

This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.
Direction
Drenner's rapid-fire montage keeps 80 years of sleaze moving.
Acting
Forster's gravel-voiced narration sounds like he lived it.
Editing
Relentless clip barrage—if you blink, you miss three breasts.
Director
Elijah Drenner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Forster recorded narration between 'Jackie Brown' gigs—Tarantino later cast him partly after hearing this voice.
The 'roadshow' phenomenon let 1950s filmmakers skirt censorship by calling films 'educational'—birth of the 'square-up' reel.
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