1. Gratification gained from watching crappy movies.
2. The condition in which cinematic gratification depends on one's insistence of viewing films ironically, out of curiosity despite their better judgement, or indulging in "guilty pleasures."
3. The quality of being compelled to view films that one knows will be horrible.
Related forms:
cin⋅e⋅mas⋅och⋅ist, noun
cin⋅e⋅mas⋅och⋅is⋅tic, adjective
cin⋅e⋅mas⋅och⋅is⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
2. The condition in which cinematic gratification depends on one's insistence of viewing films ironically, out of curiosity despite their better judgement, or indulging in "guilty pleasures."
3. The quality of being compelled to view films that one knows will be horrible.
Related forms:
cin⋅e⋅mas⋅och⋅ist, noun
cin⋅e⋅mas⋅och⋅is⋅tic, adjective
cin⋅e⋅mas⋅och⋅is⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Somebody who watches remakes of favorite films, knowing the remake is unlikely to live up to the original. Also somebody who enjoys watching/making fun of bad movies.
"That "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake was SO bad but I can't stop watching it. I must be a cinemasochist."
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