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

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 in 2002.

Episodes

Episode 1: Thrillers From Manila: a short history of Filipino exploitation cinema.
Featured interviewees: Eddie Romero

Eddie Romero

Eddie Romero is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines.Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003....

, Peque Gallaga

Peque Gallaga

Peque Gallaga is a multi-awarded Filipino filmmaker. His most significant achievement in film is "Oro, Plata, Mata", which he directed after winning a scripwriting contest sponsored by the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines...

, Lore Reyes, Don Escudero, Manilyn Reynes

Episode 2: Mexican Horror Movies: 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

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky, known as Alejandro Jodorowsky, is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, actor, author, comic book writer and spiritual guru...

. Featured interviewees: Ignacio Duran, David Wilt.

Episode 3: South Asian Cinema: a short history of horror, fantasy and genre movies from Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

, South India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 and Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. Featured interviewees: Kirin Kumar, Omar Khan

Omar Khan

Omar R. Khan is the Business & Football Administration Coordinator of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers.-Biography:Khan is the child of immigrant parents — his father is a native of India and his mother is from Honduras. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana...

, Mohan Bhakri, Neeraj Bhakri, Christopher Holmes

Episode 4: The Nightmares of Coffin Joe: a short documentary about Brazilian movie maverick Jose Mojica Marins ("Coffin Joe"). Featured interviewees: Jose Mojica Marins, Andre Barcinski, Nilcemar Leyart, Giorgio Attili

Episode 5: Fantasy Films From Indonesia: 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

Rapi Films

Rapi Films is an Indonesian film production company of mostly exploitation films which was founded in 1968 and was internationally successful mostly in the 1980s. They produced many martial arts films and horror films involving black magic, inspired by old Indonesian legends. Directors who worked...

 studio; makers of such cinematic classics as Lady Terminator and Mystics in Bali

Mystics in Bali

Mystics in Bali is a 1981 Indonesian horror film directed by H. Tjut Djalil and based on the novel "Leák Ngakak" by Putra Mada. The original Indonesian title is "Mystik" or "Leyak", but the film is also known as "Leák" in some territories and "Balinese Mystic" in Australia.The film revolves around...

. Featured interviewees: Raam Punjabi, Sunil Samtani, H Tjut Djalil, Barry Prima, Iman Tantowi, Lydia Kandou, Aris Sofran Siagian, El Badrun, Inneke Koesherawati

Episode 6: Turkish Pop Cinema: a short history of Turkish popular cinema - action and adventure, comic book heroes and giant octopus attacks! Featured interviewees: Serhat Koksal (2/5BZ), Behchet Nacar, Aytekin Akkaya, Cuneyt Arkin

Cüneyt Arkin

Cüneyt Arkın , is a Turkish film actor, director and producer. His real name is Fahrettin Cüreklibatur....

, Metin Demirhan, Daniella Giordano, Dogan Tamer, Yilmaz atadeniz, Mine Solay, Giovanni Scognamillo.

Episode 7: Argentinian

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...

 Exploitation: a short history of exploitation and b-pictures from Argentina - focusing on the films of the South American Marylin Monroe; Isabelle Sarli and the films of director Emilio Vieyra.
Featured interviewees: Diego Curubeto, Emilio Vieyra, Isabel Sarli

Episode 8: The Erotic Empire: a short history of the Japanese 'Pink' movie focusing on the output of the Nikkatsu

Nikkatsu

is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...

 studio.
Featured interviewees: Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki

, born Seitaro Suzuki on May 24, 1923, is a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned by film enthusiasts worldwide for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility...

, Toshiyuki Matsushima, Romaine Slocombe, Kazuko Shirakawa

Kazuko Shirakawa

is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films during the 1970s. She appeared in Nikkatsu's first film in the Roman Porno series, Apartment Wife , and is considered the first of the three "Nikkatsu Queens" of the 1970s...

. This episode is available as an extra on the Region-0 release of the Nikkatsu Roman porno film, Assault! Jack the Ripper

Assault! Jack the Ripper

is a 1976 Japanese film in the "Violent Pink" genre of Nikkatsu's Roman porno series. It was directed by Yasuharu Hasebe and stars Tamaki Katsura and Yutaka Hayashi.-Synopsis:...

(1976).