Inexhaustive: Vansploitation
The mere appearance of a van in a film does not make it a vansploitation film. The van has to serve a special purpose in the story.
The genre follows two earlier ones that also dealt with car-related topics popular in youth culture at their respective times: In the 1950s, films featuring Hot Rods became very popular, and they were followed by motorcycle films in the 1960s (for example, The Wild Angels and Easy Rider). As the popularity of vans in youth culture increased in the early 1970s, the first vansploitation films were created.[4] Multiple factors are credited with creating the "customized van craze".[9] For example, in 1975, the song "Chevy Van" by Sammy Johns sold about three million copies, and is credited for an increase in van sales the following year.
The genre follows two earlier ones that also dealt with car-related topics popular in youth culture at their respective times: In the 1950s, films featuring Hot Rods became very popular, and they were followed by motorcycle films in the 1960s (for example, The Wild Angels and Easy Rider). As the popularity of vans in youth culture increased in the early 1970s, the first vansploitation films were created.[4] Multiple factors are credited with creating the "customized van craze".[9] For example, in 1975, the song "Chevy Van" by Sammy Johns sold about three million copies, and is credited for an increase in van sales the following year.
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