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Alucarda
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD100
UPC #: 843276010096 |
Alucarda tells of the strange relationship between two young girls, Justine and Alucarda, and how their relationship destroyed the lives of those around them in a torrent of blood, death and damnation. This legendary horror film contains images that will shock and disturb. |
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An Ideal Place to Kill
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO205
UPC #: 843276020590 |
Mondo Macabro’s May 2020 Release of AN IDEAL PLACE TO KILL – Her
dirty pictures paid for their vacation, but all too soon the fun turned to
terror!
Two free spirited teenagers, Dick and Ingrid (played by Ray Lovelock and
Ornella Muti), set out to spend the summer together in Italy. To pay their way
they sell Scandinavian porn mags and pictures of Ingrid posing nude. But then
they get busted by the cops and are given 24 hours to get out of the country.
Instead of leaving they take to the road, where they come up against a
thieving biker gang and then are mistaken for a pair of bank robbers. Heading
south in a hurry, they run out of gas in the middle of nowhere and take refuge
in the house of Barbara Slater (Irene Papas), a seemingly bored, middle aged
housewife who appears to be up for some sexual shenanigans. The naive pair party
with Barbara but soon discover she is hiding a terrible and deadly secret.
Directed by the legendary Umberto Lenzi of CANNIBAL FEROX fame, this sexy
thriller in the Italian “giallo” style is a taut and suspense filled
entertainment with a deviously twisted plot and all the trappings of the
“hippie” 1970s, Euro style. AN IDEAL PLACE TO KILL is here available for
the first time ever on Blu-ray, restored from the original negative, complete
and uncut and with exclusive bonus features.
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Beast and the Magic Sword, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO201
UPC #: 843276020194 |
Mondo Macabro’s February 2020 Release of THE BEAST AND THE MAGIC
SWORD – Werewolf versus Samurai in a Battle to the Death!
THE BEAST AND THE MAGIC SWORD is the last great film from Spanish horror
legend Paul Naschy. Although he would go on making and planning films until his
death in 2009, he never again attempted the epic sweep and grandeur of this 10th
entry into the saga of Waldemar Daninsky, a man afflicted by the curse of
lycanthropy. In this film we get for the first time an origin story of
how the Daninsky curse began back in the 10th century. We then move forward to
16th century Japan where Daninsky has travelled in search of a cure to his
affliction. Co-starring Japanese stage and screen veteran Shigeru Amachi, and
shot in the studios of Toshiro Mifune, THE BEAST AND THE MAGIC SWORD is a highly
successful and colorful melding of European werewolf legends and dark Japanese
fantasy. It features a fight between werewolf and tiger, an evil scarlet-cloaked
witch who imprisons Daninsky, a sword fight with a troupe of ghost samurai, and
many other unforgettable scenes. This is the first Blu-ray release of
this film and its first ever US release and includes both a full frame version
and a widescreen version.
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Blood Ceremony
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO219
UPC #: 843276021993 |
In 19th century Europe, the people are in the grip of ancient superstitions and the fear of vampires runs riot through the land. Strange rituals are enacted to seek out the resting places of the undead and macabre trials are held over disinterred corpses. The Countess barely notices what is going on. She is more concerned that her beauty is fading and that her husband seems only interested in his birds of prey and observing the behavior of the superstitious locals. Her faithful lady’s companion tells the Countess that there are ways to reignite her husband’s passion – and also ways to preserve her looks. She reminds the Countess of her ancestor, the notorious Erzebeth Báthory, who bathed in the blood of virgins to maintain her youth. The Countess is unsure, but then one day the blood of a servant girl drips onto her hand and she is convinced that her skin has become whiter as a result. Soon she is searching for more blood and to her surprise, her husband becomes the one to provide it for her. Director Jorge Grau’s film is rightly praised as one of the very best horror films of the 1970s. Beautifully directed, and acted by a skilled cast including award winning actress Lucia Bosè as the Countess and former Miss Teen International, Ewa Aulin, it is a fascinating and disturbing look into the heart of darkness. |
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Blood Splattered Bride, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO179
UPC #: 843276017996 |
Susan, a young bride, travels with her husband to his family’s ancient manor
house in the far north of Spain. Susan is a virgin and is very hesitant about
her husband's sexual demands. She is also disturbed by her unfamiliar
surroundings and wonders if she will ever come to terms with her new married
life. She is shocked to discover that all the old portraits of female members of
her husband’s family have been locked away in the basement. When she finds them,
she discovers that one of the portraits shows a woman holding a strange dagger.
The woman’s face has been cut out of the painting. Her name is Mircala Karstein.
This atmospheric, gothic horror story is widely regarded as one of the very
best vampire films ever made. Controversial in its day for sexual content and
for extreme scenes of violence and gore, it was widely cut on original release.
This brand new version restores the film to its intended length and includes
alternate scenes that have never been made available before. This is the first
Blu-ray release of an acknowledged classic, one of Quentin Tarantino’s favourite
films and an influence on his own Kill Bill.
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Bloodlust
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO188
UPC #: 843276018894 |
Haunted by a childhood trauma... a deaf mute accountant develops a fixation
with blood spilling across his skin. Brief flirtations with ketchup and red ink
seem to satisfy him at first, but he soon develops a taste for the real thing.
Though he nurses a weird fascination for a neighbourhood girl who passes the
time by dancing on the rooftop, he remains socially withdrawn with his
co-workers and can't even find comfort in the arms of a hooker. One night he
breaks into the property of the local undertaker and ravages the prettiest
female corpse. Now addicted, he habitually raids the tombs of the dead and
drinks blood from their throats via a spiked, double pronged glass straw.
Authorities and citizens are incensed by these crimes and the search is on for
this modern day vampire. BLOODLUST is one of the darkest and most
affecting horror movies to come out of 1970s Europe. Based on the macabre true
story of Kuno Hofmann, the “Vampire of Nuremberg”, the film plays like a kind of
grown up fairy tale, albeit one that includes bloodsucking, eyeball evisceration
and voyeuristic lesbian sex scenes among a host of other activities. Cut and
banned in many countries, this is the full length version in all its gruesome,
gory, glory.
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Dangerous Cargo
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO203
UPC #: 843276020392 |
Mondo Macabro’s February 2020 Release of DANGEROUS CARGO – TVs
DALLAS’ Debbie Shelton in her most daring role ever!
In this wild and rarely seen example of Greek exploitation cinema, Deborah
Shelton - former Miss USA and star of TV’s DALLAS - plays the wife of a
ship’s captain whose vessel is taken over by pirates. After her husband is
brutally killed she is alone with a crew of rough, tough seafarers. When the
pirate leader takes an interest in her she has to use all her cunning and skills
- not to mention her sexuality - to stay alive and take revenge for the murder
of her husband. The film is a tense and brutal
story of lust and treachery on the high seas. Set entirely on a huge ship
carrying an illegal cargo of dangerous nitro-glycerine, the film racks up the
tension to almost unbearable levels as cross and counter cross take place among
the warring parties. When a powerful cyclone threatens to sink the ship and kill
all aboard, the former enemies must collaborate to save themselves. Directed by
Kostas Karagiannis, the crazed genius behind such films as THE WIFE KILLER and
TANGO OF PERVERSION, DANGEROUS CARGO is exploitation cinema at its finest.
Deborah Shelton, in her raunchiest role ever, is by turns scared, seductive and
scheming as she takes control of the situation and springs more than a few
surprises for the viewer.
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Devil Incarnate, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO181
UPC #: 843276018191 |
A master class in sin and depravity, when the Devil himself walks the
earth!
"…and no good deed shall go unpunished …"
The action takes place in
16th century Spain. The Devil comes to earth to live as a mere mortal. Together
with a human companion, Tomas, he travels, like Don Quixote, through the
countryside and has a series of wild encounters with both men and women. On the
way he acquires great wealth and even fathers a child. But too late he learns a
terrible lesson about we devious humans.
Widely recognised as one of
horror star Paul Naschy's very best films, THE DEVIL INCARNATE is bawdy,
shocking, funny and thought provoking. In the spirit of THE DECAMERON or THE
CANTERBURY TALES the film presents a parade of human types from the saintly to
the downright mean and nasty. But who is worse… the Devil or Mankind?
Created from a brand new 4k scan of the original negative, THE DEVIL INCARNATE
makes its Blu-ray and US debut in an edition packed with exclusive extra
features.
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Devil's Business, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray/DVD
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO156
UPC #: 843276015695 |
Veteran hitman Pinner (Billy Clarke) and his young, inexperienced ward Cully (Jack Gordon) break into a house at night, awaiting the return of owner Kist (Jonathan Hansler) whom their gangland boss Bruno (Harry Miller) wants dead, with no questions asked. As midnight approaches, Pinner keeps the nervous Cully entertained with an eerie story about a previous hit he had carried out on a beautiful striptease dancer. Before he can finish his tale, a sound from outside the house draws them into the night, and to a horrifying discovery that plunges them into the shadowy darkness of their own tortured souls. The Devil hasn’t finished with them yet… |
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Devil's Nightmare, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO193
UPC #: 843276019396 |
The world Blu-ray premier of a classic Gothic horror - starring Erika
Blanc.
A busload of tourists on holiday discover that they are
going on an unscheduled trip… a trip into the macabre. They find themselves lost
and in need of food and shelter. A gloomy castle ahead seems to be the refuge
that have been seeking. What they don't know is that Baron von Runberg, the
castle's owner, lives under an ancient family curse - one that will draw the
unsuspecting guests into a terrifying game of death. As they enjoy a splendid
meal at the Baron's table, a beautiful stranger arrives at the castle. And the
nightmare begins…
This delirious exercise in Gothic sex and horror is one of the very few such
films to come from Belgium and stars the great Erika Blanc, the diva of 1960s
and 70s Eurohorror, together with Shirley Corrigan (CRIMES OF THE BLACK CAT),
Jean Servais (Rififi) and Daniel Emilfork.
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Diabolical Dr Z
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD101
UPC #: 843276010195 |
Dr Z creates a mind control machine. Rejected by the medical establishment as mad, he suffers a fatal heart attack. His daughter decides to take revenge on the men who did down her dad. Using his devious device, she brainwashes a sexy go-go dancer and turns her into a deadly killing machine. First she seduces her victims... then she dispatches them with her poison tipped finger nails. Mondo Macabro is proud to present Jesus Franco's masterpiece for the first time ever on DVD. |
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Don't Deliver Us From Evil
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD124
UPC #: 843276012496 |
Two young convent girls become friends and decide to spend the summer together. However, their innocent bicycle rides and walks in the country soon develop a much more sinister side. Influenced by their reading of forbidden books, they decide to explore the world of perversion and cruelty. They find a victim and use their innocent exterior to seduce and destroy him. Once they have stepped over the line, they find it impossible to stop. Soon they are contemplating the ultimate evil act. Hugely controversial, the film was banned for blasphemy and has never been released in the US before. It's a film that should be viewed only by those with very open minds. |
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Don’t Open Till Christmas
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.99 |
Catalog #:
MDO150
UPC #: 843276015091 |
It's Christmas time in London - the season of good will to all men. A time for celebration, a time for family, a time for presents. This year it's also time for a masked maniac to be let loose on the streets. His intended victims are chosen at random - but they have one thing in common: they are dressed in the flowing white beard and bright red robes of Santa Claus. The killer selects different methods to fulfill his grisly task... |
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Emanuelle in America
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO195
UPC #: 843276019594 |
Emanuelle (Laura Gemser) is a fearless photo journalist and fashion photographer who travels the world in search of the exotic, the erotic and the downright deadly. Never averse to shedding her clothes in pursuit of a good story, Emanuelle arrives in America with a mission to expose the sizzling inner secrets of the jet set at play.
Armed with her striking features, unique sensual talents – and a hidden camera – she’s off, examining life as a love slave at a ranch run by a sadistic brothel master… investigating a bizarre spa for super rich, sexually frustrated women… exploring the kinky side of a straight laced Republican politician… and finally uncovering shocking evidence of an international snuff film conspiracy.
Now for the first time ever on Blu-ray, this notorious and truly shocking film can be seen in all its high definition glory, totally uncut. Infamous director Joe d’Amato pulls out all the stops in this epic of sleaze and depravity. It’s Emanuelle… but as you’ve never seen her before. |
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Escape from the Insane Asylum
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $14.95 |
Catalog #:
MV-21
UPC #: 663390001127 |
After being committed to a sanatorium by her wealthy husband, a rich heiress
is on a race against the clock to prove her sanity and to expose the savage
medical experiments that are being performed in the asylum.
Massacre Video, in collaboration with Vinegar Syndrome, presents the obscure
Escape from the Insane Asylum on DVD for the first time ever, staring legendary
cult writer / producer / actress Renee Harmon (Frozen Screams, Cinderella 2000,
The Executioner 2, and many other classics). |
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Female Prisoner: Caged!
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO138
UPC #: 843276013899 |
Also known as The Prison Heat, this is one of the most notorious and sought after titles in the so-called WIP or “women in prison” movie genre. Japanese cinema has produced many classic examples , such as the renowned “Scorpion” series. Here, the director of the infamous Wife to Be Sacrificed turns his hand to the genre and the result is a Grindhouse-style gem. Packed with many eye opening and unforgettable moments, the movie tells the classic story of the innocent new fish who finds herself trapped in a world of brutality and exploitation. Fighting to preserve her sanity and her life, she soon finds that the very worst offenders are the ones who run the prison. With no-one but herself to trust, she decides to fight back, with spectacular results. |
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For Your Height Only/Challenge of the Tiger double bill
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD121
UPC #: 843276012199 |
For Your Height Only is legendary amongst lovers of truly out there cinema. A film about a two and a half foot tall secret agent - A kung fu master and suave loving machine who struts his stuff in a Travolta style white suit! Can it be true that such a film exists? It can and it does and here it is! Unquestionably one of the most outrageous and whacked movies in the world. This double disc set also includes Challenge Of The Tiger - featuring the greatest clone of Bruce... Bruce Le. Released for the first time ever in a beautiful new 2.35: 1 scope transfer ... this is red hot martial arts action as two secret agents race around the globe to foil a crazed madman's plan for world domination! |
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Fox with a Velvet Tail, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO175
UPC #: 843276017590 |
This 1971 Italian/Spanish giallo is a hugely enjoyable and very stylish
murder mystery set on the luxurious Côte d'Azur. Spanish director José María
Forqué - who later made the controversial Beyond Erotica - brings together a
talented and good looking cast, one of the best cinematographers of the day
(Alejandro Ulloa) and a fantastic, lounge style score from Maestro Piccioni to
create a twisty, and twisted, tale of deception and revenge. The director's long
career at the more prestigious end of Spanish cinema and the presence of award
winning scripter Rafael Azcona - who worked with many top European film makers -
give the film an edge of sophistication alongside its enjoyably devious
narrative.
The film is like the smooth blue waters of the Mediterranean where it’s set.
It looks inviting and seductive, the sun glistening off the gentle waves; but
just beneath the surface, sharks are swimming, and they're hungry for prey...
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French Sex Murders
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD117
UPC #: 843276011796 |
Parisian call girls murdered... Send for Inspector Bogart! This gory sex thriller stars a galaxy of Eurocult acting talent. Anita Ekberg (the killer nun); Howard Vernon (Awfull Dr Orloff); Rosalba Neri (Lady Frankenstein)... not to mention hunky Gordon Mitchell, sexy Barbara Bouchet and glamorous Evelyn Kraft. Oh - and professional Humphrey Bogart lookalike Robert Sacchi! To match its sparkling cast, the film boasts a suitable wild plot. it featuires hooded killers, mad scientists, an eyeball thief and some of the sleaziest murders seen in a long time. Never previously available on DVD - brand new digital HD anamorphic transfer - fully uncut for the first time ever! |
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Gemini
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO209
UPC #: 843276020996 |
This stunning film from director Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo, Nightmare
Detective etc) is set in Tokyo in 1910. Dr. Yukio Daitokuji (Masahiro Motoki),
is a former military doctor who has taken over a successful medical practice
from his father. He appears to be living a charmed life: he is respected in the
local community and is married to the beautiful Rin (Ryo). His only problem is
that she suffers from amnesia, and her past is unknown.
But soon his world begins to crumble. Both his parents die suddenly,
killed by a bizarre, rag-wearing stranger. Yukio’s relationship with his wife
worsens after he refuses to cure the inhabitants of a nearby slum. Then one day
he comes face to face with the mysterious killer and a shocking and deadly
secret is revealed.The film’s sumptuous visuals, astonishing costume design,
scenes of kinetic violence and pounding score create a unique mood of terror and
wonder, leading to an unexpected and apocalyptic ending.
This is the world premier Blu-ray edition of this film.
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Girl in Room 2A
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.99 |
Catalog #:
MDO151
UPC #: 843276015190 |
Before HOSTEL there was THE GIRL IN ROOM 2A... A terrifying tale of a young girl who moves into a boarding house run by a kindly older woman, only to discover that the place has a dark and sinister past - young and pretty girls seem to disappear from there without a trace. Where they go and what happens to them is the dreadful secret of GIRL IN ROOM 2A. For the first time ever on DVD, fully uncut and uncensored, this is a classic slice of 1970's Italian shock cinema. Packed with scary scenes and demented characters, the film is both full-on horror and an intriguing mystery. What is the secret of Room 2A? Starring former Miss Italy, Daniela Giordano (star of Bava's Four Times That Night), this is cult movie making at its most extreme. Not to be watched alone! |
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Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay - Special Edition
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD116
UPC #: 843276011697 |
Driving in their car through France one summer, two young girls, Anna & Francoise, find themselves trapped in the kingdom of the mythic Morgana, Queen of the Witches. Ever since Merlin taught her his skills centuries ago, Morgana has gone on living by obtaining the souls of the young women who pass through her kingdom. In exchange, she gives the captives who agree to her pact eternal youth and beauty. Those who refuse her grow old and ugly in the dungeons of her castle. A classic of erotic horror presented here uncut for the first time ever. |
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Gradiva
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO144
UPC #: 843276014490 |
A highly erotic, gothic mystery, in the style of Hitchcock's "Vertigo", from Alain Robbe-Grillet, writer of the Oscar-nominated "Last Year At Marienbad" and director of the notorious "Trans-Europe Express". An English historian living in Morocco is searching for some mythical lost paintings. His quest leads him into the ancient Arabic quarter of the city. There he sees a beautiful blonde woman in a white veil. He becomes obsessed with finding her, but discovers that she may already be dead. His Moroccan mistress, Belkis, appears to be encouraging his obsessions, but it soon transpires that she may be trapping him in a dark and dangerous labyrinth of desire, from which death may be the only escape. This was the last work from the acclaimed and award winning filmmaker and is an exotic, erotic mystery story which deals with some of the most profound issues of the human heart. Packed with controversial and astonishing imagery, it's an intriguing and complex work of art that is a fitting tribute to a master of world cinema. |
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How To Seduce A Virgin
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO153
UPC #: 843276015398 |
The beautiful Countess Martine de Bressac is released from the expensive asylum where she was incarcerated after castrating her former lover. She returns to her luxurious villa on the coast and goes at once down into her private underground dungeon. It's here that she indulges herself in the perverse sexual practices that give her life meaning, surrounded by the bizarre human statues of her previous victims. Her husband, Charles, feeds his wife's sick fantasies, aware that she is his meal ticket to a life of luxury. He announces that he has a new game for her - they will befriend and seduce the young and virginal daughter of a rich neighbor. But things do not go exactly as planned… Games of decadence and debauchery lead to mayhem and murder. From cult director Jess Franco. His most outrageous film. First ever US release. |
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Inheritors, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO189
UPC #: 843276018993 |
On his way home from school, 16 year old Thomas helps Charly, an unemployed
teenager, escape from the police. Despite their differing backgrounds the boys
become good friends and Charly persuades Thomas to join a neo-Nazi youth group.
Intrigued and confused by his new friends, Thomas, who is experiencing trouble
at home and school, is drawn deeper into a web of sex and violence that leads to
a tragic end. In 1979, Austrian film director Walter Bannert was among
a group of Vienna cafe patrons beaten up by a gang of young neo-Nazis who
wrecked the place. Researching the burgeoning movement in West Germany and
Austria for 3 years, Bannert infiltrated their private meetings by convincing
party leaders that he wanted to make an objective documentary. His film, THE
INHERITORS is the result, a disturbing and timely fictional drama based entirely
on real characters, events and conversations that Bannert came across in the
neo-Nazi camps. The film was highly controversial on its original release and
theatres screening it were threatened with violent action by neo-Nazi
sympathizers. Although it is now over thirty years old, the film remains
incredibly relevant as we witness, across the world, the rebirth of right-wing
extremism using exactly the same lies and tactics exposed so powerfully in this
film. THE INHERITORS was not screened in its native country for many
years until it was rediscovered at the 2015 Viennale Exhibition, where it was
praised as a rare and powerful example of Austrian genre cinema with a strong
political message. The film was selected at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival for
the prestigious Directors Fortnight section. In the same year it also won a jury
prize at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Inquisition
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO173
UPC #: 843276017392 |
In 16th century France, Inquisitor and magistrate Bernard de Fossey (Paul
Naschy) travels to the plague-ridden region of Peyriac in search of witches and
devil worshippers. Local beauty Catherine (Daniela Giordano) quickly catches his
eye, tormenting him with impure thoughts, although her affections lie with her
handsome fiancé Jean. Meanwhile, embittered one-eyed manservant Rénover (Antonio
Iranzo) presents Bernard with his first group of torture victims when he accuses
several sexy young things who spurned his advances of being witches responsible
for the plague. One by one beautiful women are tortured on the rack then
burned at the stake. No-one seems able to halt the Inquisition's reign of terror
or the baseless accusations that cause so many innocent deaths. When Jean dies
in mysterious circumstances, Catherine allies herself with Satan to get revenge
on her enemies - foremost among them, De Fossey himself.
This was horror
star Paul Naschy's directorial debut and one of his very best films. He plays
three roles - Inquisitor De Fossey, the Devil, and the Grim Reaper. The film is
a brutal and unrelenting portrait of a past when superstition and terror ruled
the minds of men.
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Killer of Dolls, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO199
UPC #: 843276019990 |
In this bizarre and totally unique piece of Spanish horror, David Rocha plays
Paul, a young man thrown out of medical school due to his inability to deal with
the sight of blood. He goes home to Montpellier in France where his father is
gardener on a huge estate belonging to Countess Olivia (played by Helga Liné,
ageless diva of Spanish horror). We soon discover that fear of blood is not
Paul’s only quirk He was raised as a girl after his sister died and likes to
play with dolls, performing strange operations on them, attempting to extract
their hearts. Meanwhile, in the park surrounding the Countesses' home, a number
of young girls have been found murdered. The killer seems to be a mysterious
individual wearing a black wig, a white doll mask and speaking with a woman’s
voice.
As the killings multiply around him, Paul sinks ever deeper into a world of
hallucination and nightmare. Released here for the first time ever on Blu-ray
and in its US premier, The Killer of Dolls is an original and unforgettable film
that will be treasured by all who like their horror weird and unsettling In this
bizarre and totally unique piece of Spanish horror, David Rocha plays Paul, a
young man thrown out of medical school due to his inability to deal with the
sight of blood. He goes home to Montpellier in France where his father is
gardener on a huge estate belonging to Countess Olivia (played by Helga Liné,
ageless diva of Spanish horror). We soon discover that fear of blood is not
Paul’s only quirk He was raised as a girl after his sister died and likes to
play with dolls, performing strange operations on them, attempting to extract
their hearts. Meanwhile, in the park surrounding the Countesses’ home, a number
of young girls have been found murdered.
The killer seems to be a mysterious individual wearing a black wig, a white doll
mask and speaking with a woman’s voice. As the killings multiply around him,
Paul sinks ever deeper into a world of hallucination and nightmare. Released
here for the first time ever on Blu-ray and in its US premier, The Killer of
Dolls is an original and unforgettable film that will be treasured by all who
like their horror weird and unsettling |
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Lady Terminator
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD108
UPC #: 843276010898 |
Get ready for a wild ride! A sexually rapacious Asian goddess, known as the "Queen of the South Sea", possesses the body of a young female skin diver. Armed with an AK47 and an endless supply of bullets , this murderous Lady Terminator takes to the streets on a revenge filled rampage. It’s like KILL BILL - but with oodles of sex. This combination of Asian black magic and western-style shoot ‘em up is one of the key cult movies of the ’80s. Even the jaded patrons of 42nd Street were shocked to see how the lustful Lady T dispatched her male victims! Previously released in a cut, full screen version, this DVD restores the film to its original length and is presented in a digitally remastered widescreen 16:9 format. |
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Lifespan
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD125
UPC #: 843276012595 |
Cult icon Klaus Kinski features in this dark and intriguing existential thriller. He plays the mysterious "Swiss Man," ruthless industrialist Nicolas Ulrich, who is obsessed with a search for the elixir of life. He tricks a young American scientist into joining him on his demonic quest. A quest that ends in suicide, death and madness. |
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Living Corpse
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD103
UPC #: 843276010393 |
In the 1960's, even Pakistan was swinging!. To prove it, here's this amazing version of the Dracula story from 1967. So hot it was banned on its original release. |
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Lizard In A Women's Skin , A
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $24.99 |
Catalog #:
MDO162
UPC #: 843276016296 |
Carol Hammond, the sexually frustrated wife of a successful London lawyer, is having bizarre, erotic dreams about her uninhibited neighbor, Julia Durer, who presides over noisy, sex and drug filled parties in the house next door. One night, Carol's dreams culminate in violent death and she wakes to find her nightmares have become reality - Julia has been murdered and Carol is the main suspect. |
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Lorna the Exorcist
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO147
UPC #: 843276014797 |
Patrick, a rich businessman, celebrates his daughter Linda's 18th birthday by taking her and his wife to a famous casino resort in the south of France, where, 20 years earlier, he had won the money that enabled him to start his business and begin his rise to the top. At the casino he meets the beautiful and mysterious Lorna, whom he first encountered that night 20 years ago. She reminds him that he made a promise to her back then. She is the power behind his success and now she has returned to claim her reward - his daughter, Linda. A masterpiece of transgressive horror from Jess Franco. |
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Lovers Beyond Time
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO182
UPC #: 843276018290 |
THE GREEK FANTASTIQUE Dimitris Panayiotatos is the only
Greek film maker to have specialised in film noir, fantasy and sci-fi. He has
produced and directed documentaries, TV series and feature films and has created
a consistent and compelling body of work over more than thirty years.
This
DVD brings together his 1990 feature film Lovers Beyond Time, as well as an
episode of the Twilight Zone style TV series Tales of Love and Terror. The disc
also includes his 2009 feature length documentary on the history of Greek genre
cinema and an interview with the director where he discusses his own career and
the difficulties of working in genre cinema in Greece, a country where such
productions have always been marginalised.
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Marquis de Sade's Prosperities of Vice
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO143
UPC #: 843276014391 |
A decadent Count in 1920's Japan becomes obsessed with the works of the Marquis de Sade. he creates a theatre to show plays adapted from the notorious writers novels, and recruits a variety of theives, prostitutes and low lives to act out his fantasies onstage for the delight of his rich and decadent friends. In search of new sensations, the nobleman orders one of the actors, on pain of death, to make love to the noblemans wife while he watches. Unfortunately, this incursion of real life into his fantasy world will have dire consequences for the count and his coterie. Full of startling images and with a gripping storyline, this film is a feast for the eyes and mind. This is the first time the film has been released outside of Japan. A classic waiting to be discovered. |
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Medousa
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO163
UPC #: 843276016395 |
In this surreal retelling of the ancient myth of the Medusa, bizarre, clothed statues of men are appearing all over Greece. Only Perseus, the leader of a gang of modern Athenian thieves, holds the answer to the mystery. It has something to do with a beautiful, long-haired woman in black who is connected with his troubled childhood. One night his gang breaks into a deserted house in the countryside looking for goods to steal. What they find is entirely unexpected and leads Perseus on a dangerous journey into his past. |
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Mystics In Bali
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO132
UPC #: 843276013295 |
This is the film that introduced a new kind of monster to the world's cinema screens. A sensation on its initial release in Asia, MYSTICS IN BALI was deemed too bizarre and shocking to be screened in the west. Until now... This is the first time the film has been released in the U.S. and is completely uncut and digitally remastered from the rare original negative. The film tells the story of a young American woman who goes to Asia in search of the secrets of ancient magic. One night in the forest, she encounters a female member of the terrifying cult of Leyak. She agrees to become the Leyak's disciple and begins to indulge in many strange and savage rites. But the Leyak witch has secret plans for her young acolyte. Plans that culminate in one of the most bizarre and shocking scenes in all horror cinema! |
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Night Has A Thousand Desires
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO168
UPC #: 843276016890 |
In this surreal and sensuous mystery/noir, Lina Romay (The Female Vampire, Lorna the Exorcist) plays Irina, a partner in a male-female mind reading act. At night she experiences vivid and sexually charged dreams which end in murder. It seems that the people whose minds she reads are being killed off one by one.
In the 1980s, after the death of the Spanish dictator, Jess Franco returned to his native country and made a series of films in which he was given almost total freedom, so long as they featured a number of erotic sequences. Night Has a Thousand Desires is one of the most artistically successful of these films. It’s filled with familiar Franco touches - artful cinematography, atmospheric locations, naked women, an avant garde soundtrack - and it features one of Lina Romay’s most committed performances.
This world Blu Ray premier includes a number of exclusive extra features
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Panic Beats
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO221
UPC #: 843276022198 |
Spanish horror legend Paul Naschy wrote directed and stars in this dark and macabre tale of lust, betrayal and ghostly vengeance. Naschy plays a descendent of the Alaric de Marnac character first seen in his 1973 film Horror Rises from the Tomb. Desperate to salvage his crumbling financial empire, Paul Marnac (Naschy) decides to kill his heiress wife, Geneviève, played by Julia Saly. He enlists the help of a sexy and ambitious younger woman, Julie, played by former Miss Spain, Frances Ondiviela. Unfortunately, one murder is not enough to satisfy Julie’s blood lust and greed. As the corpses pile up, she heads for a confrontation with an ancient and unstoppable evil. Remastered for the first time in HD, this fully restored Blu-ray is the complete uncut version of the film and contains all the notorious gore and violence. |
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Perversion Story
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO186
UPC #: 843276018696 |
Dr. George Dumurrier is looking for money to expand the San Francisco based
clinic he runs with his brother. He is also having an affair with Jane, a
glamorous fashion photographer. When Dumurrier’s wife Susan dies following an
asthma attack, leaving him a million dollar insurance pay-out, it seems that all
his problems are solved - until an anonymous phone call sends him to the Roaring
20s strip club where he is astonished to discover that its featured performer,
the dangerously desirable Monica Weston, looks exactly like his dead wife. As he
tries to unravel this mystery, George learns that the police are now
investigating his wife’s death and that he is under suspicion of murder.
Masterfully directed by Lucio Fulci, PREVERSION STORY just predates LIZARD IN A
WOMAN’S SKIN and is equally compelling, mysterious and seductive. This fully
restored Blu-ray release is the longest version available.
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Queens of Evil
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO217
UPC #: 843276021795 |
In this dark, gothic fairy tale for adults Ray Lovelock plays David, a lone hippie motorcyclist, cruising the highways, in search of a better world. One night on a lonely mountain road he stops to help out the owner of a Rolls Royce with a flat tyre. The middle aged driver of the car gives David a lecture about responsibility and, unknown to David, punctures the front tyre of his motorbike before driving off. Furious, David gives chase. There is an accident and the car crashes, killing the driver.Fearing trouble from the police, David heads off down a side road into a dark forest and spends the night in a deserted barn. He is woken the next morning by three beautiful young women who live in a luxurious villa nearby. These three women appear to be toying with David, playing an elaborate and sinister game, involving perplexing rituals and nighttime vigils. The climax of their game takes place at a party in a nearby castle where David appears to be the guest of honor... but for what purpose? |
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Satanico Pandemonium
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD114
UPC #: 843276011499 |
Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity. But in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. Cecilia Pezet stars. |
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Satanico Pandemonium
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO207
UPC #: 843276020798 |
Mondo Macabro’s May 2020 Release of SATANICO PANDEMONIUM – From Bride
of Christ to Slave of Satan!
In the spirit of Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS and Juan Lopez Moctezuma’s
ALUCARDA, this is one of the most subversive, violent and shocking films ever
made about the religious life. With a stunning performance form the often naked
Cecilia Pezet, the film inspired the Salma Hayek character in FROM DUSK TILL
DAWN. Sister Maria (Pezet) is known in the convent for her good works
and charitable deeds. But, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is
tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are
allowed to run free. In this world, Satan is her master. As her acts of violence
and blasphemy increase, Maria realizes that she has been chosen by the Devil
himself to destroy the convent and lead her sister nuns into hell!
Helmed by award winning, veteran director Gilberto Martinez Solares, the film is
stunningly photographed in eye popping colors, making it one of the best looking
entries in the entire nunsploitation genre.
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Seven Women for Satan
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD104
UPC #: 843276010492 |
This rarely seen Euro shocker is a sexy version of the story of Count Zaroff, the man whose favorite past time was hunting humans on his private island. By day a mild mannered businessman, in his dreams, Boris Karloff chases naked females on his country estate; just like his notorious father. One weekend, two visitors arrive at Boris's castle. the young girl is fascinated byt the tales of the wicked Zaroffs and asks if she can see their famous torture chamber. Maybe now the Zaroff dreams can becomne reality once more? A stylish and erotic horror film that was actually banned in France in the 1970's. |
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Seven Women for Satan
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO215
UPC #: 843276021597 |
By day a mild-mannered businessman, in his dreams Boris Zaroff hunts naked females on his country estates, just like his notorious father. One weekend, two visitors arrive at Boris’s castle. The young girl is fascinated by tales of the wicked Zaroffs and asks if she can see their famous torture chamber. Maybe now the Zaroff dreams can become reality once more.
Seven Women for Satan, originally titled The Wicked Weekends of Count Zaroff is a stylish and erotic horror film that was actually banned in France in the 1970s. Severely cut from its original running time and more or less forgotten for decades, the film now reaches Blu-ray in a stunningly restored new version created from the original negative.
Complete with a host of extras and with many deleted and alternate scenes, this release shows the film, for the first time, in the form its maker intended. An extended version restores the film closer to its original running time and a nearly hour-long interview with cast member and assistant director Robert de Laroche gives a hugely entertaining and insightful view into the making of the film and the life and work of its creator Michel Lemoine. |
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Silip - Daughters of Eve
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO133
UPC #: 843276013394 |
In the tradition of Japanese Pink cinema comes this shocking, violent and sex-filled movie that caused an outrage when it was screened at the Chicago Film Festival. Starring the former Miss Philippines, the stunning Maria Isabel Lopez (in her most revealing role ever), SILIP - DAUGHTERS OF EVE is an eye-opening example of raw and savage filmmaking from one of the Philippines' most innovative directors, Elwood Perez. Set in the beautiful and remote countryside of Ilongo, the story tells of three young women and their struggle to come to terms with their own sexuality against a background of religious oppression and male brutality. Mondo Macabro is pleased to present a 2-disc edition of one of the most extraordinary movies ever released on DVD. SILIP - DAUGHTERS OF EVE has been a well-kept secret amongst collectors of arcane and extreme films, talked about in awed tones but rarely seen... until now! Presented completely uncut and uncensored, SILIP - DAUGHTERS OF EVE is the ultimate cult movie and guaranteed not to disappoint. |
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Sinner
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO148
UPC #: 843276014896 |
Linda comes to the big city in search of fun and excitement. What she finds is exploitation and abuse at the hands of a succession of sleazy guys. Searching for love, she enters into a lesbian relationship with a beautiful countess, discovers drugs and swingers' parties and starts acting in porno movies. She also begins to write a secret diary... With a cast of some of the most stunning Euro actresses of the period, wall-to-wall sex and nudity, pot parties, porno shoots and a psychedelic soundtrack, this is a gem of 1970s exploitation cinema. |
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Sins of Sister Lucia
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO139
UPC #: 843276013998 |
Rumiko is a very naughty girl...after seducing her English teacher and stabbing one of her father’s hoodlum pals, she is sent into a convent to be put back on the straight and narrow. Bad mistake. The convent turns out to be a hot bed (literally) of deviant sexual practices. Spanking, strange bondage games and lesbian canoodling are the holy orders for these naked nuns. |
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Sins of the Flesh
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO213
UPC #: 843276021399 |
Benoît Landrieux, the idle and depraved son of a rich industrialist has two chance encounters on the same day that will change his life forever: Jean-Pierre, a young tearaway who is trying to steal his car, and Isabelle, 20 years old, whom he saves from being raped by her stepfather. Benoît is a coward and a voyeur who gets his kicks from watching other couples make out. He cajoles his two new companions to attempt what he has never dared do: rob the safe in his father’s factory, seduce his stepmother to blackmail her for money and finally go so far as committing murder. Thus begins a wild ride that takes them to the very edge of madness.
Director Claude Mulot made this film under the pseudonym of Frédéric Lansac - the name of a character from his previous horror hit The Blood Rose. Sins of the Flesh marks the start of his transition from softcore films to full on hard core which was confirmed by his next release, Pussy Talk - one of the most controversial French films of all time. But Sins of the Flesh also shows Mulot’s background in horror cinema. He presents Benoît as a cunning and complex psychopath, a man who smiles and wears expensive clothes, while inside lurks a monster. The film stars Jess Franco favorite Anne Libert (Erotic Rites of Frankenstein) and comes in a brand new 4k restoration with a host of original extra features. |
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Slave, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray/DVD
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO155
UPC #: 843276015596 |
Silvia (Haydee Politoff) is young, beautiful and rich. She has everything - except the bondage and humiliation she craves to fulfil her erotic yearnings. Margaret (Rosanna Schiaffino) is a legendary movie star who loves to wade thigh high in 10,000 lira bank notes - and who is only too happy to give Silvia what she wants. In a strange, secluded house in Rome, the two women create a bizarre private world where Silvia’s fantasies become real, as Margaret turns her into a slave, a plaything of flesh, subject to the whims of an all powerful owner who can use her in any way she desires. Pasquale Festa Campanile (Hitch-Hike) directs a masterpiece of decadence, packed with sumptuous and shocking images. A brand new HD transfer from the original Techniscope negative. From the director of The Libertine and When Women Had Tails. Based on a scandalous European novel in the tradition of Story of “O” and The Image. |
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Spider AKA Zirneklis
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO177
UPC #: 843276017798 |
Vita, a beautiful teenage girl, is asked by a controversial artist to pose as
the Virgin Mary for a painting. She visits his studio and finds herself swept up
into the bizarre world of the artist and his bohemian friends. She seems to see
his paintings come to life and is pursued by strange shadowy figures. Later she
has nightmarish visions of the artist visiting her at night in the form of a
huge spider. The next morning she finds marks on her body that look like the
bites of a large insect.
Vita’s mother becomes worried about her and sends the girl off to stay with
relatives in the countryside, believing that the change of environment will help
her to recover. However, it seems the dark forces that threatened Vita in the
city have followed her and an ancient evil is being awakened that feeds off
Vita’s burgeoning sexuality.
This Latvian shot, Russian language film was produced in the post Glasnost
years of the former Soviet Union, when the barriers were down and previously
unacceptable material was being explored for the first time. This is one of the
very few sex-horror films to come out of that period and still stands today as a
daring and unique production, packed with elaborate and astonishing visual
sequences of morbid eroticism.
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Strip Tease
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO149
UPC #: 843276014995 |
Nico, future Velvet Underground singer, plays Ariane, a young ballet dancer living in Paris with dreams of stardom. To pay the rent she accepts a job in an upmarket strip club. Unable to go the whole way, she runs off the stage in tears. But soon she devises a unique act that captivates audiences and elevates her to superstar status in the competitive world of the 1960's Paris strip tease scene. With music by Serge Gainsbourg, this is the only mainstream movie in which Nico has a starring role. Her stunning looks and unearthly allure grace almost every shot. |
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Suddenly In The Dark
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO170
UPC #: 843276017095 |
A woman's idyllic middle-class life is disrupted when her husband brings home
a beautiful young orphan to be their maid. At first she welcomes the pretty
girl, in fact seems strangely fixated on her, but soon comes to suspect the girl
of having an affair with her husband. At the same time odd, unexplained
incidents - most involving the maid's mysterious wooden doll - begin to make her
question her own sanity. Soon it all spirals out of control and the film
climaxes in a fever pitch of sexual jealousy, murder, and supernatural
vengeance, all set to a pounding synth score.
Almost completely unknown outside its home country, Suddenly In The Dark is
one of the best examples of pre-millennial K-horror. It was made at a time when
censorship laws were being liberalized, igniting a boom in horror and erotic
films. Elements of both are present here, directed with bizarre flair by Go
Yeong-nam in a style often compared to the wilder Italian films of the 70s and
80s.
Mondo Macabro is proud to present this classic of Korean horror on Blu-ray for
the first time anywhere in the world. Our presentation has been restored from
the best available elements from the Korean Film Archive, and features brand new
extras produced exclusively for this release. |
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Symptoms
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO165
UPC #: 843276016593 |
A dark and haunting study in psychological horror, Symptoms takes us deep
into the twisted mind of a damaged girl.
Helen, who lives alone, invites her new friend Anne to stay with her in a
lonely house, lost in the English countryside. The house, the woods that
surround it and the figures fleetingly glimpsed through its windows, all seem
imbued with a deep sense of mystery. Helen appears to be hiding a secret and the
more Anne tries to uncover it, the deeper she is pulled into its dark heart.
Symptoms was the official UK entry to the Cannes film festival in 1974 and
was highly praised at the time. Subsequently the film sank into obscurity and
was recently listed as one of the UK’s top 75 “lost films”. This release, taken
from the original negative and fully restored, brings this quiet masterpiece
back into view, where it can now be appreciated as one of the most under rated
films of the 1970s. |
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Tango of Perversion
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO159
UPC #: 843276015992 |
The Tango club is the favorite hangout for a group of swingers who live for nothing but pleasure. Rosita, a beautiful lesbian, seduces Joanna by giving her dope. Stathis, Joanna's sleazy boyfriend catches the two women in bed together and takes his brutal revenge on them, ending in Rosita’s death. All this happens in the house of Joachim, a rich playboy who gets his kicks by secretly filming Stathis having sex with girls from the Tango club. Joachim believes he is impotent, until he makes love to Rosita's dead body. After that, things start to get weird... Sex, drugs, necrophilia, voyeurism and a dose of Greek psychedelia, this film has it all. One of the legendary exploitation films of the early 1970s now makes its US home video debut in a brand new print, complete and uncut. |
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The Lady Kills / Pervertissima Double Bill
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO211
UPC #: 843276021191 |
Remastered, restored and available for the first time on home video anywhere
in the world, this new “perverse double bill” from maverick film maker Jean
Louis Van Belle contains both the 1972 release Pervertissima and the 1971
production The Lady Kills. The Lady Kills tells the story of Françoise Frémond,
who travels across Europe on an apparently random killing spree, bumping off a
series of increasingly odious men. From Swinging London to the eternal city of
Rome, she leaves a trail of dead bodies and the question: why?
A mystery film as only Jean Louis Van Belle could make it, The Lady
Kills is a blast from start to finish with an amazing soundtrack of gloriously
groovy psych-rock. Pervertissima is a bizarre – and possible unique -
combination of mondo movie and mad scientist flick. A beautiful woman is hired
by a scandal sheet editor to research and write a report on “Love in Paris”. Her
quest takes her from a lesbian sauna to a secretive club of masked swingers, via
stints as a street walker in a seedy Paris back alley and a strip-tease artist
in an upmarket cabaret. Her final outing leads to the clinic of the dangerous Dr
Vilard, who aims to create sex robots out of human flesh, and mate them to
create a race of superhumans to take over the world!
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The Wild Pussycat plus The Deserter
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO191
UPC #: 843276019198 |
Mondo Macabro's Exploitation Double Bill Release THE WILD PUSSYCAT
plus THE DESERTER
The WILD PUSSYCAT is an unsung classic of
exploitation cinema. Produced in Greece in 1968, it was not officially released
there until 1972 and then only in a cut and compromised version. The simple plot
concerns a women whose sister was exploited and driven to suicide by a sleazy
pimp. In order to get revenge on him the woman seduces the man, drugs him and
imprisons him in a sound proofed room, tormenting him through a large one way
mirror (he can see out, no-one can see in) by performing sultry strip tease
dances and having sex with men and women while he can only look on, helpless to
stop it or join in. Her final vengeance on him is so shocking it raises eyebrows
even today.
In spite of its lurid subject matter and explicit visuals, THE WILD PUSSYCAT
was not a low budget quickie with a cast of unknowns and a first time film
maker. It was directed by Dimi Dadiras, one of the most successful
director/producers of the period, and it features one of the big stars of Greek
cinema - Gisela Dali, known in her day as "the Greek Bardot".
The Blu-ray
includes both the 1972 Greek version (with much of the sex removed and a plot
featuring a drug dealing con inserted) and the full on, uncut export version. So
essentially there are three films on the disc. THE DESERTER, a rarely seen
Greek production from 1970, is a fascinating and powerful film about a young
soldier who escapes from a seemingly endless war only to find himself trapped in
an emotional and sexual battle between two desperate women. One of them, Ermina
(played by Italian star Franca Parisi), is stuck in a loveless marriage with a
boorish farmer who plans to make his fortune by selling cheap hootch to
soldiers. The other - much younger - woman, seems to live in a bizarre and
dangerous fantasy world. She is played by famous Greek singing star Alexandra
Kyriakaki. The great Gisela Dali "the Greek Brigitte Bardot" also stars in this
production, in a small but unforgettable role as a witch who casts a love spell
on the soldier.
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Virgins From Hell
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MOD122
UPC #: 843276012298 |
A double disc limited edition set of one of the wildest movies ever to come out of Asia. The action kicks off with a girl biker gang clad in leather hot pants raiding a casino drug den... and then it gets crazy. the gang is led by two girls who were forced to watch as the leader of the drug syndicate murdered their parents and stole their land. To take revenge they train a gang of hot biker babes to take on Mr Tiger - the bad guy. Unfortunately they lose the battle and are incarcerated in a womens prison camp - playthings of the camps vicious lesbian wardress. But worse - they are to be used as guinea pigs for an aphrodisiac drug designed to turn all women into helpless sex slaves! |
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Warrior, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO137
UPC #: 843276013790 |
This entertaining fantasy filick stars 1980s action hero Barry Prima. He plays Jaka Sembung, a kind of Robin Hood figure who posesses mystical powers. Packed with jaw-dropping action scenes and astonishing special effects, 'The Warrior' is the ultimate cult classic, spawing four sequels. Also known as The Prison Heat, this is one of the most notorious and sought after titles in the so-called WIP or “women in prison” movie genre. Japanese cinema has produced many classic examples , such as the renowned “Scorpion” series. Here, the director of the infamous Wife to Be Sacrificed turns his hand to the genre and the result is a Grindhouse-style gem. Packed with many eye opening and unforgettable moments, the movie tells the classic story of the innocent new fish who finds herself trapped in a world of brutality and exploitation. Fighting to preserve her sanity and her life, she soon finds that the very worst offenders are the ones who run the prison. With no-one but herself to trust, she decides to fight back, with spectacular results. |
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Wasteland , The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $14.95 |
Catalog #:
MV-21
UPC #: 663390001110 |
Japanese documentarian / death photographer Tsurisaki Kiyotaka is back, with his own unique vision of our planet. The Wasteland is a look into the world around us. It is a look into the aftermath of war, religion, and other evil facets that aid in the destruction of Earth. Kiyotaka teams up with the legendary doom metal band Corrupted to set the mood for this epic. Don't look away. The Wasteland is real. |
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Watcher in the Attic, The
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: DVD
SRP: $24.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO136
UPC #: 843276013691 |
The film is set in 1923 in a cheap Tokyo boarding house. The landlord, Goda, roams through the attic, observing the weird lives of his tenants through holes in the ceiling. One day he sees a prostitute murder one of her clients and decides that at last he has found his soul mate... Based on stories by the Japanese master of horror, Edogawa Rampo, the film features some of the most bizarre sex scenes ever, including the story of a man who hides inside a special chair, so that a naked woman can sit on him. |
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Who Can Kill a Child
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO184
UPC #: 843276018498 |
An English tourist couple rent a boat to visit the island of Almanzora, just
off the southern Spanish coast. When they arrive, they find the island
apparently empty of adults. There are only children, who don't speak but just
stare at the strangers with eerie smiles on their faces. The English couple soon
discovers that all the island’s children have been possessed by a mysterious
force, a kind of madness which they can pass from one to another, and which
makes them attack and murder their elders, who can't defend themselves because,
of course, nobody can kill a child...
The film was highly controversial
on its original release in the 1970s and was heavily cut in most countries. This
Blu-ray presents the full version of the film but also includes the shorter
“Island of Death” release, which does not have the opening documentary footage.
The film influenced many subsequent books and movies, including CHILDREN OF THE
CORN and was remade in 2012 under the title COME OUT AND PLAY. The version on
this Blu-ray is the definitive release of what has come to be recognized as a
classic of world horror.
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Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death
Studio: Mondo Macabro
Format: Blu-ray
SRP: $29.95 |
Catalog #:
MDO197
UPC #: 843276019792 |
Like a kind of crazy cinematic ghost train ride, Woman Chasing the Butterfly
of Death take us on a journey deep into the darkness of one man’s fears and
fantasies. That man is Young-gul, a lonely and rather morbid student in late
1970’s South Korea. Narrowly surviving a murder-suicide attempt by a woman
wearing a butterfly pendant, he next finds himself besieged by a seemingly
insane bookseller who claims he can never die. Even after Young-gul burns the
man’s body his skeleton comes back to taunt him. As if that weren’t enough, the
poor student then finds himself the victim of a beautiful thousand year old
woman (she looks about 25) who says she is hungry and wants to eat his liver….
The director, Kim Ki-young, was one of Korea’s most successful film makers.
His 1960 production The Housemaid is now a recognized classic of world cinema.
With this film he goes far beyond the bounds of the real and takes us into a
world where anything seems possible, a world where a kind of dream logic rules.
Almost impossible to summarize, the film is nevertheless insanely enjoyable. A
real one of a kind production that opens our eyes to the limitless possibilities
of cinema.
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