"Unashamed nudists, high-flying hopheads, brazen strippers, vicious vice lords, and high school girls who find themselves "in trouble" comprise the population of exploitation films. In the first full-scale history of these low-budget movies of decades past, Eric Schaefer reveals…
'Trash films' purveyed the forbidden thrills of explicit sexual behaviour, drug use and vice that the mainstream Hollywood film industry could not show. Setting these exploitation films in their historical context, and organising them according to the social problems they addres…
From Japanese horror to South Korean revenge thrillers, and from the new Hong Kong crime film to Thailand's boundary-breaking ghost stories, Western audiences have been stunned by a boom in challenging cult cinema from East Asia over the last decade. But how did this cycle of 'E…
Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema', exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that are more accessible than ever. In this wide-ranging study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and urb…
La 4e de couverture indique : "Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema', exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that are more accessible than ever. In this wide-ranging new study, David Church explores how the h…
Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema' exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that are more accessible than ever. In this wide-ranging new study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and …
Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema', exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that are more accessible than ever. In this wide-ranging new study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and…
An indispensable study of exploitation cinema's continuing allure Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema', exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that are more accessible than ever. In this wide-ranging new stu…
Exploring the area of Latin American cinema, this anthology challenges established continental and national histories and canons which often exclude exploitation cinema due to its perceived 'low' cultural status.
Nightmarish scenarios of violence, dramatic states of mind, and perverse sexual abysses - the films of the Cinema of Transgression that were aimed at shock, provocation, and confrontation. This book reflects the pulp-punk spirit of the Cinema of Transgression.