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Grindhouses are gone, but underground exploitation is thriving in the mainstream. Modern takes on fringe subjects (action, bikers, gore, Nazis, ninjas, nuns, slashers, stoners, vigilantes, and vixens) have entered multiplexes to the delight of men and women of all ages. But homages to vintage subgenres will only get you so far. Here are our 15 favorite recent neo-exploitation films, which win for their style, excess, and originality.
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HALLOWEEN (2007 UNRATED)
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Some fans had trouble with Rob Zombie's remake, but we agree with Nathan Lee: "Halloween isn't so much a horror film as a biopic, and a superb one at that."
DEATH PROOF (GRINDHOUSE)
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Quentin Tarantino's trademark dialogue is here, so is the overt film referencing (notably Vanishing Point) and the excessive, orchestrated violence.
HARD CANDY
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David Slade's debut toys with viewer expectations as it depicts a terrifying, violent encounter between a pedophile (Patrick Wilson) and a precocious teen (Ellen Page).
SLITHER
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Employing Troma's wit, excellent old-school effects, a playbook filled with horror references, Slither brilliantly brings an alien zombie plague to life.
SPUN
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A speed freak (Jason Swartzman) goes on a three-day ride though a freaked-out, crystal-meth driven LA, dragging you down into a wired, often revolting world.
CRANK
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In this cinematic speedball that "takes high concept to a new low" (NY Times), Statham is injected with poison that will take effect when his blood pressure drops.
DEAD SNOW
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In this campy, disgusting horror-comedy from Norway, a group of med students head to a cabin far in the Alps for a weekend of debauchery... and Nazi zombies!
VALHALLA RISING
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From Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson) comes this expectedly brutal, unexpectedly arty Vikingsploitation flick, starring Mads Mikkelsen.
RUBBER (2010)
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A singular horror-sci-fi-comedy that pays homage to killer car movies, but by completely cutting out the middle man, be it a faceless driver or the car itself.
HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, THE
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While not a total throwback to 1980s slasher movies or a new breed of B-horror altogether, House of the Devil is suspenseful and solid all around.
COLIN (2008)
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Sometimes, constraints spur innovation. This is definitely the case with Colin, a micro-budget British zombie movie that puts a unique spin on the subgenre.
JENNIFER'S BODY
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Writer Diablo Cody (Juno) and director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight) didn't make a sleazy teen horror flick or a feminist statement--they made both.
THIRST (BAKJWI)
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The director of Oldboy crafted this modern, violent, and half-loony vampire drama about a vaccine trial that turns a priest into a libidinous bloodsucker.
APOCALYPTO
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Mel Gibson's Maya epic is a bloody jungle chase movie that greeted audiences with no recognizable stars, no English, yet plenty of action, gore, and jaguar attacks.
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (2-DVD UNRATED)
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An intensely funny and unexpectedly violent stoner/buddy movie from (one-time) indie wunderkind David Gordon Green and producer Judd Apatow.