B-movie
A low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.
Noun
- A low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.
film · Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
- But as it is, the script is so riddled with juvenalia, borrowed character types and misguided flights of poetic fancy that it feels like the work of a teenager who has seen too many B movies. - 2002 February 12, Bruce Weber, “Theater Review: Straight Play or Musical, It Turns Into a Mystery”, in The New York Times (E section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, archived from the original on 27 May 2015, page 5
- Full of sly jokes, riddles and metafictional high-jinks, his work had the voltage of a thriller (offering a rare voice of disapproval, the New Yorker critic James Wood accused his works of pedalling a “B-movie atmosphere”). - 2024 May 1, Lisa Allardice, “Brooklyn’s bard: Paul Auster’s tricksy fiction captivated a generation”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, archived from the original on 25 May 2024
Synonyms: B-picture
Coordinate Terms: Z-movie
Origin
Analogous to the B-side (i.e. the second side, the primary side being designated A) of a musical recording.