movie posters V - exploitation!
August 22nd 2008 00:21
To be brutally honest, the art work for the B-grade (and admittedly to a lesser degree the Z-grade) movies is often far more provocative and striking than the mainstream dross, especially during the heyday of the exploitation movies; the late 60s and through that particularly fantastic decade of cinema, the 1970s. The just don’t make ‘em like they used to!
Now, apart from the odd maverick who attempts to rear their head a little higher than the rest to make something tough and uncompromising (and might just have it lopped off!), most so-called “exploitation” movies are safe enough to take your grandmother along to … providing she’s got her tongue pierced and is wearing a leather girdle under her petticoat.
So here are some tarnished golden oldies to get you all hot under the collar and sticky over.
You gotta love those titles! Tight Skirts Loose Pleasures! Sexual Apocalypse! Vicious Lips! Ha! Bring it on! My "clean" favourite winners here are the Fury of the Succubus poster and the (High Priestess of) Sexual Witchcraft. But I also really dig the Spanish flick El Caminante (aka Traveller), there's something boldy unapologetic about that illustration. The Virgin Witch poster has a deep sensual eyesore allure too, but at the end of a long hard night you can't go past Russ Meyer's buxom babe, heh heh.
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Comment by Cibbuano
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I want to see all of those movies, then collect all the posters. Such fun, back then, before Photoshop meant that studios could get lazy and indifferent with posters like this steaming piece of garbage.
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Comment by Cibbuano
20/20 Filmsight
Science News
Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak
Comment by Raoul Duke
Style of Eye
SuperVixens ... it ain't all it's cracked up to be. Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is the boob and derriere all Meyer. Still, that poster.
I'm so glad you find me to be the lecherous sleaze bucket that I am.
Cos, you'd be right.
Comment by Anonymous
Love your work.