Suburbia Confidential -

Advertised as starting "where the Kinsey Report left off," it features then-taboo subjects such as bondage, lesbianism, and transvestism. Reviews often highlight its "playful sexiness" and the unusual lack of moral punishment for the women involved.

Produced and directed by (under the pseudonym A.C. Stephen) from a script by Ed Wood Jr., the film follows an anthology format.

In 1967, Ed Wood Jr. wrote a novelization under the pseudonym . Suburbia Confidential

Like the film, the book is structured as a collection of clinical case histories.

It was filmed in black-and-white "Gorgeous Astravision" and is noted for its badly dubbed moaning, which some modern viewers find humorous. Literary Adaptation Advertised as starting "where the Kinsey Report left

A psychiatrist, Dr. Henri Legrand, reviews case files of "sexually frustrated" suburban housewives who engage in affairs with service workers like milkmen, television repairmen, and bellboys.

Original paperback editions (such as from Triumph Fiction Books ) used sensationalist taglines promising "vice, decadence, and depraved orgies". Stephen) from a script by Ed Wood Jr

"Suburbia Confidential" (1966) is a notable entry in the mid-1960s "sexploitation" film genre, later adapted into a novel by the infamous filmmaker . The project is a primary example of the "White Coater" subgenre, which used a thin veneer of psychiatric or educational authority to present salacious content for adult audiences. Film Overview (1966)