| The Mexican Cinema of Darkness: A Critical Study of Six Landmark Horror and Exploitation Films, 1969-1988 Contributor(s): Greene, Doyle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786429992 ISBN-13: 9780786429998 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: Following the national and international upheaval and tragedy in 1968, Mexican ?trash cinema? began to shift away from the masked wrestler genre and towards darker, more explicit films, and disturbing visions of the modern world: films which can be called ?avant-exploitation.? This work covers six of those films: El Topo, Mansion of Madness, Alucarda, Guyana, Crime of the Century, Birds of Prey, and Santa Sangre. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.43 |
| LCCN: 2007012664 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 7.05" W x 9.99" (0.86 lbs) 215 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Chronological Period - 1980's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Following the national and international upheaval and tragedy in 1968, Mexican trash cinema began to shift away from the masked wrester genre and towards darker, more explicit films, and disturbing visions of the modern world: films which can be called avant-exploitation. This work covers six of those films: El Topo, Mansion of Madness, Alucarda, Guyana, Crime of the Century, Birds of Prey, and Santa Sangre. |
