mockbuster
/ˈmɒkˌbʌstəɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A relatively low-budget film given a similar theme and title to a popular blockbuster in an attempt to piggyback on its success.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "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 and sci-fi films; others rent the movie thinking it is something else (Web sites are rife with the scornful entries of duped film fans)."