The term "grindhouse" evokes a very specific corner of cinema history that's simultaneously celebrated and reviled, depending on who you ask. These weren't the polished studio productions playing at your local multiplex. They were something altogether different. If you were around in the U.S. during the '70s and '80s and had a certain appetite for the darker side of cinema, you might have found yourself slipping into a dilapidated theater in some questionable part of town. There, nestled in a worn-out seat, you'd witness violent, provocative, and unabashedly sleazy B-movies. But, hey… we all have some morbid fascinations, and we attend to those occasionally. Let’s learn more about grindhouse movies together. What Are Grindhouse Movies?Grindhouse movies, also known as action house movies, were a specific type of low-budget soft-pornographic movies that were excessively violent, vulgar, exploitative, and bizarre, and were screened in run-down theatres in the U.S. These movies were influenced by various genres, such as horror, splatter, action, martial arts, spaghetti western, and even controversial genres such as sexploitation and blaxploitation. Known for their audacious themes, graphic sense of gore, nudity, sex, and violence, grindhouse movies offered a cheaper alternative to mainstream Hollywood. They even had a different business model from the mainstream Hollywood movies. While the mainstream (quite a few of them studio-owned) movie theatres benefited from fewer showings per day, gradual ticket hikes, and specific seat pricing, the grindhouse theatres would show two or sometimes even three movies back-to-back in a single screening session for the...
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