B-film or b-movie, b-picture
An off-beat, low-budget, second-tier film, usually from an independent producer, they were predominant from the 1920s to the late 1940s, they were shot quickly with little-known, second rate actors, short run times, and low production values, often the second film (or the 'lower half') of a double- feature, and paired with an a-feature, the vintage b-movie began to decrease in the 50s, or morphed into inferior tv series, sometimes b-films were exclusively shown in agrindhouse, especially in the 50s and 1960s, as code restrictions waned in the late 60s, b-films often becameexploitation films, which added sensational and catchy titles, campy acting, cheesy special effects, and gratuitous violence and sexuality (nudity), contrast to a- pictures (first-class, big-budget films with high-level production values and star-power), not to be confused with cult films, although some b-films attained cult status
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