The Joys and Pains of a B Movie Review

Written by Scotty

Let’s just get one thing straight right now, I hate the term B Movie.  A movie is a movie and there is no reason why a movie that does not get the publicity of one coming from a major studio has to be given this type of ranking.  Now, I love horror movies and since a lot of these do not get released on five hundred screens around the country, they are given this name, but it is far from justified.  There are many diamonds hidden in the rough and even using IMDB to find out which are the best is not the way to go about finding the best since not everyone will leave a comment for fear of being ripped to shreds by other bloggers.

With all of the movies that are out there, it is hard to come across ones that I want to watch.  The title means very little to me most of the time, it does not encompass what the film is really about.  But there has to be a good description attached to it, or an unseen trailer that will give me an idea of what I am in for.  The online movie services are doing a very good job at that, for me at least since this is the only way I am able to get a feeling of what will be coming up on my television.

I have to trust what this one or two sentence break down of what the film is about, since I do not want to ruin my viewing experience with any spoilers.  So after I find the movie looks like the most interesting to me, I sit back and hit play.  Sometimes I am hit with pure gold and have a great time with the film and a wonderful time writing up the review, while some other times, I have to wonder what I am really watching and work to bring forth my biggest takeaways from the film, you could say its redeeming quality.  But there are yet the other cases where I cannot stand to see what is on in front of me and get upset that I have wasted two hours of my life watching a total mess. 

I know it is hard to believe, but I do not review every movie that I watch, but I do try to.  In the case of a movie that I did not like, I push it to the side and find something better to watch since I am not one to bad mouth anyone’s work.  It is hard work to make a movie and many of them that I watch come from small production houses that do not have the massive budgets to spend on all of the best effects, camera men, sets or props, so I just let them go without any real complaints. 

For the movies that I really like, or the ones that have some sort of redeeming values in them, I get right to work.  Thinking about the biggest takeaway in the movie, I pull from my own feelings and open up my first paragraph.  This can be one of the hardest things for me to do since so many horror movies draw upon the fear of being somewhere new during vacations and I hate to become repetitive with my openings.  Then I hit on the plots of the movie for a while, but then come to my closing. This is my favorite part of writing the review, because I can give my opinion about the movie what it meant to me. 

Although this is one of the hardest parts of the review, especially if there is something that I did not like in the movie that is sticking with me, I look to find a way to counteract it, since I am writing about the movie, which means I liked it enough.  I don’t like giving too many things away about how the movie ends and that is difficult when my thoughts start flowing, since I hate when spoilers are given, I mean some people just take away the enjoyment of watching a movie with these.  I just want to give a little bit more information about what happens in the movie and hopefully lead some people that are looking for something to watch in a good direction to do so. 

So long story short, there are a lot of good ‘B’ movies out there and several of them are better than the blockbusters you hear all about.  Having great casts of knowns, unknowns and some rising stars.  I would never tell anyone not to watch these movies since you can find a diamond in the rough that will make you believe that there are so many more options out there than what is advertised in the main stream.  In closing, I always like to give one of my sign off lines, so I leave you with both since they are the only way I know how to finish an article and depending on what underrated movie you chose to watch, either one will apply.  Stay Scared & Happy Viewing!

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