Summing Up Rape In B-Movies - The Sexploitation Spectrum
Rape Scenario One: What I'll refer to as "old school" where the girl is raped, but not violently or aggressively, but more to coax her into an act that she is at first opposed to but comes to enjoy. Case in point, most classic sexploitation pictures from the late 60s and early 70s. A guy will grab a girls wrists force himself on her, kissing, groping and the girl will struggle, giggle and ultimately "learn to love it." "Hot Summer in Barefoot County" is a fine example. Not a very politically correct version of the crime of rape but nonetheless, one that was shown countless times as Drive-In fodder.
Rape Scenario Two: The gut wrenching, hard-to-watch variety ala' "I Spit On Your Grave," "Last House On The Left" and the Academy Award nominated "The Accused." You know what I am talking about. The rape scene, that if you have the misfortune of viewing with a female in attendance, lessens your chances of "getting any" on that night. It usually involves the camera position of behind the guy's white ass as it humps bumps and grinds, edited with grimaces from the gal and grins from the low-life performing the act. "Rape Squadf" threw in the rapist demanding "Jingle Bells" being sung as he popped his nut. This scenario brings home the terror and violence of rape which might cause someone to seek revenge, to hunt down the perpetrator and "fuck" him in a much different way. Well, sorry NGM delivers on neither of these scenarios effectively in the opening scene and although the filmmakers avoid the ass crack shot we get full-on facial expressions from our victim, which are supposed to deliver us to her "disgusting place." I didn't quite get there. There were a group of construction types there though but you better pay attention because it is one of those movie moments where something happens, but the viewer is the last one to know what and the characters all tend to become a cinematic Dinty Moore stew, all mixing together in a odiferous, confusing concoction.
[brainsonfilm.com]






