Mexploitation

The Mexican narco-cine (Spanish for narco-cinema){{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/es/article/mexican-narco-cinema-part-1-of-3/|title=Mexican Narco Cinema - VICE - México|work=VICE|date=29 March 2010 }} or narco-películas (Spanish for narco-films/narco-movies),{{cite web|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/96945.html|title=El Universal - Espectáculos - Millones de latinos compran narcopelículas|date=11 August 2015|work=El Universal}} are a subgenre of the Mexploitation style films,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2gDACQAAQBAJ&q=%22narco+cinema%22+%22mexploitation%22&pg=PA141|title=Narco Cinema|isbn=9781137489241 |last1=Rashotte |first1=Ryan |date=23 April 2015 |publisher=Springer }}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.revistacinefagia.com/2013/01/cinefagia-y-cinegarage-te-invitan-al-taller-bizarre-cinema-coordinado-por-ambos-websites-e-impartido-en-cine-tonala/|title=Cinefagia y Cinegarage te invitan al taller "Bizarre cinema. El lado oscuro del cine", en Cine Tonalá. INSCRIPCIONES ABIERTAS|work=revistacinefagia.com}} focused solely on the violence and luxurious lives of drug lords and cartels.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2010/09/100928_mexico_narco_cine_violencia_amab.shtml|title=BBC Mundo - Noticias - México: la violencia del narco, al cine}} The title and the storyline of these films are usually inspired by popular narco corridos (drug ballads, drug songs),{{cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/cultura/Tijuana-meca-narcocine_0_285571540.html|title=Tijuana, la meca del 'narcocine'|author=Micaela Arroyo|work=Milenio|date=22 April 2014 }}
-{{cite web|url=http://www.corridosalterados.net/category/peliculas|title=CorridosAlterados.Net}}
-{{cite web|url=http://www.narcopeliculas.net/|title=Narco Peliculas}} and are marketed as low budget{{cite web|url=http://diez4.com/2013/actue-en-una-pelicula-de-narcotraficantes/|title=Actué en una película de 'narcotraficantes'|website=diez4.com|date=18 January 2017 }} tie-in merchandising to the narcocorrido songs.{{cite web|url=https://pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm2373077/|title=Fabián López - IMDbPro}}
-{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/657502.html|title=El Universal - - Pozolero y Muletas, estrellas de narcofilm|date=18 June 2013}} Sometimes these films feature famous narco-corrido singers on them,{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1408572-alfredo-rios-el-komander-la-voz-de-los-narcocorridos-mexicanos|title=Alfredo Ríos, "El Komander", la voz de los narcocorridos mexicanos|author=Alex Tieleman|date=25 September 2011}} and are rumored to be financed by drug lords themselves. However, only a few such cases have been proven.{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/77014.html|title=El Universal - Espectáculos - 'Narcos fueron actores'|date=3 September 2015|work=El Universal}}
- {{cite web|url=http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2010/09/01/la-barbie-admite-que-protegio-al-jj-tras-el-ataque-en-el-bar-bar|title='La Barbie' habla de otros capos y de la película inspirada en él}}

Mexploitation movies made in the 1960s and 1970s in Mexico were closer to their American exploitation film counterparts, with low-budget science-fiction films that often starred Mexican professional wrestlers (or luchadores) such as El Santo and Huracan Ramirez.

In the early 1980s and 1990s there was a notable change with films increasingly dealing with real-life issues such as drug cartels and the murders of their rivals. Notable actors in these films include Mario Almada,{{Cite book |last=Rashotte |first=Ryan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2gDACQAAQBAJ&q=%22Mexploitation%22+%22Jorge+Reynoso%22 |title=Narco Cinema: Sex, Drugs, and Banda Music in Mexico's B-Filmography |date=2015-04-23 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-48924-1 |language=en}}{{Rp|page=15}} Hugo Stiglitz,{{Cite book |last=Conway |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFbSEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mexploitation%22+%22Hugo+Stiglitz%22&pg=PA123 |title=Heroes of the Borderlands: The Western in Mexican Film, Comics, and Music |date=2019-12-15 |publisher=University of New Mexico Press |isbn=978-0-8263-6111-0 |language=en}}{{Rp|page=123}} Sergio Goyri, Valentin Trujillo, Jorge Reynoso,{{Rp|page=15}} Rodolfo de Anda,{{Rp|page=79}} Fernando Almada,{{Cite book |last=Rohrer |first=Seraina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xpo7DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mexploitation%22+%22Fernando+Almada%22&pg=PT49 |title=La India María: Mexploitation and the Films of María Elena Velasco |date=2017-12-20 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-1-4773-1347-3 |language=en}} Rosa Gloria Chagoyán and David Reynoso.{{Cite book |last=Mora |first=Carl J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSQkCQAAQBAJ&q=David%20Reynoso |title=Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004, 3d ed. |date=2015-05-07 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9187-2 |language=ar}}

The director Robert Rodriguez has been considered a pioneer of Mexploitation in the United States. His first film, El Mariachi, contains many Mexploitation elements and his 2007 film, Planet Terror, contained a fake trailer which developed into a feature film called Machete (2010), which contains many familiar elements of the genre.{{Cite book |last=Aldama |first=Frederick Luis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5SCBgAAQBAJ |title=Critical Approaches to the Films of Robert Rodriguez |date=2015-03-15 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-76357-9 |pages=157–163 |language=en}}

Exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray acquired a unique collection of horror films in Mexico which began to appear on American late-night television and drive-in screens in the 1960s.{{Cite book |last=Senn |first=Bryan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvaKDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22K.+Gordon+Murray%22+%22drive-in%22&pg=PA309 |title="Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills!": Horror and Science Fiction Double Features, 1955-1974 |date=2019-02-28 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3571-2 |pages=309 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Schneider |first1=Steven Jay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGXb4ahiuZMC&dq=%22K.+Gordon+Murray%22+%22drive-in%22&pg=PA33 |title=Horror International |last2=Williams |first2=Tony |date=2005 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-3101-9 |pages=13 |language=en}} Ranging from monster movies clearly owing to the heyday of Universal Studios, to the lucha libre horror films featuring El Santo{{Cite book |last=Greene |first=Doyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ci1zBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22K.+Gordon+Murray%22+%22el+santo%22&pg=PA57 |title=Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977 |date=2015-01-28 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0072-7 |pages=37 |language=en}} and the "Wrestling Women"{{Cite book |last=Cotter |first=Robert Michael “Bobb” |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7rwCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22K.+Gordon+Murray%22+%22Wrestling+Women%22&pg=PA141 |title=The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography |date=2015-06-14 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0419-0 |pages=141 |language=en}} alongside the 1959 Christmas classic "Santa Claus",{{Cite book |last=Craig |first=Rob |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c0CIDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22K.+Gordon+Murray%22+%22santa+claus%22&pg=PA320 |title=American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography |date=2019-02-15 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3522-4 |language=en}} these low-budget films are still notably campy and inspired a small cult following.

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• Zapata Western
• Narcoculture in Mexico
• Exploitation film
• Mexican Ficheras films

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