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• Biker films

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• Chambara films - Chambara

• Zombie films

• Mondo films

• Exotic and Bizarre

• Splatter films

• Spaghetti westerns and Euroflicks

• A Fistful of Dollars

• Women in prison films

• Other sub-genres

• Pornochanchada

• Pinku eiga(Pink Film)

• Dyxploitation (dyke)

• Hixploitation (hick)

• Cat III

• Teensploitation

• Rape / Revenge

• Martial arts film

• Slasher film

• Revenge films

• Propaganda film

• Mexploitation

• Carsploitation

• Eschploitation (eschatology)

• Britsploitation

• Action film - Ozploitation

• Stoner film

• Ninja film

• Directors associated with exploitation film

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Mondo films

Mondo films, often called shockumentaries, are quasi-documentary films that focus on sensationalized topics, such as exotic customs from around the world or gruesome death footage. Similar to shock exploitation, the goal of Mondo films is to be shocking to the audience not only because they deal with taboo subject matter (for instance, foreign sexual customs or varieties of violent behavior and rebellion in various societies), but because the on-camera action is allegedly real.

Though some Mondo films contain certain amounts of educational material, it is chosen in order to shock its audience.

Examples of using this technique while exploiting nations in the news are the documentaries on Africa, Mau Mau (1955) and Africa Addio (1966). This can be seen not only in the way the films are shot, but also by the fact that some of the most shocking footage has, in actuality, been staged.

Exploitation film - Exotic and Bizarre

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