Doris Wishman

A twisted cinematic supercut of short films, visual essays, found footage, remixes and music videos.

When buying a marital aid at an adult emporium, Tom Smith unexpectedly discovers legendary exploitation filmmaker Doris Wishman working behind the counter and their unexpected adventure begins. This short film and amazing tale Rodney Ascher (ROOM 237) about a late-career creative effort by Doris Wishman has never been published until now. Included as bonus material is the final music video referenced in the title, finally edited some 20 years after it was shot.

German fans of filmmaker Doris Wishman visit the Florida set of her final film EACH TIME I KILL and talk with the cast and crew.

Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting in the 1920s, expert exploiteer David F. Friedman and Henenlotter navigate us through more than five salacious decades of skin flicks. It's the true story of dirty movies, traced in elegant detail from the bizarre locations where these nudie shorts were screened to the ongoing legal battles fought by their promoters. And of course there are the stories of the innovators themselves, people who often risked their own security and livelihood to make these films, believing in some way that what they were doing wasn't a 'bad' thing - and that it could rake in some dough.

Hollywood is a town of tinsel and glamour; but there is another Hollywood, a place where maverick independent exploitation filmmakers went toe to toe with the big guys and came out on top.

Large-breasted Terry has an affair with Victor, fiancé of her sister Claudia. However, Victor isn't quite the wronged fiancé, as it turns out that he's having an affair with a hot young thing. Further, Ada–Terry's mother and Claudia's stepmother–has a plan to terrorise Claudia out of her inheritance.

After the mob hits a guy with a list, one of the hoods keeps the list to blackmail its inhabitants. When he’s found out to be a double-crosser, they off him, angering his busty girlfriend. She goes after them using the only two weapons she has.

After earning his degree through a correspondence course, Stanley uses his newfound knowledge to help his neighbors reignite the flames of passion. Little does anyone realize that their most intimate moments are all eye candy for the lonely maintenance man who has open access to the entire building.

A young woman arrives in New York City from Ohio, determined to make it in the big city, but finds herself on a dark path to make ends meet.

Stripper Blaze Starr visits a nudist camp for a movie to escape her troubles. She decides to join them and for a while manages to keep it from her fiancé/agent but soon he grows suspicious of her activities.