Exploitation = New "In" genre?
So, Halloween started the whole slasher craze (shut up about Black Christmas, I know it came out first) that lasted a good long while, Scream started a similar craze that was more based on the 'witty dialogue' (none of the subsequent movies seemed to get it right, but still) and a sense of self-awareness (ditto), but that seems to have fizzled out a bit. But now with Devil's Rejects and the upcoming Grindhouse, and some others that I know I'm forgetting, it seems like the new craze is old 70's style exploitation style movies. Anybody think the studios will try to cash in, or will this one stay more with the people who are actually fans of the movies and are paying homage to them? Where do you think it'll go if/when it really starts to take off?
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