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Extreme cinema (or hardcore horror and extreme horror [1] [2]) is a subgenre used for films distinguished by its use of excessive sex and violence, and depiction of extreme acts such as mutilation and torture.
It is legal to have two versions of a film. Often, there is a cut "FSK 16" version (equivalent to the R-rating by the MPAA) released in cinemas and an uncut "FSK 18" version (equivalent to an NC-17 rating) on video. Films rated "FSK 18" are not stocked by all video shops, which affects rentals of violent German horror.
The film was originally released straight to theaters in March 1976 and it received a heavy amount of cuts due to its graphic violent and sexual content. [6] [7] On its original cinematic release over three minutes were cut to allow it an X certificate. An uncut video version was banned in the UK following the passing of the Video Recordings ...
New extreme films are especially known for their intimate and challenging images of bodies, what Tim Palmer has called a 'brutal intimacy' and a 'cinema of the body', films "that deal frankly and graphically with the body, and corporeal transgressions, [...] whose basic agenda is an on-screen interrogation of physicality in brutally intimate ...
Video nasty is a colloquial term popularised [1] by the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA) in the United Kingdom to refer to a number of films, typically low-budget horror or exploitation films, distributed on video cassette in the early 1980s that were criticised by the press, social commentators, and various religious organisations for their violent content.
A new horror film is making waves for completely flipping the slasher genre on its head.. The first trailer for the film – titled In a Violent Nature – has been released online, proving why ...
The 'Emmanuelle' Series. Emmanuelle is the first in a very famous softcore series, and has had a huge impact on the genre. Not only was it one of France's highest-grossing films, it was the first ...
Grindhouse is an American term for a theater that mainly showed exploitation films. These theatres were most popular throughout the 1970s and early 1980s in New York City and other urban centers, mainly in North America, but began a long decline during the mid-1980s with the advent of home video.