B-moviesque

B-moviesque

English

Etymology

B-movie +‎ -esque

Adjective

B-moviesque (comparative more B-moviesque, superlative most B-moviesque)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a B-movie.
   • 1990, London Theatre Record, Volume 10, Issues 14-26, page 1154:

     A busty, bespectacled blonde stalks off at the start of Legends of Evil, Anne Caulfleld's B-moviesque fantasia on the evils of British imperialism.

   • 2011, Mary Ellen Green, "Rollercoaster of tragedy, comedy and musical theatre", Monday Magazine (Victoria, British Columbia), 30 June 2011 - 6 July 2011, page 17:

     "We rented a laser machine for Ricky Potts',^[sic] song, 'Space Aged Bachelor Man' because it takes place in outer space with cats. It's a very B-moviesque vision of outer space," says Britt Small, who is directing the play alongside writer and Atomic Vaudeville co-founder, Jacob Richmond.

   • 2012, Jason Hewlett, "From the basement they come: B-moviesque reviews", Kamloops Daily News, 12 May 2012:

     Given the B-moviesque title of the show, the reviews are primarily of genre pictures: horror, sci-fi, action and comedy.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:B-moviesque.

Synonyms

• B-movieish