psychotronicadj.
/ˌsʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈtrɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˈtrɑnɪk/ 1. Of or relating to psychotronics.
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1968 Z. Rejdac in Jrnl. Paraphysics 2 37 It is one of the main objectives of psychotronics to search for the characteristics of this new form of energy, for working purposes called 'psychotronic energy', with the 'psychotron' as its unit.
1973 Jrnl. Contemp. Psychotherapy 6 83 Featured was a documentary film from Czechoslovakia depicting psychotronic generators, the small machines which purportedly store biological energy.
1988 Psychol. Today (Nexis) Mar. 28 Some believe, for instance, that Soviet psychotronic weapons caused the 1963 sinking of the nuclear submarine Thresher.
1995 i-D Aug. 66/1 He is interested in the new psychotronic interfaces—drugs, music, dancing.
2002 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 6 Oct. 22 There are also self-described spiritual healers in America who practice ‘psychotronic healing’, which they liken to African voodoo.
2. Film. Designating or relating to a genre of non-mainstream films, including those considered to be ‘B movies’, films with cult status, or with a science fiction, horror, or fantasy theme.
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costumed1851
foreign language1904
first run1910
Keystone1912
photodramatic1914
serial1915
coming of age1919
edge-of-your-seat1922
psychodramatic1927
omnibus1928
straight1936
low-budget1937
no-budget1937
screwball1937
Ealing1939
blockbusting1943
private eye1946
film noir1952
white telephone1952
portmanteau1953
uncut1953
anthology1955
three-D1955
Hammer1958
noir1958
co-production1959
kitchen sink1959
kidult1960
docudrama1961
cinéma vérité1963
maudit1963
filmi1965
indie1968
triple-X1969
XXX1969
drama-documentary1970
cheapie1973
gross-out1973
high concept1973
chopsocky1974
hard R1974
buddy movie1975
sci-fi1977
mondo1979
hack-and-slash1981
microbudget1981
hack-and-slay1982
slice-and-dice1982
fly on the wall1983
psychotronic1983
noirish1985
Mad Max1986
stoner1987
bonkbusting1993
straight to DVD1997
1983 M. Weldon p. ix I thought I'd made..[the word] up, but it later turned out I'd stolen it from The Psychotronic Man, a [1979] Chicago-made film about a maniac barber who kills people with psychic energy.
1984 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 11 Jan. 20 Michael Weldon previously edited a weekly New York guide to the best of the worst movies on local television, which he dubbed ‘Psychotronic’... While there are many good film reference works, few are devoted to such gems as ‘Abbot and Costello Go to Mars’ (in which they go to Venus).
1994 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 11 Aug. n. 4 Psychotronic..also includes films that were magnificant failures, like the Elizabeth Taylor film, the ‘Cleopatra’ movie.
2004 Film Comment Jan.–Feb. 58/1 Carey gives his eccentricity free rein in his only stint as a director, and the result is a kind of psychotronic Night of the Hunter.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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