Turksploitation (a
portmanteau of "
Turkey" and "exploitation") is a tongue-in-cheek label given to a great number of
Turkishlow-budgetexploitation films that are either
remakes of, or use unauthorized footage from, popular foreign films (particularly
Hollywood movies) and television series, produced mainly in the 1970s and 1980s.[1]
Der Spiegel labeled these films the "most sympathetic and anarchical subgenre of
exploitation film". Filmed on a shoestring budget with often comically simple
special effects and no regard for
copyright, Turksploitation films substituted exuberant inventiveness and zany plots for technical and acting skill, although noted Turkish actors did feature in some of these productions.[1]
The original soundtracks of the original film or of other Hollywood films were often reused. On occasion whole segments of the original film, such as special effects shots, were copied into the adaptation.[1]
List of Turksploitation films
Noted examples of Turksploitation films include:[1]
Çöl [
tr] ("Desert"), referred to as "Turkish Jaws" due to a scene two-thirds of the way into the film that resembles Jaws and even uses the theme from the film, but has nothing to do with Jaws.
Korkusuz ("Rampage"), colloquially "Turkish Rambo", 1986. Based on Rambo: First Blood Part II and one of the few Turksploitation productions available on DVD.
Ölüm Savaşçısı ("Death Warrior"), a 1984 film belonging to the
ninja exploitation genre.