Mexploitation cinema : a critical history of Mexican vampire, wrestler, ape-man, and similar films,...
Mexploitation cinema : a critical history of Mexican vampire, wrestler, ape-man, and similar films,...
Mexploitation cinema : a critical history of Mexican vampire, wrestler, ape-man, and similar films, 1957-1977 / Doyle Greene.
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Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2005.
Date
2005.
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N791.43653/31
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction : why Mexploitation? -- 1. Mexploitation : horror, Mexican style -- 2. El baron del terror (The brainiac, 1961) -- 3. El Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata -- 5. Las Luchadoras -- 6. El horripilante bestia humana (Night of the bloody apes, 1968) -- Conclusion : the end of Mexploitation.
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Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2005.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
2005.
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"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...
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Mexploitation cinema : a critical history of Mexican vampire, wrestler, ape-man, and similar films, 1957-1977 / Doyle Greene.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N791.43653/31
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74VKqxKk2o83
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0786422017 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786422012 (softcover : alk. paper)
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791.43653
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991020414709702626
