Beyond the B-Movie: The Wild, Untamed World of “Z Flims” (Z-Movies)

When cinephiles talk about low-budget cinema, they usually stop at “B-movies.” But descend a little further into the cinematic abyss, past the charming rough edges of indie horror and sci-fi camp, and you hit a strange, surreal subculture: Z-movies (often playfully misspelled or colloquially referred to online as “z flims”).