THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE: Swedish Exploitation and the Birth of Elle Driver | The Six Degrees of Kill Bill

For week three of our Six Degrees of Kill Bill series, we’re heading to Sweden to discuss what Quentin Tarantino once called “the roughest revenge film ever made!”

Released in the U.S. as THEY CALL HER ONE EYE, Bo Arne Vibenius’s 1973 exploitation classic THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE provided clear visual and character inspiration for Daryl Hannah’s Elle Driver in KILL BILL—right down to the eyepatch.

In this episode, we’re joined by our good friend (and Christina Lindberg superfan) DJ Wilson to trace the evolution of Swedish exploitation cinema. From its roots in the earliest days of filmmaking to its collision with the arthouse stylings of Ingmar Bergman and into the grindhouse boom of the 1970s, we explore how Sweden became an unlikely hotspot for some of the most infamous films in genre history.

Special thanks to Daniel Ekeroth and his book Swedish Sensationsfilms, which helped guide this journey into the strange and sensational.

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Coming Up:

• GAME OF DEATH (1978)

• 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (1978)

• SHOGUN ASSASSIN (1980)

• KILL BILL VOL. 1 (2003) & VOL. 2 (2004)

Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.

This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne, Justin Bishop, & Todd Davis.

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