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Roberta Findlay

Roberta Findlay

Directing

Biography

Noted adult and exploitation cinema filmmaker Roberta Findlay was born Roberta Hershkowitz in 1943 in New York City. The youngest in a family of three children, Roberta grew up in a tenement apartment in the Bronx. Findlay's Hungarian immigrant parents wanted her to be a pianist. Roberta met her husband Michael Findlay while a student at the City College of New York after she volunteered to be the accompanying pianist for a silent movie program that Michael was running on campus. Roberta married Michael at age eighteen. The couple collaborated on several sleazy and sadistic exploitation features together in the 1960's which include the notoriously nasty "Flesh" trilogy. After parting ways with Michael in the early 1970's, Roberta went on to direct a handful of explicit hardcore movies for producer and distributor Allan Shackleton. Moreover, Findlay also worked on various films as an editor, composer, producer, and cinematographer. Roberta ended her directing career toiling away on low-budget horror and grindhouse fare throughout the mid to late 1980's. In addition, Findlay and her late partner Walter E. Sear founded the recording studio Sear Sound in New York City. - IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders

Known For

Cursed Films
7.2

A documentary series exploring the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously “cursed” horror film productions. From plane accidents and bombings during the making of The Omen, to the rumored use of real human skeletons on the set of Poltergeist, these stories are legendary amongst film fans and filmmakers alike. But where does the truth lie?

Cursed Films

2020
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
3.3

Somewhere in upstate New York, a young woman is terrorized by a group of rural farmers primarily interested in a harvest of blood.

Invasion of the Blood Farmers

1972
Janie
4.5

A sadistic teenager searching for "Daddy" murders and dismembers anybody who picks her up hitch-hiking.

Janie

1970
Snuff
3.0

The followers of a charismatic cult leader set out to murder a pregnant actress.

Snuff

1976
Prime Evil
4.4

Nestled in a Manhattan monastery, evil is lurking. A group of devil worshipping monks are stalking the city, looking for victims to sacrifice to the dark lord in the hope of bringing satanic rule to the world!

Prime Evil

1988
The Oracle
4.1

A murder victim reaches out from beyond the grave in an attempt to possess the body of a young woman who has moved into his old apartment.

The Oracle

1985
The Ultimate Degenerate
4.8

Man drugs, photographs & tortures women he meets by personal ads.

The Ultimate Degenerate

1969
Tenement
5.3

A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.

Tenement

1985
Blood Sisters
4.6

Seven girls must spend the night in an old house, which once was a brothel, as part of an initiation.

Blood Sisters

1987
Deep Blood
3.9

Several young men have to stop an ancient native American evil in the form of a killer shark which is attacking a small beach community.

Deep Blood

1990
Satan's Bed
3.6

A young Japanese girl arriving in New York City gets mixed up with mobsters and dope dealers.

Satan's Bed

1965
Lurkers
3.6

When Cathy was a girl, she saw her deranged mother murder her father and only narrowly escaped with her life. Haunted by memories of her macabre childhood, her nightmares turn into a terrifying reality when she's lured back to her childhood home.

Lurkers

1988
Checkmate
3.0

The Federation's Boss must call their best agent out of a bedroom romp with a gentleman because the USA, Russia, Britain and France, are under the menace of an atomic weapon carried by their very own super secret joint satellite.

Checkmate

1973
Lusting Hours
3.6

Presented as an inquiry into the ways of lust, this film is staged as a documentary. It moves from rural prostitution (the roadhouse) to pornographers, then on to streetwalkers, male hustlers, and high-class call girls. The madam runs the bordello, she depends on the photographer to supply her with pornography; he's in the city, using his camera to lead him into depravity. The streetwalkers risk arrest from the cops and abuse from the johns. Even the call girls have a tough time: from their expenses to their lack of self-reflection. Their motto: "Live fast, die young, and make a beautiful corpse."

Lusting Hours

1967
Shriek of the Mutilated
4.6

An anthropology professor has invited his class to a remote cabin in the mountains to research the mythical Abominable Snowman. Soon after they arrive, strange events begin to befall the students, including sightings of a huge, white, furry creature.

Shriek of the Mutilated

1974
Acting Out
4.5

This unusual documentary-style feature starts with ordinary people discussing their private erotic desires; what sets it apart from other documentaries, which often feature a lot of talk, is that in this experimental film, 10 of the subjects then act out their most intimate fantasies. Carl Gurevich and Ralph Rosenblum (the acclaimed editor of Woody Allen's comedies Annie Hall and Sleeper) co-direct this daring peek into the human sexual psyche.

Acting Out

1978
The Clamdigger's Daughter
4.0

The daughter of a poverty-stricken New England clamdigger falls in love with the son of her father's rival. His family, in turn, wants him to marry the daughter of a wealthy and prominent family. Complications ensue.

The Clamdigger's Daughter

1974
The Touch of Her Flesh
4.9

Richard Jennings returns from a business trip to discover his wife in bed with a lover. Panic stricken, he staggers to the street and is hit by a car, losing an eye. Scorned and vengeful, he adopts a new identity and begins a murderous rampage against all women he deems "immoral."

The Touch of Her Flesh

1967
Banned
4.4

A mellow jazz guitarist is possessed by the ghost of a wild punk rocker.

Banned

1989
The Kiss of Her Flesh
5.3

Richard has lost what little sanity he had left, instead putting all emphasis on seeking out and brutally slaying any and every woman who crosses his path. However, this time he might have met his match as his deceased wife's sister, Maria, is hellbent on putting an end to his orgiastic rampage.

The Kiss of Her Flesh

1968