[2] In the mid-to-late 1960s, Findlay was prominent among a small group of underground New York filmmakers (including Joseph W. Sarno, Joseph P. Mawra, and Lou Campa) that produced exploitation "roughies" (early slasher films which combined conventional horror or thriller stories with sadomasochistic sex scenes) for the grindhouse market.
In 1965 he directed The Sin Syndicate, a false documentary about prostitutes turning State's evidence against the Mob, and the infamous Satan's Bed starring a then-unknown Yoko Ono (three years before she met The Beatles' John Lennon).
The film prominently features passages narrated from Pierre Louÿs' erotic classic The Songs of Bilitis.
The success of Touch led to two sequels, The Curse of Her Flesh and The Kiss of her Flesh, both released in 1968; both films followed the formula of Jennings recovering from life-threatening injuries sustained at the end of the previous film and returning to kill prostitutes and strippers while plotting elaborate revenge against individuals who were directly involved with his wife or knew of her affair.
Findlay continued to make films about sex and violence with A Thousand Pleasures (1968), and The Ultimate Degenerate (1969), which was largely a remake of Body of a Female.
Shackleton's actresses successfully made it into several local news programs, helping to generate genuine controversy around the film's release.
Roberta Findlay later went on to direct hardcore pornographic films including Anyone But My Husband (1975), Angel on Fire (1974), A Woman's Torment (1977), and Mystique (1979).
The accident occurred shortly after the 5:33 PM arrival of the New York Airways helicopter from John F. Kennedy Airport.
It was in the process of taking on 21 passengers for the return trip when the landing gear failed and the aircraft tipped on its side while the rotors were still running.
[5][6] A "Michael Findley" of Manhattan was named in press reports as being one of the three men on the roof killed instantly when "literally cut to pieces".