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We Kill for Love

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We Kill for Love goes in search of the forgotten world of the direct-to-video erotic thriller, an American film genre that once dominated late night cable television and the shelves of neighborhood video stores. Through interviews with the many directors, writers, and actors who fanned the flames of this sexy subgenre, to academics and film historians whose books have explored its mysteries, this documentary explores the erotic thriller from its origins in film noir to its heyday during the 1980s and 90s home video explosion. Told with humor and tact and accompanied by hundreds of illustrative clips from DTV erotic thrillers, We Kill for Love balances film art with film scholarship as it pulls back the curtain to reveal the heart and soul of a forgotten and often maligned film movement.
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Ben Kenigsberg New York Times 08/31/2023
There’s something tough to resist about how “We Kill for Love” rescues works from the shadows. Go to Full Review Anya Couture Geek Vibes Nation Aug 9
5.5/10
Instead of breadth it hyper-fixates on an inquiring, deep-diving voice that ultimately loses track of the audience it seems to want to convince of its argument. Go to Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension 12/04/2024
We Kill for Love manages to connect movies shot and distributed on tape for a low cost in the hopes of quickly achieving a good profit margin to the female gothic novels of Mary Shelley and Charlotte Brontë. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 03/02/2024
C
Uninteresting Documentary. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 09/19/2023
It takes an extraordinarily long amount of time to say very little that’s incisive about a genre that cries to be addressed as a guilty pleasure—or not addressed at all. Go to Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 09/16/2023
4/4
'We Kill for Love' has found uncharted territory in film criticism and proved that, even though this genre has been seen as trash, it actually has merit. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Anthony Penta

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Andrew Stevens

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Jim Wynorski

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Fred Olen Ray

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Monique Parent

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Amy Lindsay

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Synopsis We Kill for Love goes in search of the forgotten world of the direct-to-video erotic thriller, an American film genre that once dominated late night cable television and the shelves of neighborhood video stores. Through interviews with the many directors, writers, and actors who fanned the flames of this sexy subgenre, to academics and film historians whose books have explored its mysteries, this documentary explores the erotic thriller from its origins in film noir to its heyday during the 1980s and 90s home video explosion. Told with humor and tact and accompanied by hundreds of illustrative clips from DTV erotic thrillers, We Kill for Love balances film art with film scholarship as it pulls back the curtain to reveal the heart and soul of a forgotten and often maligned film movement.
Director
Anthony Penta
Producer
Anthony Penta
Screenwriter
Anthony Penta
Distributor
Yellow Veil Pictures
Production Co
Galaxy Club
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2023
Runtime
2h 43m
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