Mondo Macabro

For the book, see Mondo Macabro (book). For the TV program, see Mondo Macabro (TV programme).
Mondo Macabro
IndustryHome video
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Founders
Headquarters
U.S.
Key people
Pete Tombs (Director)[1]
ProductsDVDs and Blu-ray Discs
Websitemondo-macabro.com

Mondo Macabro is an American-based home video distribution company founded in 2002 by Pete Tombs and Andy Starke.[2] Their focus is releasing cult and exploitation films on DVD and Blu-ray and was named after Tombs' 1997 book Mondo Macabro: Weird & Wonderful Cinema Around the World.[2]

Mondo Macabro was initially based in the United Kingdom, before Starke suggested basing it in the United States.[3] Mondo Macabro's catalog of releases includes cult and exploitation films produced in such countries as Argentina, Indonesia, and Pakistan.[4][5] The first title released on the Mondo Macabro label was the 1977 Mexican horror film Alucarda, which the company issued on DVD in 2003.[3] Other films released by Mondo Macabro include The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966),[6] The Mansion of Madness (1973),[7] Challenge of the Tiger (1980),[8] Mystics in Bali (1981),[9] and Aswang (1994).[10]

  1. ^ Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2003). Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe. p. 313. ISBN 978-1903254158.
  2. ^ a b "About Us". Mondo Macabro. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Bickel, Christopher (August 18, 2015). "Uncovering and Preserving the Wildest and Strangest Films in the World". DangerousMinds.net. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  4. ^ Sexton, Jamie; Mathijs, Ernest (2011). Cult Cinema: An Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 239. ISBN 978-1405173742. Companies such as Blue Underground (US), Mondo Macabro (US, with a UK arm), Synapse (US), Cult Epics (US), Fantoma (US) and Something Weird (US) can all be seen as specializing in cult cinema. [...] Mondo Macabro focuses on global genre cinema, the majority of which is not well known by Western audiences.
  5. ^ Perkins, Claire; Verevis, Constantine, eds. (2014). B Is for Bad Cinema: Aesthetics, Politics, and Cultural Value. SUNY Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-1438449951.
  6. ^ Clark, Mark (2011). Smirk, Sneer and Scream: Great Acting in Horror Cinema (Reprint ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-7864-6419-7.
  7. ^ Shipka, Danny; Beliveau, Ralph, eds. (2017). International Horror Film Directors: Global Fear. Intellect. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-78320-653-7.
  8. ^ Wroot, Jonathan; Willis, Andy, eds. (2017). Cult Media: Re-Packaged, Re-Released and Restored. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 174. ISBN 978-3319636788.
  9. ^ Fisher, Kieran (January 3, 2017). "Horror Globetrotting: Mystics in Bali (Indonesia, 1981)". Dread Central. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  10. ^ Edwards, Matthew (2017). Twisted Visions: Interviews with Cult Horror Filmmakers. McFarland & Company. pp. 173–174. ISBN 978-1476663760.