Grindhouse - Classic Adult Film Posters

Prior to the release of Quentin Tarantino’s and Robert Rodriguez’s 2007 Grindhouse anthology, the word had all but fallen out of the pop culture lexicon. But what exactly was a grindhouse? Well...it was a movie theater. According to Grindhouse.com “Beginning in the late 1960s and especially during the 1970s, the subject matter of grindhouse films was dominated by explicit sex, violence, bizarre or perverse plot points, and other taboo content. Many grindhouses were exclusively pornographic.”

It’s hard to believe, but there was such a time when Americans had to leave the privacy of their homes if they wanted to view pornography or other taboo entertainment. And even harder to believe, filmmakers and pornographers relied heavily on the artwork of a film’s poster to attract customers.

Below, you will find our ten favorite grindhouse posters from the Sixties and Seventies:

 

2069: A Sex Odyssey (1974) Tagline: A spaced out comedy with the most exciting climaxes...!
Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide (1971) Tagline: A tale of hex and sex rated "X"
Come One, Come All (1970) Tagline: A film for the erector set. So adult it smarts.
Debbie Does Dallas (1978) Tagline: Everyone on the team scores when her pom-poms fly!
The Erotic Adventures of Zorro (1972) Tagline: The first movie rated "Z."
School of Hard Knocks (Sometime in the 1970s) Tagline: A film in which raw sex jumps from the screen.
Hot Lunch (1978) Tagline: The main course is finger lickin' great.
Male Service (1966) Tagline: Adults only! A fact of society never before filmed.
The Swap and How They Make It (1966) Tagline: A realistic and shocking approach to adultery.
Trader Hornee (1970) Tagline: The film that breaks the law of the jungle.
Other Resources: You can find more information about these classic grindhouse films at IMDB, or find many remastered versions available on DVD at Amazon or HotMovieSale. Original versions of many of these posters are available for sale at XRatedCollection.

		John W. DeFeo e. jdefeo(at)debonairmag.com John W. DeFeo is the co-founder and Creative Director of Debonair Magazine. John has worked as a copywriter, graphic designer, public relations representative, and voice-over actor. For fun, John moonlights as a New York based photographer.