by Patrick Bromley
You have nothing to lose but your mind!
Our annual Junesploitation is just one week away! It's our month-long celebration of exploitation and genre films, with each day devoted to a new category or sub-genre of films. Alongside F This Movie Fest and #ScaryMovieMonth, it's one of the flagship events we do at the site during the year and it's two tons of fun.
For those of you new to Junesploitation, here's how it works: each day of the month has its own theme, and you're supposed to watch a movie that ties into that theme. How you interpret the connection is entirely up to you, which means if you have no interest in exploitation or genre movies that's ok and you can still join in! If you're not into Carsploitation movies, you can watch National Lampoon's Vacation or Cars 3 or Herbie: Fully Loaded on June 11! Not a fan of Canuxsploitation movies? Feel free to check out Goon or Strange Brew on June 27. This month is supposed to be fun -- an excuse to watch movies every day and talk about them with one another. There are no "right" movies to watch. It's participating that gets you in the spirit, not watching a bunch of cheap, violent sleaze.
If you do like those kinds of movies, though, or if you're willing to give them a shot, it's easier than ever before to participate in Junesploitation thanks to streaming services. Netflix isn't a ton of help, but Amazon Prime Video has a pretty deep library of titles and there are a number of streaming platforms devoted to just these kinds of movies: Shudder, Full Moon Streaming, Exploitation.TV (too porn-y for my tastes) and Brown Sugar are some of the big ones. And while I rarely advocate watching movies on YouTube, there's a lot of cool and obscure stuff to be found there if you're willing to look. Stay tuned for our annual Junesploitation Primer and upcoming installments of I Stream, You Stream for help on where to find some good titles.
Here's the schedule for the month. Once again, we've tried to add a few new categories in addition to retaining many old favorites. While it can be challenging to come up with new categories, we do try to change it up a little every year, for what it's worth.
Friday, June 1 - Revenge!
Saturday, June 2 - Zombies!
Sunday, June 3 - Scream Factory!
Monday, June 4 - '80s Comedy!
Tuesday, June 5 - Blaxploitation!
Wednesday, June 6 - John Saxon!
Thursday, June 7 - Free Space!
Friday, June 8 - '80s Action!
Saturday, June 9 - Italian Horror!
Sunday, June 10 - Westerns!
Monday, June 11 - Cars!
Tuesday, June 12 - Beach!
Wednesday, June 13 - Empire Pictures!
Thursday, June 14 - Monsters!
Friday, June 15 - Free Space!
Saturday, June 16 - Kung fu!
Sunday, June 17 -Fulci! (Lucio Fulci Birthday Tribute)
Monday, June 18 - High School!
Tuesday, June 19 - Demons and Ghosts!
Wednesday, June 20 - Sci-Fi!
Thursday, June 21 - Free space!
Friday, June 22 - Slashers!
Saturday, June 23 - Cops!
Sunday, June 24 - Heavy Metal!
Monday, June 25 - Roger Corman!
Tuesday, June 26 - Lethal Ladies!
Wednesday, June 27 - Canuxploitation!
Thursday, June 28 - Free Space!
Friday, June 29 - Mosploitation! (Mustache-sploitation [Pure Cinema Tribute])
Saturday, June 30 - '80s Horror!
Get ready!
Been waiting for this!
ReplyDeletei have to make a list with my 200 cult movies set from Mill Creek
ReplyDeleteLOVE the new categories!!
ReplyDeleteTried to save Revenge! (2017) for this but couldn’t wait. Was worth the (not) waiting,
ReplyDeleteI'm super looking forward again this year. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep up. I usually lose pace over the last 1/3rd.
ReplyDeleteI don't have many movies lined up, so I might have to fall back on re-watches and whatever's streaming, but that shouldn't lessen the fun at all.
Almost forgot. This will be the year I watch Gator Bait!
DeleteJohn Saxon Day? YEAHHHHHHHH!
ReplyDeleteThe new catagories are amazing. Really excited for Demons and Ghosts!
ReplyDeleteThis is going be a good month. I can feel it. Guess who is kicking things off with Rolling Thunder!!!
ReplyDeleteOh and the new categories arw going to be so much fun.
DeleteI’ll just get my gear.
DeleteI'm at the used dvd store. They have something called The Zombie Pack, featuring Zombi 3, Zombie 4 and Zombie 5
ReplyDeleteIt's temping, but it's 45$
Too expensive.
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DeleteExactly my thought
DeleteI bought a blu-ray set of Scream 1-2-3 for 12$ instead
They had Scream 4, but i'm listening to the podcast on it, and i just saved 8$
Scream 4 is on Canadian Netflix, btw. It's probably better than 3 and possibly 2 as well, and has one of the best sequences in the whole franchise.
DeleteI'm curious now, Paul, because i read that 2 is really great and 4 is really bad
DeleteMan you have to watch Scream 4. Especially is you have the first 3! Was it as good as the 90's version, perhaps not, but still a fun enough watch. In all reality if you're down to watch the first 3 then 4 would be a decent investment of your time. Hope you give it a shot and decide for yourself.
DeleteOh man I'm so pumped for this. I had list ready to go so now it'll just be figuring out which day they fit best. Can anyone help fill in Canuxsploitation, John Saxon (I've watched Enter the Dragon) and I'm assuming I'll understand Muatache-sploitation at the end of the Pure Cinema episode on exploitation movies?
ReplyDeleteAnd heavy metal?
DeleteI'm not sure about Heavy Metal either. Is it animated stuff like the movie Heavy Metal? Or movies with metal in it, like Black Roses or Deathgasm?
DeleteFirst thing I thought was the animated movie too!
DeleteCanuxploitation.com
DeleteHeath's article on John Saxon
Why, for John Saxon day, how about The Bees? It’s even on sale this weekend during Vinegar Syndrome’s Halfway to Black Friday sale!
DeleteSounds utterly ridiculous, let's do it. Thanks JB.
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DeleteTenembre! Trying to get into Italian horror and just watched it for the first time not too long ago, and man, I needed to watch it sooner! On a side note, I did the same with Deep Red and the death by car scene was maybe the most amazing thing I've ever seen! Understand this conflicts with Italian Horror day but who cares, there is no wrong day for this type of goodness.
DeleteHeavy Metal: If you've never seen Deathgasm, it's funny, gory, and awesome soundtrack. Also Devil's Candy, Maximum Overdrive (AC/DC Soundtrack/Score), Demon Knight and Judgment Night all have pretty awesome metal soundtracks too.
DeleteThis might be my favorite month of the year. I love SMM, but I usually fall off the wagon without the structure of junesploitation. I did all new to me movies last year, and I’m continuing the tradition, with a few old favorites as bonus movies on certain days. Can’t wait to see what everyone’s watching!
ReplyDeleteCan’t wait. If you want some free stuff to browse check out Tubi TV. Has a Roku and Apple TV app. While the selection isn’t huge it does have some exploitation staples: Death Race, Samurai Cop, a bunch of Jackie Chan, etc. Has ads but oh well.
ReplyDeleteReally not a heavy metal fan music-wise. What's a film I could watch for that day?
ReplyDeleteTrick or treat (1986), Heavy Metal Massacre (1989), Rock N' Roll Nightmare (1987)
DeleteThere is also Slumber Party Massacre 2 or for a more contemporary pick The Devils Candy. Also, I may be totally wrong but I swear Phenomenon and Death Spa had some heavy metal jams going on. Please all movie pros chime in with some more heavy metal goodness.
DeleteDeathgasm is a good newer pick. And surely Green Room qualifies, even though it's not really heavy metal?
DeleteOr for something a little different, go for The Story of Anvil or I Am Thor.
Black Roses (1988)
DeleteCheck out the cover. It's dope.
Awesome - torn between hitting the weird free movie channels on Roku for some really obscure garbage and filling in some more classic exploitation holes - prolly do a bit of both - I’ve been saving Welcome Home, Brother Charles for this month so pumped for that!
ReplyDeleteI think I've got all my picks just about locked in and I'm feeling pretty good about them.
ReplyDeleteYayyy. John Saxon day should give me a good excuse to finally watch Nightmare Beach. Although, maybe not.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read about what everyone's watching and what movies gain momentum throughout the month. Another fun part of Junesploitation is having so many movies fit so many categories, so even if you miss a day, you can easily switch up your order or double down on some days.
ReplyDeleteNow begins the arduous process of organizing my Pure Cinema Challenge list by Junesploitation categories.
ReplyDeleteOne note: My free spaces will all be Roy Scheider films I've never seen, including Cohen and Tate, Blue Thunder, and The Seven Ups. #ScheiderSploitation
DeleteBlue Thunder is kinda awesome actually. Did you ever get to All That Jazz? Sooogoood.
DeleteNot yet. That movie will be homework for me, but I'll get there eventually!
DeleteActually getting to it felt a bit like homework to me too, but as a Scheider fan, it was a joy to watch - he's always great but he's stellar in that.
DeleteHere to suggest Hard Rock Zombies (1985) for Heavy Metal day.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to it as always!
ReplyDeleteThis is happening:
Revenge! The Assignment
Zombies! The Fog
Scream Factory! Session 9
'80s Comedy! The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (it counts?)
Blaxploitation! Devil's Express
John Saxon! Black Christmas
Free Space! Space Truckers
'80s Action! The Soldier
Italian Horror! Inferno
Westerns! Wild at Heart
Cars! Gone in 60 Seconds
Beach! Annihilation
Empire Pictures! Crawlspace
Monsters! The Monster Club
Free Space! Hired to Kill
Kung Fu! Yakuza Apocalypse
Fulci! Manhattan Baby
High School! Malibu High
Demons and Ghosts! Veronica
Sci Fi! Event Horizon
Free Space! Nowhere to Run
Slashers! Serial Mom
Cops! Macon County Line
Heavy Metal! Cherry 2000
Roger Corman! Tales of Terror/Piranha
Lethal Ladies! Atomic Blonde
Canuxploitation! The Gate
Free Space! Sisters
Mosploitation! Gator
'80s Horror! Santa Sangre
I hope you're talking about the original Gone In 60 Seconds ;)
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ReplyDeleteHere's what I've got right now. They're all first-time viewings, and they're mostly a combination of my Pure Cinema season 1 to-watch list and some movie shames I've been meaning to fix.
Revenge! - Revenge (2018)
Zombies! - Night of the Creeps (1986)
Scream Factory! - I, Madman (1989)
'80s Comedy! - 9 to 5 (1980)
Blaxploitation! - Abby (1974)
John Saxon! - Tenebre (1982)
Free Space! - Blue Thunder (1983) #ScheiderSploitation
'80s Action! - Cyborg (1989)
Italian Horror! - Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Westerns! - Rio Bravo (1959)
Cars! - The Car (1977)
Beach! - North Shore (1987)
Empire Pictures! - Rawhead Rex (1986)
Monsters! - The Brood (1979)
Free Space! - Cohen and Tate (1988) #ScheiderSploitation
Kung fu! - Jackie Chan’s Who Am I? (1998)
Fulci! - The Black Cat (1981)
High School! - Rock and Roll High School (1979)
Demons and Ghosts! - 13 Ghosts (1960)
Sci-Fi! - Outland (1981)
Free space! - Klute (1971) #ScheiderSploitation
Slashers! - Serial Mom (1994)
Cops! - Narc (2002)
Heavy Metal! - The Gate (1987)
Roger Corman! - Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Lethal Ladies! - American Mary (2012)
Canuxploitation! - Cannibal Girls (1973)
Free Space! - The Seven-Ups (1973) #Scheidersploitation
Mosploitation! - Breaking In (1989)
'80s Horror! - House (1986)
Revenge! Revnge and Ms. 45
ReplyDeleteZombies! The Battery, Night of the Comet and Night of the Creeps
Scream Factory! Assault on Prescient 13
'80s Comedy! Stripes, Naked Gun and Coming to America
Blaxploitation! Sweet Sweetback, Superfly, Shaft, The Mack and Dolemite (many of these will fill in Free Spaces)
John Saxon! Tenebrae and the Bees
Free Space!
'80s Action! Cyborg, Running Man, Rambo 2, Lethal Weapon 2
Italian Horror! Deep Red and Bird and the Crystal Plumage
Westerns! El Topo
Cars! Rolling Thunder (is this a car movie and if not where does it fit?), Death Race, Two-Lane Blacktop and Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Beach! Weekend at Bernies and Miami Vice (could use some suggestions)
Empire Pictures! (I have no idea here, suggestions needed)
Monsters! King Kong and Gojira
Free Space!
Kung fu! Duel to the Death, Crippled Avegers, One Armed Boxer, Master of the Flying Guillotine, The Street Fighter (fill ins for Free Space)
Fulci! The Beyond
High School! Fast Times at Ridgemont High and My Entire Highschool Sinking Into the Sea
Demons and Ghosts! (basically another Free Space for me)
Sci-Fi! Starman and Zardoz
Free space!
Slashers! The Prowler
Cops! Cobra, Mad Detective and Demolition Man
Heavy Metal! Heavy Metal
Roger Corman! Cockfighter and House of Usher
Lethal Ladies! Faster Pussycat Kill Kill (does this fit?), I Kill Giants and Suckerpunch (would take suggestions)
Canuxploitation! Skip Tracer, Deathdream and The Pit
Free Space!
Mosploitation! The Deathwish Trilogy
'80s Horror! Serpent and the Rainbow
Probably the most famous Empire film is Re-Animator, but Trancers and Ghoulies were also popular releases from the company.
DeleteA podcast called Radiodrome, episodes 334 and 335, did an overview of Empire Pictures' output.
Rolling Thunder would probably fit best as a revenge film.
DeleteI'll check out that podcast. I've already seen ReAnimator, but may just rewatch it.
DeleteI'm trying not to plan too far ahead so I just set aside movies for the first 4 days so far.
ReplyDeleteDay 1 (Revenge) - Wake of Death
Day 2 (Zombies) - Day of the Dead (the one "Dead" movie I've yet to see) and rewatch the OG Resident Evil
Day 3 (Scream Factory) - Lake Placid and Escape from New York
Day 4 - (80s Comedies) - Will finally see Airplane thanks to the constant boasting of it on 80s All Over and rewatching The Secret of My Success since I'm jonesing for some Michael J Fox.
There's no grand plan for me, for most days I have several movies to choose from and I'll just watch what I feel like that day. But I do have a few movies I've already locked down, like Truck Turner for Blaxploitation.
ReplyDeleteIs Mohawk (2017) a Western?
Junesploitation seems like a good opportunity to catch up with the DVDs and Blu-rays that I have accumulated over the last couple of years. There are also a few films on my DVR that are suitable. Certain days are already programmed but there is still a lot leeway for the month.
ReplyDeleteMustache exploitation, that one has me thinking.
My body, mind, heart and soul are ready.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I'm working with so far:
ReplyDeleteRevenge! - Ms. 45 (Shudder)
Zombies! - Raw Force (Shudder)
Scream Factory! - Prince of Darkness (Blu-ray)
'80s Comedy! - Used Cars (Amazon rental)
Blaxploitation! - Tattoo Connection (Prime)
John Saxon! - The Glove (DVD)
Free Space! - Dead End Drive-In (Blu-ray)
'80s Action! - Deadly Prey (Prime)
Italian Horror! - The Cat O’ Nine Tails (Prime)
Westerns! - God’s Gun (Prime)
Cars! - Race with the Devil (Prime Starz)
Beach! - Spring Break (Blu-ray)
Empire Pictures! - Terrorvision (Prime)
Monsters! - The Blob (1988) (Amazon Rental)
Free Space! - Massage Parlor Murders (Blu-ray)
Kung fu! - Legendary Weapons of China (Prime)
Fulci! - New York Ripper (Shudder)
High School! - Summer School Teachers (Prime)
Demons and Ghosts! - Demons (Shudder)
Sci-Fi! - Liquid Sky (Blu-ray)
Free space! - Assault in Paradise (Blu-ray)
Slashers! - Tourist Trap (Shudder)
Cops! - Policewomen (Prime)
Heavy Metal! - Rocktober Blood (DVD)
Roger Corman! - A Bucket of Blood (Prime)
Lethal Ladies! - Gator Bait (DVD)
Canuxploitation! - Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (Prime)
Free Space! - Count Dracula’s Great Love (Blu-ray)
Mosploitation! - The Shadow Riders (Amazon rental)
'80s Horror! - Just Before Dawn (Blu-ray)
I knew I wanted a Sam Elliot movie for Mosploitaion. Tom Selleck sealed the deal.
Raw Force! Raw Force should be on everyone's Junesploitation list. Also, it fits into almost every category.
DeleteFor those looking for recommendation on the Beach day, i strongly recomment Psycho Beach Party. It's available on blu-ray, but i don't know about streaming
ReplyDeleteI'm not planning anything, i'll decide on the day what i watch. The only one i know for sure, is the Kung Fu day, during which i'll go through my Bruce Lee box set from Shout Factory
Still trying to figure out my complete list, but I think I have the first 5 days locked.
ReplyDeleteRevenge - Rolling Thunder
Zombies - Nightmare City and maybe Return of the Living Dead
Scream Factory - Lord of Illusions and maybe Q: the winged serpent
80s Comedy - Trading Places and maybe Used Cars
Blaxploitation - Superfly and maybe Hit
John Saxon - Battle Beyound the Stars
I just ordered the Rolling Thunder blu ray, myself. Veeeery excited to check that one out.
DeleteRemember eveyone, it's not the size of the moustache, it's how you use it!
ReplyDeleteSomething something moustache rides. Dang it I had something for this.
Deletecan someone explain to me me why Critters doesn't exist on blu-ray yet.
ReplyDeletethat's heresy
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