grindhouse
nounEtymology From grind + house. * Perhaps from the grinding or cranking motion employed by early projectionists. * Perhaps from bump and grind (dubious). The term may originally have been used for burlesque houses in the 1940s.
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Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television US A low-budget film theater that shows primarily exploitation films
- For Mr. Bava[…], the road from the grindhouse to the art house — or at least, the virtual art house of the DVD player — has turned out to be surprisingly, encouragingly short.2007 April 10, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs”, in New York Times: