SCHLOCK

SCHLOCK
   Film (1973). Gazotski Films. Written/dir John Landis, starring Landis, Saul Kahn, Joseph Piantadosi, Eliza Garrett. 77 mins. Colour.
   This was the feature debut of 22-year-old Landis, who went on to bigger things with The Blues Brothers (1980) and An American Werewolf in London (1981), amongothers. Low-budget, made in two weeks, it is a genuinely funny and affectionate (though deeply undergraduate) parody of MONSTER MOVIES in general, and TROG (1970) and the APES-AND-CAVEMEN subgenre in particular. Landis plays the caveman Schlockthropus (in a costume designed by RickBaker, whose effects debut this was) who gets to terrify the populace, play boogie on the piano, and form an erotic liaison with a blind girl who rejects him horrifiedly when she regains her sight because she had thought he was a dog.
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  • Schlock — is an English word of Yiddish origin meaning something cheap, shoddy, or inferior (perhaps from German Schlag , Yiddish shlak , meaning a stroke ) It may also refer to: * Schlock (film), a film by John Landis * Schlock Mercenary , a webcomic by… …   Wikipedia

  • Schlock — est un film américain réalisé en 1973 par John Landis. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Autour du film …   Wikipédia en Français

  • schlock|y — «SHLOK ee», adjective, schlock|i|er, schlock|i|est. Slang. cheap; inferior; schlock. Also, shlocky …   Useful english dictionary

  • schlock — [ʃlɔk US ʃla:k] n [U] AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; : Yiddish; Origin: shlak, from Middle High German slag hit ] things that are cheap and of poor quality ▪ The gift store sells both tasteful gifts and cheap schlock …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • schlock — [ ʃlak ] noun uncount AMERICAN INFORMAL things that are inexpensive and of bad quality: plastic souvenirs and other schlock …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • schlock — schlock; schlock·meis·ter; …   English syllables

  • schlock — (n.) trash, 1915, from Amer. Yiddish shlak, from Ger. Schlacke dregs, scum, dross (see SLAG (Cf. slag)). Alternative etymology is from Yiddish shlogn to strike (Cf. Ger. schlagen; see SLAY (Cf. slay)). Derived form schlockmeister purveyor of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Schlock —    Film fantastique de John Landis, avec John Landis, Eliza Garrett, Saul Kahan, Eric Allison, Charles Villiers.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1972   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 20    Résumé    Un tueur sème la terreur et s avère être …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • schlock — ► NOUN informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▪ cheap or inferior goods; trash. DERIVATIVES schlocky adjective. ORIGIN apparently from Yiddish words for an apoplectic stroke and wretch, untidy person …   English terms dictionary

  • schlock — ☆ schlock adj. schlockier, schlockiest [shläk ] Slang n. [< ? Ger schlacke, dregs, SLAG] anything cheap or inferior; trash adj. cheap; inferior: also schlocky adj. schlockier, schlockiest …   English World dictionary

  • schlock — [flak] 1. n. inferior merchandise. (From German schlacke, “dregs” via Yiddish.) □ That store has nothing but schlock. □ For this schlock I should pay good money? 2. AND schlocky [“Jlaki] mod. cheap; junky; inferior. □ Schlocky …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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