Return of the Ape Man (1944)
Most of the films featured in this regular article, Shitizen Kane, are boisterous and relentless in their delivery of madness. They illicit massive belly laughs and howls of pain. They keep us glued to the screen; as hard a gluing as any solid Hollywood film could achieve. They are the kings of shit films. But...
The synth funk bliss of Franco Micalizzi
Quite often when faced with the prospect of writing a new article for The Sound of Trash, my mind goes blank. I find myself trawling through my various sources looking for something to jolt my memory. Today’s article is one such occurrence. Ten minutes ago, the subject of today’s article could have been anyone. Then, thanks...
Una viuda descocada (1980)
Latsploitation is a multi-headed beast, and sometimes one of those heads uncannily resembles a distant cousin. For me, Italian exploitation icon Tinto Brass’ Cheeky is the perfect derriere-centric film, and Argentinian Armando Bó’s Una viuda descocada (A brazen widow) is its breast-centric Latin American counterpart. Una viuda descocada Argentina, 1980, Armando Bó As far...
Taken 2?
I recently had the misfortune of going to the cinema to waste twenty bucks on Taken 2. Well, the going to the cinema part was actually quite nice. I was in good company and there was a very enjoyable dinner beforehand. So the night wasn’t a total loss. But you’d think, what better way to...
An interview with Nadav Rechov, president of Pink Eiga Inc.
Nadav Rechov, president of Pink Eiga Inc. and premiere distributor, of pink cinema, chats to Mondo Exploito.
Woman in a Box – Japanese poster
I’ve had a copy of Woman in a Box – directed by the reasonably infamous Masaru Konuma and written by Kazuo ‘Gaira’ Komizu, director Entrails of a Virgin (1986) and its pseudo-sequels – lying around unwatched for a while now. I have not watched this partly because of a lack of subtitles, but mostly because...
Dolph’s wild shootout in Army of One
This has got to be one of the greatest action sequences from the 90s. Dolph’s best starring vehicle, 1993’s Army of One (also known as Joshua Tree), is not exactly a thrill ride for its entire duration. Not to say that it’s boring, but it’s nothing mind-blowing… that is until an absolutely insane shootout in...
Rape Climax (1987)
My partner, Taeno, and I have now made custom subtitles for two Japanese films – Muzan-E (the subs can’t be found on Mondo Exploito, as I was asked to take them down by Unearthed Films) and now Boko climax! – or Rape Climax by its lurid Western title (the Japanese title translates to “assault”, rather...
Raped by an Angel (1993)
RAPED BY AN ANGEL Hong Kong, 1993, Wai-Keung Lau Wow. Raped by an Angel is not a parody of the television show with a similar title about irritatingly smug angels who teach wayward people a lesson about god and stuff. Raped by an Angel is a movie with no lessons to be learned. The...
Delirios de um Anormal (1978)
Any fan of horror or exploitation worth his salt has at least heard of Coffin Joe. Loosely translated from his Portuguese nickname, Zé do Caixão, Coffin Joe is how most people know José Mojica Marins, a Brazilian filmmaker, actor and screenwriter. The Coffin Joe character was created in the early 1960s, but Mojica Marins’ career...
Night of the Sharks (1988)
I’ve said it before on Mondo Exploito and I’ll say it again: put a shark in a movie and I’m happy. No matter how shit the shark looks or how limited its screen time is, I’m guaranteed to get some enjoyment out of the film. Seriously. Once I was channel surfing and an episode of...
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls – German poster
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) is a great Meyer flick. Thankfully, the marketing it received matched the film’s brilliance from the not-particular-imaginative but beautifully rendered US poster to the wild and lurid Japanese artwork. But by far my favourite advertisement for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is this unbelievably cool German poster....
