A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-"Deep Throat" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
6.8/10
Killer Legends
2014
5.8/10
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
7.1/10
The Captains
2011
6.4/10
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
7.4/10
In Search of Darkness
2019
7.5/10
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
7.7/10
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
2019
7.4/10
Doc of the Dead
2014
6.2/10
Living with Chucky
2022
6.6/10
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009
6.5/10
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
2019
6.5/10
Terror in the Aisles
1984
6.2/10
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
2008
7.2/10
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004
6.7/10
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
6.3/10
Chaos on the Bridge
2014
6.9/10
Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story
2013
6.5/10
Unacknowledged
2017
6.3/10
The Blackwell Ghost 5
2020
6.7/10
Parchís: the Documentary
2019
6.618/10
