| Type | Entertainment genre |
| Origin | |
| Expansion | Literature • Video games • Art |
| Reception | Criticized by mainstream societies • Popular among fringe and countercultural spaces |
| Subgenres | Biker movies • Blaxploitation • Giallo • Mexploitation • Nazi exploitation • Sexploitation • Shock exploitation • Slasher films • Splatter films • Torture porn • Vigilante films |
| Characteristics | Sensationalist themes • Provocative content • Low production values • Aesthetic of excess and shock |
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