Stag film

Stag film is a term used to describe a type of pornographic film produced clandestinely in the first two-thirds of the 20th Century. Typically, a stag film had certain traits. Stag films were brief in duration (about 12 minutes or less), were silent, depicted explicit or graphic sexual behavior intended to appeal to heterosexual men, and were produced clandestinely due to censorship laws. Stag films were screened for all-male audiences in fraternities or similar locations; observers offered a raucous collective response to the film, exchanging sexual banter and achieving sexual arousal. In Europe, stag films were often screened in brothels.