Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976)
I think many fans of exploitation will agree that one of the best things about the genre is its ever-changing nature. When exploitation meets a culture, the result is always something new. In Brazil, exploitation met comedy and what came out was a low-budget hybrid genre known as Pornochanchada. In the 70s, theaters were full...
Las puertitas del señor López (1988)
There is an odd place where exploitation, history, and freedom of expression intersect. Las puertitas del señor López (Mr. López’s Little Doors) is a film that comes precisely from that intersection. The title comes from a comic strip that first appeared in 1979 in El Péndulo, an Argentinian magazine that published science fiction and fantasy...
Las 7 Cucas (1981)
There is a fine line between comedic exploitation and drama, and Felipe Cazals’ Las 7 Cucas dances on top of that line for 87 minutes. A wonderful mix of Benny Hill-like humor and somber drama with more than a hint of social commentary, Last 7 Cucas is an enjoyable combination of elements that work very...
Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas (1978)
Many film fanatics are familiar with Mexi-horror thanks to the plethora of classic lucha libre films that inundated the market from the early 1950s to the early 1980s. Those films usually incorporated things like mummies, vampires, robots, werewolves, and aliens, but they were more action and feel-good films than horror. However, underneath those very popular...
Galeria del Terror (1987)
Welcome to Latsploitation! Latin America is a hotbed for funny, explosive, weird, fantastic, sexy films, and this is the space where latsploitation’s hidden gems will be celebrated, deconstructed, and shared. Picking a film to get things rolling was no easy task, but the Argentinian duo of Alberto Olmedo and Jorge Porcel quickly climbed to the...
