Announcing Junesploitation 2026!

by Patrick Bromley

Let's f*%$ing go.

This year marks our 16th year (!!!) as a site and our 13th year of Junesploitation, our annual celebration of exploitation and genre films. What started as a selfish excuse for me to spend a few weeks watching '70s and '80s grindhouse fare has exploded into a yearly tradition with many, many participants both on our site and on social media. Thank you for that!!

Most of you know the drill by now, but for those of you new to Junesploitation, here's how it works: each day of the month has its own theme, and you're supposed to watch a movie that ties into that theme. How you interpret the connection is entirely up to you, which means if you have no interest in exploitation or genre movies that's ok and you can still join in!

We've tried to expand the categories a bit this year to be a little broader in the hopes of making Junesploitation even more inclusive. After hearing that some folks were running out of Lucio Fulci movies to watch, we've also opted to retire Fulci Day on his birthday. Maybe it will be back in the future!

Stay tuned for our annual Junesploitation Primer for help on where to find some good titles, though by now most of you know where to look.

Here is this year's schedule, as always featuring a several new categories and some returning favorites:

1 – ‘90s Action!
2 – Cartoons!
3 – Linda Blair!

4 – Blaxploitation!
5 – Teenagers!
6 – South Korea!
7 – Free Space!
8 – Zombies!
9 – Thrillers!
10 – Private Eyes!
11 – Disasters!
12 – Kung Fu!
13 – ‘90s Horror!
14 – Cannon!
15 – George Romero!
16 – Free Space!
17 – Hong Kong Action!
18 – Franco Nero!
19 – Black Filmmakers!

20 – ‘80s Sci-Fi!
21 – Free Space!
22 – Revenge!
23 – Exploitation Auteurs!
24 – Slashers!
25 – Jackie Chan!
26 – Heroes & Villains
27 – Italian Cinema!
28 – PM Entertainment!
29 – Free Space!
30 – ‘80s Comedy!

Thank you to our regular readers and commenters @JMVargas, @ACasualListener, and @Zillagord (and any others) for suggesting some of this year's new categories! And, as always, thanks to our very own Doug for designing the calendar!!