Exploitation
see all genres ›Setting aside “good taste” for better flavor, the cult film gains its name from the cult-like following it can inspire. Ritualistic midnight screenings are historically crucial ingredients for a film cult to develop. Cohering around particular directors, actors, genres and subcultures, the cult film manages to entertain via nostalgia long after the “use by” date has passed.
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Genres / Cult / Exploitation
SUB-GENRES · Blaxploitation · Ozploitation
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The Playgirls and the Vampire
After skipping out on an unpaid hotel bill, a busload of curvaceous showgirls is forced off the road by a thunderstorm. They rely on the hospitality of a nearby castle, where reclusive Count Kernassy nearly orders them away until he sees Vera, a leggy dancer who is a dead...Watch Movie
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Wake in Fright
Alongside MAD MAX and WALKABOUT, WAKE IN FRIGHT is widely acknowledged as one of the seminal films in the development of modern Australian cinema. Directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Donald Pleasence, WAKE IN FRIGHT tells the nightmarish story of a schoolteacher's descent into personal...Watch Movie
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Terror is a Man
Following after the example of Val Lewton’s 1940s horror films, this drive-in ready adaptation of H.G. Wells’ THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU wrings psychological anguish and terse visual effects from its low-budget expressionism. The film begins with a naïve sailor (William Fitzgerald) washing up...Watch Movie
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Patrick
The original Ozploitation classic is back like you've never seen it before: Robert Thompson stars as a comatose killer seemingly unresponsive in a small private hospital. But when a hot new nurse begins to question his condition, Patrick will unleash a waking nightmare of psychokinetic carnage....Watch Movie
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Dolemite
Dolomite is sent to prison on a frame-up by some crooked cops and his arch rival, the notorious Willy Green. He is offered an early release if he can bring down Green to stop him from terrorizing the city. Dolemite and his beautiful female army of kung-fu killers take on the mob in one of the...Watch Movie
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The Harder They Come
Lauded by critics and the cannabis-enhanced audiences that made it a midnight-movie hit, Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff stars as an aspiring young singer who records a song for an unscrupulous music mogul. When the song becomes a hit, and he is cut out of his share, the singer...Watch Movie
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG is the story of a young hustler whose aimless pleasure seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a black revolutionary by two white cops. Sweetback, driven to a state of blind rage, takes brutal revenge on the cops, forcing...Watch Movie
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Even Dwarfs Started Small
One of the most bizarre films ever made (and certainly the most bizarre made by Werner Herzog), EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL is an allegory in which the diminutive cast portrays the residents of an apparent asylum who rebel against authority and stage their own revolution. Full...Watch Movie
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Petey Wheatstraw
Petey Wheatstraw was born during a tropical storm. From the moment he took his first breath he could walk, talk and kick ass. He grows up to become a famous comedian, so famous that his rivals cannot handle this competition and plan to do Petey in. When Petey is killed in a...Watch Movie
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The Dragon Lives
The true story of Bruce Lee, a phenomenal legend and the greatest martial arts star the world has ever known. This biopic stars Bruce Li, a sixth-degree black belt in his own right, who studied with the great Lee. The film concentrates on Lee's college years, his training, his...Watch Movie
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BMX Bandits
Future Academy Award®-winner Nicole Kidman made her movie debut at sixteen years old as the pouffy-haired star of this action/comedy about a cache of stolen walkie-talkies, three BMX-riding friends and the ruthless bank robbers who will pursue them through every graveyard, shopping mall,...Watch Movie
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Throwback
Two treasure hunters search for a legendary fortune in gold deep in the remote outback of Australia. But instead of riches, they find a different legend (the ferocious beast known as Yowie), Australia's answer to Bigfoot, and a savage battle for survival begins. Featuring Vernon Wells, this...Watch Movie
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Black Shampoo
John Daniels stars as Jonathan Knight, the owner of the most successful hair salon for women on the Sunset Strip. Jonathan is tall, muscular, black and ballsy. His reputation as a lover has become so awesome that he is sought after almost as much in that capacity as in his experience as a hair...Watch Movie
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The Human Tornado
In this sequel to the smash hit DOLEMITE, Dolemite is on the run from a redneck sheriff who has caught him with his woman. Dolemite and his posse (including a young Ernie Hudson) dodge the sheriff and his bullets in a high-speed chase that takes them to LA. Upon Dolemite's...Watch Movie
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From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen
A pretty young woman steps behind a dressing screen to prepare for the stage in this teasing short from the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company (a competitor of Thomas Edison in the already competitive distribution and exhibition market). - Robert AvilaWatch Movie
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Treasure of the Amazon
In the depths of the lush, steamy Amazon jungle, rife with exotic life forms, a group of adventurers embark on a quest to discover a legendary river reportedly filled with diamonds "the size of your eyes" as well as precious jewels and gold, and in the process finds itself...Watch Movie
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Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Pryde (Bernie Casey) is a noteworthy scientist who is working on an experimental remedy for liver damage. Along with his colleague, Dr. Billie Worth (Rosalind Cash), he perfects a serum that has the potential to reverse damaged liver tissue. Pryde also donates his...Watch Movie
