Hollywood Rated 'R'

A high-octane tour through the history of American exploitation cinema, tracing the spectrum from Roger Corman’s science-fiction and monster movies to 1960s beach-party features, H. G. Lewis’s gore-fests, William Castle’s infamous schlocky theatrical gimmicks, 1970s blaxploitation, pre-Deep Throat sex-tease films, Russ Meyer’s bosom-heavy classics, and more. Featuring over 25 interviews with the era’s leading purveyors of offbeat genre cinema from 1940 to 1975, the documentary is illustrated with dozens of film clips, trailers, and bonus footage. This shorter companion piece concentrates on exploitation king David F. Friedman.