Cannibals: Theres def diff kinds of storylines with Cannibal films. Thats true. Some are jungle films, some are urban based. Id just put em all together though to make it easy.
When it comes to Blaxploitation subgenres theres: The pimp film (Mack, Dolemite), the revenge film (Coffy), the horror film (Sugar Hill), Espionage & Martial Arts (That Man Bolt, Black Belt Jones). And often combinations of two (ex: horror revenge) Im not sure Blaxploitation ventures into the “people held hostage” subgenre. Theres a split from what Blaxploitation represents and what those other films are about I think. Theres little aspects in them that are Blaxploitation themed I guess, but would I put them under that general banner? No. Its like saying every film that deals with white/black issues that happens to contain crime should be under Blaxploitation. Its not correct. FFYL is on a very fine line. Its not really Blaxploitation but I think if you wanted to market it as that kind of film you almost could. It would be a black family revenge film. It probably was marketed as one anyways. It has about 12 diff alt titles.
From what Ive read about Craig Brewer hes a big fan of exploitation films. In one interview he also talked about how Gator Bait (HIXPLOITATION!!) is one of his faves too. I think hes another modern director like QT thats heavily influenced by all those old exploitation flicks.
