Michael Findlay, born in the 1930s, was a pivotal figure in the underground sexploitation movement of the 1960s. Operating primarily in New York, he directed and acted in films like The Sin Syndicate (1965) and The Touch of Her Flesh (1967), where he often explored the darker edges of desire and morality. Collaborating closely with his wife Roberta Findlay, he crafted narratives that blurred the lines between sex and sadism, leaving a lasting impact on grindhouse cinema. His works, including Take Me Naked (1966), continue to resonate within the cult film community.
The Sin Syndicate
Michael Findlay’s film debut displays the same disgust with women and overall contempt for humanity that has made his later films such appalling classics. Young women start out as strippers in the big city, but end up in the clutches of “The Syndicate”. Unrelentingly nasty, full of hard-boiled narration.
