Exploitation films

Exploitation films

Anyone a fan of exploitation films? My first exploitation film was Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion (staring the absolutely gorgeous Meiko Kaji), and I loved it. I realize that not all (s)exploitation movies are as good, but this film has really peaked my interest. Two movies I'm interested in are Women in Fury and Women's Prison Massacre, both which were ten dollars at Best Buy, but I didn't buy them. Anybody have any recommendations?

I love exploitation, I'll take any kind, any time. I'm a particular fan of the sex/gore crossovers like Guts Of A Beauty and Italian cannibal flicks such as Cannibal Ferox. I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of exploitation though (as this is posted in Movies From The Rest Of The World). I personally haven't seen an awful lot of women in prison type movies, so I can't help you with that. ^^

The only thing to worry about if you are to build an extensive collection of exploitation films is the impression it will give to a prospective girlfriend you are trying to impress. :-P

I'll take any kind of exploitation movies. I've been wanting to see Cannibal Ferox for a really long time, but I can't find it anywhere. I guess this is where the internet comes in. Basically, the more violence and nudity, the better. 8)

I would order from Amazon if I had a credit card, but I don't. I really need to get one. My selection of movies would be so much bigger.

Whatever you do. Do not get a credit card. You end up reaching a tipping point where your monthly interest payments exceed your monthly income.

Its OK if you have an iron will of course.

I'm sure there's a webshop or two out there that accepts PayPal or something like that. Xploitedcinema.com accepts anything from creditcards to cash (and they're quite reliable, too) - and they even stock the German tin. It's quite expensive though. Check out some other stores if you're really want to find a copy. Here's a fine list of stores that carry exploitation movies and the like, neatly sorted. Of course, you could try 'The Internet', but I say let that be your very, very, very, very last option. Check out some stores in your region, too, maybe you'll be able to find it there. After all, Best Buy even sells the Guinea Pig box - and as for my copy of Cannibal Ferox, I found it in a very mainstream Dutch store that sells mostly mainstream movies. So eh, you'll never know where you might happen upon it.

As for Cannibal Ferox the movie itself, I loved it. Although supposedly being one of the harshest movies in the genre in terms of animal cruelty, it's amazingly enjoyable - especially if you have a weak spot for this type of flick.

Lastly, I wrote this a couple of weeks ago - it mainly focuses on gore, but as that is technically exploitation and because you're interested in gore as well, you might want to check it out.

Wow, it even got a UK release! That pretty much equals out the 'Banned In 31 Countries' statement though, lol. :snigger: Any idea if it's cut, btw?

Awesome. They take money orders. And so does Diabolik DVD. Know anything about them?

Wow, that's indeed not a lot of cutting having been done. Strange though that scenes such as the infamous turtle sequence weren't cut though. Ah well, seems like a decent release, the Vipco one!

And indeed, Diabolik is supposed to be quite good.

:snigger:

It sure seems a bit confusing at first, but it's cleared up easily. 1980's Cannibal Holocaust is often seen as the genre originator (although it certainly wasn't the first cannibal movie - Mountain Of The Cannibal God came out in 1978 ) and is at the same time regarded as one of the more well-thought of entries in the stream of cannibal movies that was released throughout the 80s. Because it supposedly offers some actual criticism on Western society etcetera, yatta yatta, it has earned what you could call respect from thousands of horror fans (plus, the documentary-like presentation makes for an intense movie - incidentally, it is reported to have been a major influence on The Blair Witch Project). 1981's Cannibal Ferox however, is often seen as a purely exploitational movie. Although it does seem to aim for what might be seen as social commentary, it's quite obvious that Lenzi just wanted to cash in on the success of Holocaust. Both are of course quite infamous for the scenes of animal cruelty, although most people agree on Ferox having the nastiest ones - that said, Holocaust features a brief mondo scene shown at the beginning, where a couple of rebel soldiers are executed. All in all, both are quite nasty.

Hope that clears things up a bit.

The print submitted to the BBFC was obviously already cut as 86m 6s is well
short of the original running time (around 98 min i think).
Having seen the uncut version i can say that there is a lot more than 6sec worth
of animal cruelty.There is also some sexual violence that the BBFC would
certanly frown upon.

I'd advise everyone to avoid Vipco's releases like the plague - they're one of the shoddiest companies out there.

Also,it was Umberto Lenzi who kick-started the cannibal sub-genre with 1972's
Deep River Savages

Ah, Deep River Savages then. And indeed, there's a lot more animal cruelty than 6 seconds. I have the Sazuma version, an excellent release I reckon - entirely uncut.