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Alright, welcome to the Grindhouse. In the near future, this area will be filled with reviews of all things exploitation. For those who do not know, exploitation is a genre of film most commonly associated with the drive-in, double feature, and midnight movies. All the films that are cheaply made, and make up for the low budget by using tons of blood and boobs.

There are several sub-genres of exploitation. blaxploitation, naziploitation, nunsploitation, slashers, rape/revenge, sexploitation, plus numerous others. Wikipedia does a pretty good job of listing them.

For those of you who are just getting into exploitation, not familiar with these blood soaked grounds, allow me to introduce you to a number the the more common genre defining films

Ilsa, She Wolf of The SS

Ilsa is one of the most commonly brought up films when discussing exploitation. It has nazi's, blood, nudity, and torture.
it plays out like this. Ilsa feels that women are superior to men, and is determined to prove it by torturing women to show they can handle more pain. The men, she takes to the bedroom. If a guy can't hang, he loses his junk. Pretty simple. fulfill Ilsa's desires, or lose little willy. for the trivia dorks like myself, this film was shot on the set of Hogan's Heroes


Zombie

Also called Zombi 2, Zombie Flesh Eaters, and Zombie Island, among others. This film needs to be seen for almost one reason. Zombie vs. Shark. yes, you read that right, a zombie fights a shark. awesome

Other than that, it is a well done zombie movie from the 70's, including one of the best eye gouging scenes I have ever seen.


Cannibal Holocaust

Often listed as one of the most disturbing movies of all time. It is slow to start, but features authentic animal killings, and special effects done well enough to get the director up on murder charges. Banned in numerous countries upon its release, Cannibal Holocaust is a prime example of "Green Cinema". Movies often based in the jungle, and featuring native cannibals. Another prime example is "Mountain of the Cannibal God" featuring Ursula Andress.


I Spit on Your Grave


I Spit on your Grave is a straight forward Rape/Revenge flick. Plot goes something like this. Girl gets raped by a number of guys, Girl goes apeshit, kills everyone. That formula can apply to any number of films in this genre. Mrs. 45 is another prime example.





Caged Heat


Last Genre for the day is the "women in prison" films. The genre says it all. Some girl goes to prison, or already is in prison, suffers degrading sexual torture, breaks out, wreaks a little havoc, the end.

If you are looking for blockbusters, big budget titles, or award winners, these are not the droids you are looking for. If you want blood guts and boobs, stay tuned and soon enough I will have plethora of bad stuff for you to enjoy. In the meantime, dive into the world reserved for us freaks and watch the above films.