#TrashploitationTuesday Man from the Deep River(1972)
Lenzi's influential cannibal movie starring Rassimov and Me Me Lai would lay the foundations for more extreme films later in the decade but would no less find itself on the video nasty list, mostly due to animal killings.
Lenzi's influential cannibal movie starring Rassimov and Me Me Lai would lay the foundations for more extreme films later in the decade but would no less find itself on the video nasty list, mostly due to animal killings.
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#TrashploitationTuesday Man from the Deep River(1972)
Lenzi's influential cannibal movie starring Rassimov and Me Me Lai would lay the foundations for more extreme films later in the decade but would no less find itself on the video nasty list, mostly due to animal killings.
Lenzi's influential cannibal movie starring Rassimov and Me Me Lai would lay the foundations for more extreme films later in the decade but would no less find itself on the video nasty list, mostly due to animal killings.
#trashploitationtuesday
A spoof of Women In Prison films, The Big Bird Cage helped bring future Blaxploitation Queen Pam Grier to prominence, at a time where African American women struggled to find roles that weren't, according to Grier, 'invisible or stereotypical.'
A spoof of Women In Prison films, The Big Bird Cage helped bring future Blaxploitation Queen Pam Grier to prominence, at a time where African American women struggled to find roles that weren't, according to Grier, 'invisible or stereotypical.'
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
A spoof of Women In Prison films, The Big Bird Cage helped bring future Blaxploitation Queen Pam Grier to prominence, at a time where African American women struggled to find roles that weren't, according to Grier, 'invisible or stereotypical.'
A spoof of Women In Prison films, The Big Bird Cage helped bring future Blaxploitation Queen Pam Grier to prominence, at a time where African American women struggled to find roles that weren't, according to Grier, 'invisible or stereotypical.'
#trashploitationtuesday
Based on the Viz comic strip of the same name, acclaimed TV director Ed Bye (Red Dwarf, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar Of Dibley) helms a film so loathed that Graham Drury, the cartoonist who created the 'slags', never worked on the strip again.
Based on the Viz comic strip of the same name, acclaimed TV director Ed Bye (Red Dwarf, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar Of Dibley) helms a film so loathed that Graham Drury, the cartoonist who created the 'slags', never worked on the strip again.
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
Based on the Viz comic strip of the same name, acclaimed TV director Ed Bye (Red Dwarf, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar Of Dibley) helms a film so loathed that Graham Drury, the cartoonist who created the 'slags', never worked on the strip again.
Based on the Viz comic strip of the same name, acclaimed TV director Ed Bye (Red Dwarf, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar Of Dibley) helms a film so loathed that Graham Drury, the cartoonist who created the 'slags', never worked on the strip again.
#trashploitationtuesday
The first in a series of 'Mega Shark Vs Increasingly Outlandish Creatures' series, released during a resurgence of 'creature in the water' films, and it may just get a mention on this week's episode.
#shark #theasylum
The first in a series of 'Mega Shark Vs Increasingly Outlandish Creatures' series, released during a resurgence of 'creature in the water' films, and it may just get a mention on this week's episode.
#shark #theasylum
October 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
The first in a series of 'Mega Shark Vs Increasingly Outlandish Creatures' series, released during a resurgence of 'creature in the water' films, and it may just get a mention on this week's episode.
#shark #theasylum
The first in a series of 'Mega Shark Vs Increasingly Outlandish Creatures' series, released during a resurgence of 'creature in the water' films, and it may just get a mention on this week's episode.
#shark #theasylum
#trashploitationtuesday
Our friends Nick Millard & Priscilla Alden from Crazy Fat Ethel reunited in the late 80s for Death Nurse & Death Nurse 2. Despite not sharing the continuity of CFL, it uses some of the same locations, actors and even stock footage from it.
Our friends Nick Millard & Priscilla Alden from Crazy Fat Ethel reunited in the late 80s for Death Nurse & Death Nurse 2. Despite not sharing the continuity of CFL, it uses some of the same locations, actors and even stock footage from it.
September 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
Our friends Nick Millard & Priscilla Alden from Crazy Fat Ethel reunited in the late 80s for Death Nurse & Death Nurse 2. Despite not sharing the continuity of CFL, it uses some of the same locations, actors and even stock footage from it.
Our friends Nick Millard & Priscilla Alden from Crazy Fat Ethel reunited in the late 80s for Death Nurse & Death Nurse 2. Despite not sharing the continuity of CFL, it uses some of the same locations, actors and even stock footage from it.
#TrashploitationTuesday Don Juan, Or If Don Juan Were A Woman (1973)
Starring Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot(in her 2nd to last role). Bardot once again teams up with Roger Vadim who was interested in looking at the sexual liberation of the era thru the gaze of a woman.
Starring Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot(in her 2nd to last role). Bardot once again teams up with Roger Vadim who was interested in looking at the sexual liberation of the era thru the gaze of a woman.
September 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#TrashploitationTuesday Don Juan, Or If Don Juan Were A Woman (1973)
Starring Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot(in her 2nd to last role). Bardot once again teams up with Roger Vadim who was interested in looking at the sexual liberation of the era thru the gaze of a woman.
Starring Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot(in her 2nd to last role). Bardot once again teams up with Roger Vadim who was interested in looking at the sexual liberation of the era thru the gaze of a woman.
#trashploitationtuesday
If 'fatsploitation' was a subgenre, Criminally Insane, a.k.a. Crazy Fat Ethel, would be it's poster child. Priscilla Alden reprised her title role in the 1987 sequel, which uses roughly 50% of the original's footage as flashback material.
If 'fatsploitation' was a subgenre, Criminally Insane, a.k.a. Crazy Fat Ethel, would be it's poster child. Priscilla Alden reprised her title role in the 1987 sequel, which uses roughly 50% of the original's footage as flashback material.
September 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
If 'fatsploitation' was a subgenre, Criminally Insane, a.k.a. Crazy Fat Ethel, would be it's poster child. Priscilla Alden reprised her title role in the 1987 sequel, which uses roughly 50% of the original's footage as flashback material.
If 'fatsploitation' was a subgenre, Criminally Insane, a.k.a. Crazy Fat Ethel, would be it's poster child. Priscilla Alden reprised her title role in the 1987 sequel, which uses roughly 50% of the original's footage as flashback material.
#trashploitationtuesday
With a visual quality that's been colloquially referred to as 'Shot On Shiteo', Black River Monster sees its lead Craig Martin pulling triple duty as hero Leroy, his cantankerous mother, and the eponymous creature.
With a visual quality that's been colloquially referred to as 'Shot On Shiteo', Black River Monster sees its lead Craig Martin pulling triple duty as hero Leroy, his cantankerous mother, and the eponymous creature.
September 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
With a visual quality that's been colloquially referred to as 'Shot On Shiteo', Black River Monster sees its lead Craig Martin pulling triple duty as hero Leroy, his cantankerous mother, and the eponymous creature.
With a visual quality that's been colloquially referred to as 'Shot On Shiteo', Black River Monster sees its lead Craig Martin pulling triple duty as hero Leroy, his cantankerous mother, and the eponymous creature.
#trashploitationtuesday
Though it wasn’t banned in it’s home country until the sequel came along a few years later, Nekromantik’s transgressive nature attracted both praise and scorn. John Waters calls it ‘the first ever erotic film for necrophiliacs’
Though it wasn’t banned in it’s home country until the sequel came along a few years later, Nekromantik’s transgressive nature attracted both praise and scorn. John Waters calls it ‘the first ever erotic film for necrophiliacs’
August 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
Though it wasn’t banned in it’s home country until the sequel came along a few years later, Nekromantik’s transgressive nature attracted both praise and scorn. John Waters calls it ‘the first ever erotic film for necrophiliacs’
Though it wasn’t banned in it’s home country until the sequel came along a few years later, Nekromantik’s transgressive nature attracted both praise and scorn. John Waters calls it ‘the first ever erotic film for necrophiliacs’
#TrashploitationTuesday Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
3 n a half yrs in the making & funded by Van Bebber's student loan, Deadbeat at Dawn is fun, inspired & idiosyncratic. W/ director/lead a trained martial artist, & influenced by Evil Dead, we get a propulsive kineticism throughout
3 n a half yrs in the making & funded by Van Bebber's student loan, Deadbeat at Dawn is fun, inspired & idiosyncratic. W/ director/lead a trained martial artist, & influenced by Evil Dead, we get a propulsive kineticism throughout
August 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#TrashploitationTuesday Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
3 n a half yrs in the making & funded by Van Bebber's student loan, Deadbeat at Dawn is fun, inspired & idiosyncratic. W/ director/lead a trained martial artist, & influenced by Evil Dead, we get a propulsive kineticism throughout
3 n a half yrs in the making & funded by Van Bebber's student loan, Deadbeat at Dawn is fun, inspired & idiosyncratic. W/ director/lead a trained martial artist, & influenced by Evil Dead, we get a propulsive kineticism throughout
#trashploitationtuesday
Made with the sole intention of generating a quick buck, Thriller - ACP remains one of the most controversial films in Swedish history, with actual corpses on set, hardcore pornography spliced into rape scenes and live ammunition used in the action sequences.
Made with the sole intention of generating a quick buck, Thriller - ACP remains one of the most controversial films in Swedish history, with actual corpses on set, hardcore pornography spliced into rape scenes and live ammunition used in the action sequences.
July 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
Made with the sole intention of generating a quick buck, Thriller - ACP remains one of the most controversial films in Swedish history, with actual corpses on set, hardcore pornography spliced into rape scenes and live ammunition used in the action sequences.
Made with the sole intention of generating a quick buck, Thriller - ACP remains one of the most controversial films in Swedish history, with actual corpses on set, hardcore pornography spliced into rape scenes and live ammunition used in the action sequences.
#TrashploitationTuesday Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
David Wain & Showalter's WHAS may now be a cult favourite, but it tanked at the BO and was critically mauled. But this absurdist gag-a-thon, filled with stars in the making, would launch a franchise.
Who's laughing now?
David Wain & Showalter's WHAS may now be a cult favourite, but it tanked at the BO and was critically mauled. But this absurdist gag-a-thon, filled with stars in the making, would launch a franchise.
Who's laughing now?
July 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#TrashploitationTuesday Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
David Wain & Showalter's WHAS may now be a cult favourite, but it tanked at the BO and was critically mauled. But this absurdist gag-a-thon, filled with stars in the making, would launch a franchise.
Who's laughing now?
David Wain & Showalter's WHAS may now be a cult favourite, but it tanked at the BO and was critically mauled. But this absurdist gag-a-thon, filled with stars in the making, would launch a franchise.
Who's laughing now?
#trashploitationtuesday
Controversy generates attention and attention generates sales. The filmmakers marketed it as if it were actual snuff film, and it went on to outgross One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in New York for three consecutive weeks as a result.
Controversy generates attention and attention generates sales. The filmmakers marketed it as if it were actual snuff film, and it went on to outgross One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in New York for three consecutive weeks as a result.
July 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
Controversy generates attention and attention generates sales. The filmmakers marketed it as if it were actual snuff film, and it went on to outgross One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in New York for three consecutive weeks as a result.
Controversy generates attention and attention generates sales. The filmmakers marketed it as if it were actual snuff film, and it went on to outgross One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in New York for three consecutive weeks as a result.
#trashploitationtuesday
California Axe Massacre, a.k.a. Axe, a.k.a. Lisa, Lisa, was born from writer/director Frederick Friedel's desire to make a film by age 25, just like Orson Welles. The budget was so tight that most crewmembers worked for no more than $10 a day.
California Axe Massacre, a.k.a. Axe, a.k.a. Lisa, Lisa, was born from writer/director Frederick Friedel's desire to make a film by age 25, just like Orson Welles. The budget was so tight that most crewmembers worked for no more than $10 a day.
July 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
California Axe Massacre, a.k.a. Axe, a.k.a. Lisa, Lisa, was born from writer/director Frederick Friedel's desire to make a film by age 25, just like Orson Welles. The budget was so tight that most crewmembers worked for no more than $10 a day.
California Axe Massacre, a.k.a. Axe, a.k.a. Lisa, Lisa, was born from writer/director Frederick Friedel's desire to make a film by age 25, just like Orson Welles. The budget was so tight that most crewmembers worked for no more than $10 a day.
#trashploitationtuesday
The 3rd Sleepaway Camp was shot back to back with the second, and initially received an X rating for ‘gore and violence’, leading director Michael Simpson to dub the MPAA “Moral Police American Asswipes”
#sleepawaycamp #mpaa
The 3rd Sleepaway Camp was shot back to back with the second, and initially received an X rating for ‘gore and violence’, leading director Michael Simpson to dub the MPAA “Moral Police American Asswipes”
#sleepawaycamp #mpaa
June 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
The 3rd Sleepaway Camp was shot back to back with the second, and initially received an X rating for ‘gore and violence’, leading director Michael Simpson to dub the MPAA “Moral Police American Asswipes”
#sleepawaycamp #mpaa
The 3rd Sleepaway Camp was shot back to back with the second, and initially received an X rating for ‘gore and violence’, leading director Michael Simpson to dub the MPAA “Moral Police American Asswipes”
#sleepawaycamp #mpaa
#TrashploitationTuesday Dirty Work (1998)
Bob Saget's dir. debut was trashed upon its release, w/ MGM enacting a harsh cut on the film, bringing it down to a PG. But Norm and Artie shine as a comedic double-act in this episodic gag-fest that never dims w/ many hilarious cameos
#comedy
Bob Saget's dir. debut was trashed upon its release, w/ MGM enacting a harsh cut on the film, bringing it down to a PG. But Norm and Artie shine as a comedic double-act in this episodic gag-fest that never dims w/ many hilarious cameos
#comedy
June 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#TrashploitationTuesday Dirty Work (1998)
Bob Saget's dir. debut was trashed upon its release, w/ MGM enacting a harsh cut on the film, bringing it down to a PG. But Norm and Artie shine as a comedic double-act in this episodic gag-fest that never dims w/ many hilarious cameos
#comedy
Bob Saget's dir. debut was trashed upon its release, w/ MGM enacting a harsh cut on the film, bringing it down to a PG. But Norm and Artie shine as a comedic double-act in this episodic gag-fest that never dims w/ many hilarious cameos
#comedy
#trashploitationtuesday
One of the countless Jurassic Park ‘homages’, Blood Monkey contains bad CGI, wooden dialogue, nonsensical story beats and, most bizarrely, a passionate performance from Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, who loved being able to do his own stunts.
One of the countless Jurassic Park ‘homages’, Blood Monkey contains bad CGI, wooden dialogue, nonsensical story beats and, most bizarrely, a passionate performance from Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, who loved being able to do his own stunts.
June 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
One of the countless Jurassic Park ‘homages’, Blood Monkey contains bad CGI, wooden dialogue, nonsensical story beats and, most bizarrely, a passionate performance from Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, who loved being able to do his own stunts.
One of the countless Jurassic Park ‘homages’, Blood Monkey contains bad CGI, wooden dialogue, nonsensical story beats and, most bizarrely, a passionate performance from Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, who loved being able to do his own stunts.
#trashploitationtuesday
The only directing credit for Robert S. Fiveson, and made for only $350k, Parts: The Clonus Horror came to prominence when it was featured on MST3K, and it's similarities to Michael Bay's The Island resulted in a lawsuit in 2005.
#horror #theisland
The only directing credit for Robert S. Fiveson, and made for only $350k, Parts: The Clonus Horror came to prominence when it was featured on MST3K, and it's similarities to Michael Bay's The Island resulted in a lawsuit in 2005.
#horror #theisland
May 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
The only directing credit for Robert S. Fiveson, and made for only $350k, Parts: The Clonus Horror came to prominence when it was featured on MST3K, and it's similarities to Michael Bay's The Island resulted in a lawsuit in 2005.
#horror #theisland
The only directing credit for Robert S. Fiveson, and made for only $350k, Parts: The Clonus Horror came to prominence when it was featured on MST3K, and it's similarities to Michael Bay's The Island resulted in a lawsuit in 2005.
#horror #theisland
#TrashploitationTuesday Night Of The Creeps.
Dir. Dekker, a self-professed sci-fi and horror nerd, built NofC around Tom Atkin's line in this film 'Thrill Me', writing the script in just 1 week, and adding many homages to the golden age of b-movies in this loveletter to movies
#horror
Dir. Dekker, a self-professed sci-fi and horror nerd, built NofC around Tom Atkin's line in this film 'Thrill Me', writing the script in just 1 week, and adding many homages to the golden age of b-movies in this loveletter to movies
#horror
May 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#TrashploitationTuesday Night Of The Creeps.
Dir. Dekker, a self-professed sci-fi and horror nerd, built NofC around Tom Atkin's line in this film 'Thrill Me', writing the script in just 1 week, and adding many homages to the golden age of b-movies in this loveletter to movies
#horror
Dir. Dekker, a self-professed sci-fi and horror nerd, built NofC around Tom Atkin's line in this film 'Thrill Me', writing the script in just 1 week, and adding many homages to the golden age of b-movies in this loveletter to movies
#horror
#trashploitationtuesday
The last film John Waters has directed as of posting, A Dirty Shame came about when Waters was perusing the internet for sexual terms and subgroups. It’s financial failure was due to his refusal to make the necessary cuts to avoid an NC-17 rating.
#johnwaters
The last film John Waters has directed as of posting, A Dirty Shame came about when Waters was perusing the internet for sexual terms and subgroups. It’s financial failure was due to his refusal to make the necessary cuts to avoid an NC-17 rating.
#johnwaters
May 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
The last film John Waters has directed as of posting, A Dirty Shame came about when Waters was perusing the internet for sexual terms and subgroups. It’s financial failure was due to his refusal to make the necessary cuts to avoid an NC-17 rating.
#johnwaters
The last film John Waters has directed as of posting, A Dirty Shame came about when Waters was perusing the internet for sexual terms and subgroups. It’s financial failure was due to his refusal to make the necessary cuts to avoid an NC-17 rating.
#johnwaters
#TrashploitationTuesday Simon, King of the Witches (1971)
A plot that centers around a drain-dwelling magician,his lust for the DA's daughter,and somehow there's also a plot line about drug dealers vs the establishment that the magician gets mixed up in.
A true cinematic oddity
A plot that centers around a drain-dwelling magician,his lust for the DA's daughter,and somehow there's also a plot line about drug dealers vs the establishment that the magician gets mixed up in.
A true cinematic oddity
April 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#TrashploitationTuesday Simon, King of the Witches (1971)
A plot that centers around a drain-dwelling magician,his lust for the DA's daughter,and somehow there's also a plot line about drug dealers vs the establishment that the magician gets mixed up in.
A true cinematic oddity
A plot that centers around a drain-dwelling magician,his lust for the DA's daughter,and somehow there's also a plot line about drug dealers vs the establishment that the magician gets mixed up in.
A true cinematic oddity
#trashploitationtuesday
One of several Paul Morrissey directed films produced by Andy Warhol's Factory, starring gay icon and Morrissey regular Jo Dalessandro, Trash was made with the intention of deglamourizing the rampant drug scene at the time, thought it was accused of doing the exact opposite.
One of several Paul Morrissey directed films produced by Andy Warhol's Factory, starring gay icon and Morrissey regular Jo Dalessandro, Trash was made with the intention of deglamourizing the rampant drug scene at the time, thought it was accused of doing the exact opposite.
April 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
One of several Paul Morrissey directed films produced by Andy Warhol's Factory, starring gay icon and Morrissey regular Jo Dalessandro, Trash was made with the intention of deglamourizing the rampant drug scene at the time, thought it was accused of doing the exact opposite.
One of several Paul Morrissey directed films produced by Andy Warhol's Factory, starring gay icon and Morrissey regular Jo Dalessandro, Trash was made with the intention of deglamourizing the rampant drug scene at the time, thought it was accused of doing the exact opposite.
#TrashploitationTuesday Satan's Sadists (1969)
Blood, revenge and retribution abound in Al Adamson's foray into the biker flick - shot at Spahn Ranch the very year the Manson Family would go on a killing spree.
How fitting for a filmic countercultural attack on the squares
Blood, revenge and retribution abound in Al Adamson's foray into the biker flick - shot at Spahn Ranch the very year the Manson Family would go on a killing spree.
How fitting for a filmic countercultural attack on the squares
April 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#TrashploitationTuesday Satan's Sadists (1969)
Blood, revenge and retribution abound in Al Adamson's foray into the biker flick - shot at Spahn Ranch the very year the Manson Family would go on a killing spree.
How fitting for a filmic countercultural attack on the squares
Blood, revenge and retribution abound in Al Adamson's foray into the biker flick - shot at Spahn Ranch the very year the Manson Family would go on a killing spree.
How fitting for a filmic countercultural attack on the squares
#trashploitationtuesday
A lawsuit from Warner Bros. and a lack of funds couldn't stop the release of Ghoulies, and the toilet-centric poster, which enraged a number of parents, helped it achieve box office success and a cult following in later years, despite its critical mauling.
#trash #horror
A lawsuit from Warner Bros. and a lack of funds couldn't stop the release of Ghoulies, and the toilet-centric poster, which enraged a number of parents, helped it achieve box office success and a cult following in later years, despite its critical mauling.
#trash #horror
April 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
A lawsuit from Warner Bros. and a lack of funds couldn't stop the release of Ghoulies, and the toilet-centric poster, which enraged a number of parents, helped it achieve box office success and a cult following in later years, despite its critical mauling.
#trash #horror
A lawsuit from Warner Bros. and a lack of funds couldn't stop the release of Ghoulies, and the toilet-centric poster, which enraged a number of parents, helped it achieve box office success and a cult following in later years, despite its critical mauling.
#trash #horror
#trashploitationtuesday
After making his name in the 'nudie cutie' genre, Lorna represented the beginning of Russ Meyers' 'gothic phase', and the subject matter and material were so controversial that it was charged with obscenity in 3 states, and was a hit on the drive-in market.
#russmeyer
After making his name in the 'nudie cutie' genre, Lorna represented the beginning of Russ Meyers' 'gothic phase', and the subject matter and material were so controversial that it was charged with obscenity in 3 states, and was a hit on the drive-in market.
#russmeyer
March 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
#trashploitationtuesday
After making his name in the 'nudie cutie' genre, Lorna represented the beginning of Russ Meyers' 'gothic phase', and the subject matter and material were so controversial that it was charged with obscenity in 3 states, and was a hit on the drive-in market.
#russmeyer
After making his name in the 'nudie cutie' genre, Lorna represented the beginning of Russ Meyers' 'gothic phase', and the subject matter and material were so controversial that it was charged with obscenity in 3 states, and was a hit on the drive-in market.
#russmeyer