From Victor Steinbok, a pointer to yesterday’s NPR piece “The Straight-To-DVD World Of ‘Mockbusters’” by Mandalit del Barco. Mockbuster is a portmanteau of mock and blockbuster; these films are also known as knockbusters (knock-off / knockoff + blockbuster). From Wikipedia: A mockbuster … is a film created with the apparent intention of piggy-backing on the … Continue reading Mockbusters