B-movie

[bee-moo-vee]

noun

1. a low-budget movie made especially to accompany a major feature film on a double bill.

B-movie

noun

1. a film originally made (esp in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s) as a supporting film, now often considered as a genre in its own right

Word History and Origins

Origin of B-movie¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The film is the second in a planned trilogy of lesbian B-movie collaborations between Ethan Coen and his wife and screenwriting partner, Tricia Cooke, following last year’s “Drive-Away Dolls,” also starring Qualley.

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Qualley plays the detective in a way that attracts the audience with all of the scuzz of a classic, shot-on-video B-movie.

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Her agency removes the film’s voyeuristic aspect, which would make for an exciting, fresh take on the B-movie genre if Coen and Cooke’s screenplay wasn’t so head-scratchingly muddled.

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While intended to capture the sun-soaked sleaze of a B-movie noir, “Honey Don’t!” is a perplexingly plotted whodunit that delivers the “who” but none of the “why.”

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“It all began with ‘Linnea Quigley’s Horror Workout,’” says Lea, who designed the piece in homage to the B-movie actress’ underground classic.

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