#Mondo Macabro Blu-ray

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DR. JEKYLL AND THE WEREWOLF Reviews and Blu-ray news

Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf, Paul Naschy’s fifth Waldemar Daninsky outing is being released on Blu-ray by Mondo Macabro on May 4, 2024. The disc includes both the Spanish version and the rarely-seen racier export version. Special features: Paul Naschy on Doctor Jekyll. Interview with Sergio Molina. Jack Taylor, testigo del fantástico, directed by Diego López-Fernández. Jack Taylor on…

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House of Terrors Mondo Macabro Blu-ray

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DR CALIGARI (1989) restoration promo trailer from Mondo Macabro on Vimeo.

Coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray!

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WHO CAN KILL A CHILD (1976, QUIÉN PUEDE MATAR A UN NIÑO?) – Episode 219 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

“I had a shotgun in my room, I grabbed it…but I…I didn’t do anything. No one in the village did a thing, do you understand? Because… who can kill a child?” That’s not a question you want to be the answer to. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out a legendary and infamous Spanish horror film, Who Can Kill a Child? (1976, ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 219 – Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)

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A couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.

  Directed by: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (as Narciso Ibañez Serrador)

Writing Credits: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (screenplay) (as Luis Peñafiel); Juan José Plans [novel, El juego de los niños (The children’s game)]

Selected Cast:

Lewis Fiander as Tom

Prunella Ransome as Evelyn

Antonio Iranzo as Padre (the father)

Miguel Narros as Guardacostas 1 (Coastguard)

Marisa Porcel as Brit van der Holden

Luis Ciges as Enrique Amorós

Fabián Conde as Empleado (Employee)

Maria Druille as Niña que llora (credited as María Druille)

Niños (children): Lourdes de la Cámara, Roberto Nauta, José Luis Romero, Javier de la Cámara, Marián Salgado, Cristina Torres, Luis Mateos, Adela Blanco, Juan Carlos Romero, Julio Jesús Parra, Carlos Parra, Juan Antonio Balandín, Pedro Balandín

Who Can Kill a Child? (1976), is a politically incorrect title for a Spanish horror film on a difficult subject directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador. The film tells the story of a married couple expecting a baby who travels to a remote island off the coast of Spain for a vacation and finds it almost completely devoid of adults. WTF? WTF, indeed! The direction and cinematography are brilliant and the acting doesn’t miss a beat. The 70s Grue Crew, joined this episode by Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff (yay!), are simultaneously disturbed and impressed by this cult classic and think it deserves a wider audience… if you can take it!

TRIGGER WARNING: The movie begins with ten minutes of newsreel footage depicting the heartbreaking damage done to children by the actions of adults in wars. Many viewers will understandably want to skip this section.

At the time of this writing, Who Can Kill a Child? (1976) is available to stream from various YouTube links and is available from Mondo Macabro as a standard format Blu-ray disc.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Chad, will be Snowbeast (1977), a TV movie written by Joseph Stefano (Outer Limits, 1963-1965) and starring Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux, Robert Logan, Clint Walker, and Sylvia Sidney. It’s time for a good creature feature/big foot flick, but is this the one? Time will tell.

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. 

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Paul Naschy's DOCTOR JEKYLL AND THE WEREWOLF Blu-ray Details!

Mondo Macabro will release the Spanish horror film, DOCTOR JEKYLL AND THE WEREWOLF on Blu-ray special edition! Look for the disc release on May 7, 2024. The cult film stars the legendary Paul Naschy as his famous Waldemar Daninsky character. Read on for more disc details after the break. From Blu-ray.com Mondo Macabro is preparing a Blu-ray release of León Klimovsky’sDoctor Jekyll and the…

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CULT MOVIES I recently Added To My Collection From 4 BLU-RAY Boutique Labels!

My first Collection Update in a good long while! so I had to make it count. You'll see Blu-rays and DVDs I got from 4 different boutique labels: Dark Force Entertainment, Mondo Macabro, MVD Rewind Collection and Vinergar Syndrome from their 10 for 10$ Anniversary Sale.

A good mix of Exploitation, Blaxploitation, Horror, Action, Sci-fi and sexy movies.

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review of HOUSE OF TERRORS (1965) on Blu-ray from @mondomacabrodvd

http://mcbastardsmausoleum.blogspot.com/2023/01/house-of-terrors-1965-mondo-macabro-blu.html?m=1

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The Bushwhacker!

A long lost sleazy film from that overlooked and dismissed period of gory post Roughies. I recall Something Weird listing this film as one of their top wanted lost films and then later reading that a single print was discovered. This gave us collectors and twisted movie fans hope that other lost and forgotten films would someday be unearthed. Since the passing of Something Weird Video founder Mike Vraney, Lisa Petrucci has thankfully continued to run the business and is now passing some of the torch fire to like minded companies like AGFA to restore and continue to release some of their titles. One such collaboration is with Mondo Macabro’s new exploitation themed sub-label American Arcana who released a limited pressing of a new 2K scan of The Bushwhacker along with the Ravager. This now definitive release includes a previously missing gore scene from another lower quality source and also included are postcard sized reproductions of both films’ lobby cards. If this sounds at all interesting to you, don’t hesitate before the 1000 discs sell out as Something Weird no longer carries it in dvd-r format. The Bushwhacker, it’s a bit bushwacky!

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AATMA (2006) Indian Bollywood horror - Buy on Blu-ray or free to watch online

Aatma is a 2006 Indian Bollywood Hindi horror film produced and directed by the Ramsay family, the pioneers of Indian horror cinema since the 1970s. The title translates into English as “Spirit” or “Ghost”. Plot: Neha (Neha A. Mehra) gets married to Doctor Aman Mehra (Kapil Jhaveri). After celebrating their first wedding anniversary, Aman is approached on the beach by a gun-toting couple who make…

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JIGOKU / The Inferno (1979)

Blu-ray 2023 Mondo Macabro

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Blu-Ray cover art for Queens of Evil (Tonino Cervi, 1970). Released by Mondo Macabro, 2021.

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Movie Review | The Beast and the Magic Sword (Naschy, 1983)

When I saw Iron Maiden in concert a few years ago, what struck me was not just the power of the music or the extravagant prop-and-effects-filled stage show, but the sight of frontman Bruce Dickinson in a puffy shirt and pantaloons, galloping across the stage, throwing the full force of his body into the performance. I bring up this memory because Paul Naschy brings a similar energy to his performance in The Beast and the Magic Sword. Lots of bared teeth, lots of tensed arms, lots of jumping around. If you've seen The Kentucky Fried Movie, the gorilla rampage should come to mind. I say this not to insult the movie, but to note the endearingly goofy charm of the lead performance. I should also mention that he's playing a werewolf.

The Beast and the Magic Sword is the ninth or tenth of the Hombre Lobo movies Naschy starred in (I understand that the existence of one of the films is in question, at least in regards to a finished form) and the last one to have received a theatrical release. I understand that Naschy is best known for this character and that he'd directed a number of movies at this point as well, and there is a degree of assurance in the finished product I can detect despite this being my first experience with him as an actor and director. The movie neatly sets up an origin story for his hero's lycanthropy, involving a duel with Magyar invaders and religious persecution, and then shuttling off to Japan, where the werewolf material mixes interestingly with the jidaigeki and Japanese folklore elements. (I understand the exact origin story differs between installments of the series, but as a newcomer, I appreciated being given some kind of setup.) What transpires are not just werewolf attacks (always in a shiny black shirt and pantaloons), but sword fights, witchcraft, undead samurai and most memorably, a wrestling match with a tiger. And at the end, a Japanese pop song plays over the credits.

I watched this on a Blu-ray from Mondo Macabro, and to the extent that home video labels can be said to have house styles, this movie's blend of exotic, worldly delights and excitable, schlocky tone is firmly in that company's wheelhouse. The movie was shot open matte style, and due to its limited theatrical release, it was widely seen for years only in full frame on home video, despite not being the intended aspect ratio for its theatrical release. Due to probable production mistakes, the footage in the prologue seems to drift in and out of focus with some regularity and was giving me a bit of a headache, so I watched the full frame version where the issue didn't seem as severe. I actually think this works in the movie's favour, as the aspect ratio ties nicely into the stateliness of the Japanese sections and helps the horror imagery pop. Naschy was able to shoot in Toshiro Mifune's studios and I suspect getting access to local crew influenced the movie's style for the better. (If I wanted to talk completely out of my rear end, I would say that this is like if Ozu made a werewolf movie. Having finally seen my first few Ozus recently, I will say that if you sprinkle in a bit of Kobayashi the claim gets a little less dumbassed.)

There is a level of wish fulfillment here, which may or may not be off putting depending on how much you can identify with Naschy. If I were a not particularly charismatic and handsome dude (okay, that I am) and I had the ability to direct myself in a movie where I'm surrounded by beautiful women and can run around pretending to be a werewolf in some really nice looking sets, I sure as hell would jump on that opportunity. (All three elements are equally important in this hypothetical scenario.) Naschy's performance has some of that bozo quality, but at the same time, he clearly realizes that he comes up short as an actor against Shigeru Amachi and gladly shifts the dramatic crux of the movie over to the Japanese characters. (The Japanese actors are dubbed into Spanish, but it's done well enough that it was a non-issue for me.) And aside from a rampage through a brothel, the movie is less exploitative than the poster would have you believe, committing to its idiosyncratic vision of horror. If anything, that's what's most surprising about the movie. Naschy isn't just using the Japanese setting for flavouring, he actually seems to respect the country's dramatic traditions and folklore and makes a movie that's a true blend of those elements with his lycanthropic passions.

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Blu-ray Review: The Beast and the Magic Sword (Mondo Macabro)

Blu-ray Review: @Hooded_Werewolf finds @MondoMacabroUSA's release of Paul Naschy's 'The Beast and the Magic Sword' to be a real beauty.

When I reviewed Paul Naschy’s 1983 film The Beast and the Magic Sword in 2018, I wrote that it was “only a matter of time before a company like Mondo Macabro or Scream Factory” got around to giving the film its first release in the States. As it turned out, Mondo Macabrowas the one that stepped up, putting it out on Blu-ray in February in an edition that includes a variety of special features to…

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THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE (1972, LA NOVIA ENSANGRENTADA) – Episode 202 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

“They’ll come back. They cannot die.” Sounds like vampires… or zombies. Is it vampires or zombies? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Jeff Mohr – as they take in The Blood Spattered Bride (1972), an aptly titled Spanish horror film from director Vicente Aranda.

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 202 – The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)

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Newlywed Susan is haunted by visions of Mircalla Karnstein, a centuries-old bride who murdered her husband on their wedding night.

  Director: Vicente Aranda

Writers: Vicente Aranda; J. Sheridan Le Fanu (novel); Matthew Lewis (story)

Selected Cast:

Simón Andreu as Husband

Maribel Martín as Susan

Alexandra Bastedo as Mircala Karstein / Carmila

Dean Selmier as Doctor

Ángel Lombarte as Carol’s Father

Montserrat Julió as Carol’s Mother

Rosa M. Rodriguez as Carol (as Rosa Rodriguez)

Spanish horror films of the 1970s often hid their social and political commentary within their horror and supernatural shenanigans. Is that what The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) is doing with its loose adaptation of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella “Carmilla?” The story mixes modern elements with a gothic sensibility to craft an odd vampire tale where the characters are all unlikable and the story full of unreliable narrative. Yet, the film is wonderfully shot and earnestly acted, providing ample gore when it wants to. Check out what the Grue-Crew think of this bizarre, often overlooked tale of terror.

At the time of this writing, The Blood Spattered Bride is available to stream from Wicked Horror TV, Tubi, Pluto TV, and a couple of PPV options. The film is available on physical media as a Blu-ray from Mondo Macabro.

Viewer feedback from Rebecca McCallum on our episode about Hitchcock’s Frenzy leads us to link you to her essays, Hitchcock’s Women, and her podcast, Talking Hitchcock. Check them out!

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Doc, will be Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971), the fourth and last of Hammer’s mummy movies!

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MONDO MACABRO [ Trailers ] | Blu-ray | DVD Releases [ PLAYLIST ]

Things I do when I wanna go deep into a Blu-ray label's catalogue?

I make a trailers playlist of all their releases and then share it with y'all.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoc4cN7TGHld1A2hf6AOWpKP3fowJhZA

I only had a few Mondo Macabro DVDs in my collection but now, Boy howdy! I got me a list! and it just so happens that right now is their BIG yearly Halloween sale!

From October 31st to November 7th.

https://mondomacabro.bigcartel.com

Peruse at your leisure at all them sweet trailers and go nuts! and blind buy everything.

Some of their movies are too bloody/pervy to be on here so you can watch them on their VIMEO page:

https://vimeo.com/mondomacabro

It's all the trailers they couldn't upload on here so you know it's gotta be some weird shit.

Enjoy.

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