Outer Space" in which a teenager was mutated into said creature. Though where he obtained the spaceship from is never explained.
Changed line(s) 185 (click to see context) from:
* In ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' the local drive-in was playing "I was a Teenage Mutant Lobster Zombie From Outer Space" in which a teenager was mutated into said creature. Though where he obtained the spaceship from is never explained.
to:
* In ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', two of the local drive-in was playing "I was a Teenage Mutant Lobster characters are seen watching "Attack of the Zombie From Outer Space" in which a teenager was mutated into said creature. Though where he obtained Cows". Other than the spaceship from title, it is never explained.not seen...but you can hear it, and it consists of glass breaking, screaming, and mooing. Again and again and again.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 58,60 (click to see context) from:
* In ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} NewMoon]]'' movies the characters go see a movie called ''Face Punch''.
* In the original ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'', the heroine watches ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' to try to stay awake. This doubles as a ShoutOut, since one scene of ''The Evil Dead'' has a visible poster for ''Nightmare'' director Wes Craven's earlier film, ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes''.
* Becomes a major plot point in the original ''Film/FrightNight1985'', where the hero recruits his favourite horror actor to help him fight a vampire. The actor's name - [[Creator/PeterCushing Peter]] [[Creator/VincentPrice Vincent]] - is itself a homage to real-world horror actors.
* In the original ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'', the heroine watches ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' to try to stay awake. This doubles as a ShoutOut, since one scene of ''The Evil Dead'' has a visible poster for ''Nightmare'' director Wes Craven's earlier film, ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes''.
* Becomes a major plot point in the original ''Film/FrightNight1985'', where the hero recruits his favourite horror actor to help him fight a vampire. The actor's name - [[Creator/PeterCushing Peter]] [[Creator/VincentPrice Vincent]] - is itself a homage to real-world horror actors.
to:
* In ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} NewMoon]]'' New Moon]]'' movies the characters go see a movie called ''Face Punch''.
* In the original ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'', the heroine watches ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' to try to stay awake. This doubles as a ShoutOut, since one scene of ''The Evil Dead'' has a visible poster for ''Nightmare'' director Wes Craven's earlier film,''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes''.
''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes1977''.
* Becomes a major plot point in the original ''Film/FrightNight1985'', where the hero recruits his favourite horror actor to help him fight a vampire. The actor's name -[[Creator/PeterCushing Peter]] [[Creator/VincentPrice Vincent]] Creator/{{Peter|Cushing}} Creator/{{Vincent|Price}} - is itself a homage to real-world horror actors.
* In the original ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'', the heroine watches ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' to try to stay awake. This doubles as a ShoutOut, since one scene of ''The Evil Dead'' has a visible poster for ''Nightmare'' director Wes Craven's earlier film,
* Becomes a major plot point in the original ''Film/FrightNight1985'', where the hero recruits his favourite horror actor to help him fight a vampire. The actor's name -
Changed line(s) 66 (click to see context) from:
* During the {{Good Times Montage}} of ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'', Michelle and Emmett watch the VHS of a fictitious movie called ''Cannibal Airlines''.
to:
* During the {{Good Times Montage}} GoodTimesMontage of ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'', Michelle and Emmett watch the VHS of a fictitious movie called ''Cannibal Airlines''.
Changed line(s) 72 (click to see context) from:
* Creator/OrsonWelles' ''Film/FForFake'' uses clips from the Creator/RayHarryhausen scifi flick ''Film/EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers'' to represent the panic Welles allegedly caused with his ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' broadcast decades earlier.
to:
* Creator/OrsonWelles' ''Film/FForFake'' uses clips from the Creator/RayHarryhausen scifi flick ''Film/EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers'' to represent the panic Welles allegedly caused with his ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' ''Radio/{{The War of the Worlds|1938}}'' broadcast decades earlier.
Changed line(s) 132 (click to see context) from:
* The opening of Music/MichaelJackson's [[Music/{{Thriller}} "Thriller"]]: On a date, Michael turns into a monstrous werewolf, lunges toward the girl, and [[spoiler:the FakeoutOpening ends, revealing Michael is watching a B movie on a date]]. Then the music starts up and the whole video transforms ''into'' a B movie.
to:
* The opening of Music/MichaelJackson's [[Music/{{Thriller}} "Thriller"]]: "Music/{{Thriller}}": On a date, Michael turns into a monstrous werewolf, lunges toward the girl, and [[spoiler:the FakeoutOpening ends, revealing Michael is watching a B movie on a date]]. Then the music starts up and the whole video transforms ''into'' a B movie.
Changed line(s) 138 (click to see context) from:
* The Para-Medic from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' is obsessed with (real) [[BMovie B Movies]] and Japanese {{Toku}}, and talks about them a great deal to the main character, who isn't obsessed with [[BMovie B Movies]]. To be fair, she does like some classic movies, but there's no excuse for anyone, fictional or not, trying to convince an unsuspecting soldier to see ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' or ''Film/TheAlligatorPeople''.
to:
* The Para-Medic from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' is obsessed with (real) [[BMovie B Movies]] {{B Movie}}s and Japanese {{Toku}}, and talks about them a great deal to the main character, who isn't obsessed with [[BMovie B Movies]].{{B Movie}}s. To be fair, she does like some classic movies, but there's no excuse for anyone, fictional or not, trying to convince an unsuspecting soldier to see ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' or ''Film/TheAlligatorPeople''.
Changed line(s) 145 (click to see context) from:
* WebAnimation/HomestarRunner: Strong Bad has expressed a fondness for "triple-R" rated movies like ''Women's Penitentiary Bakesale Nightmare'', the ''Fists of Knuckles'' series, and ''Axe-Gun: Legends of the Brain-Outener''. Similarly, the Cheat Commandoes have expressed a love for a series of {{Exploitation Film}}s called ''Pony Fights''.
to:
* WebAnimation/HomestarRunner: ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Strong Bad has expressed a fondness for "triple-R" rated movies like ''Women's Penitentiary Bakesale Nightmare'', the ''Fists of Knuckles'' series, and ''Axe-Gun: Legends of the Brain-Outener''. Similarly, the Cheat Commandoes have expressed a love for a series of {{Exploitation Film}}s called ''Pony Fights''.
Changed line(s) 149 (click to see context) from:
[[folder:Web Comics]]
to:
Changed line(s) 158,159 (click to see context) from:
* In ''WebComic/BrokenPlotDevice'', Liz, who is a {{lizard|Folk}}woman, sometimes plays at being a female Godzilla to amuse herself.
* ''WebComic/MountainTime'' offers ''Trampoline Tony and the Man-Eating Lettuce from Toronto,'' ''Blood Orange,'' and ''Apocallipsis'' (which is presumably about an ellipsis that ends the world), among others.
* ''WebComic/MountainTime'' offers ''Trampoline Tony and the Man-Eating Lettuce from Toronto,'' ''Blood Orange,'' and ''Apocallipsis'' (which is presumably about an ellipsis that ends the world), among others.
to:
* In ''WebComic/BrokenPlotDevice'', ''Webcomic/BrokenPlotDevice'', Liz, who is a {{lizard|Folk}}woman, sometimes plays at being a female Godzilla to amuse herself.
*''WebComic/MountainTime'' ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' offers ''Trampoline Tony and the Man-Eating Lettuce from Toronto,'' ''Blood Orange,'' and ''Apocallipsis'' (which is presumably about an ellipsis that ends the world), among others.
*
Changed line(s) 184 (click to see context) from:
* In the 1987's ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', the turtles are often watching cheesy monster movies on TV. This got DownPlayed in the 2003's series where Michelangelo is the only one who is a b-movie buff.
to:
* In the 1987's ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Turtles|1987}}'', the turtles are often watching cheesy monster movies on TV. This got DownPlayed in the 2003's series where Michelangelo is the only one who is a b-movie buff.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' uses these a lot. A clip of ''Film/EarthVsTheSpider'' shows up on [=TV=] on display in a store window, catching Stitch's attention. In [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch the sequels and]] [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries first TV series]], the entire 'ohana ends up watching movies like this on various occasions. It's no wonder Lilo comes up with ideas like [[CloudCuckoolander pretending a bug laid eggs in her doll's ears to explain its oversized head.]]
to:
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' uses these a lot. A clip of ''Film/EarthVsTheSpider'' shows up on [=TV=] on display in a store window, catching Stitch's attention. In [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch the sequels and]] sequels]] and [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries first TV series]], the entire 'ohana ''ʻohana'' ends up watching movies like this on various occasions. It's no wonder Lilo comes up with ideas like [[CloudCuckoolander pretending a bug laid eggs in her doll's ears to explain its oversized head.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 62 (click to see context) from:
** Pointedly averted in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', where Robert Prosky's character, the host of a late-night horror-movie screening show, is portrayed as deeply unhappy with having to watch ''Film/InvasionOfTheOctopusPeople'' ([[CelebrityParadox starring Robert Prosky]]) with a cheap dragon puppet, and would much rather be a news anchor. There's also a scene of film critic Creator/LeonardMaltin being [[DeathByCameo murdered by gremlins]] while giving a negative review to a B movie called... ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.
to:
** Pointedly averted in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', where Robert Prosky's character, the host of a late-night horror-movie screening show, cable TV HorrorHost, is portrayed as deeply unhappy with having to watch ''Film/InvasionOfTheOctopusPeople'' ([[CelebrityParadox starring Robert Prosky]]) with a cheap dragon puppet, and would much rather be a news anchor. There's also a scene of film critic Creator/LeonardMaltin being [[DeathByCameo murdered by gremlins]] while giving a negative review to a B movie called... ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.
Changed line(s) 66 (click to see context) from:
* During the {{Good Times Montage}} of ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'', Michelle and Emmett watch the VHS of a fictitious movie called ''"Cannibal Airlines"''.
to:
* During the {{Good Times Montage}} of ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'', Michelle and Emmett watch the VHS of a fictitious movie called ''"Cannibal Airlines"''.''Cannibal Airlines''.
Changed line(s) 75 (click to see context) from:
* In the FramingDevice for ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', an unnamed boy - played by Creator/JoeHill - is also shown to be wild about '50s horror films and especially comics. While Joe Hill's [[Creator/StephenKing actual father]], who wrote ''Creepshow'''s screenplay, would no doubt approve of all this, his father in the movie - played by Creator/TomAtkinson - does not, and [[AbusiveDad slaps]] his son for being into "that horror crap". The whole sequence is clearly meant to invoke the MoralPanic around horror comics in the 1950s that lead to the formation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.
to:
* In the FramingDevice for ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', an unnamed boy - played by Creator/JoeHill - is also shown to be wild about '50s horror films and especially comics. While Joe Hill's [[Creator/StephenKing actual father]], who wrote ''Creepshow'''s screenplay, would no doubt approve of all this, his father in the movie - played by Creator/TomAtkinson - does not, and [[AbusiveDad slaps]] his son for being into "that horror crap". The whole sequence is clearly meant to invoke the MoralPanic moral panic around horror comics in the 1950s that lead to the formation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode.
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Series/StrangerThings'', Mike and his friends are very much into sci-fi and horror movies, and play regular ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
** The local science teacher, Mr. Clarke, is also a big nerd who fully supports these interests, and one scene in the first season shows him watching ''Film/TheThing1982'' on VHS with his girlfriend.
** Implied with Jonathan Byers, who has a poster for ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' on his bedroom wall. In one scene, his lousy, absentee dad tells him to take the poster down because "It's inappropriate."
** In the third season, Lucas uses the difference between ''The Thing'' and [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld the '50s original]] as his go-to analogy to explain why he prefers the New Coke to classic Coca-Cola.
** It's also clear that the writers themselves are also fans of this kind of content, and ''Stranger Things'' [[ShoutOut/StrangerThings wears its genre influences proudly on its sleeve.]]
** The local science teacher, Mr. Clarke, is also a big nerd who fully supports these interests, and one scene in the first season shows him watching ''Film/TheThing1982'' on VHS with his girlfriend.
** Implied with Jonathan Byers, who has a poster for ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' on his bedroom wall. In one scene, his lousy, absentee dad tells him to take the poster down because "It's inappropriate."
** In the third season, Lucas uses the difference between ''The Thing'' and [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld the '50s original]] as his go-to analogy to explain why he prefers the New Coke to classic Coca-Cola.
** It's also clear that the writers themselves are also fans of this kind of content, and ''Stranger Things'' [[ShoutOut/StrangerThings wears its genre influences proudly on its sleeve.]]
