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Mondo Macabro have updated their homepage to include the new GIRL IN ROOM 2A and the forthcoming COUNTESS PERVERSE. Check it out!

On Making a Jess Franco Soundtrack

Check out this very interesting interview with Mike Hugg, a member of Manfred Mann, about his part in writing and recording the soundtrack for Franco's VENUS IN FURS!




On Franco: "Before working on the film we were not really that aware of his reputation. We had a lot in common with him though, having also made a lot of music, some good some bad. I think for most artists it’s the same."

On Harry Alan Towers: "We did meet with Harry in the early stages ... But after we had talked general terms etc, we didn’t see him again."

From the depths of the Mondo Macabro Video Vaults! "Hairy Beast Attack!"

Just dup up this classic clip from the MM Youtube page. It's from a wild Pakistani shocker called ADAM KHOOR! Here are the highlights (i.e. the stuff that's not drama, comedy or musical numbers):



Get a better grip on this insanity by reading a review at the excellent Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill! blog.

And while we're talking about it, don't forget the South Asian NTSC DVD psychotronica that MM have blessed you with over the years.

BOLLYWOOD HORROR VOL. 1
BOLLYWOOD HORROR VOL. 2
BOLLYWOOD HORROR VOL. 3
THE LIVING CORPSE

THE GIRL IN ROOM 2A!

"One of the most notoriously sadistic of the giallos, alternating between moodiness, ultraviolence, and fantasy-fulfillment outbursts of S&M."
- Bill Landis, Sleazoid Express

Kidnapped to be a sexual plaything in a strange sadistic ritual!

Before HOSTEL, there was THE GIRL IN ROOM 2A. A terrifying tale of a young girl who moves into a boarding house run by a kindly older womanm only to discover that the place has a dark and sinister past - young and pretty girls seem to disappear from there without trace. Where they go and what happens to them is the dreadful secret of THE GIRL IN ROOM 2A.

For the first time ever on DVD, fully uncut and uncensored, this is a classic slice of 1970s Italian shock cinema. Packed with scary scenes and demented characters, the film is both full-on horror and intriguing mystery. What is the secret of Room 2A?

Starring former Miss Italy Daniela Giordano, this is cult movie making at its most extreme! Not to be watched alone!

NTSC All Region
Brand new anamorphic transfer from negative
Interview with actress Daniel Giordano
Brand New English subtitles
Extensive production notes
Mondo Macabro previews
English/Italian Language options
1.66 Anamorphic Widescreen

Exclusive clip!


Official release date is March 27th, but you can order right now from our friends at Diabolik DVD.

Reviews:
Mondo Digital
Rock! Shock! Pop!
10,000 Bullets
DVD Drive-In
Cinemadrome
Twitch

COUNTESS PERVERSE!

"(A) trangressive erotic adventure (and a) disturbing satire on 70s class and sexual gamesmanship executed in the inimitable avant-garde/Horror y Sexo/Cine Bis Jess Franco style. Even in the compromised forms in which I have seen it over the years it always makes my top 10 Franco lists."
- Robert Monell, I'm in a Jess Franco State of Mind

Original Director's Cut Coming in June!
Extras TBA.

Lina Romay - 1954 - 2012

Lina Romay, who has died aged 57, was so much a part of the “world” of Jess Franco that it’s impossible to think of one without the other.
Although she was capable of portraying scarily deranged characters on film, in person she was the opposite – quiet, self effacing and apparently unremarkable. It was on screen that she really let it all hang out; literally in many cases. She and Jess, whom she met in the very early 1970s, went on a wild journey together, perhaps the wildest that any director/actor combo have ever travelled. Her willingness to do more or less anything in front of the camera gave Jess freedom to concoct the most outrageous scenarios, knowing that not only would she be willing to act them out, but would do so with a skill and commitment that could set the screen on fire.

Pointless to list her top performances – they all have a spark of magic. But the range of emotions she portrays in Lorna the Exorcist must surely rank as one of her very best.

I think we can safely say that there’ll never be another like her.

Strip-Tease -New Clip