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Hagsploitation

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Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? was a surprise hit that spawned ‘hagsploitation’, a genre of campy thrillers and horror movies that resurrected stars of yeste..

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Whatever happened to Baby Jane?

United States, 1962
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Feud

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Malice in wonderland

United States, 1985
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Screen dreams

United States, 1984
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Mommie dearest

United States, 1981
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Now voyager

United States, 1942
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Bette Davis' eyes

Australia, 1985
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All about Eve

United States, 1950
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The Godmother of Blaxploitation 

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Showbiz ballyhoo

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Marked woman

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A Hollywood satire

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The sexual gangster

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The Women [DVD]

United States, 1939
Similarity: 66%

Fragile females

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Jezebel

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Similarity: 66%

Variety

United States, 1983
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

United States of America, 1999
Similarity: 65%
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