Mondo Macabro

For the book, see Mondo Macabro (book). For the TV program, see Mondo Macabro (TV programme).

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

Industry	Home video
Founded	2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Founders	Pete Tombs Andy Starke
Headquarters	U.S.
Key people	Pete Tombs (Director)[1]
Products	DVDs and Blu-ray Discs
Website	mondo-macabro.com

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]

References

1. Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2003). Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe. p. 313. ISBN 978-1903254158.
2. "About Us". Mondo Macabro. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
3. 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.

External links

• Official website