Synopsis:
A young doctor kills himself after a medical committee terminates his research into human embryos, considering it too inhumane. His wife then seeks revenge on those who drove her husband to his death by luring each member of the committee into compromising situations and then killing them one by one.Read More »
Exploitation
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Jesús Franco – Sie tötete in Ekstase AKA She Killed In Ecstasy [Uncut] (1971)
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Guerdon Trueblood – The Candy Snatchers [+Extras] (1973)
1971-1980ExploitationGuerdon TruebloodThrillerUSACandy, a teenage heiress to a large fortune, is kidnapped by a trio of small time criminals on her way home from Catholic school. After burying her alive in an unmarked grave, the trio attempts to extort Candy’s father, a wealthy jeweler, for a hefty ransom. But what seemed like a simple, straightforward kidnapping soon spirals out of control with violent consequences and Candy’s only hope for survival is a young mute boy who knows where she is buried. Newly restored in 4k from the original camera negative.Read More »
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Douglas Schwartz – The Peace Killers (1971)
1971-1980ActionDouglas SchwartzExploitationUSASynopsis:
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang’s leader before she ran away. The pair get away, but the bikers find out that they’re living in a nearby commune, and start making their battle plans to bring Kristy back.Read More » -
José Ramón Larraz – Whirlpool AKA Perversion Flash AKA She Died with Her Boots On (1970)
1961-1970CultDenmarkExploitationJosé Ramón LarrazSynopsis:
A blonde fashion model, Tulia is lured to an isolated country estate by a creepy older woman, Sara. There she meets Theo, orphan and homeless boy who has given a home by Sara. They call each other as aunt and nephew. He is photography-obsessed and even creepier than Sara. Tulia doesn’t seem too perturbed to learn that a previous female model, Rhonda that went there has disappeared without a trace, nor does she find it strange that her first night there they get her drunk and engage her in perverse game of strip poker. She almost has sex with the boy while the old woman secretly watches but he isn’t able to rise to the occasion. The next day he takes her into town and pays a friend to rip her clothes off and nearly rape her while he takes pictures. This doesn’t seem to bother her either because soon she’s involved in another bisexual three-way sex/photography session with them. There is also an allusion to the old Bluebeard story-the model has been forbidden to enter the boy’s mysterious darkroom.Read More » -
Jonathan Demme – Fighting Mad (1976)
1971-1980ActionExploitationJonathan DemmeUSAAn Arkansas farmer stages a one-man war against corrupt land developers who want to evict him and his neighbors from their farms for real estate developments.Read More »
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Noboru Tanaka – Ushimitsu no mura AKA Village of Doom (1983)
1981-1990CrimeExploitationJapanNoboru TanakaLittle known 1980’s exploitation flic with violent ending
During the Second World War, a young man from a secluded village is denied the chance to serve in the Japanese army through his tuberculosis. Highly intelligent, although isolated, he lives with his kindly grandmother. Taking advantage of the times he enjoys the company of several married women, but once news of his disease spreads he becomes increasingly socially ostracised and plots revenge…Read More »
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William Lustig – Vigilante (1982)
1981-1990CrimeExploitationUSAWilliam LustigWhen his wife and son are brutalized by thugs and a corrupt criminal justice system puts the perpetrators back on the street, a New York City factory worker turns vigilante to find some measure of bloody justice.Read More »
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Peter Schamoni – Niki De Sant Phalle (1996)
1991-2000DocumentaryExploitationGermanyPeter SchamoniIn the sixties the painter and sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle started her career with shooting paintings, reliefs that were fired at with paint bags. She became famous and popular for her Nanas, colorful sculptures of big and cheerful women, and for the cooperation with Jean Tinguely. The frame of this film is a tour through her tarot garden in Tuscany.Read More »
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Jesús Franco – Les cauchemars naissent la nuit AKA Nightmares Come at Night (1972)
1971-1980EroticaExploitationJesus FrancoLiechtensteinSynopsis:
In Zagreb, the stripper Anna de Istria works in a sleazy cabaret. She is seduced by the blonde Cynthia Robins that invites her to move to her house. Ana is disturbed by nightmares, where she kills a man with a spear, and Cynthia calls Dr. Paul Lucas to treat Ana. Meanwhile, a couple that lives in the house next door spies the movement in Cynthia’s house.Read More »