Joseph W. Sarno is one of the pioneering directors of the
sex-exploitation or "sexploitation" film genre. Known for a distinctly
economic style and an abiding interest in tense, psycho-sexual
character development, Sarno has also come to be recognized as one of
the true geniuses to emerge from the sexploitation form.
He continued to direct under various pseudonyms in the hardcore-sex
feature genre of the 1970s and 1980s, but is best remembered for such
pre-pornographic classics as
Sin in the Suburbs (1964),
Moonlighting Wives (1966),
The Bed and How to Make It! (1966)
and
Inga (1968). Along
with
Russ Meyer and
Radley Metzger, Sarno is one of the few
sex-exploitation auteurs to receive critical attention. In recent years
his work has been the subject of retrospectives at the New York
Underground Film Festival, the Torino Film Festival in Turin, Italy,
and the Cinémathèque française in Paris.
Suburban Secrets(2004)
Helgerån(1988)
Stora och små män(1995)as American man in customs
Confessions of a Young American Housewife(1974)
Misty(1976)
Laura's Toys(1975)
Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town(1975)
Each Time I Kill(2007)
Big Hair, Long Lashes(2017)
Ballet of Blood(2015)
Deadly Punkettes(2014)
That's Sexploitation!(2013)
Slink(2013)
Masters of the Grind(2023)as Self
A Life in Dirty Movies(2013)as Self
A Touch of Genie: Memories from the Bottle(2009)as Self