# Good 70's exploitation recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779 "2019-05-30T15:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Helmut\_Doork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@Helmut\_Doork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helmut_Doork)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/1 "2019-05-30T15:48:08Z")
Never was big on the genre as the most well known ones such as Ilsa She Wolf and I Spit on your Grave type films not really my thing, but just was turned on to the fact there a ton of obscure ones available free on various sites, and after doing some research chose a double feature of The Baby (1973) and The Candy Snatchers (1973) and was literally blown away- both are a bit rough, but two of the most brilliantly bizarre films I have ever seen hands down. The Baby of course is about a grown man whose family treats him as though he is an infant, and as a result his mind has not advanced past the toddler age- and then it gets weird, with a brilliant twist ending. The Candy Snatchers is extremely vile but strangely riveting- your standard rape and murder for the genre, but kicks it up by adding corpse abuse, severe child abuse and other bits, and features probably the strangest scene I have seen on film- a mute, abused and possibly slow six year old happens along a girl being held captive, and she dispatches him to get the police. He then proceeds to go home, dial a random number reaching a deli in New York, and pulls the string on his talking police doll and holds it to the phone while it says “stop, this the police” several times until the deli guy curses and hangs up on the ‘crank caller’- brilliant demented. Would enjoy some OBSCURE recommendations for similar films (I have read many lists of the well known standards)- not really big on blaxploitation or women in chains type or ultra-sadistic, more your generic sleaze or horror. Bonnie’s Kids is next on my list, which is known for being an (extremely) heavy influence on Pulp Fiction, and Where You Goin Red Ryder, which seems to be nowhere on the internet- if anyone knows where this one is available free (and legal, of course), I would love that info. Thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/2 "2019-05-30T16:00:27Z")
Want some generic sleaze. “Ginger” fits the bill. (And if you like it there were two sequels.) > **[Ginger (1971) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067133/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2)** > > Ginger: Directed by Don Schain. With Cheri Caffaro, Duane Tucker, Herbert Kerr, Casey Donovan. A rich society girl is recruited to go undercover and expose a drug/blackmail/prostitution ring in her small town. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/3 "2019-05-30T19:40:31Z")
_Beyond the Valley of the Dolls_ (1970) _Cry Uncle_ (1971) _Pretty Maids All in a Row_ (1971) _Abominable Dr. Phibes_/_Dr. Phibes Rises Again_ (1971/72) _Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight_ (1973) _Sex and Fury_ (1973) _Sugar Cookies_ (1973) _Blood for Dracula_ a.k.a. _Andy Warhol’s Dracula_ (1974) _Flesh for Frankenstein_ a.k.a. _Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein_ (1975) – ONLY IN 3D! _Death Race 2000_ (1975) _Switchblade Sisters_ (1975) _God Told Me To_ a.k.a. _Demon_ (1976) _Master of the Flying Guillotine_ (1976) _Andy Warhol’s Bad_ (1977) _Alucarda_ (1977) _The Incredible Melting Man_ (1977) _Starcrash_ (1978) _The 36th Chamber of Shaolin_ (1978) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/4 "2019-05-30T22:25:18Z")
I second _Cry Uncle_. Very funny film, with some very black (and bawdy) humor. I’d add _Putney Swope_ (“How many syllables, Mario?”). Directed by Robert Downey, Sr. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/5 "2019-05-30T22:37:10Z")
> [@Helmut\_Doork](#): > > Would enjoy some OBSCURE recommendations for similar films (I have read many lists of the well known standards)- not really big on blaxploitation or women in chains type or ultra-sadistic, more your generic sleaze or horror. Bonnie’s Kids is next on my list, which is known for being an (extremely) heavy influence on Pulp Fiction, and Where You Goin Red Ryder, which seems to be nowhere on the internet- if anyone knows where this one is available free (and legal, of course), I would love that info. Thanks all! Well, it’s not obscure, or from the 70’s and it’s based on 70’s blaxploitation, so this probably isn’t really what you’re looking for, but Jackie Brown is really good. If you want to go with 70’s blaxploitation, but more on the obscure side, Car Wash wasn’t too bad. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/6 "2019-05-30T23:45:08Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Want some generic sleaze. “Ginger” fits the bill. (And if you like it there were two sequels.) > > [Ginger (1971) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067133/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) The second sequel, _Girls Are For Loving_ is probably the [del]best[/del] least offensive of the three. Cheri Caffaro also starred in _Savage Sisters_ and _She’s Too Hot to Handle_. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/7 "2019-05-31T01:55:13Z")
**Dolomite**. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/8 "2019-05-31T02:24:53Z")
the original shaft too ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/9 "2019-05-31T02:24:56Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > **Dolomite**. 'Nuff said. Second this. Don’t miss the sequels: The human Tornado and Avenging Disco Godfather. Michael Jai White made Black Dynamite as a loving parody to these movies. I recommend Carnival of Souls. Not sleazy, but very strange. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/10 "2019-05-31T02:31:34Z")
if you want to see a very entertaining documentary on the a lot of the made in the 1970s Philippines stuff see _machete maidens unleashed_ most of the filmmakers don’t even try to justify the stuff they made other than "it was the 70s and we made the cheap but entertaining stuff we were supposed to " there’s one film where someone says "I don’t even remember doing that flick …probably that was in the couple of years i was stoned and or wasted all the time " Although you do forget how much of top Hollywood got their start with Roger Corman > **[Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623757/)** > > Machete Maidens Unleashed!: Directed by Mark Hartley. With Roger Corman, John Landis, Pete Tombs, Mark Holcomb. A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/11 "2019-05-31T02:33:02Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Second this. Don’t miss the sequels: The human Tornado and Avenging Disco Godfather. Michael Jai White made Black Dynamite as a loving parody to these movies. I meant the whole franchise; all 7 movies are beloved by me. > [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I recommend Carnival of Souls. Not sleazy, but very strange. The 1962 horror movie? Aye; kinda cool. Not much for '70s exploitation qualities, tho, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/12 "2019-05-31T06:55:19Z")
Not sure how to precisely define ‘good’ or ‘exploitation’, but for obscure sleaze and horror with a side of ‘well, that was fucking weird’ consider the original \*\*The Hills Have Eyes Who Can Kill a Child Spider Baby\*\* ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-70s-exploitation-recommendations/834779/13 "2019-06-02T20:31:28Z")
I agree with Larry Borgia about _Carnival of Souls_. It’s a nice little horror film.