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The Mexican Cinema of Darkness

A Critical Study of Six Landmark Horror and Exploitation Films, 1969–1988

by Doyle Greene

Type
Studies
Subject
CountriesMexico
Keywords
Mexico, exploitation films
Publishing date
2007
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 215 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)
ISBN
978-0-7864-2999-8
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Book Presentation:
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.

About the Author:
Independent scholar Doyle Greene is the author of several books and serves on the editorial board of Film Criticism. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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