One of the things I love about cinema is that as an art form, it can be used to do so many different things. We've written about camera angles and other elements of polished filmmaking, but there's a lot of down-and-dirty filmmaking that's equally important to the form. Today, I want to focus on one of those versions of Grindhouse movies. We'll go over the definition, look at some examples, and pull out the characteristics of these kinds of films. Let's dive in. Grindhouse Movie Definition The term "grindhouse movie" refers to a specific type of low-budget film characterized by exploitation themes. These themes include graphic violence and explicit sexual content.The Origin of Grindhouse MoviesDuring the cinematic heydey of the 1970s, there were lots of movie theaters across America showing lots of different movies. To stay open, these theaters were continuously showing films throughout the day, often with multiple features going back to back to back. These theaters "ground out" films, running them repeatedly to maximize profits. Typically, ticket prices would be low, and sometimes they would increase as the day went on.Still, many frequented these rundown cinemas which often showed salacious movies featuring sex and violence to sell more tickets. So the movies that were shown in these grindhouse theaters were called 'grindhouse movies.'Grindhouse Characteristics Of course, it was hard to just limit the definition of grindhouse to movies shown in rundown theaters. The term now applies to a bunch of movies that are identifiable via the following characteristics. Low-Budget: These...
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