As I mentioned in my previous post, I didn't discover the non-horror exploitation films of the 60's and 70's until I was in my late twenties. The most prominent purveyors of these classics for me was Something Weird Video. Named after a 1967 obscure H.G. Lewis classic, Something Weird Video delivers exactly what the name conveys: obscure, wacked-out and, for lack of a better word, weird exploitation movies that cross many eras and genres.
It was through renting these movies that I discovered the productions of such luminaries as David F. Friedman and Harry Novak, who produced sleaze classics directed by the likes of A.C. Stevens and Bethel Buckalew, to name a few. Biker movies, hippie movies, drug movies, and, of course, the short lived genre (which I believe they invented, if not they ceratinly perfected) the Naked Hilbilly movie. Sometimes they may contain elements of all four! Often containing the same group of actors (people like Rene Bond, Marsha Jordan, Ric Lutze, and the venerable George "Buck" Flower), these movies all contain lots of nudity and soft core sex, very little plot, horrible dialogue and acting, and hilarious music, all blended together for hours of sheer exhilarating, blissful awfulness. Some can't miss titles? The Pig-Keepers Daughter, Sassy Sue, Tobacco Roody, Southern Comforts, and last but not least, Midnight Plowboy.
If you're unfamiliar with Something Weird Video (I should hope not, but hey, ya never know) check them out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/SomethingWeirdVideo Twitter @swvonline on Twitter or their website http://somethingweird.com/ and see what all they have to offer, which is extensive, and trust me, worthwhile. I only touched on a small portion of it here, Go see for yourself.
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