Nunsploitation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A genre of exploitation film focusing on Christian nuns. uncountable

    "Making nunsploitation films also appealed to producers because, as with peplums and westerns, it was possible to recycle sets and costumes and therefore lower production costs."

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"Making nunsploitation films also appealed to producers because, as with peplums and westerns, it was possible to recycle sets and costumes and therefore lower production costs."

Etymology

From nun + -sploitation.

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exploitation film

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