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In the annals of '70s exploitation cinema, few names loom larger than Christina Lindberg. The naturally gorgeous (and amply endowed) Ms. Lindberg, who was known for her shy, wide-eyed, "innocent schoolgirl" persona, appeared in 24 films (13 of them nude roles) before retiring from film to become a journalist in the early '80s. A true international star, Christina appeared in films produced in Germany and Japan as well as her native Sweden, and is best known for her role in Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1974), which takes her ingenue image and blows it away with a double-barreled shotgun.

She's gone on to become a respected print journalist and the editor-in-chief of Scandinavia's largest aviation magazine, as well as an outspoken advocate for Swedish wildlife and an expert on edible mushrooms. We met Christina at the Flashback Horror Weekend in Chicago, where we talked about centerfolds, shotguns, and mushrooms (the edible kind, of course):