I just saw some of this and Im surprised a filmmaker would DARE have a rape in his film in 72. This would still get unpleasant looks if it were released in 2010!
shareWatch The Virgin Spring (1960), which this is a loose remake of. It has a rape which isn't as graphic, but it is still very disturbing.
shareAlot of films in the 70s had rape and usually alot worse as well, it was the height of the exploitation genre. Films with rape being depicted are still around today, although not to many go as extreme as the films of the 70s and 80s did. Sure it is unpleasant, but it is supposed to be. As for film makers "daring" to put a rape scene into their film I have to say that it's their film, they can put whatever they want into it. Somebody has to have the balls to show how harsh and sick reality can be sometimes.
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So OK, why are ppl so upset with 2000s horror like Saw or Hostel "finally going too far"
Would those movies be R, X, or banned, if released in the 70s?
I don't understand myself why people seem to be up in arms about modern horror "Going to far" when in my opinion it doesn't go nearly as far as horror films have in the past. I don't know if movies like Saw or Hostel would be banned, Ive only seen one of the Saw movies and Ive not seen Hostel all the way through, so I really have no idea what, if any, rating they would be given if they had been made in the 70s...
I don't think that they would have been possible to create back then since they rely so heavily on modern special effects ((Cgi?))to shock and scare audiences.
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Cannibal Holocaust and the Guinea Pig series go farther than those movies. They feel more real and have better gore too.
shareThis was 1972; the year of 'Pink Flamingos.' What couldn't you show?
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If anything, more modern fare is tame in comparison to the disturbing stuff in a lot of 1970s horror and exploitation movies.
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