Hate to be a bother but what is Nazisploitation And I’m just wondering cause I’m a curious little devil
Nazispoitation is pretty much what the name suggests. It’s the use of Nazis as an exploitative element in a film. I’ll try to explain as best I can.
In the history of the world, it’s hard to think of any group more hated–and more deserving of it–than the Nazis. Nazisploitation films are not simply films containing Nazis, but films in which Nazis are utilized solely as a force for committing atrocities (thankfully, the settings for these films are never concentration camps full of Jewish civilians, but always set in a Stalag holding Allied soldiers as prisoners of war).
Nazisploitation films are an offshoot of the “Women in Prison” subgenre of exploitation/sexploitation. Nazis are used as an excuse to go to sadistic extremes in terms of sex and violence, but society’s hatred for them makes the audience instantaneously side with the victims, and want them to prevail over their fascist captors (which they do). There is no arguing that many–if not most–of these films can be seen as misogynistic, and whether they can be called “entertainment” is subjective. Simply put, Nazis were the go-to “bad guy” for audiences to hate, while still exploiting the elements of sexuality and violence that define exploitation cinema. Think of it like how massive brutes in masks and aprons became a popular type of villain following the success of Eli Roth's "Hostel" and the "Saw" franchise.
On a final note: There are horror films featuring Nazis, but they don’t all qualify as Nazisploitation (for example, the curious subgenre of the “Nazi zombie” movie does not count, nor the sub-subgenre of the “underwater Nazi zombie” movie. Yes, surprisingly, there are a few of those).
Here’s the Wikipedia article about Nazisploitation, if you’re interested.
