Hagsploitation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A subgenre of horror/thriller that features a formerly-glamorous older actress who plays an insane woman who terrorizes those around her. uncountable

    "All these aforementioned films confirm that the genre still has cinematic potential. Obviously, the emergence of this "new school" of hagsploitation does not collide with the underground popularity of the retro hag movies."

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grande dame guignolpsycho-biddy

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"All these aforementioned films confirm that the genre still has cinematic potential. Obviously, the emergence of this "new school" of hagsploitation does not collide with the underground popularity of the retro hag movies."

Etymology

From hag + -sploitation.

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