Z movies

Few days ago, I re-read the entries in Wikipedia about B movie and this time I pay more attention in the Z movie area.

Well, I think most of us know that B movie is non mainstream Hollywood studio film that is neither artistic or experimental. Mostly, it is a poor man version of Hollywood's film, even some did better than major studio's production.

But Z movie is completely fubar. Really fubar. While B movie is named as B movie partial because it is not 'A', Z movie is because it is so bad that people don't bother to rate how bad it is from C to Z. They just brand them Z movie.

And browsing through the limited list of Z movies highlight in Wikipedia is rather an amusing experience. Most of the movie made mistake that even a beginner film student or amateur filmmaker will not make. But considering most 'classic' Z movie is made at pre-digital era, it is rather understandable.

Thing is, if you open up IMDB's Bottom 100 movies, you will find that there's a lot contribution from nowadays production. Yeah, now digital media has makes the skill in editing and shooting more accessible, but there will always be people dumb enough to think of a script and treatment so bad, and other people will be dumber enough to finance and work in it.

If got time, go read about Z movie in Wiki, go browse for IMDB's Bottom 100, and try to search for some clip or trailer in Youtube. It is entertaining, most are so bad they almost are good. We can laugh at them all now, cause we no need to spend money for the tickets or renting them. Money will add a scar of anger to our disappointment when getting into a bad film, but watching a bad film in Internet or TV broadcast is another thing...just when you think you have finish all good comedies...