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1Giallo — (pronounced IPA2| ʤallo, plural gialli ) is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language, however, it is used in a broader meaning that is closer to the French …
2literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
3B movies (The exploitation boom) — The 1960s and 1970s mark the golden age of the independent B movie, made outside of Hollywood s major film studios. As censorship pressures lifted in the early 1960s, the low budget end of the American motion picture industry increasingly… …
4Exploitation film — is a type of film that eschews the expense of quality productions in favor of making films inexpensively, attracting viewers by exciting their more prurient interests. Exploitation is a term in the movie industry meaning promotion or advertising …
5Mondo film — A mondo film (from the Italian word for world ) is an exploitation documentary film, sometimes resembling a pseudo documentary, usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, and situations. Common traits of mondo films include emphasis on taboo… …
6Slasher film — The slasher film (sometimes referred to as bodycount films and dead teenager movies ) is a sub genre of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer (sometimes wearing a mask) who stalks and graphically murders a series of adolescent… …
7Horror film — Horror Movie redirects here. For the Skyhooks song, see Horror Movie (Skyhooks song). A famous scene from one of the first notable horror films, Nosferatu. Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the… …
8Crime fiction — Murder mystery redirects here. For other uses, see Murder mystery (disambiguation). Sherlock Holmes, pipe puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. Crime fiction is the… …
9Splatter film — For the film titled Splatter, see Splatter (film). Poster art for Blood Feast, which is considered the first ever splatter film. A splatter film or gore film is a subgenre of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and …
10Twist ending — A twist ending or surprise ending is an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction, and which often contains irony or causes the audience to reevaluate the narrative or characters. A twist ending is the conclusive form of plot twists.… …
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