http://www.mondomovie.com Cult movies, horror, exploitation, world cinema and other genre treats on DVD and in theatres. Ben Howard and Dan Auty cast their square eyes over some of the strangest, coolest and scariest movies from around the world en-uk Mondo Movie 2005 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:00:00 GMT podcast@mondomovie.com 4 There's a double bill of Asian revenge this week, as we tackle gore-laden Japanese romp The Machine Girl and classic horror melodrama from Indonesia, The Queen Of Black Magic Sun, 10 August 2008 09:00:00 GMT Legendary Roman sleazefest Caligula is under discussion this week, along with gritty '60s crime thriller Blast Of Silence. Plus, we pay our respects to Stan Winston and edge ever closer to the Movie War final...! Fri, 25 July 2008 09:00:00 GMT There's more French horror this week, as we take a look at Xavier Gens' splattery Frontiere(s). We also finally review Coffin Joe's freaky 1970s classic Awakening Of The Beast. Sat, 5 July 2008 09:00:00 GMT It's an all Argento show this week, as we take take a look at five movies from the master of modern Italian horror - Deep Red, Inferno, Phenomena, Opera and The Stendahl Syndrome. Plus, what we thought of the new Indiana Jones movie... Thu, 19 June 2008 09:00:00 GMT Ultra-violent French shocker Inside and Italian crime drama Ricco The Mean Machine come under the spotlight this week, together with the usual doses of listener feedback and movie war Wed, 4 June 2008 09:00:00 GMT It's a slightly less structured show than usual this week, as we tinker with the Mondo Movie format. Neil Marshall's futuristic actionfest Doomsday comes under our post-apocalyptic gaze, together with some movie news and listener feedback. Wed, 21 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT On this week's show we take look at the movies we watched at last weekend's Optimum/Frightfest one-day special - Dario Argento's long-awaited Mother Of Tears, Aussie shocker Storm Warning and teen cannibal romp Welcome To The jungle. Plus we wrap up our Ingmar Bergman festival with the disturbing Hour Of The Wolf Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT Frank Darabont's scary adaptation of Stephen King The Mist leads this week's reviews, plus bruising Brazilian cop drama Elite Squad and Ingmar Bergman's freaky Persona Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:00:00 GMT This week we take a look at Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed oil epic There Will be Blood, hairy 70s monsterfest Grizzly, and in the second part of our Ingmar Bergman festival, slapstick laugh-riot The Virgin Spring. Plus, round one of Movie War finally comes to an end! Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:00:00 GMT On the first show of 2008, the Coen brothers return with their tough crime thriller No Country For Old Men and George Romero delivers more undead action in Diary Of The Dead. Plus we look forward to our most anticipated movies of the year Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:00:00 GMT On this week's bumper-length show we take a look back over the last 12 months - our favourite movies and not-so-favourite. Plus your mail and movie war. Happy Christmas to all our listeners!! Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:00:00 GMT We return with reviews of Brian De Palma's controversial Iraq war drama Redacted and Chan-wook Park's oddball fantasy romance I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK. We also kick off our Ingmar Bergman festival with his classic The Seventh Seal Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:00:00 GMT Join us as we celebrate the '80s horror scene with a quartet of splattery favourites from that decade - backwoods slasher The Burning, zombie romp Return Of The Living Dead, Stuart Gordon's trippy gorefest From Beyond and the creepy oddity Scarecrows. Plus movie war, listener feedback and a new competition Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMT It might be old news, but we finally get round to reviewing Tarantino and Rodriguez's Grindhouse, plus Rob Zombie's Halloween remake and in the last part of our carsploitation festival, the classic Two-lane Blacktop Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMT Fresh from our holidays we tackle the movies we watched at last month's Frightfest, including Kiwi killer sheep comedy Black Sheep, snow-bound Norweigian slasher Cold Prey, splat-tastic backwoods horror sequel Wrong Turn 2 and the moving Spanish chiller The Orphanage. Plus movie war, listener feedback and music from Goblin-loving synth-rock duo Zombi! Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMT This week we seek enlightenment and immortality on Alejandro Jodorowsky's bonkers-but-brilliant Holy Mountain and in Darren Aronofsky's much-malinged Fountain. Plus Kowalski attempts to outrun The Man in the third part of our Carsploitation festival, Vanishing Point Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:00:00 GMT There's sex, blues, chains and Southern redemption this week as we review Craig Brewer's Black Snake Moan. Elsewhere we attempt to decipher Jodorowsky's cult classic El Topo and gun our engines for the second part of our Carsploitation festival, Death Race 2000 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:00:00 GMT The Korean actionfest The City Of Violence leads this week's reviews, along with notorious 70s exploitation thriller Fight For Your Life and in the first part of our Carsploitation festival, the Peter Fonda-starring chase classic Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry Thu, 19 July 2007 09:00:00 GMT It's an all Mario Bava special this week, as we celebrate the godfather of Italian horror and look at three of his classics - Black Sunday, Black Sabbath and Kill, Baby... Kill! Plus movie war and listener feedback Sat, 7 July 2007 09:00:00 GMT Paul Verhoeven's wartime thriller Black Book leads this week's reviews, together with John Hillcoat's dark melodrama To Have And To Hold, and in the final part of our Jack Hill festival, the female gangland epic Switchblade Sister Mon, 11 June 2007 09:00:00 GMT This week we dissect the new special edition DVD of Stuart Gordon's splatter classic Re-Animator, fight deadly ninjas in the samuari swordfest Shogun Assassin and in the third part of our Jack Hill festival, celebrate Pam Grier and her kick-ass vigilante Coffy! Sun, 20 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT Dan reports on last week's Nightmare USA festival and wallows in such sleazy big screen delights as Don't Go In The House, Pigs and the utterly bonkers BoardingHouse Sat, 12 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT Mick Jagger and James Fox face off as the surreal British gangster classic Performance finally arrives on DVD, while there's all sorts of sleazy goings-on in the exploitation-art oddity Singapore Sling. We also continue our Jack Hill festival with his women-in-prison duo The Big Doll House and The Big Bird Cage. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMT There's incest, fratricide, corsets, ninjas and mass slaughter this week as we take a look at Zhang Zimou's spectacular martial arts melodrama Curse Of The Golden Flower, while the '70s midnight movie scene is explored in the documentary Midnight Movies: From The Margin To The Mainstream. We also kick off our Jack Hill festival with his one-of-a-kind horror comedy Spider Baby. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMT The DVDs are put aside this week, and we take a look at some of the movie books we've enjoyed over the years, both nostalgic picks and more recent favourites. We also wrap up our Robert Altman festival with his ballet drama The Company and tackle another round of Movie War! Thu, 5 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMT As we reach our 50th show, we celebrate with a look at David Lynch's latest weirdfest Inland Empire, and a trio of trashy favourites from Italian gore-maestro Lucio Fulci - The Beyond, Contraband and Conquest. Plus Movie War, listener feedback and a new competition.... Fri, 24 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMT The French horror hit Them provides the scares this week, while the US censorship system comes under fire in This Film Is Not Yet Rated and Robert Altman brings the stories of Raymond Carver to the screen in his ensemble masterpiece Short Cuts Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMT This week we peer into the dark future world of Children Of Men, laugh our way through cinema's greatest gymnastic action movie Gymkata, and in the fourth part of our Robert Altman festival, enter the scary mind of Richard Nixon in Secret Honor Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMT