History Main / Mondo

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlmy47a6uiQ ''The S From Hell'']]: a more modern (made in 2010) and more low-budget version of the genre. Unlike others it goes about the Screen Gems logo and the horrible effects it has on society.

-->-- ''Film/FacesOfDeath'' [[https://archive.org/details/cinema-snob-season-6/17+-+Faces+of+Death.mp4 review]]

Oddly, Creator/JohnWaters' ''Mondo Trasho'' is not actually a Mondo film. Also not to be confused with ''VideoGame/MondoMedicals'' or ''VideoGame/MondoAgency''.

* ''Africa Addio'' (''Farewell Africa''): About European colonial powers leaving Africa in a state of chaos. Noteworthy for having the only combat footage taken of the Congo Mercenaries.

One of the innumerable subgenres of grindhouse and exploitation cinema existing during the 60s, 70s and 80s hoping to rake in cash from adolescent boys out to see gore, sex and sensational subject matter; '''Mondo''' films, also called "Shockumentaries", were documentaries which charted the darker side of societies and cultures around the world;... ritual circumcision among African tribes... back-alley tattoo parlors in inner-city America... transgender sex workers in UsefulNotes/{{Bangkok}}... all the stuff they won't show on the Discovery Channel but which can be defended by crying, "But it's really happening".

This subgenre began with Paolo Cavara's, Gualtiero Jacopetti's, and Franco Prosperi's ''Film/MondoCane'', from which the subgenre takes its name and of which subsequent films utilized the word to identify themselves as being in the subgenre. With the English translation of the film's title being ''A Dog's World'', the film was predominantly an exploration of unusual cultural practices in Africa and Asia, such as a cannibal tribe in Africa with ritualistic boar clubbing and a practicing South Pacific cargo cult. Europe and America had their share of weird behavior represented, too, such as inbred Italians and a restaurant in New York where posh patrons dine on insects. For a time subsequent Mondo films would adhere to this premise. In the 80s the films dropped unusual cultural practices as subject-matter and began to focus exclusively on gruesome ways in which people and animals can die, with such films sometimes regarded as being in a sub-subgenre called "Death Films". Another offshoot common in TheSixties was documentaries about strippers and other excuses for women to be topless.

* ''Banned from Television'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin showcases footage that's too violent to show on television]].

* ''Il Mondo di Notte'' (''The World by Night'') Gualtiero Jacopetti's documentary about nightclubs made before ''Mondo Cane''. Quite possibly the UrExample.
* ''[[Film/GoodbyeUncleTom Addio zio Tom]]'' (''Goodbye Uncle Tom'') About the slave trade.

* ''Banned from Television'', which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin showcases footage that's too violent to show on television]].

* ''La Donna nel Mondo'' (''Women of the World'') About the role of women in various countries.
* ''Mondo Cane 2'' (''A Dog's World 2'') Also edited and released as ''Mondo Pazzo'' (''Insane World'')
* ''Mondo Cane 2000: L'incredibile'' (''A Dog's World 2000: The Incredible'') Not an official sequel.
* ''Mondo Cane Oggi'' (''A Dog's World Today'') Not an official sequel.
* ''Shocking Asia''
* ''[[Film/SwedenHeavenAndHell Svezia, inferno e paradiso]]'' (''Sweden: Heaven and Hell''), a largely sensationalized, titillating examination of liberal sexual attitudes in Sweden. Now best known for its soundtrack, from which [[Franchise/TheMuppets "Mah Na Mah Na"]] originated.

* ''Mr. Mike's Mondo Video'', a parody from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' head writer in TheSeventies, Michael O'Donoghue.
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293702/ When Animals Attack!]]'' is a live-action TV version of this. The {{Creator/FOX}} network was (in)famous for running these specials in TheNineties.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlmy47a6uiQ ''The S From Hell'']] is a more modern (made in 2010) and more low-budget version of the genre. Unlike others it goes about the Screen Gems logo and the horrible effects it has on society.

* ''Svezia, inferno e paradiso'' (''Sweden: Heaven and Hell''), a largely sensationalized, titillating examination of liberal sexual attitudes in Sweden. Now best known for its soundtrack, from which [[Franchise/TheMuppets "Mah Na Mah Na"]] originated.

* ''[[Film/SavageManSavageBeast Ultime Grida Dalla Savana]]'' (''Savage Man Savage Beast'')

More often than not, the [[DocumentaryOfLies legitimacy of these films as documentaries was limited]]. Rarely did the filmmakers do the research; content was [[IfItBleedsItLeads exaggerated and sensationalized]] in hopes of fulfilling the films' primary purpose of drawing as large a box office return as possible. Though the films would boast of featuring authentic footage, the greater majority of what was in them was in fact staged. The aforementioned death films loved to boast of featuring authentic killings; but it is common knowledge that never, in the history of cinema, has an actual human being been deliberately killed for purposes of film (not counting literal {{Snuff Film}}s). The animal killings, on the other hand...

More often than not, the [[DocumentaryOfLies legitimacy of these films as documentaries was limited]]. Rarely did the filmmakers do the research; content was [[IfItBleedsItLeads exaggerated and sensationalized]] in hopes of fulfilling the films' primary purpose of drawing as large a box office return as possible. Though the films would boast of featuring authentic footage, the greater majority of what was in them was in fact staged. The aforementioned death films loved to boast of featuring authentic killings; but it is common knowledge that never, in the history of cinema, has an actual human being been deliberately killed for purposes of film. The animal killings, on the other hand...

This subgenre began with Paolo Cavara's, Gualtiero Jacopetti's, and Franco Prosperi's ''Film/MondoCane'', from which the subgenre takes its name and of which subsequent films utilized the word to identify themselves as being in the subgenre. With the English translation of the film's title being ''A Dog's World'', the film was predominantly an exploration of unusual cultural practices in Africa and Asia, such as a cannibal tribe in Africa with ritualistic boar clubbing and a practicing South Pacific cargo cult. Europe and America had their share of weird behavior represented, too, such as inbred Italians and a restaurant in New York where posh patrons dine on insects. For a time subsequent Mondo films would adhere to this premise. In the 80s the films dropped unusual cultural practices as subject-matter and begun to focus exclusively on gruesome ways in which people and animals can die, with such films sometimes regarded as being in a sub-subgenre called "Death Films". Another offshoot common in TheSixties was documentaries about strippers and other excuses for women to be topless.

One of innumerable subgenres of grindhouse and exploitation cinema existing during the 60s, 70s and 80s hoping to rake in cash from adolescent boys out to see gore, sex and sensational subject matter; '''Mondo''' films, also called "Shockumentaries", were documentaries which charted the darker side of societies and cultures around the world;... ritual circumcision among African tribes... back-alley tattoo parlors in inner-city America... transgender sex workers in UsefulNotes/{{Bangkok}}... all the stuff they won't show on the Discovery Channel but which can be defended by crying, "But it's really happening".

This subgenre begun with Paolo Cavara's, Gualtiero Jacopetti's, and Franco Prosperi's ''Film/MondoCane'', from which the subgenre takes it name and of which subsequent films utilized the word to identify themselves as of being in the subgenre. With the English translation of the film's title being ''A Dog's World'', the film was predominantly an exploration of unusual cultural practices in Africa and Asia, such as a cannibal tribe in Africa with ritualistic boar clubbing and a practicing South Pacific cargo cult. Europe and America had their share of weird behaviour represented, too, such as inbred Italians and a restaurant in New York where posh patrons dine on insects. For a time subsequent Mondo films would adhere to this premise. In the 80s the films dropped unusual cultural practices as subject-matter and begun to focus exclusively on gruesome ways in which people and animals can die, with such films sometimes regarded as being in a sub-subgenre called "Death Films". Another offshoot common in TheSixties was documentaries about strippers and other excuses for women to be topless.

One of innumerable subgenres of grindhouse and exploitation cinema existing during the 60s, 70s and 80s hoping to rake in cash from adolescent boys out to see gore, sex and sensational subject matter; '''Mondo''' films, also called "Shockumentaries", were documentaries which charted the darker side of societies and cultures around the world;... ritual circumcision among African tribes... back-alley tattoo parlors in inner-city America... transsexual prostitutes in UsefulNotes/{{Bangkok}}... all the stuff they won't show on the Discovery Channel but which can be defended by crying, "But it's really happening".

** The film was released in the UK in a more or less straight edit and dub, with ''Farewell Africa'' as the title. The US version was heavily edited to focus exclusively on scenes of carnage and released as ''Africa: Blood and Guts''. The directors, the aforementioned Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi, were not involved with the US edit and disowned it.)

* ''Africa Addio'' (''Farewell Africa'' in the UK; ''Africa: Blood and Guts'' in the US[[note]]The US version was edited and translated without the approval of the aforementioned Jacopetti, who collaborated with Franco Prosperi in the original production. Jacopetti denounced the edit.[[/note]]) About European colonial powers leaving Africa in a state of chaos. Noteworthy for having the only combat footage taken of the Congo Mercenaries.

* ''Il Mondo di Notte'' (''The World by Night'') Gualtiero Jaccotpetti's documentary about nightclubs made before ''Mondo Cane.'' Quite possibly the UrExample.

* ''Africa Addio'' (''Goodbye Africa'') About European colonial powers leaving Africa in a state of chaos. Noteworthy for having the only combat footage taken of the Congo Mercenaries.

* ''Mr. Mike's Mondo Video,'' a parody from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' head writer in TheSeventies, Michael O'Donoghue.

* ''Ultime Grida Dalla Savana'' (''Savage Man Savage Beast'')