Mondo Macabro is a British documentary television series written, produced and directed by Pete Tombs and Andy Starke.
Based on Tombs' 1997 book Mondo Macabro: Weird & Wonderful Cinema Around the World,[1] the series focuses on cult films from different countries around the world.
[3] Episodes of Mondo Macabro have been included as bonus features on DVD releases by Tombs and Starke's home video label of the same name.
The episode "Mexican Horror Movies" is included on the out-of-print Mondo Macabro DVD release of the 1957 Mexican film El vampiro (The Vampire);[11] "South Asian Cinema" is included on their DVD release of the 1967 Pakistani film Zinda Laash (The Living Corpse);[12][13] "The Nightmares of Coffin Joe" is included on their out-of-print DVD release of the 1969 Brazilian film Awakening of the Beast;[14] "Fantasy Films from Indonesia" is included on their DVD release of the 1988 Indonesian film Lady Terminator;[15] "Turkish Pop Cinema" is included on their out-of-print double feature DVD release of the Turkish films The Deathless Devil (1972) and Tarkan Versus the Vikings (1971);[16] "Argentinian Exploitation" is included on their out-of-print DVD release of the 1967 Argentine film Blood of the Virgins;[17] and "The Erotic Empire" is included on their DVD release of the 1978 Japanese film Sins of Sister Lucia.
[18] Additionally, "The Erotic Empire" is also available as an extra on the Region-0 release of the Nikkatsu Roman porno film, Assault!