The Mexican Cinema of Darkness: A Critical Study of Six Landmark Horror and Exploitation Films, 1969-1988

by Doyle Greene

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786429992
• ISBN13: 9780786429998
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher