1. "An Attempt to 'Commercialize Vice''': Origins of the Exploitation Film

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: "As Long as It Was in Bad Taste!" 1
5. 1. "An Attempt to 'Commercialize Vice''': Origins of the Exploitation Film 17
6. 2. "A Hodge-Podge of Cuttings and Splicings": The Mode of Production and the Style of Classical Exploitation Films 42
7. 3. "You Gotta Tell 'Em to Sell 'Em": Distribution, Advertising, and Exhibition of Exploitation Films 96
8. 4. "Thoroughly Vile and Disgusting": The Exploitation Film and Censorship 136
9. 5. "No False Modesty, No Old-Fashioned Taboos": The Sex Hygiene Film 165
10. 6. "The Monster That Caters to Thrill-Hungry Youth": The Drug Film 217
11. 7. "Timely as Today's Front Page": Vice, Exotic, and Atrocity Films 253
12. 8. "They Wear No Clothes!": Nudist and Burlesque Films 290
13. 9. Conclusion: The End of Classical Exploitation 325
14. Appendix 1-Major Exploitation Producers/Distributors and Their Company Names 343
15. Appendix 2-Filmogra 345
16. Appendix 3-Video Sources 389
17. Notes 391
18. Bibliography 445
19. Index 459