Category: Blaxploitation
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Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
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Read more: Scream Blacula Scream (1973)After watching and reviewing Near Dark and the original Blacula, I felt like I had paid my dues in full to Ruthless as far as covering the neck-biter’s scene
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Disco Godfather(1979)
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Read more: Disco Godfather(1979)PCP, disco, and the end of the NBA as we know it.
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Blacula (1972)
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Read more: Blacula (1972)Here at Ruthless, and thanks to our premier writer, Dave Franklin, we have a whole category of Blaxploitation films.
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Black History Month Special: How you duuurrrn!– a black man in a dress is not the bellwether of conspiracy…unless it is.
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Read more: Black History Month Special: How you duuurrrn!– a black man in a dress is not the bellwether of conspiracy…unless it is.Publicity still from Wypipo Tryna Roto-rooter Mama’s Back-do’ on the Down-low: Madea’s Colonoscopy scheduled for release Summer ’25. Okay, so Hollywood is choked with faegelen who creepily ogle black men like they would a turquoise broach once worn by Bette Davis. Okay, so what if Hollywood is run by Jews whose reputation for a) a…
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Soul Plane
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Read more: Soul PlaneMore damaging than repealing the 13th Amendment, and more harmful to the cause of civil rights than forcing the South return to lynching as official policy, this racist, sexist, homophobic hate-fest is even more infuriating because it coasts on its untouchable status. Attach a white director to a project of this kind and Jesse Jackson…
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Blaxploitation #10: The Candy Tangerine Man (1975)
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Read more: Blaxploitation #10: The Candy Tangerine Man (1975)Synopsis: The antithesis of the Oscar-winning Moonlight. Hooray! Director: Matt Cimber Cast: John Daniels, Eli Haines, Tom Hankason, Marva Farmer, Richard Kennedy, George Buck Flower I enjoy blaxploitation, but it does take some wading through to find the goodies. Lately I’ve caught some competent but mediocre efforts like Hammer, Black Gunn and The Legend of…
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Abusive Flesh Peddlers: Part 2
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Read more: Abusive Flesh Peddlers: Part 2Sidney in Magnum Force (1973) Fair play, Sidney (Albert Popwell) doesn’t have too much screen time in this cop classic but he sure does make an impression. You have to say that this is a man who appears to have got out of the wrong side of bed. He’s particularly grumpy when it comes to…
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Abusive Flesh Peddlers: Part One
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Read more: Abusive Flesh Peddlers: Part OneI’ve got a theory that a fair few women fantasize about being hookers. Like most of my theories, it’s probably shite, but I’ve always been fond of airing my ignorance. I really should get a Twitter account. So, anyway, why do I think some women daydream about loveless, monetised sex with strangers? Because so many…
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Blaxploitation #9: Foxy Brown (1974)
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Read more: Blaxploitation #9: Foxy Brown (1974)What the hell are these crazy cats up to? Off the top of my head, prostitution, drug dealing, plastic surgery, shoving a baby in a pram into the middle of a busy road, watching porn, threatening fratricide, fighting in the street, slapping an unsatisfied, erect penis, getting punched in the balls and cutting off a…
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Blaxploitation #8: Coffy (1973)
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Read more: Blaxploitation #8: Coffy (1973)What the hell are these crazy cats up to? Coffy’s eleven-year-old sister is in a juvenile rehab center trying to kick smack. It’s obviously time for our heroine to tackle LA’s growing drug problem by setting up a Neighborhood Watch, noting down any suspicious activity and passing on the information to those upstanding boys in…