schlockern.
/ˈʃlɒkə/, U.S. /ˈʃlɑkər/ colloquial (originally North American).
A film regarded as having no artistic merit; esp. a schlock horror film. Cf. schlockbuster n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > horror film
horror film1936
Hammer horror1958
horror1958
giallo1965
schlocker1969
shlock horror movie1971
splatterpunk1988
shlock horror film1989
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types
romantic comedy1748
epic1785
pre-release1871
foreign film1899
frivol1903
dramedy1905
film loop1906
first run1910
detective film1911
colour film1912
news film1912
topical1912
cinemicrograph1913
scenic1913
sport1913
newsreel1914
serial1914
sex comedy1915
war picture1915
telefilm1919
comic1920
true crime1923
art house1925
quickie1926
turkey1927
two-reeler1928
smellie1929
disaster film1930
musical1930
feelie1931
sticky1934
action comedy1936
quota quickie1936
re-release1936
screwball comedy1937
telemovie1937
pickup1939
video film1939
actioner1940
space opera1941
telepic1944
biopic1947
kinescope1949
TV movie1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
deepie1953
misterioso1953
film noir1956
policier1956
psychodrama1956
free film1958
prequel1958
co-production1959
glossy1960
sexploiter1960
sci-fier1961
tie-in1962
chanchada1963
romcom1963
wuxia1963
chick flick1964
showreel1964
mockumentary1965
sword-and-sandal1965
schlockbuster1966
mondo1967
peplum1968
thriller1968
whydunit1968
schlocker1969
buddy-buddy movie1972
buddy-buddy film1974
buddy film1974
science-fictioner1974
screwball1974
buddy movie1975
slasher movie1975
swashbuckler1975
filmi1976
triptych1976
autobiopic1977
Britcom1977
kidflick1977
noir1977
bodice-ripper1979
chopsocky1981
date movie1983
kaiju eiga1984
screener1986
neo-noir1987
indie1990
bromance2001
hack-and-slash2002
mumblecore2005
dark fantasy2007
hack-and-slay2007
gorefest2012
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1969 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. d13/2 It's Peter Fonda's ride. His gangly grace..was only a prop for those Roger Corman shlockers.
1981 Prospector (Univ. of Texas at El Paso) 28 Apr. 15/4 It is far superior to the rash of ‘Holiday Hacker’ shlockers that have inundated the theaters lately.
1995 Empire Nov. 128/3 This straight-to-video schlocker stars Stella Stevens as a zombie gran.
2003 Guardian 18 July b12/2 Ang Lee's account of Marvel Comics' Incredible Hulk shows that..he is no sell-out, not simply grinding out a teen-centred action schlocker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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