The 88 Films Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

In fairness, boobs are not exactly the same, because they are not genitals and everyone, regardless of gender has them in some shape or form!

A bare chest is a bare chest, only the female one has been increasingly sexualised in many areas of the world.

Agreed, it IS sexualisation of the female body. When the word 'boob' is mentioned, how many people think of a topless male?

This is by no means aimed wholly at Creativ Studios, but when they were promoting the film

Originally Posted by Creativ Studios

HELLRISER is a whole different kettle of fish and is already getting good reviews. Seriously, it's a great fun supernatural slasher with loads of boobs, giallo-style kills, humour and Argento-influenced lighting.

'loads of boobs' was listed as the first of their USP's. In all honesty, who do you think the target audience for that comment was aimed at?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Agreed, it IS sexualisation of the female body. When the word 'boob' is mentioned, how many people think of a topless male?

This is by no means aimed wholly at Creativ Studios, but when they were promoting the film



'loads of boobs' was listed as the first of their USP's. In all honesty, who do you think the target audience for that comment was aimed at?

Anyone who wants to watch an exploitative horror film, so come down from your moral high ground.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

It is a lot to do with expectations and the target audience, so I don't blame Creativ Studios at all for using genre tropes to sell a movie. The marketing has worked because I'm interested!

In terms of the word 'topless', put it into Google images and see how many male chests you see. Replace the search term with 'barechested' and the results are very different.

[nosferatu42]

balls

[nosferatu42]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

loads of boobs' was listed as the first of their USP's. In all honesty, who do you think the target audience for that comment was aimed at?

Me.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

It is a lot to do with expectations and the target audience, so I don't blame Creativ Studios at all for using genre tropes to sell a movie. The marketing has worked because I'm interested!

In terms of the word 'topless', put it into Google images and see how many male chests you see. Replace the search term with 'barechested' and the results are very different.

With all due respect, the words 'topless' and 'barechested' were not used

The word 'boobs' was used

[Justin101]

I don't mind boobs (men's or women's) but I much prefer bums in films

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

With all due respect, the words 'topless' and 'barechested' were not used

The word 'boobs' was used

I was broadening the discussion to show the difference between the genders in society rather than in genre films.

In publicising an exploitative slasher movie, I don't think there's any problem at all with using 'boobs' to tell the audience what to expect.

[Rik]

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[bleakshaun]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I don't mind boobs (men's or women's) but I much prefer bums in films

Gimme dongs

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