Mondo Macabro
By Pete Tombs
189 Pages
Soft cover
St Martin's Griffin
1997
$19
This book covers exploitation/horror films produced
in both Asia and Latin America. I have found it very interesting and a
good source for these types of films. There is a wealth of information
and interesting tidbits. Tombs does more than just give a litany of films
and then review them. He attempts to put them in perspective to what else
was happening in the film industry at the time. Some of the films that
he writes about sound very bizarre, but at the same time intriguing. If
you are into these types of films, this is certainly a good buy.
Three chapters are devoted to HK films - chapter
1 on kung-fu exploitation films such as Deadly Snail vs Kung Fu Killers,
chapter 2 on HK blue films from the 70's on and chapter 3 on horror/fantasy
films from the 70's on. It also has chapters on the Philippines,
Indonesia, India (2 chapters), Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and three
on Japan.