Hollywood Rated 'R'

Hollywood Rated 'R'

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 19, 1997

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary, Horror, Science Fiction

User Score

51%

Original Title

Les deniers du culte

Production Companies

Canal+, Kalamazoo Films

Director

Dominique Cazenave

Description

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-"Deep Throat" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.