Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977

by Doyle Greene

Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray, a unique collection of horror films from Mexico began to appear on American late-night television and drive-in screens in the 1960s. Ranging from monster movies clearly owing to the heyday of Universal Studios to the lucha libre horror films featuring El Santo and the "Wrestling Women," these low-budget "Mexploitation" films offer plenty of campy fun...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786422017
• ISBN13: 9780786422012
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher