Exploitation Cinema | Mother of Movies
At Mother of Movies, Exploitation Cinema shines a light on the wild, the weird, and the wonderfully trashy. These are the films that push boundaries, ripping open taboos, reveling in shock, and often flipping a defiant middle finger to polished studio norms. Think sleaze, grindhouse grit, splatter fests, and lurid thrill rides designed to provoke, titillate, or outrage, sometimes all three.
This isn’t just style over substance. Exploitation films capture the undercurrents of fear, anger, sex, and rebellion, where low budgets meet high-impact audacity. Whether you’re diving into blood-soaked revenge (Mad Heidi), cult cannibal chaos (Pig Killer), or genre-bending absurdity (Bullets of Justice), our reviews unpack what makes these films unforgettable (and sometimes unforgivable).
🔪 Examples:
Pig Killer, Mad Heidi, Santa Jaws, Julia X, House Shark, Mope, Cocaine Shark
💥 Come for the chaos. Stay for the cultural commentary.
Set in the Swiss Alps, Heidi must escape from prison within a fascist regime to avenge the deaths of those closest to her. Mad Heidi 2022.
A kite passed down through generations turns out to be murderous opting to recruit more kites & go on a rampage. Killer Kites 2023
On The Edge is the Soska Sisters latest psychosexual horror movie. Peter is a family man who book a 36 hour session with Mistress Satana.
Peter books a 36-hour session with Mistress Satana only to find himself in way over his head. Will he find the redemption he is looking for?
Father and daughter get stuck in a snowstorm in a car they crashed. Perilously close to a ledge, they must survive the elements. Frost 2022.
Damien Leone’s much-anticipated Art the Clown is back in Terrifier 2. This time we follow Sienna. Will she put an end to all this violence?
