Mondo Macabro is a British television series based on the book of the same name by Pete Tombs. Written and directed by Pete Tombs and Andrew Starke, the series focuses on cult cinema from countries not usually associated with genre product. The series consists of eight twenty-five-minute episodes and was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2002.
Episode 1
A short history of Filipino exploitation cinema.
Episode 2
A short history of Mexican B movies, from monster movies to masked wrestlers, to the avant garde art cinema of Juan Lopez Moctezuma - collaborator of Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Episode 3
A short history of horror, fantasy and genre movies from Bollywood, South India and Pakistan.
Episode 4
A short documentary about Brazilian movie maverick Jose Mojica Marins ("Coffin Joe").
Episode 5
A short history of Indonesian fantasy and action movies of the 70's and 80's with a particular focus on the output of the Rapi Films studio; makers of such cinematic classics as Lady Terminator and Mystics in Bali.
Episode 6
A short history of Turkish popular cinema - action and adventure, comic book heroes and giant octopus attacks!
Episode 7
A short history of exploitation and b-pictures from Argentina - focusing on the films of the South American Marilyn Monroe; Isabelle Sarli and the films of director Emilio Vieyra.
Episode 8
A short history of the Japanese 'Pink' movie focusing on the output of the Nikkatsu studio.