

It unashamedly tackles subject matter that would be taboo in any other piece. This is a variation on classy exploitation, but it goes straight for the jugular. They become disturbing, dreadful stories about the lengths people will go for one reason or another. Movies that fall under the “classy exploitation” banner, though, transcend their subject matter and become legitimate works of really dark fiction. In a previous article, I’ve discussed the genre of what I like to call “ classy exploitation.” That is to say, movies that, on paper, seem like nothing more than straightforward exploitation pieces in that they seem to use their characters’ suffering for the audience’s entertainment.
