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And then there’s the gonzo anti-Cinderella story “The Substance,” which rose from B-movie to a worthy rival, with enough push behind it to make the best actress race a nail-biter up until the very last second.

No longer are these movies relegated to underground, B-movie status, making the gore-forward subgenre more likely to be co-opted by those who want to get in on the action, yet don’t fully understand its appeal.

Shakespeare’s play assumes the shrieks and shrill cries of a B-movie.

The desert setting and chomping alien monsters give “The Last Dance” a whiff of “Starship Troopers,” a soupçon of “Tremors,” nodding to those self-consciously campy B-movie creature features of yore.

“My character is sort of this B-movie hypnotist outsider person who’s a little bit off, in general. And yeah, there’s going to be conjuring of spirits; there’ll be some magic, some comedy, and maybe some hell’s gonna break loose during all of this. I’m not gonna say how, in advance; you have to come and see it for yourself.”