Millions of Americans have been thrilled, scared, titillated, and shocked by exploitation movies, low budget films with many scenes of sex, violence, and other

This volume explores the lower reaches of cinema and its paradoxical appeal. It looks at films from the B-movies of the 1930s to the mockbusters of today, and f

Brings together several essays by seventeen scholars to explore the complexity of the essential connection between film and modernity. This volume shows us the

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