grindhouse

Examples

• Even the movies they air will be increasingly distinct: Sundance will have more festival darlings and foreign-language fare, while pulp and 'grindhouse' films aimed at younger audiences will likely end up on IFC.

  IFC, Sundance Look to Expand Their Reach, Wall Street Journal

• In the days before monster multiplexes and $14 tickets, these 'grindhouse' pictures would traverse the country. And by the time they reached the drive-ins and dollar cinemas, the films were often badly scratched, with entire scenes missing.

  Down and Dirty Double Feature, Vanity Fair

• Bellflower explodes onto the screen with a bold visual style backed by Glodell's skill as a real DIYer: not only did he build the major props in the film -- modding the muscle car dubbed Mother Medusa, and a real working flamethrower--he also custom built cameras to make this a break-up tale that looks like a grindhouse action flick.

  Turnstyle: Tilt-Shift Style Sets 'Bellflower' Apart, Huffington Post

• Woolley – who went on to found Palace Pictures and produce countless films – wanted to create a UK equivalent to the grindhouse venues of Los Angeles and San Francisco, with their eclectic, daily-changing menu of movies.

  Cinema of sin: London's old Scala picturehouse, The Guardian