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- From: mike@raven.alaska.edu (Mike Kienenberger)
- Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: ALT.PSYCHOTRONIC
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.032756.21469@raven.alaska.edu>
- Organization: University of Alaska, Fairbanks
- References: <RuwiuB4w165w@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca> <By15rC.Cyp@unix.amherst.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:27:56 GMT
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- >In article <RuwiuB4w165w@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- >markp@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Mark A. Pitcher) writes:
- >> This is a proposal for ALT.PSYCHOTRONIC, a news group
- >>dedicated to the discussion of psychotronic films, art, and
- >>literature.
- >> The term "psychotronic" is used mainly in dealing with
- >>films. More specifically, those films also known as "B",
- >>exploitation, grindhouse, drive-in, and low-budget.
-
- In article <By15rC.Cyp@unix.amherst.edu>
- twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) responds:
- >I question (a) the placing of the name (is anyone surprised?) and (b)
- >the choice of the word "psychotronic." Is this a well-known term
- >within the field? If so, then I have no problem with it ... I simply
- >wasn't aware that there was a term other than "pulp" to describe this
- >genre.
- >Then I think that something like alt.movies.psychotronic would be more
- >appropriate. It would at least narrow down the meaning of
- >"psychotronic" for new users or people unfamiliar with the term.
-
- I disagree. The only use of the of the word "psychotronic" I've ever
- heard was a movie called "The Psychotronic Man." I would not call this a
- "exploitation, grindhouse, and drive-in" movie, although it probably
- was an inexpensive film.
-
- From the film, I gathered that "psychotronic" probably refers to someone
- with enhanced mental powers (aka "ESP"). This definition certainly
- makes more etymological sense than the definition you've supplied.
-
- I think the name you're looking for is "alt.movies.slasher."
-
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