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kleinbl00  ·  3561 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Movie Club - Voting Thread #10

That puts it solidly in the "B Movie" territory. Screamers came in at $21m and it was totally B-movie. Pitch Black was $18m and it was totally a B-movie. Fuckin' Arachnophobia was $31m and that's totally a B-movie.

Keep in mind: B-movies have an actual definition. If you take that definition and apply it to modern filmmaking, it means "any major studio production that isn't a tentpole." That definition would include The Sixth Sense because yes, Tremors had Kevin Bacon in it but like Bruce Willis after him, his career was at an ebb. He'd done Quicksilver & Footloose but he'd also done The Big Picture and She's Having A Baby. I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who's ever seen either of those films. Tremors, much like Sixth Sense, got Kevin Bacon back in the public eye.

Tremors is a way better B-movie than Sixth Sense and it kicks the shit out of Pitch Black or Screamers.