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• Biker films

• Exploitation film

• Mondo Cannibale

• Chambara films - Chambara

• Zombie films

• Mondo films

• Exotic and Bizarre

• Splatter films

• Spaghetti westerns and Euroflicks

• A Fistful of Dollars

• Women in prison films

• Other sub-genres

• Pornochanchada

• Pinku eiga(Pink Film)

• Dyxploitation (dyke)

• Hixploitation (hick)

• Cat III

• Teensploitation

• Rape / Revenge

• Martial arts film

• Slasher film

• Revenge films

• Propaganda film

• Mexploitation

• Carsploitation

• Eschploitation (eschatology)

• Britsploitation

• Action film - Ozploitation

• Stoner film

• Ninja film

• Directors associated with exploitation film

• Other important figures in exploitation film

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The name "Mondo" itself comes from the first commercially successful film of this type, Mondo Cane (in Italian, this means Dog World or World as a Dog, a title meant to imply that the world, as showcased in the film, is a brutal, nasty place).

Mondo Cane was followed by a number of sequels and spinoffs, many of which were also produced in Italy.

Mondo films continued to be major staples in exploitation film culture through the 60s and into the late 70s, when the style of the films began to change.

Faces of Death

While at first these films contained similar content of exotic and bizarre customs, in 1978, the film Faces of Death took the focus less from worldly rituals and more on footage of human death.

Since then, most of the Mondo films have been similar to death films, which, unlike their predecessors, are mostly comprised of genuine accident, suicide, and execution footage.

Exploitation film - Splatter films

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