mockbuster
/ˈmɒkˌbʌstəɹ/
mockbuster noun: a relatively low-budget film given a similar theme and title to a popular blockbuster in an attempt to piggyback on its success.
Noun
mockbuster (plural mockbusters)
- A relatively low-budget film given a similar theme and title to a popular blockbuster in an attempt to piggyback on its success.
- Whereas the Asylum had a well-defined audience as a horror-movie company, the mockbuster strategy aims at a broader and shallower demographic: some viewers have seen the real blockbuster and want more of the same thing, no matter how lo-fi; some are genre geeks, interested in low-budget adventure...2007 October 7, Rolf Potts, “The New B Movie”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- knockbuster
Synonyms of mockbuster
Forms of mockbuster
| plural | mockbusters |
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Origin of mockbuster
Blend of mock + blockbuster.
Questions about mockbuster
- What does mockbuster mean?
- Mockbuster means a relatively low-budget film given a similar theme and title to a popular blockbuster in an attempt to piggyback on its success.
- What part of speech is mockbuster?
- Mockbuster is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mockbuster?
- Mockbuster is pronounced /ˈmɒkˌbʌstəɹ/.
- What is the plural of mockbuster?
- The plural of mockbuster is mockbusters.
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