Review by Roger Carpenter
Though there were a couple of films in 1970, the blaxploitation subgenre really hit its stride in 1971 with the release of two seminal films: Sweet Sweetback’s Badassssss Song and Shaft. The next few years saw a steady increase in these types of films but by 1976 there was a marked decrease in Blaxploitation films and the subgenre was all but dead by 1979.
One of the interesting things that came out of this subgenre was an even smaller subset of blaxploitation films which also fell within the horror genre. Some of these are minor classics like Blacula, its sequel Scream, Blacula, Scream, and the Exorcist takeoff, Abby. Some are known more because of how bad they are, such as Blackenstein. And then you have 1976’s J.D.’s Revenge which, if not a minor classic, may be best described as an overlooked gem.
Arthur Marks, director of Linda...
Though there were a couple of films in 1970, the blaxploitation subgenre really hit its stride in 1971 with the release of two seminal films: Sweet Sweetback’s Badassssss Song and Shaft. The next few years saw a steady increase in these types of films but by 1976 there was a marked decrease in Blaxploitation films and the subgenre was all but dead by 1979.
One of the interesting things that came out of this subgenre was an even smaller subset of blaxploitation films which also fell within the horror genre. Some of these are minor classics like Blacula, its sequel Scream, Blacula, Scream, and the Exorcist takeoff, Abby. Some are known more because of how bad they are, such as Blackenstein. And then you have 1976’s J.D.’s Revenge which, if not a minor classic, may be best described as an overlooked gem.
Arthur Marks, director of Linda...
- 12/24/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Writer/Director J.D. Walker along with her producer Trevite Willis (Children of God, 2010) are seeking crowdfunding via Kickstarter for their upcoming feature film The Postwoman, a dramatic love story about a divorced single mom who is forced to confront her ex-husband, dysfunctional family, and teenage daughter about her secret life with another woman. The Postwoman highlights the private, complex and, often times, lonely battle mothers endure when they seek to wrest control of their own destiny in the face of adversity, intense scrutiny, and homophobia. This feature film is based on a short by Walker (also called "The Postwoman") that screened at Qwocmap (where...
- 7/16/2013
- by Curtis Caesar John
- ShadowAndAct
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