Cult, Exploitation & B-Movie Docs
Documentaries about Cult Films, Exploitation Films, and B-Movies
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- DirectorRay GreeneStarsRay GreeneRoger CormanDavid F. FriedmanA look at several legendary 'exploitation' film-makers from the golden days of drive-in movies, and how they had a lasting effect on the movie landscape in general.
- 20031h 59mTV-147.5 (3.1K)DirectorKenneth BowserStarsMartin ScorseseDennis HopperPeter BogdanovichA look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
- DirectorTed DemmeRichard LaGraveneseStarsFrancis Ford CoppolaWilliam FriedkinRobert AltmanA documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
- DirectorCalum WaddellStarsDaniel Yee Heng ChanGodfrey HoJosie HoThe rise and fall of Hong Kong's notorious Category III cinema which reached a peak during the years 1988 and the lead-up to the Handover in 1997.
- DirectorDonald A. DavisDavid F. FriedmanFrank HenenlotterStarsDavid F. FriedmanGal FridayFrank HenenlotterThis documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past.
- DirectorFrank HenenlotterJimmy MaslonStarsMal ArnoldJohn BloomDuane CarneyGory, Gory, Hallelujah! Take an outrageous ride through the wild world of exploitation films with this often-hilarious documentary, HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS, THE GODFATHER OF GORE!
- DirectorKevin Sean MichaelsStarsJohn WatersTed V. MikelsTura SatanaTHE WILD WORLD OF TED V. MIKELS, a new documentary by Kevin Sean Michaels (no blood relation to Ted, but the same spirit), is a rollicking look at the independent cinema and film pioneering of Ted V. Mikels, who has been producing films for over 60 years. Way before limited-budget action films became termed as "grindhouse," Ted was wowing audiences with his own special brand of guts, gore, humor, violence and most of all -- style. THE CORPSE GRINDERS 1 + 2, THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES, 10 VIOLENT WOMEN, MISSION: KILLFAST, THE BLACK KLANSMAN, THE DOLL SQUAD, THE WORM EATERS and GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS are some of Ted's films that have made their cinematic mark. In one WILD WORLD documentary segment, Ted demonstrates techniques of how to shoot an independent film. Superstar actress-model Masuimi Max and Black Betty (After Dark Films "Miss Horrorfest") work together with Ted, as he shows them how a scene ought to be played, with hilarious results. "I learned more with Ted in one day than I have in fifteen years of acting," admits Black Betty a.k.a. Jessica Chisum. Ted also reveals the secrets of his success and gives a rare inside look into his studio, editing facilities and home. Ted shares stories of the trials and tribulations making it in the movie business, the essence of showmanship, and the days of living in a giant "castle" mansion with a harem of women. New interviews include screen legend Tura Satana (Russ Meyer's FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL! KILL! and Ted Mikels' ASTRO-ZOMBIES and THE DOLL SQUAD) plus actors that have worked with Ted on his new feature film DEMON HAUNT as well as his other productions.
- DirectorJeff GarlinStarsJohn WatersJeff Garlin's documentary on the work of John Waters.
- DirectorMark HartleyStarsPhillip AdamsGlory AnnenChristine AmorThe story of the Australian exploitation genre cinema of 1970s and 80s.
- DirectorMark HartleyStarsSam FirstenbergDavid PaulsenLuigi CozziThe history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc..
- DirectorElijah DrennerStarsRobert ForsterEric SchaeferEddie MullerA documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.
- DirectorMark HartleyStarsRoger CormanJohn LandisPete TombsA fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
- DirectorBill FulkersonKyle KuchtaStarsTed RaimiLloyd KaufmanJohn Bloom"Survival of the Film Freaks is a documentary exploring the phenomenon of cult film in America and how it survives in the 21st Century. Through interviews and fan events, the documentary will trace decades of film fanaticism up to the present, where the 'digital age' has transformed the way we experience movies."
- DirectorCalum WaddellStarsMatt CimberJoe DanteRoy FrumkesThe story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, the crime and the rebirth of the block as "New 42nd Street" - this is the document of the world's most notorious movie strip.
- DirectorNaomi HolwillStarsHelmut BergerDirk BogardeAllan BryceA look at the ideas and people that was involved in the naziploitations movies.
- DirectorDavid GregoryStarsChris TheobaldNorman AbbottBarrie GoldAn in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
- DirectorDavid GregoryStarsChris TheobaldMary WhitehouseGraham BrightAn investigation of UK video censorship after the video recordings act was introduced.
- DirectorJake WestStarsJulian PetleyMarc MorrisAndy NymanA documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
- DirectorJeff McQueenStarsEd GreenWes CravenJohn CarpenterA documentary on the history of the slasher film.
- DirectorDavid GregoryStarsTura SatanaHajiLori WilliamsThe making of Russ Meyer's cult classic FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
- DirectorElijah DrennerStarsTeda BracciJudith BrownRoberta CollinsRetrospective documentary on the making of the 70's women-in-prison exploitation cult favorites "The Big Doll House (1971)" and "The Big Bird Cage (1972)".
- DirectorDavid GregoryStarsAl AdamsonSamuel M. ShermanChris PoggialiMaverick indie filmmaker Al Adamson's real life was even crazier than one of the 30-plus sex 'n' schlock drive-in movies he made in the '60s and '70s.
- DirectorFederico CaddeoStarsDario ArgentoLamberto BavaBarbara BouchetA celebration of the genre with interviews by many contributors - a gialli filmmakers.