Take No Shorts: The 10 Best Dwarfsploitation Films

One of history's weirdest cult horror flicks is hitting DVD. Take a look back at our favorite movies that big up the little man.

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The only thing dwarfs aren't short on is EVIL.

Desensitized to torture porn? Well, what if the movie monster were a perverted dwarf who imprisons drugged teenage sex slaves in the attic of his mom's rooming house? Would you be shocked then? Of course you would, which is why you need to run out and cop Vidal Raski's The Sinful Dwarf on DVD. Severin Films is bringing the disturbing 1973 cult horror classic to the U.S. for the first time, so you can enjoy watching former kiddie-show host Torben Bille toy with naked chicks whose '70s carpets match the drapes.

Considered the sickest film in the "dwarfsploitation" genre (watch out the trailer below), The Sinful Dwarf got Complex thinking about other movies we love that exploited the little man. Check them out below and let us know in the comments if we shorted one of your personal favorites!

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LEPRECHAUN
• Dwarfs are sick of always playing elves and leprechauns, and here we get a glimpse at the big rage that lurks in little packages.

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THE WIZARD OF OZ
• Really though, dwarfs do up the freak factor of a fantasy world. Apparently in non-porn, also.

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JACKASS NUMBER TWO
• Grown men stapling their nuts to their stomach is funny enough, but add Wee Man and you've get extra-large laughs.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
• What? There's something candy-sweet about dudes just because they're born dwarfs? Blow it out your chocolate factory!

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AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME
• No movie character illustrates why dwarfs are hilarious better than Verne Troyer's "Mini-me." They're just like people—only smaller!

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ELF
• Confusing dwarfs for elves never gets old! You just know it pisses them off! They've got short tempers when it comes to shit like that.

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BAD SANTA
• Something about black dwarfs makes us want to cross the street. Maybe it's all that bass in their voices.

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IN BRUGES
• Never seen a dwarf movie star with drug and alcohol issues before, have you? Oh, Verne Troyer. Right.

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WILLOW
• Seriously, it makes a lot of sense for a dwarf to be charged with protecting a baby from an evil queen. Other than reaching high cabinets, they make perfect babysitters.

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STAR WARS - EPISODE IV: RETURN OF THE JEDI
• George Lucas pisses everyone off with his thinly veiled stereotypes, but after being transformed into the cuddly teddy bear Ewoks, dwarfs have a real bone to pick with that dude's shins.

BONUS: WATCH THE SINFUL DWARF (1973) TRAILER

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