Mondo Macabro

Season 1

2002 · 8 episodes · 3h 20m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Thrillers From Manila

   1 Jan 2002 · 25 min

   A short history of Filipino exploitation cinema.

2. 2

   2. Mexican Horror Movies

   1 Jan 2002 · 25 min

   A short history of Mexican B movies, from monster movies to masked wrestlers, to the avant garde art cinema of Juan Lopez Moctezuma - collaborator of Alejandro Jodorowsky.

3. 3

   3. South Asian Cinema

   1 Jan 2002 · 25 min

   A short history of horror, fantasy and genre movies from Bollywood, South India and Pakistan.

4. 4

   4. The Nightmares of Coffin Joe

   1 Jan 2002 · 25 min

   A short documentary about Brazilian movie maverick Jose Mojica Marins ("Coffin Joe").

5. 5

   5. Fantasy Films From Indonesia

   1 Jan 2002 · 25 min

   A short history of Indonesian fantasy and action movies of the 70's and 80's with a particular focus on the output of the Rapi Films studio; makers of such cinematic classics as Lady Terminator and Mystics in Bali.

6. 6

   6. Turkish Pop Cinema

   1 Jan 2002 · 25 min

   A short history of Turkish popular cinema - action and adventure, comic book heroes and giant octopus attacks!

7. 7

   7. Argentinian Exploitation

   1 Jan 2002 · 25 min

   A short history of exploitation and b-pictures from Argentina - focusing on the films of the South American Marilyn Monroe; Isabelle Sarli and the films of director Emilio Vieyra.

8. 8

   8. The Erotic Empire

   1 Jan 2002 · 25 min

   A short history of the Japanese 'Pink' movie focusing on the output of the Nikkatsu studio.