Blu Review – Sex Apocalypse (Mondo Macabro)

Director(s) – Carlos Aured (The Mummy’s Revenge, Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll) and Sergio Bergonzelli (Blood Delirium, Dirty World)
Starring: Ajita Wilson (Hell Behind the Bars, Passionate Lovers), Ricardo Diaz (Cut Throats Nine, My Daughter Hildegart) and Lina Romay (Snakewoman, Vampire Junction)
Edition – 1982
Rating – 3/5
Blu-release – 3/5

I have been fortunate enough to review several films starring Lina Romay during my time here at Horror Society. While I may not have liked them all, I have enjoyed a few. She is an incredible actress and her beauty is unmatched. However, I realized that all of the films she was in also had Jess Franco behind the camera.

That was until Mondo Macabro sent me Apocalipsis Sexual from 1982, which they released on blu under the title Sex Apocalypse. This was another one from MM that I had never heard of and I wanted to take a moment to thank them for sending it to me to review.

**Spoiler Alert** The film follows a group of sex-crazed criminals who decide to kidnap a woman and hold her for ransom. They soon discover that their beautiful captive is a virgin with a wild side, which changes things for them. **Spoiler Alert**

I went into this movie thinking it was going to be a very erotic film, but I was very surprised to find out that it was a sexy crime drama with a decent story. While it wasn’t as fun as the Andy Sidaris action films of the 80s and early 90s, it was still a lot of fun, especially if you’re into the sleazier side of exploitation.

The acting in this movie is very inconsistent. Some actors really got into their characters. They tried to give viewers fun personalities and had a lot of energy on screen. The rest of the cast is there because they look good. They let their looks carry them through the movie.

The story for this one is surprisingly well written, regardless of whether it is a shallow story or not. A group of criminals who kidnap a millionaire’s daughter and discover that she may be the key to new insights into their sexually driven world. It is a wild story that held my attention from start to finish.

Finally, the film is not gory. It relies heavily on the cast’s beautiful bodies without any intention of delivering the red gore to exploitation fans. Overall, Sex Apocalypse is a fun sexploitation release from Mondo Macabro that should be on every fan’s shelf. It’s a wild film that’s very well put together. I highly recommend it.