Michael Findlay
Michael Findlay, along with his wife Roberta Findlay, directed and produced numerous sexploitation movies. They have been described as "the most notorious filmmakers in the annals of sexploitation". In the mid-to-late 1960s, Findlay was prominent among a small group of underground New York filmmakers (including Joseph W. Sarno, Joseph P. Mawra, and Lou Campa) that produced exploitation "roughies" (a mix of sex and sadism) for the grindhouse theater market. Sometimes he would direct under the alias Julian Marsh and act in his own films billed as Robert West. His wife Roberta (aka Anna Riva) was the cinematographer, co-writer, and supporting actress for many of their films together. They also employed the same actors repeatedly, most notably Uta Erickson, and Marie Brent, aka Janet Banzet. The Findlays were friends with George Weiss, producer of Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda and a series of fetishistic Olga films (Olga's House of Shame, Olga's Girls, et al.). In 1964 Weiss encouraged them to make films in this new subgenre of violent sexploitation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Snuff
as Detective (archive footage) (uncredited)The followers of a charismatic cult leader set out to murder a pregnant actress.
Movie pageMnasidika
as uncreditedA man awakes from his sleep to discover that he's in ancient Greece. He witnesses a...
Movie pageThe Ultimate Degenerate
as Spencer (as Robert West)Man drugs, photographs & tortures women he meets by personal ads.
Movie pageShriek of the Mutilated
as Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited)An anthropology professor has invited his class to a remote cabin in the mountains to research...
Movie pageThe Slaughter
as Detective (uncredited)A famous movie star filming on location in Buenos Aires becomes involved with a Manson-like...
Movie pageThe Curse of Her Flesh
as Richard Jennings / Joe DavidsonContinuing his quest to rid the world of sex-crazed females, Richard ups the ante - and...
Movie pageA Thousand Pleasures
as Richard DavisHenpecked misogynist Richard Davis murders his shrewish wife and goes out to dispose of her...
Movie pageThe Sin Syndicate
as Bearded Man (uncredited)At a Senate crime hearing, four young girls testify as to how, shortly after their arrival in...
Movie pageThe Touch of Her Flesh
as Richard JenningsRichard Jennings returns from a business trip to discover his wife in bed with a lover. Panic...
Movie pageJanie
as Homeowner (as Richard Jennings)A sadistic teenager searching for "Daddy" murders and dismembers anybody who picks her up...
Movie pageTake Me Naked
as The Bum's FriendA man's sexual obsession with a neighbor ends in bloodshed.
Movie pageTake My Head
as Narrator (voice)Shot without sound, this is little more than a series of soft-core vignettes strung together via...
Movie pageThe Kiss of Her Flesh
as Richard JenningsRichard has lost what little sanity he had left, instead putting all emphasis on seeking out and...
Movie pageLusting Hours
as Partygoer / Call Girl's Client / VoicesPresented as an inquiry into the ways of lust, this film is staged as a documentary. It moves...
Movie pageBody of a Female
as Bruno (as Robert West)A stripper is kidnapped by a drifter and taken to the home of a wealthy pervert. The pervert...
Movie pageParty Levitation
as (archive)Sickening image of love, sex, death and birth in black and white.
Movie pageVirgins in Heat
as Richard JenningsA masked man breaks into a Times Square adult movie theater and forces the projectionist at...
Movie pageThe Altar of Lust
as Dr. Rogers (voice) (uncredited)A psychiatrist probes deep into the erotic traumas experienced by a young woman who has turned...
Movie pageBacchanale
as 3rd Mourner / Timothy (voice)Follows a young woman as she travels through the strange, surreal passages reminiscent of...
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