jackhammer

Bad exploitation as a term is surely an oxymoron in itself?

The reason for exploitation originally was for directors and film companies to make cheap films with gore, OTT comedy and TnA shots because they didn't have the time/the intelligence/the budget/talent (delete as appropriate) to work on scripts so films were usually made in a very short time with a basic outline of a script.

What happened over time (something that began really with Mondo Cane) is that certain film makers were clever enough to subvert the genre and make the genre suit their own needs politically or socially whilst still retaining the elements of exploitation. However bad exploitation films are generally just that but it's only after time and constant reappraisal that even in this genre there was some really interesting ideas coming out of the genre.

I think the current trend for purpose made exploitation films is both good and bad for the genre. Good because more people are looking beyond the mainstream and finding there is much more to cinema than they thought but bad because an exploitation film shouldn't be planned, it just exists because of the factors in it's inception and making of.

I do think the line between B Movies and exploitation movies becomes very blurred at times (at least in terms of adult orientated B movies).

Definitely my favourite exploitation movie:

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