MONDO FILMS
List of the banned, depraved, violent, bizarre, shocking and controversial documentary movies that's not for the faint hearted
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- DirectorPaolo CavaraGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsStefano SibaldiRossano BrazziYves KleinA "shockumentary" consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence.
- DirectorGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsStefano SibaldiHenning SkaarupPeter UstinovThe official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.
- DirectorSheldon RenanStarsChuck RileyEd DorrisThomas NoguchiA documentary of the decline of America. It features footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiMarco VicarioStarsRiccardo CucciollaStephen GarrettJohn HartThis shockumentary takes us on visits to a restaurant that serves up delicious dog meat dishes, mud-wrestling clubs, a chastity belt store. We get to see bizarre funeral rites, snake charmers, bloodsuckers and a hidden-camera expose into the local baby selling and slave markets!
- DirectorRolf OlsenStarsIngeborg SteinbachA documentary about Asia's shocking cultures.
- DirectorRolf OlsenA mondo film of shocking and disturbing video clips, primarily from Asia.
- StarsGordon VeinDocumentary examining the many strange customs that take place in Asia.
- DirectorJean-Pol FerbusDominique GarnyThierry ZénoThis morbid, unusual, and critically acclaimed documentary was filmed in the most exotic locations all over the world. Of the Dead (Des Morts) deals with death, the soon dead, and the living they leave behind. Our senses are shown no mercy as we witness the brutal execution of a Phillippine Guerrilla. We are literally taken inside a cremation chamber while a human body melts and finally crumbles into nothingness. We witness-first hand- doctors trying to save a victim of multiple stab wounds, all close up, in graphic detail leaving nothing to the imagination. For those who think they have seen it all, Of the Dead, dares to be seen.
- DirectorWilliam B. TreutleThe filmed record of an expedition to the African interior, with scenes of animal life and native customs and practices.
- DirectorAlfredo CastiglioniAngelo CastiglioniGuido GuerrasioStarsRiccardo CucciollaDocumentary about French Equatorial Africa, including sequences on adult circumcision rites of Bariba tribe; whipping of young Peuls; a secret asylum in the jungle; new-born tattooing in Haussa tribe; Muslim Tabaski tribe's rites; blood rites.
- DirectorStelvio MassiA new age Mondo film that explores the realm of urban decay and various oddities of the modern world, ranging from underground club scenes to sex change operations.
- DirectorPaolo CavaraGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsStefano SibaldiBelinda LeePeter UstinovFrom love in the streets of Paris to death on the African plain, the acclaimed MONDO CANE masters turn their unflinching eye on all the things never before known - and never before shown - about WOMEN OF THE WORLD.
- DirectorAlfredo CastiglioniAngelo CastiglioniStarsKenneth BeltonA look at the fast disappearing tribal customs of North Africa.
- StarsDamon FoxMaritza Martin MunozEmilio NunezTraces of Death is a collection of archive film and borrowed stock footage, notorious for its pointless exploitative content. In its opening you see the death of a woman named Maritza Martin, who was gunned down by her ex-husband on Spanish language television. We then witness British SAS troopers storming the Iranian Embassy in 1980, this is followed by a police chase of a criminal in a pick up truck and the deadly finale. It then goes to footage of animal experiments with a grizzly scene of a live pig being burned alive with a torch. Autopsy footage is then shown of an Asian individual. We are then shown a very graphic presentation on a male to female sex change operation. One interesting scene has a man who had his nasal cavity removed and replaced with a prosthetic. The producers then suddenly return to the death theme with the well known footage of R Budd Dwyer and his on air suicide with a .357 Magnum, followed by a look at one of the most notorious Nazi villains, Ilsa Koch and her sick collection of concentration camp victim tattoos which she turned into book covers, lampshades and wallets. The closing has some stock footage of a funeral and an animal attack.
- StarsDamon FoxJeff DoucetGary PlaucheThe second installation to the bizarre shockumentary series Traces of Death.
- StarsDarrin RamageThe third installment in the Traces of Death shockumentary series.
- StarsDarrin RamageLittle Ms. JsReal-life death footage presented as a gross-out 'shockumentary'.
- StarsAsjad NadeemDarrin RamageDaniel V. JonesThe fifth sequel of the self-proclamed "first true shockumentary" series, dealing mostly with real life graphic violence and its aftermath caught on video.
- DirectorGianni ProiaStarsGeorge SandersAlexanderMaria AnsaldiA documentary highlighting some of the oddest, strangest and more grotesque examples of human behavior. Included are a tour of the Grand Guignol theater in Paris, a man who sticks long needles through his body, footage of reindeer being castrated, and more footage of lesbians and strippers.
- DirectorDavid HermanArun KumarDavid Monaghan"Executions" is a documentary showing real footage of the many different methods humanity has used through-out history for capital punishment. During the film, the makers point out how unjustifiable the death penalty is in every situation, so they do take a staunch stance against what they're presenting. Footage from live executions are shown in detail.
- StarsJeff DoucetAnatoly GolovkinPietro PaccianiDocumentary examining the many forms of execution that take place in the world today.
- DirectorM. Dixon CauseyStarsAdolf HitlerJim JonesMonte CazazzaCombines the usual death footage found in most shockumentaries with video art from Survival Research Laboratories and Monte Cazazza and more.
- DirectorAntonio ClimatiMario MorraStarsGiuseppe RinaldiThe film documents various scenes of graphic behavior in an attempted exposé of worldly violence.
- StarsArt GilmoreAn exploitation pot-boiler, posing as an anthropology art-film, and supposedly filmed by seventeen different cameraman in Africa, Malaya, India, Ceylon, Bali, New Guinea and New Hebrides. It probably was over about that many different years, as it is stock-and-archive footage from front-to back, including the New Hebrides segment, where the males have to leap from tall trees (and towers) with a vine attached to their ankles that stops them just short of a grand splattering on hard New Hebrides ground. An early-day version of bungee-jumping that is a macho-virility proving exercise that delights the village maidens. The art-house aspects and come-on was that it depicted strange love-rites in strange lands, even if some of them were re-enactments in color, in places of the black-and-white stock footage that had been serving in several reincarnations over the years. Highlights include "The Dance of the Fertility Tree" and "The Peek-A-Boo Betrothal." A few National Geographic-type scenes of nudity, and that's the closest it gets to even PG movies. The keywords must have been added by the DVD distributors.
- DirectorRoberto Bianchi MonteroAlbert T. ViolaStarsBoris KarloffFederico BoidoFranz DragoDocumentary showing perverse and aberrant behavior from around the globe, including such things as sex slavery, dwarf love, Asian brothels and lesbians.
- DirectorBitto AlbertiniStarsAnthony La PennaRomano MalaspinaDocumentary about strange or grotesque things around the world: the sacred city of Benares, India, where old men go to die and be cremated; an american tourist in Hong-Kong, who buys a "baby-prostitute"; many animals having sex; the celebration in honor of a totem with the shape of a penis, in Japan; topless and prostitution places; an african tribe in which the men have gigantic male organs; a massage parlour in Thailand; snakes being eaten almost alive; hunting and safaris in Africa; a ranger being eaten by an alligator, in Florida; a missionary priest being eaten by indians; the betting clubs and strip-tease joints in Las Vegas; and much more.
- DirectorThor L. BrooksByron ChudnowStarsKwaheriLes TremayneFilmed entirely in Africa, focuses on vanishing native tribes (Kwaheri means Goodbye in Swahili) and the controversial aspects of these ancient tribal societies.
- DirectorNorman T. HermanJörn DonnerJean HermanStarsBurt TopperA documentary exploring the "youth movement" of the 1960s.
- DirectorLee FrostStarsJudy AdlerCarol BaughmanTerry BryanA "hidden camera" takes the viewer on a worldwide tour of sexual practices and rituals, including Tijuana strippers, Asian sex shows, British prostitutes, New York devil worshipers and a Mexican slave market.
- DirectorGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsStefano SibaldiSusan HampshireDick GregoryTwo documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
- A series of videos containing footage of real life events that were too disturbing for television.
- StarsLuis Donaldo ColosioSarah FergusonJeff GilloolyMore footage considered to be too disturbing to be shown on television.
- DirectorGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsSergio RossiGualtiero JacopettiJomo KenyattaThe cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.
- StarsVincent PriceA documentary on African Zulu tribes.
- DirectorRay PhoenixStarsQuentin ReynoldsJohannes Galilee ShembeA documentary exploring some of the tribes of South Africa, the wildlife, and some of the descendants of the Indian immigrants that settled in the country.
- DirectorFrancesco De Feo
- DirectorPaolo CavaraStarsDon BackyAdriano CelentanoRiccardo CucciollaThis documentary looks at strange behaviors and practices in Europe, including nude skiing in Switzerland, hog-butchering in Italy, and an orgy in a graveyard.
- StarsTerry L. Harris
- DirectorArnold L. MillerNorman CohenStarsDavid GellCaron GardnerNoel Harrison"The world's greatest city laid bare!", roars the tagline to LONDON IN THE RAW (1964), a salacious documentary that tours the strip-clubs and underground dives of the still-swinging city.
- DirectorArnold L. MillerStarsDavid GellMacDonald HobleyBilly J. KramerExploitation film documentary on 'Swinging London' as it actually happened. Arnold Louis Miller, the director of 'Nudist Memories', interviews mods, rockers and beatniks. Wife Swapping, an overworked stripper, child birth, the killing of chickens and an interview with Billy J. Kramer also feature.
- DirectorTodd TjerslandStarsSteve SheppardTodd TjerslandJoin your fiendish host, Dr. Vincent van Gore, as he leads you into the forbidden world of the dead. Only the most disgusting and horrifying car crashes, suicides and murders are presented. Nothing is faked. There are no boring autopsies or grainy World War 2 footage; all new, exclusive never before seen footage of those freshly slain over the past ten years! Documented through actual crime scene investigations by police and emergency response teams from around the world. If you cannot handle smashed brains, bug-eyed corpses and char-broiled fetuses, do not watch this film!
- DirectorTodd TjerslandStarsTodd TjerslandVincent van GoreThe diabolical Dr. Vincent Van Gore returns with an all-new collection of hideous 100% REAL DEATH footage!
- DirectorTodd TjerslandStarsTodd TjerslandVincent van GoreThe world's most hideous 100% REAL DEATH series is back, and the third time's the charm!
- DirectorTodd TjerslandStarsVincent van GoreTodd TjerslandCompiles the best and bloodiest real life death scenes from FACES OF GORE 1-3 plus 30 minutes of all-new sick footage!
- DirectorArthur DavisStarsArthur DavisRichard JohnsonFascinated by forbidden rituals and ceremonies, world explorer Arthur Davis takes a crew with hidden cameras to Africa and South America to secretly record the beauty and horror of the "law of the jungle". BRUTES AND SAVAGES is the filmed document of his death-defying adventures. Shocking, brutal and repulsive, this film mixes bizarre authentic footage with incredibly exploitive (and often hilarious) "re-enactments" of his findings. Animal sacrifices, bizarre tribal ceremonies, mating rituals and even brain surgery.
- DirectorRolf OlsenStarsJohn CarradineRolf OlsenPaul RossA "journey" into the world of the supernatural.
- DirectorNick BougasStarsAnton LaVeyRoss AlexanderDavid BaconVarious pics and footage of real death
- DirectorNick BougasStarsHarold WellsSusan AtkinsLenny BruceA nauseating mondo documentary about violent death. The bulk of the tape is consumed with the same war-atrocity footage already overused in dozens of other mondo films.
- DirectorRomano VanderbesStarsBree AnthonyFanne FoxeC.J. LaingDocumentary about bizarre and unusual practices in the USA.
- DirectorRomano VanderbesStarsNorman RoseAlan AdrianKandi BarbourThe atrocities on display here include animal motels, Captain Sticky- a super-hero, restaurants that offer genital-shaped foods, homeless bums living in the sewers of New York.
- DirectorAntonio ClimatiMario MorraStarsFranco ProsperiMike GunnKarl WallendaA Mondo documentary that juxtaposes footage of death, carnage, and unpleasantness with scenes of inspiring and beautiful imagery.
- DirectorBenjamin AndrewsLee FrostStarsBaby BubblesBob CressePat HallThis documentary explores assorted "forbidden" topics from all over the world. Among the subjects depicted herein are a racy TV commercial for a female martial arts school, rowdy teenagers protesting a strict curfew on the Sunset Strip, an underground lesbian club in Geneva, a portable topless bar, and various strip acts from different parts of the globe.
- DirectorMaleno MalenottiRoberto MalenottiFolco QuiliciStarsRobert LamoureuxRobin MaughamAllen SwiftThe film documents modern slave trade through a number of Arabian and African countries, under muslim rule. The filming was conducted both in public places, and sometimes with the use of hidden cameras, for high impact scenes of nudity, sex, and violence - and a few surprises, as slaves made out of peregrins to Mecca, and slave traders paid in traveller checks.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsLucia AmramMarie-Ange AnièsJean d'EstréeSensationalist view of the role of woman in social life.
- DirectorAlfredo CastiglioniAngelo CastiglioniGuido GuerrasioStarsRiccardo CucciollaMac Mauro SmithThis film is about tribes in Africa and South America who turn toward magic as a means of survival and way of life. The Mundari tribe in Africa herd cattle but do not slaughter them for meat. They make use of the cattle urine as an insect repellent and shower underneath their cows. They also use the dung as a body covering to further thwart insects and pest. The cattle are so prized to the Mundari that they are treated as a member of the family and a number of Mundari are shown puffing into the cattle's vagina to encourage an early birth. A hunt is then shown where the Mundari are able to bring down mighty Elephants and Giraffes with ease. Yet unlike sport hunters they hunt merely for survival and pay respect to the beast before eating them. The Dinka tribe is another group who praise their cattle but they bleed the cows and mix it in their milk to help sustain tribes during periods of hunger. They also migrate to different areas along the Nile as to not over consume their pastures. The camera then moves to the South American continent where The Yanawana people are shown in their full glory. They sleep in simple hammocks and allow their dogs every freedom. One woman is even shown suckling a puppy along with her own child. Hunters prepare to catch their meal and a feast of spiders, crab and tapir is enjoyed by all. The Yanawana hold a gathering each year where the shamans drink a mixture of the crushed skulls of their dead shamans to transfer the soul and release it to the heavens. Psychic healers in the Philippines are shown next, they appear to do surgery without leaving scars and impress those around them. Christians are then shown self inflicting wounds as a form of penance to their saints. The cameras move back to Africa where children in Ethiopia have their Uvula removed for no real reason known to us. An Arab woman takes her daughter to a woman called a Marabou and has her checked to insure she is still pure, others use her services to heal themselves with holy messages from the Koran. The final scene has a tribe which takes woman and uses them as fertility gods, they help insure fertility and a big family.
- DirectorMino LoyLuigi ScattiniStarsGiodo CastaldoNico Rienzi
- DirectorAntonio ClimatiMario MorraStarsGiuseppe RinaldiPit DernitzIlona StallerA notorious mondo film depicting unbelievable and bizarre rituals, animal killing and cruelty, and people being killed and eaten, all by either animals or humans against each other or themselves.
- DirectorLee FrostStarsClaude EmmandBob CresseLee FrostA faux travelogue that mixes documentary and mockumentary footage. The camera looks through a one-way glass into the women's dressing room at a lingerie shop, visits a Kyoto massage parlor, goes inside the mailroom at Frederick's of Hollywood, watches an Australian who sticks nails through his skin and eats glass, checks out the art and peace scene in Los Angeles, takes in Easter week with vacationing college students on Balboa Island, observes a German audience enjoying a play about Nazi sadism, and, with the help of powerful military lenses, spies on a Lebanese white-slavery auction. A narrator adds gravitas: "To the worm in the cheese, the cheese is the universe."
- DirectorMario MorraStarsKenneth BeltonAnthony La PennaDocumentary looking at death, destruction, and weird customs around the world.
- DirectorJohn Alan SchwartzStarsMichael CarrSamuel BerkowitzMary Ellen BrightonA collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.
- DirectorJohn Alan SchwartzStarsMichael CarrJames BradyMickey CroweThis movie continues in the same vein as F.O.D. 1 with short scenes of death related material. Mortuarys, accidents, police work are filmed by TV crews and home video cameras. Some of the material are most likely fake, some not as likely.
- DirectorJohn Alan SchwartzStarsMichael CarrCecil ClemonsVeronica LakewoodThird installment in the infamous Faces of Death series. Features real footage mixed in with re-enactments and faked footage.
- DirectorJohn Alan SchwartzSusumu SaegusaAndrew TheopolisStarsJames B. SchwartzJohn ZimmermanJohn Alan SchwartzFollows the same pattern of the other Faces of Death movies. In this one we see many staged and not so staged looking deaths ranging from bungee jumping accidents and magic tricks gone bad.
- DirectorJohn Alan SchwartzStarsClyde BarrowMichael CarrBonnie ParkerThe fifth entry in the Faces of Death series.
- DirectorJohn Alan SchwartzStarsSamuel BerkowitzFaces of Death VI is a direct-to-video compilation of the highlights of the earlier films in the Faces of Death series. It features many of the scenes shown in Faces of Death 1 and 4, as well as the earlier compilation Faces of Death V.
- StarsNelson Mandela
- StarsMatt Petri
- StarsDaniel V. JonesLee ChapmanJeff Doucet"Banned In America" shows video clips of the darkest elements of human nature, society, and life; the very things that bring fear and disgust into our collective existences. Whether it be live executions, live suicides, or miscellaneous forms of evil, "America" shows us that a sinister world of death lies right outside our door, just waiting for our number to be called...
- StarsLee Chapman
- StarsLee Chapman
- DirectorNomo IchiStarsLee ChapmanNumber four in the series focuses on much of the same as the previous entries, that being shocking incidents caught on tape. Some "highlights" include a man with his hand caught in a printing press, grainy footage of a man being pulled apart by two trucks and different disturbing pictures taken from various Internet sites. There's also a (staged) "comic relief" segment of a man being secretly filmed while he wears his wife's panties.
- StarsLee Chapman