Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada ‘S’ (2024) follows director Alberto Sedano as he explores the rise of the “Clasificada S” film classification in post-Franco Spain, where censorship gave way to a wave of erotic, violent and politically subversive movies. As he uncovers archival footage, interviews cult filmmakers, and charts how directors used horror and exploitation to challenge authoritarian norms, it becomes clear that these films were more than pulp—they were acts of cultural rebellion. This documentary blends historical analysis, genre cinema enthusiasm and visual excess in a fierce examination of a forgotten frontier of Spanish filmmaking.
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Notes
- Severin’s Blu-ray is included in the “Exorcismo: Defying a Dictator & Raising Hell in Post-Franco Spain” box set with Far from the Trees (1972), The Bell from Hell (1973), Creation of the Damned (1974), The Devil’s Exorcist (1975), The People Who Own the Dark (1976), Battered Flesh (1978), Faces (1978), The Priest (1978), Triangle of Lust (1978), Sins of a Nympho (1979), Dimorfo (1980), That House in the Outskirts (1980), Bloody Sex (1981), Supernatural (1981), After… Part One: Can’t You Be Left Alone? (1983), After… Part Two: Tied Up and Tied Up Well (1983), Morbus (1983) and Poppers (1984). It contains a 168-page booklet.
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