Upcoming Mondo Macabro Releases
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Posted July 27, 2021 11:02 PM by Webmaster
Mondo Macabro has announced that it will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: The Designated Victim (1971), Beyond Erotica (1974), and Human Animals (1983). The three releases will be available to order this August.
Please note that standard retail editions of the three releases are expected to be announced later this year. (The retail editions will not use red cases).
The Designated Victim
Label description: Tomas Milian and Pierre Clémenti star in the quasi-giallo Italian cult classic THE DESIGNATED VICTIM!
Stefano, a partner in a company that makes high-end commercials, wants to sell up his share of the business and move to South America with his girlfriend, Fabienne. However his wife, in whose name the shares are registered, won't agree to the sale. Stefano goes to Venice with Fabienne for the weekend to escape his worries. There he meets the mysterious Count Tiepelo. Hearing of Stefano's business problems the Count tells him about his own brother who is making his life miserable. The Count then makes a startling suggestion – that he will kill Stefano's wife if Stefano kills the Count's brother. More amused than shocked, Stefano laughs off the idea.
Then one day Stefano receives a phone call from the police; his wife had been found strangled and he is the prime suspect. From that moment on Stefano's life becomes a living nightmare as he discovers the true extent of the web the Count has woven around him. Finally, for Stefano, there is only one way out.
With astonishing performances from Tomas Milian and Pierre Clementi, and settings that include a mist-wreathed Venice, a magnificent Lake Como villa and the glitzy world of advertising, THE DESIGNATED VICTIM is a gripping, dream-like thriller that take us on a trip to hell as Stefano is driven to the very edge of insanity.
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Label description: Set in the aftermath of a cataclysmic nuclear war that has destroyed most of the world's population, Human Animals tells of three survivors - one woman and two men - who wake up on a strange, deserted landscape with no memory of their past lives and without the ability to even speak. The woman and one of the men appear to be brother and sister and are both dressed in formal party clothes. The man is very different - a mustachioed, leather-jacketed macho type.
They trio set off to explore their new home and find a rocky beach where they come under attack from a huge army of crabs. The macho man fights off the crabs, crushing them with rocks before eating their soft flesh. He then turns his attention to the woman and makes violent love to her while her brother looks on, powerless to stop them.
A huge dog appears and leads them over the mountains to a lush jungle paradise. They build a hut and learn to make fire and hunt for food. But soon violence, jealousy and above all sex, rear their ugly heads. The men fight one another for possession of the woman. But then, to their horror they discover that the large, and now vicious, dog has also set his sights on her. Soon there really is trouble in paradise.
Certainly, one of the most unusual films ever released by Mondo Macabro, HUMAN ANIMALS is a total one-off. You REALLY have never seen anything like this before.
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Label description: One of the roughest Eurotrash movies you'll ever see! David Hemmings stars in the sweaty and sleazy IT'S NOTHING MAMA, JUST A GAME aka BEYOND EROTICA!
In this controversial Spanish film from 1974, David Hemmings plays Juan, a young Hacienda-owner who abuses women due to his traumatic upbringing. His late father was a sadistic tyrant who treated the women who worked on his estates as his personal property. After his father's death, Juan begins to act out his own fantasies. His favorite "game" is to have the women dress in rabbit fur bikinis while he chases them through the jungle on horseback with a pack of dogs.
One day his latest plaything gets caught in a trap and is savaged to death by the dogs. The local people know what's going on but are powerless to stop it as their livelihood depends on work from the estate. Juan's mother, Louise, played by Alida Valli, tries to find a suitable replacement for the dead girl. But Juan has his eyes set on Lola, the beautiful daughter of the estate supervisor. When Lola turns him down, Juan imprisons the girl in an abandoned horse training yard and sets to work breaking down her resistance. But things do not work out the way he planned.
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Please note that standard retail editions of the three releases are expected to be announced later this year. (The retail editions will not use red cases).
The Designated Victim
Label description: Tomas Milian and Pierre Clémenti star in the quasi-giallo Italian cult classic THE DESIGNATED VICTIM!
Stefano, a partner in a company that makes high-end commercials, wants to sell up his share of the business and move to South America with his girlfriend, Fabienne. However his wife, in whose name the shares are registered, won't agree to the sale. Stefano goes to Venice with Fabienne for the weekend to escape his worries. There he meets the mysterious Count Tiepelo. Hearing of Stefano's business problems the Count tells him about his own brother who is making his life miserable. The Count then makes a startling suggestion – that he will kill Stefano's wife if Stefano kills the Count's brother. More amused than shocked, Stefano laughs off the idea.
Then one day Stefano receives a phone call from the police; his wife had been found strangled and he is the prime suspect. From that moment on Stefano's life becomes a living nightmare as he discovers the true extent of the web the Count has woven around him. Finally, for Stefano, there is only one way out.
With astonishing performances from Tomas Milian and Pierre Clementi, and settings that include a mist-wreathed Venice, a magnificent Lake Como villa and the glitzy world of advertising, THE DESIGNATED VICTIM is a gripping, dream-like thriller that take us on a trip to hell as Stefano is driven to the very edge of insanity.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- ORIGINAL THEATRICAL CUT OR NEW EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED CUT with alternate scenes integrated back into the film
- NEW interview with co-writer and assistant director Aldo Lado
- NEW interview with Pierre Clémenti's son Balthazar Clémenti
- NEW audio commentary by giallo experts Rachael Nisbet and Peter Jilmstad from the Fragments of Fear podcast
- English or Italian audio with optional English subtitles
- Trailers
- Reversible cover with original ad art on each side
- 16-page booklet with brand new writing on the film by Italian film expert Roberto Curti
- Set of lobby card reproductions
- Numbered edition of 1500 in the usual red case
Label description: Set in the aftermath of a cataclysmic nuclear war that has destroyed most of the world's population, Human Animals tells of three survivors - one woman and two men - who wake up on a strange, deserted landscape with no memory of their past lives and without the ability to even speak. The woman and one of the men appear to be brother and sister and are both dressed in formal party clothes. The man is very different - a mustachioed, leather-jacketed macho type.
They trio set off to explore their new home and find a rocky beach where they come under attack from a huge army of crabs. The macho man fights off the crabs, crushing them with rocks before eating their soft flesh. He then turns his attention to the woman and makes violent love to her while her brother looks on, powerless to stop them.
A huge dog appears and leads them over the mountains to a lush jungle paradise. They build a hut and learn to make fire and hunt for food. But soon violence, jealousy and above all sex, rear their ugly heads. The men fight one another for possession of the woman. But then, to their horror they discover that the large, and now vicious, dog has also set his sights on her. Soon there really is trouble in paradise.
Certainly, one of the most unusual films ever released by Mondo Macabro, HUMAN ANIMALS is a total one-off. You REALLY have never seen anything like this before.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- NEW interview with the film's director/writer/producer Eligio Herrero
- Reversible cover sleeve with original ad art for the film on each side
- 24-page booklet with brand new writing on the film by Spanish film expert Ismael Fernández
- Numbered edition of 1200 in the usual red case
Label description: One of the roughest Eurotrash movies you'll ever see! David Hemmings stars in the sweaty and sleazy IT'S NOTHING MAMA, JUST A GAME aka BEYOND EROTICA!
In this controversial Spanish film from 1974, David Hemmings plays Juan, a young Hacienda-owner who abuses women due to his traumatic upbringing. His late father was a sadistic tyrant who treated the women who worked on his estates as his personal property. After his father's death, Juan begins to act out his own fantasies. His favorite "game" is to have the women dress in rabbit fur bikinis while he chases them through the jungle on horseback with a pack of dogs.
One day his latest plaything gets caught in a trap and is savaged to death by the dogs. The local people know what's going on but are powerless to stop it as their livelihood depends on work from the estate. Juan's mother, Louise, played by Alida Valli, tries to find a suitable replacement for the dead girl. But Juan has his eyes set on Lola, the beautiful daughter of the estate supervisor. When Lola turns him down, Juan imprisons the girl in an abandoned horse training yard and sets to work breaking down her resistance. But things do not work out the way he planned.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- NEW audio commentary by Kat Ellinger
- NEW video essay on the career of David Hemmings by Chris O'Neill
- Trailers
- Alternate title sequence
- English or Spanish audio with English subtitles
- Reversible cover sleeve with original ad art on each side, B side featuring the alternate "Beyond Erotica" title
- 24-page booklet with brand new writing on the film by Spanish film expert Ismael Fernández
- Set of lobby card reproductions
- Numbered edition of 1200 in the usual red case
