nunsploitation

noun

Etymology

From nun + -sploitation.

  1. derived from nonna
  2. inherited from nunne
  3. inherited from nonne
  4. suffixed as nunsploitation — “nun + sploitation

Definitions

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

    • 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.
    • Perhaps the world's first nunsploitation film, it centres on a morphine-addicted nun recovering from neurosurgery, who is accused of a series of horrific murders.
    • In the early 1970s, the nunsploitation film emerged as a widely popular genre, energized by several key cinematic, literary, and historical catalysts: […]

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