Classic White Coaters

"White Coater" films were a distinctive subgenre of exploitation and sex-education movies that flourished in American grindhouses, roadshow circuits, and independent theaters from the 1930s through the 1970s, reaching a kind of last gasp during the grindhouse era.

The term comes from the common sight of a man in a white lab coat—often posing as a doctor, scientist, or educator—who would introduce or narrate the film to give it an air of legitimacy. The "white coat" served as a shield against censorship by claiming the material was educational rather than purely sensational.