Grind, the main meaning is "to crush, grind". In the 1970s, there was a very popular dance in the United States. It was called "bump and grind" dancing in English. I can't tell you how to dance, but in my impression, it appeared in "Spicy Dance". It should be two people rubbing against each other. kind of close. At the same time, also in the 1970s, there was a very popular type of film in the United States, called "Exploitation films" in English, which covered a wide range, and later divided into many branches, including "zombie films" (I won't mention it). Examples, too many), "black films" (that old Shaft was), porn (not pure A, not erotic, but showgirls), "meat eaters" (too many Well, Blair the Witch can be considered), Shock films (this one is more extensive, the more classic ones are "I spit on your grave" and "Flower of Flesh", hehe), and many, many other categories, anyway, This kind of "Exploitation films" later became almost the grandfather of modern B-grade films, and it mainly covered the six-character mantra: "pornography, violence, and blood."
The theaters where this kind of movie is mainly played are not particularly high-end places. This kind of movie has a small investment and a short production cycle. It doesn’t need big stars, and it doesn’t even care about the plot or acting skills. Second, the ticket price is cheap, generally less than half of the mainstream movies. The audience is mainly watching endless disgusting scenes, watching the most joyous murder scenes, watching the most naked pornographic performances (pure porn is another matter of course). Since there are often scenes of "bump and grind" dancing in this kind of movie, young people in the United States coined a term called "Grind movie", and the movie theater dedicated to this kind of movie is called "grind house". The term later became synonymous with the genre.
In the 1980s, things like video tapes became popular, and this kind of low-cost movie theaters suffered a lot. Then, in the mid-1990s, such movie theaters were basically no longer seen in the United States.
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