FEATURES

If you’ve ever visited a repertoire theater in your city, chances are you’ve seen a film snipe of “OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION” right before the film unspooled on screen. And if you’ve seen that snipe, you’ve probably heard a funky tune playing with it. And if you’re anything like me the first time I heard it around 25 years ago, you’ve thought to yourself “what song is this?” There was a time when quick jingles like this were nameless and the composers were essentially ghosts.

I don’t ever say “espooky” because that’s really cringe & sounds so forced, but it also a “trendy” thing to say now and why not catch on to that for this “horror” edition of Trash-Mex Tapes . I mean “Espooky” edition. Pozo Del Diablo (1990) MDVC (Million Dollar Video Corporation)  I’m just letting you know now that this is not a slasher movie & definitely not a horror movie either. Do not let some LA gentrifier/VHS “dealer” with a terrible haircut gaslight you into t

Foreword:  Back in May I began a themed-post on Instagram entitled “Trash-Mex Tapes” where I’d highlight some of my Mexican VHS collection. And while I will continue to post on Instagram , I’ve now decided to expand Trash-Mex Tapes on the website with more write-ups on the films, their releases, and of course post plenty of screenshots & video material—if permitted.  Trash-Mex Tapes will always consist of tapes that I own, have watched, and It will always also be something

Since 2010, I got myself deep into Mexican genre cinema because I wanted to explore the films I remembered watching as a kid and then ended up finding other great films along the way.  As mentioned before or if you’re new to Trash-Mex, I have been writing about what I’ve watched through my old site and slowly (but surely) have been putting all of my old reviews into the new website you are on now.  These 20+ Mexican horror reviews that have been posted this month have all bee

Mexican-made Horror films originate in the 1930’s with La Llorona (1933) and El Fantasma Del Convento (1934) . These 2 stunning & creepy...

Corridos have been around since the 19th century and they began as ballads for revolutionaries & bandits and then much later switched...

As I revisit last summer's blu-ray release of Intrepidos Punks/La Venganza De Los Punks from Vinegar Syndrome, it made me think about...

There's Vix (nice) , there's Netflix (lame) , There's Prime (also lame) , And There's Picardia Nacional (YES!) . Picardia Nacional...

On this day in 2017, Mexican filmmaker & stage director Enrique Gomez Vadillo passed away at the age of 73. If you’ve known me long...

Hello all & welcome to the new Trash-Mex website! It has been 15 years of this desmadre and this is still the one & only site dedicated...

Emilia Perez is a film that portrays Mexico in the worst & weirdest ways possible. And I don’t mean that as a quirky compliment.  It was...