The Mexican cinema of darkness: a critical study of six landmark horror and exploitation films, 1969-1988

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Counterculture cinema of cruelty: El topo (The mole, 1969) -- Madness and modernity: La mansión de la locura (The mansion of madness, 1971) -- New dark ages: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas (Alucarda, daughter of darkness, 1975) -- Filming of the disaster: Guyana, el crimen del siglo (Guyana, crime of the century, 1979) -- Lines of flight, or death from above: Ataque de los pájaros (Attack of the birds, 1986) -- National Oedipus: Santa sangre (Holy blood, 1988).;"Following social upheaval and tragedy in 1968, Mexican horror cinema shifted away from masked wrester flicks and toward darker, more explicit films, which can be called "avant-exploitation." This work covers six of those films, from 1968's El Topo to 1988's Santa Sangre"--Provided by publisher. Counterculture cinema of cruelty: El topo (The mole, 1969) -- Madness and modernity: La mansión de la locura (The mansion of madness, 1971) -- New dark ages: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas (Alucarda, daughter of darkness, 1975) -- Filming of the disaster: Guyana, el crimen del siglo (Guyana, crime of the century, 1979) -- Lines of flight, or death from above: Ataque de los pájaros (Attack of the birds, 1986) -- National Oedipus: Santa sangre (Holy blood, 1988).