psycho-biddy

Meanings

nounpsycho-biddy (countable and uncountable, plural psycho-biddies)

plural psycho-biddies

countableinformaluncountableSynonym of hagsploitation.
Atmospheric Southern gothic, and a “psycho-biddy” (old people in peril) classic.
2011, Paul Simpson, Movie Lists: 397 Ways to Pick a DVD, →ISBN, page 148
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Charles Busch has always been able to wear the hell out of a wig, but it's his twisted penchant for bygone Hollywood genres, from beach-party flicks to psycho-biddy thrillers, that brings the house down, show after show.
2010, New York - Volume 43, page 70
Similar methods were later reused to propagate other movies belonging to the psycho-biddy genre.
2014, Justyna Stępień, Redefining Kitsch and Camp in Literature and Culture, →ISBN, page 48
An otherwise traditional who-done-it drama, Berserk reached the apex of this genre of psycho-biddies.
2019 February 14, Mario Garrett, Coming of Age in Films, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 119
Synonyms: hagsploitation
countableuncountableThe antagonist of a piece of hagsploitation fiction; an insane or murderous older woman.
The emotional abuse and betrayal that the psycho biddy must endure in order to become a psycho biddy results in over-exaggerated attempts to rediscover and reinvent herself.
2019 March 5, Martin F. Norden, Robert E. Weir, Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 235
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[…]there are echoes of Joan Crawford in Queen Bee of 1955 as well as of the psycho-biddies of the 1960s, especially the ones in Die! Die! My Darling! and Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
2023 June 6, Anthony Uzarowski, Jessica Lange: An Adventurer's Heart, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 153