skin-flick

Erotic feature film

A skin-flick is a movie featuring nudity and sexual content, typically softcore pornography made for theatrical or late-night television release rather than hardcore films.

The term was common from the 1960s through 1980s: He spent his twenties directing low-budget skin-flicks.

Now somewhat dated.

genre

softcore

Mildly erotic content

exploitationSelfish use of others
grindhouseLow-budget film theater
drive-inVenue serving seated motorists

B-movie · adult · X-rated · sleaze · nudie · sexploitation · stag · blue movie · peep show · erotica

industry

adult film

Sexually explicit video content

productionMaking or generating something
castingShaping through liquid form
performerOne who entertains audiences

actress · director · studio · distributor · low-budget · shoot · set · cinematography · lighting · screenplay

content

nudity

Absence of clothing

sex sceneFilmed romantic encounter
simulatedMade to imitate reality
titillationPleasurable, teasing excitement

suggestive · provocative · risque · explicit · steamy · sensual · bedroom · seduction · undressing · intimate

Opposites

content appropriateness

skin-flickeducational film

Motion picture for learning

animated feature · nature documentary

artistic intent/legitimacy

skin-flickart film

Cinema prioritizing aesthetics

arthouse cinema · literary adaptation · masterpiece · Oscar bait

Family

skin, flick, skins, skinned, skinning, skinny, skinnier, skinniest, flicks

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R