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Hixploitation 

Hixploitation is the morphing of the word "Hicks" and "Exploitation."

A genre of American reality television that presents a stereotype of southern rural people of Louisiana sometimes referred to as "hicks" or "swamp people."

Television shows such as "Rat Bastards" "Turtle Man" and "Swamp People."

Stars of the show have names like Rigger, Skeater and Kridder, speak in an accent unique to the region and spend their time hunting for rats, alligators and and / or turtles in the bayou.
The Reality TV show "Rat Bastards" is an example of Hixploitation:

"Pop-a-cap-in-his-ass-he-won't-be-home-for-dinner-I-can-tell-ya-that-much-right-now-goddamn-sonovabitch-rat-bastard"

"Real live action"
Hixploitation by Stefascope February 22, 2013
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hexploitation 

Genre of movies/TV series/books and so on in which witchcraft/mystical/occult-related stuff is served up in as twee and New Agey a manner as possible for the consumption of the trendy.
Harry Potter is NOT hexploitation. Anything with Fairuza Balk in it might be.
hexploitation by Fearman August 10, 2007