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Cult movies, horror, exploitation, world cinema and other genre treats on Blu-ray, streaming, and in cinemas. Ben Howard and Dan Auty cast their square eyes over some of the strangest, coolest, and scariest movies from around the world

Ben Howard & Dan Auty


    • Dec 23, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 120 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from Mondo Movie

    Mondo Movie Is Coming Back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 2:04


    The rumours are true - Ben and Dan will be back with new episodes of Mondo Movie in 2022!

    Mondo Movie 117 - How Do Voodoo?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2012 60:04


    There's much river-based vulgarity this week as we take a look at the Danish comedy Klown, plus the 1974 Blaxploitation voodoo zombie romp Sugar Hill

    Mondo Movie 116 - Biel And End All

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2012 70:06


    We get back to the mike for our first transatlantic show, taking a look at Pascal Laugier's Martyrs follow-up The Tall Man and trippy sci-fi mind-bender Beyond The Black Raindow

    Mondo Movie 115 - Stripe It Lucky

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2012 49:55


    This week there's bonkers superhero action in Takashi Miike's sequel Zebraman 2: Attack On Zebra City, plus the 80s big top horror comedy favourite Killer Klowns From Outer Space

    Mondo Movie 114 - The Vice Is Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2012 59:01


    It's a doublebill of sleaze this week as we look at the new Australian exploitation thriller X: Night Of Vengeance and Sergio Martino's classic giallo Torso. Plus a guest appearance from Buffalo Bill!

    Mondo Movie 113 - De Palma d'Or

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2012 54:44


    There's corruption and violence on the streets of Rio in the acclaimed sequel Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, plus a look back at Brian De Palma's spectacular sleazefest Dressed To Kill.

    Mondo Movie 112 - Supermarket Slice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2012 70:51


    We return after a year-long break with a look at the new Blu-ray of Scott Spiegel's slasher favourite Intruder and the director's cut of Guillermo Del Toro troubled 1997 bug-fest Mimic. Plus Question of the Week!

    Mondo Movie 111 - Review Of 2010

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2010 125:07


    It's our 2010 Christmas show! We countdown our favourite movies of the year, let rip at our least favourite, swap presents and hear your 2010 choices. Have a great holiday and see you all in 2011!

    Mondo Movie 110 - Hey ho! Trejo!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2010 45:36


    This week we take a look at Robert Rodriguez's Tex-Mex exploitation actionfest Machete, and tackle Sion Sono's bizarre horror satire The Suicide Club

    Mondo Movie 109 - Dead Airtime

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2010 70:50


    The first three episodes of TV zombie thriller The Walking Dead come under discussion this week, as does Pier Paolo Pasolini's notorious 1975 arthouse shocker Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom. Plus your mail and question of the week!

    Mondo Movie 108 - Frightfest 2010 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2010 71:04


    The second part of our Frightfest 2010 overview takes in The Dead, the documentary Video Nasties, Red White And Blue, Buried, The Last Exorcism and more...

    Mondo Movie 107 - Frightfest 2010 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2010 77:04


    Once again we take a look at all the movies we saw at this year's Frightfest, including Hatchet 2, Monsters, Cherry Tree Lane, Red Hill and much much more...

    Mondo Movie 106 - Le Postbag Grande

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2010 74:40


    We tackle a bumper bag of listener mail, and take a look at Jean-Pierre Melville's classic '70s cops'n'robbers thriller Le Cercle Rouge. Plus a special guest appearance from Tom Waits!

    Mondo Movie 105 - The Norse Whisperer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2010 68:05


    We return with a hacking-and-slaying double bill featuring Nicolas Winding Refn's viking art film Valhalla Rising and the old-school fantasy romp Solomon Kane.

    Mondo Movie 104 - Prophet And Loss

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2010 56:34


    This week we take a look at highly acclaimed French prison thriller A Prophet, and delve into Roman Polanski's back catalogue with his creepy '70s psychodrama The Tenant.

    Mondo Movie 103 - The REC-ing Crew

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2010 60:31


    There's more high-rise zombie mayhem in the Spanish horror sequel [Rec] 2, and we take on Fred Williamson and Robert Forster in this week's homework, William Lustig's 1983 exploitation actioner Vigilante.

    Mondo Movie 102 - The Up-Skirt Locker

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2010 51:50


    This week we take in Sion Sono's dazzling four-hour mix of teen romance, religious fervour and pantie-peeking pornography Love Exposure, plus Christopher Nolan's low-budget first feature Following

    Mondo Movie 101 - The Long Arm Of The Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2010 59:09


    Flesh-rotting body horror meets high school strangeness in the much-delayed Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, and we kick off our new homework section with the 1972 Japanese sexploitation cop drama Hanzo The Razor: Sword Of Justice

    Mondo Movie 100 - Best Films Of The Decade!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2010 133:42


    To celebrate our 100th show we take a bumper-length look back over ten years of cinematic goodness and pick our favourite movies from 2000-2009. Here's to the next 100!

    Mondo Movie 99 - Review Of 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2009 52:39


    We wave farewell to 2009 with our annual countdown of our favourite movies of the past 12 months - plus the stinkers! Happy new year everyone!

    Mondo Movie 98 - Bump In The Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2009 55:52


    This week we take a look at the low-budget horror phenomenon Paranormal Activity and the little-seen Rocky Horror follow-up Shock Treatment. Plus we find out your most hated movies of 2009!

    Mondo Movie 97 - Just Say Noe!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2009 46:47


    Controversial French director Gaspar Noe returns with the trippy epic Enter The Void, and Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage bring us the bonkers Bad Lieutenant - Port Of Call New Orleans

    Mondo Movie 96 - Love Like Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2009 56:47


    It's our Halloween show, and we take a look at Chan-wook Park's vampire tale Thirst as well as welcoming Fred Dekker's cult favourite Night Of The Creeps onto DVD and Blu-ray.

    Mondo Movie 95 - Frightfest 2009 part two

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2009 86:10


    On the second part of our Frightfest 2009 overview, we take in bizarre shocker The Human Centipede, Philip Ridley's horror fantasy Heartless, acclaimed anthology Trick 'r Treat, Dario Argento's Giallo and much more.

    Mondo Movie 94 - Frightfest 2009 part one

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2009 78:50


    It's time for the first part of our annual Frightfest review - all the movies we took in on the first couple of days at the UK's biggest horror festival, including Triangle, The Hills Run Red, Infestation, The Horseman, Shadow and The Horde!

    Mondo Movie 93 - Saturday Night's Alright For Writin': Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2009 68:49


    It's our long-awaited second book special, as we browse through another selection of movie-related publications and take a nostalgic look back at the fanzine days of the early '90s. Sorry about the dodgy sound again - back to normal next time!

    Mondo Movie 92 - Antichrist Super-Lars!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2009 76:54


    Lars Von Trier remains as controversial as ever with the psychological horror drama Antichrist, and Philip Ridley explores the dark side of childhood with his little-seen film The Reflecting Skin.

    Mondo Movie 91 - We And Mr Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2009 43:01


    On a special one-off show, we talk to legendary horror critic and Frightfest co-director Alan Jones about this year's event, the challenges of putting on a festival and his career in general.

    Mondo Movie 90 - Uncle Sam Wants You!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2009 116:49


    We return with a double-length show, featuring a review of Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell and a look at a trio of recent Hollywood horror remakes - Friday The 13th, My Bloody Valentine and The Last House On The Left.

    Mondo Movie 89 - Children Of The Damned

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2009 61:50


    There's pint-size terror this week we take a look at British horror The Children, plus Jimmy Wang Yu takes on George Lazenby in the Ozploitation favourite The Man From Hong Kong.

    Mondo Movie 88 - Tony The Thai-ga!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2009 51:55


    Thai martial arts superstar Tony Jaa returns with the historical fightfest Ong Bak 2, and we take a look at Michael Mann's curious wartime chiller The Keep.

    Mondo Movie 87 - Lord Of The Flies

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2009 60:37


    We return to the work of Dario Argento this week, as Four Flies On Grey Velvet finally arrives on DVD. There's also a double bill from British '70s horror favourite Pete Walker - Frightmare and House Of The Long Shadows.

    Mondo Movie 86 - The Wizards Of Oz

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2009 74:20


    On this week's show we see take a look at all the movies we watched at Frightfest's one-day Spring event, including Coffin Joe's Embodiment Of Evil, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Not Quite Hollywood and Lesbian Vampire Killers.

    Mondo Movie 85 - Out To Lynch

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2009 51:30


    This week we take a look at Jennifer Lynch's first film for 15 years, the dark horror thriller Surveillance, plus a welcome uncut DVD release of the original My Bloody Valentine.

    Mondo Movie 84 - The Good The Bad And The Gordon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2009 59:37


    In an exclusive interview we talk to genre legend Stuart Gordon about his career, from Re-animator to his latest movie Stuck. There's also a review of bonkers Korean western The Good The Bad The Weird.

    Mondo Movie 83 - Being Jean-Claude Varenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2009 63:06


    On our first show of 2009, we explore Jean-Claude Van Damme's post-modern action-thriller JCVD and take a look at some of the movies we're looking forward to most in the upcoming year.

    Mondo Movie 82 - Review of 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2008 71:26


    On our last show of the year, we count down our top 10 movies of the last 12 months... plus our least favourite! Happy New Year everyone!

    Mondo Movie 81 - Godfather Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2008 52:44


    It's our Christmas show and we celebrate by reviewing two decidedly un-seasonal movies - brutal Italian crime drama Gomorra and punk rock shockumentary Hated. Plus live present swapping!

    Mondo Movie 80 - Gordon Bonnet!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2008 45:18


    This week we take a look at Stuart Gordon's dark melodrama Stuck and revisit a favourite from the 1980s, Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist.

    Mondo Movie 79 - Bachchan Perlman Overdrive

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2008 53:24


    Guillermo Del Toro delivers more lavish fantasy action and demonic quips with Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, and we pop our Bollywood cherries with the 1975 classic Sholay.

    Mondo Movie 78 - Woo's The Boss

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2008 48:05


    This week we take a look at the historical Chinese war epic Red Cliff, John Woo's much anticipated return to Asian film-making, plus the new three-disc edition of Wes Craven's seminal 70s shocker last House On the Left.

    Mondo Movie 77 - Henenlotter Love!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2008 71:16


    It's a Frank Henenlotter special this week, as we look at a quartet of weird and wonderful movies from the godfather of New York sleaze - Basket Case, Brain Damage, Frankenhooker and Basket Case 2.

    Mondo Movie 76 - Frightfest 2008 Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2008 66:21


    We wrap up our look at this year's Frightfest with reviews of two of the year's most anticipated horror releases - Swedish vampire drama Let the Right One In and the highly controversial French shocker Martyrs.

    Mondo Movie 75 - Frightfest 2008 Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2008 65:10


    In part one of our Frightfest special we take a look at the movies we saw on the first couple of days at the UK horror fest, including Eden Lake, Time Crimes, Mum And Dad, Dance Of The Dead and Frank Henenlotter's Bad Biology.

    Mondo Movie 74 - Machines And Magic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2008 45:14


    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

    Mondo Movie 73 - Toga! Toga! Toga!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2008 52:19


    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...!

    Mondo Movie 72 - Across The Border

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2008 41:51


    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.

    Mondo Movie 71 - Where For Art Thou Dario?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2008 78:37


    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.

    Mondo Movie 70 - Baby Dalle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2008 44:49


    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.

    Mondo Movie 69 - Marshall Law

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2008 49:30


    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.

    Mondo Movie 68 - Go Dario Go!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2008 77:14


    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.

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