#Exploitation Films

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HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD (1976)

Director: Allan Arkush & Joe Dante Cinematography: Jamie Anderson

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Jörg Buttgereit

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The Night Porter, directed by Liliana Cavani, 1974

[rhonze79]

Is today over yet… I think it’s time to watch a movie..

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Pam’s Coffy - 4473 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027

My friend took me on a surprise outing to Quentin Tarantino’s coffee shop dedicated to Pam Grier in Los Angeles.

10/10 - Definitely Recommend!

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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

Dir. Russ Meyer

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I Spit on Your Grave / Day of the Woman (1978), dir. Meir Zarachi

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Pamela Stanford, my favorite sexploitation/B-movie star, on set of Satanic Sisters (1977), dir. by Jess Franco

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The Killing of Satan (Video, 1983)

A Catholic horror/fantasy exploitation film from the Philippines. You can watch it here.

You can watch the trailer here.

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I Drink Your Blood (1971) // Dir. David E. Durston

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LISA, LISA / AXE (1974)

Director: Frederick R. Friedel Cinematography: Austin McKinney

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luanna801 Would you mind giving some examples of movies you think struck that balance well?

Regarding this post. Thank you for asking! Cannibal Holocaust* is one that comes to mind. There are two consistent narrative threads throughout the movie: the documentary crew going deeper into the jungle and Monroe and the TV executives learning the dark truth about them. And the exploitation elements are integrated and serve into the story.

At the very beginning, Monroe's expedition sets us up for what is going to happen in the jungle. From there, the violence serves to drive the narrative. As the crew goes deeper into the jungle, the danger surrounding them becomes more clear, though both the violence committed by the natives (and the crew's callous reactions) and the violence they commit themselves, which only serves to seal their inevitable doom. The plot and story never suffer for having to hit the breaks and include something disturbing. Both are intertwined and proportional so that you're watching a compelling film and also getting to experience all of these taboo images and ideas.

High Tension is another movie that does this. The violent set pieces are part of the high-stakes game of cat and mouse that drives the movie. You never feel like you're just watching a plotless parade of gory scenes (though that's an entirely valid genre of movie as well!), but it's also clear that this isn't a standard thriller. (All of this with the caveat that New French Extremity isn't necessarily the same as exploitation, but they're also not that different).

Moving from violence to sex, and in keeping with the script I'm working on being monksploitation, Benedetta is a study of its protagonist and a deep part of that is her sexuality. The naked nuns making out and Jesus sex dreams are an expression of that sexuality and also inform the other aspects of her character. The story wants to be simultaneously a drama exploring a historical figure and a nunsploitation movie and it successfully is both at once.

In all cases, I'm being told a story at the same time as I'm being shocked and horrified (and titillated and disgusted and uncomfortable and all the other great things you want an exploitation movie to do to you).

*I'm not going to go into all of the baggage surrounding race and colonialism in this movie, but I think it's important to note that it is absolutely there. Also the real animal gore, which is a whole other thing.)

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On May 26, 1977, Audrey Rose debuted in the United Kingdom.

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