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In the early days of cinema, studios distributed feature films in pairs meant to be screened as a double-feature. The longer and bigger-budgeted of the two films was called an "A-movie", while the secondary feature was called a "B-movie".<ref>There was also a species known as a "programmer", which could be used as either</ref> As the double feature faded from prominence in the [[The Sixties|1960s]] and [[The Seventies|1970s]], the term B-movie came to be synonymous with what were previously called "[[Exploitation Film|exploitation films]]"—low-budget [[Follow the Leader|cash-ins]] with an emphasis on sensationalism, sexuality, and gore—and the phrase is understood in those terms to this day.
B-movies are generally produced on a limited budget with C- or D-list actors who are often paid very little for their appearance. While B-movies may occasionally have very well-written scripts and gripping plots, the primary goal is not art, but cheap, disposable entertainment. As such, B-movies tend to be genre pieces, in such categories as [[The Western|western]], [[Horror Tropes]], [[Science Fiction]], or [[Crime and Punishment Series]]. B-movies are often heavily [[Troperiffic|trope]]-[[Cliché Storm|laden]], and a particularly successful one can become a [[Trope
During the "Golden Age" of the B-movie in the 1960s and 1970s, the films were widely distributed and screened in older cinemas coloquially called "grindhouses". Since the dawning of cable TV and home video in [[The Eighties]], few B-movies see theatrical release, but are typically produced as [[Made for TV Movie|TV movies]] or [[Direct to Video]] releases, or released [[Web Original|directly over the internet.]] The [[Syfy]] (or [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Syfy]]) in particular [[SyFy Channel Original Movie|produces many original B-movies]], and ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' maintained interest in the genre throughout the '90s, with its rereleases of classic B-movies with three characters making snarky comments on the action. While many B-movies are "bad" in terms of writing and execution, some prove to be [[So Bad It's Good]]. Those that attempt seriousness are usually full of [[Narm]].
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* ''Hercules in New York'' (1969) : We all gotta start somewhere. For Arnold Schwarzenegger, it was here. A lightning bolt wielded by Zeus consists of a metal rod painted gold; that is all you need to know.
* ''Love Camp 7'' (1969) : Two female British agents go undercover at a Nazi prison camp to get information from a scientist imprisoned there, but end up subject to the same torture and humiliation betrothed upon the other inmates. Progenitor of both the Nazisploitation and Women-in-Prison subgenres.
* ''[[Beyond the Valley of
* ''[[I Drink Your Blood]]'' (1970) : A coven of Satanist hippies loosely based on the Manson Family descends upon a quiet little country town and molests a local girl. The girl's grandfather confronts them but is dosed with LSD. The brother/grandson seeks revenge by injecting some meat pies with blood from a rabid dog and feeding them to the hippies. [[Ax Crazy|Can you guess what happens next?]]
* ''[[Nams Angels|Nam's Angels]]'' (1970) : A gang of bikers is recruited by the US military to undertake a rescue operation of a CIA agent imprisoned by the Viet Cong with motorcycles armed with machine guns mounted on the front. [[Rated "M" for Manly|Sound manly enough for you?]]
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* ''[[Frankenhooker]]'' (1990): Jeffrey Franken's fiance is killed in a freak lawnmower accident, so he swipes her severed head and collects the body parts of hookers to reconstruct and resurrect her. Another over-the-top schlocker from director Frank Henenlotter, it stars James Lorinz from ''[[Street Trash]].''
* ''[[Troll 2]]'' (1990) : Yet another contender for the title of the worst movie ever made; a family moves into a town called Nilbog (goblin spelled backwards) wherein the resident vegetarian goblins plan to turn them into vegetables so they can eat them, leavind the young son, Joshua, to save the day. Sequel [[In Name Only]] to ''Troll'', and itself features no actual [[All Trolls Are Different|trolls]] at all. Nicknamed "the best worst movie ever made".
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* ''Gayniggers from Outer Space'' (1992) : No, this movie actually exists, and that is its real title. We swear. It's about [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|extraterrestrial gay black men]] who come to earth and proceed to kill off its female population to free its "oppressed" men and make way for an entirely homosexual society. Obviously, this one is intentionally bad.
* ''[[Carnosaur (film)|Carnosaur]]'' (1993) : An evil scientist schemes to wipe out humanity by unleashing a virus that will make all the woman in the world become pregnant with dinosaurs. Not motherfucking kidding.
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