Directed By: John D. Lamond
Starring: Brigitta Almsron, Rettima Borer

Studio: Intervision Picture Corp.
Release Date: January 10, 2012

In between the mondo mayhem of AUSTRALIA AFTER DARK and the softcore teenage classic FELICITY, producer/director John Lamond schooled the continent with this graphic grindhouse jaw-dropper: What was ostensibly presented as a serious study of sexual behavior is actually an erotically-charged trip through an alphabet of deviant sexual pleasure, including mile-high clubs, female masturbation, mincing homosexuals, hot lesbians, enormous genitals, disco music, rape fantasies, interpretive dance, socio-cultural blathering, relentless nudity and even a bit of creepy stop-motion animation. Marilyn Rodgers (FELICITY) and Maj-Brith Berström-Walan of The Swedish Institute For Sexual Research star in this delightfully dubious documentary relic, now fully restored from a print originally seized by the Australian Classification Board and presented uncut & uncensored for the first time ever in America.  

Directed By: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Starring: Sergio Rossi

“What the camera sees it films pitilessly, without sympathy, without taking sides,” it begins. “This film only says farewell to the old Africa and gives the world a picture of its agony.” As colonialism collapsed in 1960s Africa, Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi rushed to the Dark Continent to record the horrifying battle for control that followed. Here was a world now ruled by rebels and refugees, plunderers and poachers, mercenaries and murderers, a land suddenly aflame with brutality, racism and unspeakable slaughter. At the risk of their own lives, the filmmakers’ cameras captured it all. The result is a daring and disturbing work that ranks among the greatest achievements in documentary cinema, an experience that remains as shocking – and shockingly relevant – as it was 40 years ago. This is AFRICA BLOOD AND GUTS!

Directed By: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Zygmunt Sulistrowski
Starring: Andrea Bayard, Dercy Gonçalves

Naked Amazon (1954)
Prepare for a true-life safari into a sudden-death land of fear, savage brutality and primitive nudism when four explorers travel deep into the South American jungle to face its darkest horrors. Zygmunt Sulistrowski’s gruesome and bloodthirsty shock-u-mentary remains the granddaddy of all “Mondo” movies and the exploitation cult classic that influenced such mondo filmmakers as Jacopetti and Prospero (Mondo Cane).

White Slave (1985)
While enjoying the exotic splendors of the Amazon River, Katherine Miles witnesses the decapitation of her parents by headhunters. Abducted by the monstrous savages, Katherine faces torture, humiliation, cannibal attacks and gut-churning primitive rituals. Based on a true story, White Slave is a graphic Italian exploitation shocker with echoes of Cannibal Holocaust and Mountain of the Cannibal God.

Sacrifice of the White Goddess (1995)
Savage horror and dangerous adventure mix in this tale of an archaeology student who joins forces with a female ne'er-do-well and a roguish trader to follow an ancient Mayan treasure map in search of gold. What they discover during their journey are the harsh extremes of the jungle where a fate worse than death awaits each of them.

Directed By: Dennis Van Zak
Starring: Harry Anslinger, John Holmes, Billy Curtis, Fiorella LaGuardia
Studio: Impulse Pictures / Synapse Films
Release Date: March 8, 2011

Adults Only / You Must Be 18 Years or Older to Order this Title

APHRODISIAC! THE SEXUAL SECRET OF MARIJUANA is a tripped-out, sex-filled documentary 'dramatization' about the benefits of using marijuana. Mixed in with the history of harvesting weed, the seedy side of drug trafficking, information on the medical benefits and even a recipe for pot brownies, are titillating sexual scenes sure to make you 'high' with excitement. Shot with tongue planted firmly in cheek (and maybe elsewhere, too), this flick even features an early appearance by adult film actor John Holmes as a businessman who gives his secretary a bit of 'dick-tation' in his wonderfully wood-paneled office. Heck, even midget Billy Curtis (THE WIZARD OF OZ, HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER) shows up to give his thoughts on pot. 

Directed By: John D. Lamond
Starring: Gina Allen, Count Copernicus

Studio: Intervision Picture Corp.
Release Date: January 10, 2012

Five years before he turned the world on with his schoolgirl sexploitation classic FELICITY, producer/director John Lamond made his indelible debut with this "mondo"- style look at the depraved underbelly of a land down-under. It is an ultra-sleazy, full-frontal journey through the weird and the pathetic, the ugly, the obscene and the beautiful, featuring strippers, swingers, murderers, devil worshippers, nutty gurus, drunken aborigines, and much more. From the back alleys of the big cities to the savage cruelty of the outback, discover a continent of pleasure, pain, erotic art, wriggling cuisine, tiny bikinis, alien landings, record-breaking beer consumption and insane amounts of 70's nudity, now fully restored from a print recently discovered in the cellar of the Lower Wonga Drive-In and presented uncut & uncensored for the first time ever in America.

Directed By:
Studio: Synapse Films

ANIMAL SACRIFICE! FORBIDDEN RITUALS! SHOCKING FOOTAGE CAPTURED WITH HIDDEN CAMERAS!

Fascinated by forbidden rituals and ceremonies, world explorer Arthur Davis takes a crew with hidden cameras to Africa and South America to secretly record the beauty and horror of the law of the jungle.  BRUTES AND SAVAGES is the filmed document of his death-defying adventures. Shocking, brutal and repulsive, this film mixes bizarre authentic footage with incredibly exploitive (and often hilarious) re-enactments of his findings. Animal sacrifices, bizarre tribal ceremonies, mating rituals and even brain surgery‚ it's all here!

Directed By: Masayoshi Nemoto 
Studio: Synapse Films

Filmed entirely in Japan, BUDO: THE ART OF KILLING is a highly acclaimed docu-drama and a favorite of martial arts practitioners and fans alike. Highlighting the various techniques of “Budo” (Karate, Judo, Aikido, etc.), this action-packed film is a visual feast exploring the spiritual and historical traditions, training and techniques of this specialized form of martial arts.

Synapse is proud to present this critically acclaimed film in a newly re-mastered version transferred from original vault materials.  

Directed By: Roy Frumkes
Starring: George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Roy Frumkes
Studio: Synapse Films
Release Date: November 13, 2012

George A. Romero, director of the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, is one of the horror genre’s most celebrated filmmakers.  Roy Frumkes’ amazing 1978 documentary DOCUMENT OF THE DEAD was an intimate look at Romero’s creative process, with an outstanding collection of interviews, effects demonstrations and behind-the-scenes footage from the classic horror film, DAWN OF THE DEAD. 

Directed By: Roy Frumkes
Studio: Synapse Films

"A fascinating dissection of a classic shocker. A documentary with real guts!” - Michael Gingold, FANGORIA Magazine

This amazing documentary, now available for the first time on DVD, highlights the films of the great horror director, George A. Romero. An intimate look at Romero’s creative process, this film contains an outstanding collection of interviews and behind-the-scenes footage on the set of DAWN OF THE DEAD. Also included are amazing demonstrations at how some of the over-the-top special effects were created by Make-Up Effects Artist, Tom Savini.

Directed By: Barbara Bell
Starring:
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Studio: Synapse Films

ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING FILMS OF THE YEAR IS ON DVD! EXPLORE THE DARK UNDERBELLY OF BONDAGE, SADOMASOCHISM AND CONSENTUAL TORTURE... DO YOU DARE “LOG IN”?

Directed By:
Starring:
Re-release Date: September 6, 2011
Studio: KOCH VISION

According to the Kama Sutra, amorous desire and sexual pleasures are prerequisites to world harmony. The Kama Sutra, also called the Book of Love, comes to us from India and values a form of eroticism that leads to spiritual realization. It teaches that the goal of sexual union is not only pleasure, but also mutual evolution. Each successful union should aim for double ecstasy, with each partner trying to bring the other to orgasm as well as finding a way to reach orgasm for him or herself.

Product Alert: This 3D disc requires red-and-blue 3D glasses (2 pair glasses included) and will play on non-3D enabled electronics. You do not need a 3D TV or 3D Blu-ray player to view this disc.

Directed By: Bob Flaxman, Dan Goldman
Starring: Henri Charr, Robert Ruthledge

Studio: Vinegar Syndrome
Release Date: June 11, 2013

The home video debut of what Roger Ebert called "an absorbing document [that] captures the human reality of the sexual experience." A LABOR OF LOVE documents the heartfelt and earnest attempt by a naive Chicago filmmaker to create an X rated movie.  

Directed By: Mark Hartley
Starring: Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Allan Arkush, John Landis, Jack Hill
Studio: Dark Sky Films

Buxom beauties! Bizarre creatures! Gratuitous violence!

To the exploitation filmmakers of the 1970s and 1980s there was no stunt too risky, no story too ridiculous, and no clothing that could not be removed in the name of mass entertainment. The name of the game was to move fast and cheap and to them the Far East was a filmmaking Promised Land of lax government restrictions, unheeded safety regulations, and (mostly) free exotic locales. 

Directed By: Various Directors
Starring: Harry Reems, Carol Connors, Gerard Damiano

From 1975 to 2002, MIDNIGHT BLUE was late-night cable's most depraved cavalcade of politics, pornography and perversion hosted by controversial Screw Magazine publisher Al Goldstein. In this premiere volume - featuring segments now shown uncensored for the first time ever - meet the real legends behind DEEP THROAT in graphic and shocking interviews that go far beyond any other adult documentary.

Directed By: Various Directors
Starring: Al Goldstein, Larry Flynt, Ron Jeremy

Al Goldstein, larger than life smut peddler, made a fortune with his satirical sex tabloid Screw Magazine and became a New York icon with his sleazy TV show MIDNIGHT BLUE. His legendary first amendment battles earned him comparisons with Lenny Bruce and Larry Flynt. But by 2001, those glory days are long gone and the fading giant of filth must make one last, desperate grab for relevance.

Directed By: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara & Franco Prosperi
Starring: NA

Studio: Blue Underground
Release Date: February 26, 2013

MONDO CANE

Filmed in every corner of the world, this landmark epic explores the culture of life and death, the anguish of man and beast, and the taboos of sex and religion, all amidst the barbarism of civilization gone insane.

MONDO CANE 2

Two years after the international smash MONDO CANE became the most controversial documentary of its time, the filmmakers again ignited a firestorm of outrage and acclaim as they traveled the globe to film an all-new exploration of primitives, penitents and perversions in a world gone mad.

WOMEN OF THE WORLD

"The camera strips woman right down to her skin," proclaimed the ads.  Here is the female of the species as mothers, murderers, warriors and whores, respected as high-powered executives and objectified as bodacious bombshells, grasping for eternal beauty and even engaging in "unnatural friendships."

Directed By: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi, David Gregory
Starring: NA

Studio: Blue Underground
Release Date: February 26, 2013

AFRICA BLOOD & GUTS

Here was a world now ruled by rebels and refugees, plunderers and poachers, mercenaries and murderers, a land suddenly aflame with brutality, racism and unspeakable slaughter. At the risk of their own lives, the filmmakers’ cameras captured it all.

GOODBYE UNCLE TOM

It was advertised as “The first motion picture based on historical facts about the rise and revolt of slavery in America.” It became one of the most reviled and misunderstood films of its time.

GODFATHERS OF MONDO

For more than four decades, they have remained among the most brilliant and misunderstood directors the world of cinema has ever seen. Now in this all-new documentary feature, Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi finally have their say.

Directed By: Sergio Martino
Starring:
Studio: MYA Communication  

Cult director Sergio Martino, during the most glorious mondo years, delivered Naked And Violent, a documentary which unveils the brutality of the USA. Hidden behind a mask of perfection and justice, Naked And Violent traces the problems of American society in the 1970s: from racial persecutions to the depraved sexual habits of the middle class, from the drug market to illegal gambling. Available for the first time ever in DVD, Naked And Violent is presented full and uncut.

Directed By: Luciano Laurenti
Starring:
Studio: MYA Communication  

A globe-trotting travel around the planet in search of the most sexually arousing and exciting cities. Luciano Martino takes us on a walk on the lusty wild side of town, unveiling some of the weirdest habits known to mankind. Every taboo is shattered, and every girl is more than willing to take her clothes off. Pleasures and perversions go hand in hand in this unforgettable journey throughout the darkest corners of the soul of our modern cities.

Naked Cities is a prime example of a classic mondo movie buried by the ashes of time. Unearthed thanks to a private collector who has guarded the last 35mm print still existing while all the original materials have been lost, this is an absolute must-have film for any self-respecting exploitation fan. Now you can finally enjoy Naked Cities as it had been shown in theaters at the time of its release.

Directed By: John Alan Schwartz
Starring: Michael Carr, Frances B. Gross, Samuel Berkowitz, Mary Ellen Brighton 
Studio: Gorgon Video  

The Original ‘Shockumentary’ is Back in a Deluxe 5-DVD Box Set!

It began as a graphic exploration of the one destiny we cannot escape. It would soon become the most controversial, critically reviled and fastest selling documentary in home video history. Parents tried to stop it. Video stores had to hide it. Yet across the nation, millions found ways to secretly watch it...if they dared. Renowned pathologist Dr. Frances B. Gröss is your guide to the most bizarre and grisly death scenes ever recorded, from executions, assassinations and mass murder to suicide, disease and disasters. Three decades later, is it hardcore gross-out, elaborate hoax or still the ultimate forbidden movie? One thing is certain: you will never forget the original Faces Of Death!  Includes Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 + two bonus programs!

Directed By: John Alan Schwartz
Starring: Michael Carr, Frances B. Gross, Samuel Berkowitz, Mary Ellen Brighton 
Studio: Gorgon Video  

The original ‘shockumentary’ is back with a 30th Anniversary Edition DVD. It began as a graphic exploration of the one destiny we cannot escape. It would soon become the most controversial, critically reviled and fastest selling documentary in home video history. Parents tried to stop it. Video stores had to hide it. Yet across the nation, millions found ways to secretly watch it...if they dared. Renowned pathologist Dr. Frances B. Gröss is your guide to the most bizarre and grisly death scenes ever recorded, from executions, assassinations and mass murder to suicide, disease and disasters. Three decades later, is it hardcore gross-out, elaborate hoax or still the ultimate forbidden movie? One thing is certain: you will never forget the original Faces Of Death!

Directed By: John Alan Schwartz
Starring: Michael Carr, Frances B. Gross, Samuel Berkowitz, Mary Ellen Brighton 
Studio: Gorgon Video  

The original ‘shockumentary’ is back with a 30th Anniversary Edition DVD. It began as a graphic exploration of the one destiny we cannot escape. It would soon become the most controversial, critically reviled and fastest selling documentary in home video history. Parents tried to stop it. Video stores had to hide it. Yet across the nation, millions found ways to secretly watch it...if they dared. Renowned pathologist Dr. Frances B. Gröss is your guide to the most bizarre and grisly death scenes ever recorded, from executions, assassinations and mass murder to suicide, disease and disasters. Three decades later, is it hardcore gross-out, elaborate hoax or still the ultimate forbidden movie? One thing is certain: you will never forget the original Faces Of Death!

Directed By: Vittorio DeSisti
Starring:
Studio: MYA Communication  

Forgive Me Father For I Have Sinned

How do Catholics enjoy sex when the always glowing threat of sin is bestowed upon them by God's rightful sword? Well, for starters you could seek out the advice of your local priest and try to work out issues that are obviously at odds like pleasure and guilt. A forgotten but very accurate portrait of mid-seventies Italy, the film captures some of the most sensitive problems that had to be faced by Catholic women like prenuptial intercourse, open weddings and homosexuality. Interlaced with real comments by priests, psychologists, sexologists, social workers, and intellectuals, Sex Advice tells the story of the difficult path Italians had to walk to achieve sexual freedom.  Music by Ennio Morricone.

Directed By: M.C. Von Hellen
Starring: Uschi Digard, Suzanne Fields
Release Date: September 23, 2008

2-Disk DVD Set Includes: Sexual Freedom in Denmark & Sexual Liberty Now!

The Sex Ed or “marriage manual” film is one of the most significant genres in the history of American adult cinema. As peculiar as it may sound in an age of virtually limitless smut, it was not too many decades ago that explicit representations of sexual activity were considered both morally and legally indefensible, a pure manifestation of that constitutional bugbear known as obscenity. Even though soft-core sex-exploitation films had been gradually pushing the envelope during the 1960s, the notion – even among producers of such films – that real-life sex would one day find its way onto American movie screens would have seemed like sheer science fiction right up to the end of the sexploitation era.

Directed By: M.C. Von Hellen
Starring: John Holmes, Suzanne Fields, Judy Angel
Release Date: July 28, 2009
Studio: After Hours Cinema

Strange rituals of perverted love… bizarre sex practices… and a sexy romp through the third sexual dimension! See John Holmes, Suzanne Fields, Judy Angel and Penthouse Pet Mariwin Roberts in two notorious films from Max Von Hellen, director of Sexual Freedom in Demark! Part of the After Hours Cinema Sex Education Double Feature series, available for the first time on DVD.

Sex Freaks (1974) – a catalog of all things kinky – voyeurism, nymphomania, necrophilia, sadomasochism – with a few unusual novelties thrown in along the way (sex in a carwash, at a bullfight, underwater, in the snow); this unusual example of a Sex-Shockumentary posits that the Devil is responsible for our deviant ways!

Experiments in Love (1977) - Penthouse Pet Mariwin Roberts and her ditzy sidekick Linda Gordon star as a pair of sexy scientists who explore the secrets of sexuality with a sci-fi third dimension experiment!

Directed By: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Starring: Various Actors
Release Date: November 15, 2005
Studio: Blue Underground

What the camera sees it films pitilessly, without sympathy, without taking sides, it begins. This film only says farewell to the old Africa and gives the world a picture of its agony. As colonialism collapsed in 1960s Africa, Jacopetti and Prosperi rushed to the Dark Continent to record the horrifying battle for control that followed. Here was a world now ruled by rebels and refugees, plunderers and poachers, mercenaries and murderers, a land suddenly aflame with brutality, racism and unspeakable slaughter. At the risk of their own lives, the filmmakers cameras captured it all. The result is a daring and disturbing work that ranks among the greatest achievements in documentary cinema, an experience that remains as shocking and shockingly relevant as it was 40 years ago. This is AFRICA ADDIO.

Directed By: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi

Studio: Blue Underground

Limited Quantity Remaining!  This Title Has Been Discontinued by Blue Underground!

Not For Persons Under 18!

Contains the extremely controversial Directors' Cuts of two notorious films by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi: Africa Addio, a horrific portrait of the Dark Continent that ignited an international firestorm, and Addio Zio Tom (Adios Uncle Tom), an epic and scandalous depiction of the American slave trade.

Directed By: Tim Johnson
Studio: Synapse Films

“…pants-peeing funny” ~Chris Parcellin, Film Threat

Synapse’s DVD of SIX DAYS IN ROSWELL won a 2001 DVD Association Award!

Did you know that a UFO sighting occurs somewhere every three minutes? If you have ever questioned whether real life is stranger than fiction, put your doubts behind you as the filmmakers who brought you the comedy hit TREKKIES take on Roswell, New Mexico.

SIX DAYS IN ROSWELL probes both the fanatic-like following that has sprung up around reported extra-terrestrial encounters, as well as featuring top alien experts like Whitley Streiber (COMMUNION), Stanton T. Friedman and Don Schmitt (THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ROSWELL CRASH). 

 

Directed By: Sebastian Dehnhardt, Christian Deick and Jorg Mullner
Studio: Synapse Films

The Eastern Front experienced the viciousness of war on a scale of unimaginable horror and brutality. The bloodiest and most savage fighting took place in Stalingrad between August 1942 and February 1943. Stalin's city on the Volga had military significance for Hitler. It carried the name of his enemy and therefore had to be destroyed. The ensuing battle sealed the fates of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians and marked the turning point of World War II. It was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. In their three-part, 16:9 HDTV documentary, internationally recognized, award-winning, documentary filmmakers Sebastian Dehnhardt, Christian Deick and Jorg Mullner reveal new historical facts while touching the emotions of their audience with new, moving eyewitness accounts and confessions from some of the last survivors.

Directed By: Leni Riefenstahl
Studio: Synapse Films

Leni Riefenstahl's classic piece of historical filmmaking, filmed during the 1934 Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg, Germany, is considered by many to be one of the most important and controversial films ever made.

The film, realized by Paul Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, was created to influence all of Germany to support the "power" of the Nazi Party. All during World War II, in every theatre in Germany, either part of, or all of, TRIUMPH OF THE WILL was shown.

Directed By: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara
Starring: Various Directors

“The camera strips woman right down to her skin,” proclaimed the ads, “…lays bare the secrets of her mind and body!” Using outtakes from MONDO CANE as their foundation, Directors Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi created this leering yet lyrical study of women’s roles in the international culture of the bizarre. Here is the female of the species as mothers, murderers, warriors and whores, respected as high-powered executives and objectified as bodacious bombshells, grasping for eternal beauty and even engaging in “unnatural friendships.” From love in the streets of Paris to death on the African plain, the MONDO masters turn their unflinching eye on all the things never before known – and never before shown – about WOMEN OF THE WORLD.