Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies is a documentary that looks into the world of exploitation films, particularly those from the 1950s and 60s. These were low-budget, outrageous movies that pushed boundaries with themes of sex, violence, and social issues.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies via streaming services such as Amazon Prime Video.
Is Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies is available to watch via streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
The documentary is about the lives and motivations of the eccentric filmmakers behind these B-movies. These maverick directors, unconstrained by Hollywood’s big studios, found success with their outrageous concepts and relentless drive. Schlock explores how these exploitation films thrived in the burgeoning drive-in theater scene, catering to a specific audience seeking thrills and forbidden pleasures on the big screen.
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies features Forrest J. Ackerman, Peter Bogdanovich, Roger Corman, David F. Friedman, Dick Miller, Harry H. Novak, Maila Nurmi, Doris Wishman, F. X. Feeney, and Samuel Z. Arkoff.
Watch Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies streaming via Amazon Prime Video
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.
On Amazon Prime Video, you watch movies and TV shows on demand. You can either get it with an Amazon Prime membership and a bunch of other stuff too.
You can watch via Amazon Prime Video by following these steps:
- Go to Amazon Prime Video
- Select ‘Sign in’ and ‘Create your Amazon account’
- Sign up for a Prime Video membership:
- $14.99 per month or $139 per year with an Amazon Prime membership
- $8.99 per month for a standalone Prime Video membership
Amazon Prime is the online retailer’s paid service that provides fast shipping and exclusive sales on products, so the membership that includes both this service and Prime Video is the company’s most popular offering. However, you can also opt to subscribe to Prime Video separately.
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies’s synopsis is as follows:
“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.“
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