Hate to be a bother but what is Nazisploitation And Iām just wondering cause Iām a curious little devil
Nazispoitation is pretty much what the name suggests.Ā Itās the use of Nazis as an exploitative element in a film.Ā Iāll try to explain as best I can.
In the history of the world, itās hard to think of any group more hatedāand more deserving of itāthan the Nazis.Ā Nazisploitation films are not simply films containing Nazis, but films in which Nazis are utilized solely as a force for committing atrocities (thankfully, the settings for these films are never concentration camps full of Jewish civilians, but always set in a Stalag holding Allied soldiers as prisoners of war).Ā
Nazisploitation films are an offshoot of the āWomen in Prisonā subgenre of exploitation/sexploitation.Ā Nazis are used as an excuse to go to sadistic extremes in terms of sex and violence, but societyās hatred for them makes the audience instantaneously side with the victims, and want them to prevail over their fascist captors (which they do).Ā There is no arguing that manyāif not mostāof these films can be seen as misogynistic, and whether they can be called āentertainmentā is subjective.Ā Simply put, Nazis were the go-to ābad guyā for audiences to hate, while still exploiting the elements of sexuality and violence that define exploitation cinema.Ā Think of it like how massive brutes in masks and aprons became a popular type of villain following the success of Eli Roth's "Hostel" and the "Saw" franchise.Ā
On a final note: There are horror films featuring Nazis, but they donāt all qualify as Nazisploitation (for example, the curious subgenre of the āNazi zombieā movie does not count, nor the sub-subgenre of the āunderwater Nazi zombieā movie.Ā Yes, surprisingly, there are a few of those).
Hereās the Wikipedia article about Nazisploitation, if youāre interested.
