Whipped And Abused
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Sat 21 February 2004 // 21:30
WHIPPED & ABUSED - A Story of Sex, Drugs & Sadism from B-Movie America. (Sat 21st / £4/3 / 9.30pm)
This is an extremely entertaining yet informative introduction to the
history of American exploitation cinema told via a well-paced mix of trailers, clips, out-takes, pseudo-documentary newsreels and home-movie erotica from Jack's personal collection.
Beginning with a sampling of illicit nudist and 'stag' films from the teens and Twenties, this showcase follows with a focus on the exotic travelogues popular during the Thirties, played on the popular assumption that strange
foreign peoples indulged in cold-blooded barbarities and bizarre erotic rituals. Next up: A sampling of mildly erotic items from commercial mail-order suppliers of the 40s and 50s that were for 'home use only'.
Illustrating the diverse range of styles that constituted Exploitation, from the barking mad scare tactics of the sensation-mongers of the Thirties to the more charming and humorous amateur erotica that spanned virtually the entire period but was pushing the limits of censorship just as aggressively. For adults only (some startling imagery included and some hard-core sex scenes, however brief).
This is an extremely entertaining yet informative introduction to the
history of American exploitation cinema told via a well-paced mix of trailers, clips, out-takes, pseudo-documentary newsreels and home-movie erotica from Jack's personal collection.
Beginning with a sampling of illicit nudist and 'stag' films from the teens and Twenties, this showcase follows with a focus on the exotic travelogues popular during the Thirties, played on the popular assumption that strange
foreign peoples indulged in cold-blooded barbarities and bizarre erotic rituals. Next up: A sampling of mildly erotic items from commercial mail-order suppliers of the 40s and 50s that were for 'home use only'.
Illustrating the diverse range of styles that constituted Exploitation, from the barking mad scare tactics of the sensation-mongers of the Thirties to the more charming and humorous amateur erotica that spanned virtually the entire period but was pushing the limits of censorship just as aggressively. For adults only (some startling imagery included and some hard-core sex scenes, however brief).