ozploitation

Of course, there is the belief amongst some that all of the "ozploitation" titles - the films from the 1980s that satiated Aussie audiences' need for violence with mostly local talent - were big hits, which is just not the case.

Disappearing Thrills Glenn Dunks 2010

Of course, there is the belief amongst some that all of the "ozploitation" titles - the films from the 1980s that satiated Aussie audiences' need for violence with mostly local talent - were big hits, which is just not the case.

Archive 2010-05-01 Glenn Dunks 2010

Along the way I coined the term "ozploitation" (to be fair, Tarantino referred to this eclectic body of work as "Aussie-sploitation" and I further streamlined the phrase) and became friends with many of my childhood film heroes (including The Man From Hong Kong director Brian Trenchard-Smith and Snapshot producer Tony Ginnane).

Mark Hartley: Welcome to the Wild World of Ozploitation 2009

They would have to be in the style of 1970s and '80s "ozploitation" flicks though.

Archive 2009-12-01 Glenn Dunks 2009

They would have to be in the style of 1970s and '80s "ozploitation" flicks though.

Incident at Uluru and Other Undiscovered Aussie Films Glenn Dunks 2009

In fact, the way the 'ozploitation' tag seems to have been applied is, essentially, what the particular films included in the category were not.

Sarsaparilla 2008

I saw this film at a Sunday 1: 30 session at the Nova, a cinema of the type, incidentally, that would never have screened an 'ozploitation' film in its twenty (?) year life.

Sarsaparilla 2008

There are alot of ozploitation filns being made, yet few seem to be distributed.

Disappearing Thrills Glenn Dunks 2010