Gorevision films
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Film
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production and distribution company from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
founded by Germán Magariños
Germán Magariños
Germán Magariños is an Agentine film director, film producer, screenwriter, bassist and sometimes actor.-Biography:All of his movies are extremely low-budget violent productions considered gore horror comedies or splatterpunk, being Ed Wood, Jr and Lloyd Kaufman his main influences...
in 2001. The company produces low budget independent movies, many of which have developed cult followings
Cult film
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around the world.
Gorevision films are known for their shocking imagery and are considered horror
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
comedies; some would categorize them as "shock exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...
s". They typically contain overt sexuality, graphic violence, gore
Splatter film
A splatter film or gore film is a subgenre of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, through the use of special effects and excessive blood and guts, tend to display an overt interest in the vulnerability of the human body and the...
, nudity and punk rock
Punk rock
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bands playing live.
Many of their movies are distributed in the USA and Spain, like Sadomaster (by SRS Cinema)
In 2005 the movie Goreinvasion won the Dogpile award given by Troma
Troma Entertainment
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974.The company produces low-budget independent movies that play on 1950s horror with elements of farce...
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Films
- Un Cazador de Zombis (2008)
- Sadomaster (2005)
- Goreinvasión (2004)
- Vio la luna... y compró un cementerio (2003)
- La Sangre de Frankenstein (aka LSD Frankenstein) (2002)
- Holocausto Cannabis - USA title: Cannabis Holocaust: Mutant Hell (2001)
- Mondo Malala (2000)