Petey Wheatstraw (1977)

Whenever someone talks about a Rudy Ray Moore flick they usually bring up Dolemite, The Human Tornado or Disco Godfather. I’d like to throw another film that stands up with the aforementioned flicks, Petey Wheatstraw. Aka Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil’s Son-In-Law. Rudy Ray Moore, once again, owns the stage, takes names and hands out beat downs like nobodies business. Yet, the story has an amusing little twist that will keep you entertained until the screen cuts to black.

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Foxy Brown (1974)

So, many of you have read enough of my reviews (hopefully) that you’re getting a feel for the exploitation genre as a whole (hell, I hit enough subgenres anyway), and sometimes it may feel as if the women are just in the films to add some breasts and get killed. That’s not (always) the case. No, no. In fact, Jack Hill (Coffy, Spider Baby) had one of his most well known films with blaxploitation goddess Pam Grier (Coffy, Black Mama, White Mama, Scream Blacula Scream) called Foxy Brown. If you haven’t heard of this flick before, or haven’t ever seen a blaxploitation, this (or, Coffy) would be an excellent place to start.

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