Scum of the Earth! (1963)
HG Lewis exploiter which is said to be the first 'roughie' film about an innocent an naive college girl who is cajoled into doing glamour modeling to earn money in order to stay in college, however she is soon blackmailed by an unscrupulous gang leader who illegally sells nude photos of girls and ends up in deep shit.
Not as scuzzy as you might imagine, it was only 1963, but this is still a sleazy slice of smut. It's Lewis's first film following Blood Feast and whilst this is no masterpiece it's so much more compelling than Blood Feast. Some of the acting isn't great, however the black and white photography gives it an air of cheap degradation and i was always invested in the story and was desperate to find out how she'd escape her captors. As a study of underground female exploitation this was pretty good.
Anyone thinking this might be a gore fest be warned. It isn't. Not in the slightest.
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