Respondents were randomly contacted by telephone and interviewed based on four components: (1) selection of an adult respondent in the household who was 18 years old or over; (2) assessment of demographic characteristics; (3) subject recruitment to possibly view a movie and fill out a questionnaire about it; and (4) subject recruitment to possibly view sexually explicit films. Respondents believed sexually explicit films did not appeal to a self-reported shameful, morbid, or unhealthy interest in sex and were not patently offensive. Community members indicated they would be substantially less accepting of sexually explicit materials if they contained rape and bondage, and they showed virtually no acceptance of materials including child actors under 18 years of age. Despite acceptance of sexually explicit films, most community members did not approve of violent "slasher" films. Respondents, however, believed most others in the community tolerated violent films. Findings are discussed in light of an obscenity standard that takes into account conventional morality and community opinion and discrepancies between obscenity and community standards. Appendixes provide additional information on study procedures. 61 references, 17 footnotes, and 7 tables