Grindhouse
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A grindhouse or action house is an American term for a theatre that mainly shows low-budget horror, splatter, foreign and exploitation films for adults. According to historian David Church, this theat
42nd Street in 1985 Times Square, depicting the Lyric, one of several grindhouses at the time
Grindhouse marquees along 42nd St (New York City, 1973)
Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles (2012), marquee advertising Mickey One and Blast of Silence
Theaters in San Francisco (1956)
Splatter film
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A splatter film is a subgenre of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, usually through the use of special effects, display a fascinatio
Grindhouse
…A grindhouse or action house is an American term for a theatre that mainly shows low-budget horror, splatter, foreign and exploitation films for adults. According to historian David Church, this theater type was named after the "grind policy", a film-programming…
Poster art for Blood Feast (1963), considered to be the first splatter film
The 1980 mockumentary Cannibal Holocaust, an influential example of splatter cinema