Cheesy is when you have something that uses a lot of tropes, but there’s no twist on the tropes. Cheesy-but-good is rereadable and rewatchable cheese.
Nothing wrong with cheesy per se.
But once you put a twist on it, you’re doing something on another level entirely.
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If you liked this post, check out my cheesy ’80s horror novella, By Dawn’s Bloody Light. There’s a twist, of course.