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{{quote|''It's almost as if this movie is some kind of exploitative piece, that likes showing violence and naked women for no reason whatsoever. There really should be a name for this genre. Exploit...? Exploitate...? Ahh, I'll think of it later.''|'''[[The Cinema Snob]]'''}}
A film which focuses on morbid elements a lot, the type of morbid elements that fascinate or excite people. For example, a crime movie which focuses more on the details of committing the crime or its effects on the victim, rather than the efforts to solve it. Or a movie that's excessively violent for no real reason. In fact, that - excessive violence or sexuality - seems to be the main definition of an exploitation film. Sometimes called a "grindhouse film", after a name given to theaters that specialized in showing them.
In the past, such films were sometimes made featuring lurid scenes with the supposed intent to be educational, such as ''[[Reefer Madness]]''. However, the lurid scenes were often meant to be the main source of entertainment.
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