{"id":22154,"date":"2016-08-29T10:29:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T14:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=22154"},"modified":"2016-08-29T10:27:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T14:27:15","slug":"sinful-cinema-series-the-abductors-volume-1-paperback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/29\/sinful-cinema-series-the-abductors-volume-1-paperback\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinful Cinema Series: The Abductors (Volume 1) [Paperback]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sinfulcinema\"<\/a>Combing the landscape of obscure cinema is tricky. It\u2019s a journey that will often leave you with a lemon if you\u2019re not careful. Author Doug Brunell\u2019s reasoning for the \u201cSinful Cinema\u201d book series makes a lot of sense as spotlighting certain movies that not many authors out there would be willing to spotlight is a neat idea. If you\u2019re someone who wants to visit films that are completely out of the ordinary, author Doug Brunell seems intent on delivering spotlights for films you wouldn\u2019t normally see discussed in most books about film. Sure, you can probably find summaries and brief essays about something like \u201cThe Abductors<\/a>\u201d in a review compilation, but author Brunell devotes an entire book to it. I\u2019ve been a fan of Brunell\u2019s since his days on Film Threat, so it\u2019s fun to see him releasing a series of books for film lovers old and new.<\/p>\n

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For someone like yours truly constantly seeking movies different than the standard fare, “Sinful Cinema” is a useful tool. For book one, \u201cThe Abductors\u201d from 1972 is a part of the \u201cGinger\u201d trilogy starring Cheri Caffaro as the titular Ginger, a very sexy and vivacious private eye and globe trotting spy who beds her enemies at the drop of a hat. It\u2019s an unusual choice to for book one to spotlight one in an unofficial trilogy of exploitation films about a woman named Ginger who indulges in adventures in the vein of James Bond. Author Brunell discusses the movie in its entirety, the influence the film had on other exploitation fare, and how star Cheri Caffaro fared in the role of Ginger, a swinging metropolitan chick tasked with finding a group of women that were kidnapped and sold in to sex slavery.<\/p>\n

Brunell also examines a lot of the nuances about the film itself, including the odd wardrobe changes mid-scene, and the warped overtones about the advantages of taming defiant women with rape and torture. Author Brunell zeroes in on the cultural climate during the time \u201cThe Abductors\u201d was released, and how it\u2019s received today among many other film lovers and scholars, many of whom don\u2019t seem to really consider context at all when exploring the movie inside and out. He even cites Amazon.com reviews, and how normal movie lovers perceive the film’s inherently twisted tone. Author Brunell covers the ins and outs of the film, successfully lending it a unique dimension that you wouldn’t find anywhere else. \u201cSinful Cinema,\u201d at almost a hundred pages, should serve as an entertaining companion for fans that love exploitation cinema, or are bonafide fans of the \u201cGinger\u201d trilogy.<\/p>\n