There's no simple way to sum up Mondo Shock, as it's not a
narrative movie (despite some narrative sequences), but a series of
scenes, sequences, sometimes only little snippets that are in themselves
creepy. Now I can't vouch for all of the movie, but much of it is made up
from found footage - in its original meaning, footage that has been found
(without having necessarily been lost) - from all over the world, and at
least some seems to be torn right out of context, or might be missing
set-up or ending - with the sole purpose that they becomes their very own
creepy entities. Now trying to make a horror movie merely out
of creepy snippets might be a hit-or-miss affair - but Mondo Shock
really and truly works, as it doesn't trust its footage alone, but shakes
it down to its scary bits and incorporates them into a twisted
phantasmagoria where its hodge-podge approach becomes something organic
... and utterly unsettling. A film to better not watch alone when it's
dark!
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