It's like if some rando, poorly produced jr. high civics class video got mixed up with The Evil Dead.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
Cannibal Ferox is suitably skeevy but obv that's the point
Yeah, the live animal slaughter in lots of Italian mondo/cannibal movies def counts as gross displays of humanity. The rape culture aesthetics of things like New York Ripper, House on the Edge of the Park (or Last House on the Left, also starring David Hess), Don't Torture a Duckling, Straw Dogs etc are equally repugnant.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
Straw Dogs rape scene is really strange and not of a piece w those others imo
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
I don't think this is the right forum or context to directly address that, but it's undeniable that SD was one of the main sources of the 'enjoyment of rape' trope common to lots of exploitative movies in the 1970s (just as the bodily mutilation in A Man Called Horse is one of the things that stands behind the Italian 'savage'/cannibal movie)
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
fair enough. I think it's a fundamental misreading of the scene but "influence" is a funny/slippery thing
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 20:25 (eight years ago) link
Part of the limits of exploitation filmmaking is the way that it too often erases away any of the nuance and complexity of source material like SD or The Virgin Spring.
I wld highly recommend Stevie Simkin's long monograph on SD, btw:
http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/straw-dogs-stevie-simkin/?K=9780230296701
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
ok sarah im going to watch goodbye uncle tom tonight. im pretty scared. the soundtrack is so ill tho.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQyJThgf8Y
― Cory Sklar, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
Dogtooth.
― cod latin (dog latin), Thursday, 2 July 2015 09:18 (eight years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Cat_in_the_hat.jpg
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
excellent choice
― Cory Sklar, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
The Uncle Tom trailer is on Youtube and I just watched it. This is my last post as I am now going to step in front of a train.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
Underrated ghoul: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/S%26Man.jpg
Justly rated:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Henryportrait.jpg
Shitty:http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/movieposters/8585/p8585_p_v7_aa.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link