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geezer teaser

geezer teaser noun: a film, most often an action film released direct to video and primarily distributed via video on demand (VOD), for which older, well-known male actors ("geezers") are billed in lead or co-lead roles and prominently featured (teased) in promotional material, but only appear sporadically during the film itself.

Noun

geezer teaser (plural geezer teasers)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A film, most often an action film released direct to video and primarily distributed via video on demand (VOD), for which older, well-known male actors ("geezers") are billed in lead or co-lead roles and prominently featured (teased) in promotional material, but only appear sporadically during the film itself.
    • One of my clients calls it a ‘geezer teaser’: You have Bruce Willis at the intro of the movie, so people are like, Great, this is a Bruce Willis movie. But he’s actually a secondary character who shows up sporadically.2021 March 31, Joshua Hunt, quoting Adam Champ, “The King of the Geezer Teasers”, in Vulture
    • These low-budget affairs are called Geezer Teasers. They're genre movies that star older actors and cater to the direct-to-video (or streaming) market.2022 January 6, “What Is a Geezer Teaser? And Why Do They Make Money?”, in No Film School
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see geezer, teaser.

Forms of geezer teaser

pluralgeezer teasers

Origin of geezer teaser

First known reference to the term was in a March 2021 Vulture article, in which film distribution executive Adam Champ attributed it to a client.

Questions about geezer teaser

What does geezer teaser mean?
Geezer teaser means a film, most often an action film released direct to video and primarily distributed via video on demand (VOD), for which older, well-known male actors ("geezers") are billed in lead or co-lead roles and prominently featured (teased) in promotional material, but only appear sporadically during the film itself.
What part of speech is geezer teaser?
Geezer teaser is a noun.
What is the plural of geezer teaser?
The plural of geezer teaser is geezer teasers.

Words near geezer teaser in the dictionary

  1. geez Louise
  2. geeze
  3. geeze up
  4. geezed up
  5. geezer
  6. geezer teaser
  7. geezer teasers
  8. geezerbird
  9. geezerbirds
  10. geezerdom
  11. geezerish

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