Mondo movies

[vipco]

I read a fantastic book years ago 'Killing for Culture' which amongst other subjects covered the Mondo movie genre .
I was just wondering what people thought of this style of film or if anyone had any particular favourite Mondo films.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Got Addio Africa and Mondo Cane.....not for animal lovers......

[vipco]

I've only ever met one person who was really into these films. He just collected mondo movies.
Some were quite tame but some were very cruel films.
Not my cup of tea.
They don't seem to be as popular now.

[Angel]

Thank god!

I avoid them like the plague.

Killing for Culture is a fascinating book nontheless.

[vincenzo]

To be honest I think they're vile monstrosities. The sole redeeming features being the normally excellent music scores (often by the great Riz Ortolani).

[Delirium]

Killing For Culture is, as others have echoed, and excellent read.

There are lots of exploitation movies I like that have Mondo elements in them - but Mondo movies per se just don't do it for me. Not to say I havent sought them all out at one point or another.

It's animal stuff I really have a probem with..

[vipco]

That Killing For Culture is a fantastic read.
Some of the films mentioned are seriously disturbed.

[gax]

got a few mostly crap mostly fake but there funny,in faces of death where that dude is feeding the bear "dont feed the bear honey","its ok" bam the bear kills and eats him makes me laugh every time i see it also the part with the fake elctric chair makes me giggle.brutes and savages has the funniest crocodile attack you will ever see,a native falls in a "river"(a swimming pool) then gets eaten by a crocodile glove puppet

[vipco]

The croc attack is laughable .

There's one film has a rival tribe attack another tribe and one native is captured and 'castrated' but the guy is obviously trying not to laugh and at one point smiles as he pee's "in fear."

[mark meakin]

Originally Posted by reaper72

Got Addio Africa and Mondo Cane.....not for animal lovers......

No the hippo spearing in the Blue Underground uncut dvd of AA is horrific.