As censorship pressures lifted in the early 1960s, the low-budget end of the American motion picture industry increasingly incorporated the sort of sexual and violent elements long associated with so-called exploitation films.
Karena tekanan penyensoran meningkat pada awal 1960an, akhir industri film Amerika berbiaya rendah makin menginkorporasikan penyusutan unsur-unsur seksual dan kekerasan yang telah lama diasosiasikan dengan film eksploitasi.