A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city. Yes, in this episode of Mondo Squallido I take a look at Lucio Fulci’s notorious giallo The New York Ripper – a film so subversive that […]
An accident at a chemical plant unleashes a horrific virus, and an elite SWAT team is sent to New Guinea to investigate. But when they arrive on the hellish island, they discover a plague of flesh-eating zombies as well as a beautiful female reporter who practices nude anthropology. Can the commandos survive this cannibal rampage, […]
A roughie from the very early 80s, The Taming of Rebecca features veteran porn-star Sharon Mitchell as the titular Rebecca – who goes to a school for wayward girls to escape her abusive father, finds out her troubles are just starting…
On this episode of Mondo Squallido we venture in to the leather gloved world of the giallo. We look at a film that has quite a reputation for being a rough and sadistic watch. Is this film as nasty as people have made it out to be? Let’s follow our boiled egg eating detective and […]
On this episode of Mondo Squallido we are looking at a very historically significant and important piece of adult film – On The Prowl – the birth of the gonzo feature. Born out of boredom of the VHS filmed pornography, Jamie Gillis decided that one night, himself and Renee Morgan would spend the night prowling […]
On this episode of Mondo Squallido, we are looking at another film from bizarre maestro, Alex de Renzy. It’s been a while sine I got balls deep with his unconventional cinema, The film in question is Little Sisters from 1972. This film is dubbed as one of his more strange efforts. To be fair we […]
In todays episode we look at a film which has a reputation for being so bat shit insane and trashy… Mad Foxes! Throw action, violence, sleaze and nazi bikers (as well as naked mustached Erik Falk) in to one somewhat homerotic cocktail and this is what we get. You guys know I love my trash […]
Leslie Bovee (Maraschino Cherry) stars as Champagne, a young, attractive and majorly successful advertising executive and vice president of her fathers cosmetic company. She’s on the search for a new chauffeur. Thankfully, she may be in luck. Enter Harry ((he’ll be doing that a lot), a simple everyday Joe, played by John Leslie (Dracula Sucks). […]
DIE FALLE (La morte ha fatto l’uovo a.k.a Death Laid an Egg, A Curious Way to Love & Plucked) 1968, dir: Giulio Questi Jean-Louis Trintignant (The Great Silence) stars as Marco, a wealthy man who runs a high-tech chicken farm (living the dream right there!) with his wife Anna, played by Gina Lollabrigadia (Beat the […]
Stars: Kali Hansa, Pilar Coll, Diotta Fatou, Eric Falk, Sigad Sharaf, Roman Huber | Written and Directed by Erwin C. Dietrich, Jess Franco Weisse Haut auf schwarzen Schenkeln opens up on the Mondo Erotico set. You know, the obscenely small and narrow black room with the white fluffy bed. It’s here we meet Marga, an exotic […]
Stars: Candida Royalle, Ian McGregor, Lisa De Leeuw, Herschel Savage, Tawny Pearl, Connie Peterson | Written by Erwin C. Dietrich, Ann Perry | Directed by Ann Perry-Rhine Candida Royalle (Ultra Flesh) stars as Lolita Wanamaker, a young and attractive woman recently sentenced to a few years in prison. She immediately makes a good first impression. Neither the prison guards or […]
Stars: Esther Moser, Vera Chollet, Erik Falk, Esther Studer | Written and Directed by Jess Franco Ah, a Jess Franco Mondo film! Right off the bat I’m excited! Being a fan of efforts like Bruno Mattei’s Libidomania, the idea of a sleazy Mondo film excites me and boy does uncle Jess deliver in his offering! […]
Stars: Lina Romay, Monica Swinn, Raymond Hardy, Peggy Markoff, Martine Stedil, Andrea Rigano | Written and Directed by Jess Franco It’s that time again ladies and gentlemen! We are entering the sordid world of Jess Franco. My previous reviews have always been for the DVD versions of Ascot Elite’s releases. This time however, I have […]
We find ourselves imprisoned in the shackles of some lovely Jess Franco smut. A collaboration between Franco and Erwin C. Dietrich. The film is Love Camp (not to be confused with the inferior Nazisploitation film) and we are slaves to its sleaziness. I don’t know what I’m talking about! Maybe it’s the revolution in the […]
Stars: John Holmes, Candida Royalle, Laurien Dominique, Christine De Shaffer, Desiree Cousteau, John Seeman | Directed by Bob Chinn We all love pizza right? Sometimes there’s nothing better than kicking back on a lazy weekend evening, sinking some beers and ordering from your nearest pizza joint. Sometimes the service can be quite lousy, but every […]
THREE RIPENING CHERRIES (dir: Carlos Tobalina, 1979) “RIPE for ACTION ready to be plucked…’” Don’t you just love sisters? Well, thankfully Uncle Tobalina has a film just for you! What we have here are the three sisters. Sally, Lucy and Ann played by Dorothy Lemay (Taboo, Chopstix), Misty Regan (Champagne Orgy, Baby Cakes) and my […]
To kick start 2015’s reviews I thought I would look at a cult classic that needs no introduction. That film is of course Anthony Spinelli’s Sex World starring the likes of Kay Parker, John Leslie, Joey Silvera and the wonderful Annette Haven.. A who’s who cast with Hollywood like production values. Is it as good […]
CRY FOR CINDY (dir: Anthony Spinelli, 1976) “Which is the real Cindy?” Amber Hunt (Long Jeanne Silver, Sexworld) stars as Anna and she’s cute as a button in that almost strange sort of way. She’s a humble hairdresser who spends her free time with her boyfriend Dennis, played by Spencer Travis (Big Split). Things are […]
CARNAL HAVEN (dir: Carlos Tobalina, 1976) “Sharon has the ‘Gypsy Grip’… But John knows the ‘Inka Knot’” Not every couple has amazing sex. Thankfully, for those couples out there who suffer, you are not alone! You see, we have four couple who each have their own problems and hang ups. Firstly, we have Leslie and […]
Fantastic Orgy (dir: Carlos Tobalina, 1978) “Her Sexual Drive Makes Her A Star…!” Iris Medina (playing herself in more ways than one) is a filmmaker. She has previously been producing sex related films, especially for college. She decides to take that next creative step from arthouse student filmmaking, hardcore pornography! When she isn’t behind the […]
Ho ho ho! Gather round children, do I have treat for you! It’s the Mondo Squallido Christmas Special… Well, not really. Today we look at Christmas Evil, a Christmas themed horror that is something of a cult hit. Now, I don’t usually do seasonal horror, I find it pretty dull. My ho-ho-hopes were small and […]
Mai Lin vs. Serena Carlos Tobalina (The Ultimate Pleasure, I Am Always Ready) has a little bit of a problem. He has a new film lined up and needs to find his leading lady. His options are the cute blonde Serena (Dracula Sucks, Pleasure Palace) and fiery Mai Lin (Oriental Madam, Peepholes). To help him […]
