This Is America Part 3 (1990)

This Is America Part 3 (1990)
aka America Exposed
Director: Romano Vanderbes
Writer: Romano Vanderbes
Cast: Norman Rose, Gene Brat, Seka, Tim Sullivan
Third instalment in the This Is America trilogy the segments in this entry include gun conventions, the cremation of Satan Claus, sorority house atrocities, Nazi & white power organizations and bank robberies.

Last outing of the This Is America films, this time feels slightly more fake and acted though still bizarre and entertaining. Highlights this time round include a warped church where they claim Santa clause is really Satan and a white supremacy clan summer camp for kids.

(6 out of 10)

This Is America Part 2 (1977)

This Is America Part 2 (1977)
Director: Romano Vanderbes
Writers: Bill Milling, Romano Vanderbes
Cast: Norman Rose, Jello Biafra, Alice Cooper, Anibal O. Lleras
Romano Vanderbes, the American shockumentary king, reaches new extremes in the sequel to THIS IS AMERICA. The atrocities on display here include animal motels, Captain Sticky- a fat, bearded American super-hero whose mission is to fight evil, restaurants that offer genital-shaped foods, topless car wash, homeless bums living in the sewers of New York, biker gangs, piranhas, kids drinking "worm juice", Christian people sniffing coke inside churches and more!

Romano Vanderbes back on the film making side and Norman Rose back on narrating duty for the second of the This Is America trilogy. Things kick off slightly louder this time with a performance by The Dictators doing a version of America the Beautiful while the titles role, then right into piece about punk star Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedy's running for mayor of San Francisco. Then back into a more This Is America feeling segment about a crazy fat bloke called Captain Sticky. Among some of the other more interesting segments we get a look at underground vagrants, a piranha attack, martial arts nuns, a family of worm eaters, a drug abusing church and ends with a death row electrocution. For me this is the best entry of the series due to a more varied balance of odd subjects.

(7½ out of 10)

This Is America (1977)

This Is America (1977)
aka Jabberwalk
Director: Romano Vanderbes
Writer: Romano Vanderbes
Cast: Norman Rose, Fanne Foxe, Anibal O. Lleras, Ron Jeremy
Inspired by shock-documentaries like Mondo Cane, this film looks at the wilder side of life in America. Starting off with the bloodier side of the American car culture by showing a series of crashes at race events, the film then goes on to lesser-known sexual practices. Included among these is a porno movie award show, a nude beauty contest, a sex therapy session, and a detailed explanation of where dildos come from.

Though Less shocking than Italian mondo films this American based documentary is more fun to watch, it also spawned 2 sequels. Norman Rose narrates in a playful style very much like a Disney nature show. Among the many segments in this first entry are a Miss All Bare America contest, a fly in bordello, an orgiastic porn awards ceremony including pornstar Ron Jeremy, genital tattoos, devil worshipers and sex toys. Well worth hunting down and at just over the hour and half mark it makes for a fun party tape.

(7 out of 10)

Orozco el Embalsamador (2001)

Orozco el Embalsamador (2001)
Director: Tsurisaki Kiyotaka
Writer: Tsurisaki Kiyotaka
A highly intimate look into Froilan Orozco, an embalmer in the "El Cartucho" zone of Bagota, Colombia. This film was made over the course of 3 years and is a dark, yet touching portrait of a man who's life revolves around death.

(Not Yet Rated)

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Days of Fury (1980)

Days of Fury (1980)
Director: Fred Warshofsky Writer: Fred Warshofsky
A mondo style film hosted by none other than fright veteran Vincent Price, with a sway towards ecological doomsday newreel footage. 90 minutes of tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, locust swarms, fires, floods, plane crashes, racing accidents, point-blank assassinations, riots and baby seal clubbings.

(Not Yet Rated)