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exploitation film

[ eks-ploi-tey-shuhn film ]

noun

  1. a low-budget movie characterized by extreme violence, excessive gore, gratuitous sex, or other content meant to shock, disgust, or titillate.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of exploitation film1

First recorded in 1960–65
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The script is rich with allusions to cultural tropes around sex and predation, from the opening cries of an exploitation film playing at Margot’s workplace to a sinister Lee Hazlewood song over the closing titles.

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Rudy Ray Moore, later a raunchy comedian who starred in the 1975 exploitation film “Dolemite,†was Mr. Smith’s driver.

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This one’s a don’t-miss movie only for folks with a strong constitution and a morbid curiosity about a game-changing but troubling exploitation film.

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The grindhouse exploitation film could ruin her weekend.

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Rabbitt also tried his hand at singing a similar kind of garage rock ’n’ roll, releasing the stomping singles “Wishy-Washy Woman†and “Pushover†in 1965; he performed the latter in the Larry Buchanan-directed exploitation film “High Yellow.â€

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