Mad Foxes
Mad Foxes (Spanish: Los Violadores, lit. 'The Violators') is a 1981 exploitation film directed by Paul Grau and produced by Erwin C. Dietrich.[1][2] It was a Spanish and Swiss co-production, filmed in Barcelona.
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Directed by | Paul Grau |
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Produced by | Erwin C. Dietrich |
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Cinematography | Kurt Aeschbacher Hans-Toni Aschwanden |
Edited by | Peter Baumgartner |
Music by | Walter Baumgartner |
Production companies | Reflection Film Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas |
Release dates | 14 August 1981 (Spain) 20 May 1982 (Switzerland) |
Countries | Spain Switzerland |
Languages | English Spanish |
Plot
A wealthy playboy seeks violent revenge on the neo-Nazi biker gang that murders his family.
Cast
- José Gras as Hal (credited as Robert O'Neal)
- Laura Premica as Silvia Godo
- Andrea Albani as Babsy (credited as Sally Sullivan)
- Peter John Saunders as Rocker Leader
- Brian Billings as Rocker Hardy
- Ueli Falk as Stileto
- Helmi Sigg as Ronnie
- Guillermo Balcázar as El Nino
- Paul Grau as Karate Instructor
- Antonio Molino Rojo as Parking Manager
Critical reception
Critics have called Mad Foxes "the ultimate exploitation movie"[3] and "one of the nuttiest films ever."[4] Australian film critic and editor of Senses of Cinema Alexandra Heller-Nicholas in her book Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study (2011) called the film a "brazenly incoherent mélange of kung fu, softcore porn, Nazi fetishism and bike film pegged loosely to a rape-revenge structure, albeit one caught in a garbled narrative loop".[5]
Mad Foxes was featured on an episode Red Letter Media's "Best of the Worst" film review series, where the hosts strongly criticized it for its incoherent plot and copious sexual content, including a scene in which two characters appear to have sex in a urine-filled bathtub.[6]
References
- "Mad Foxes". Rotten Tomatoes.
- "Mad Foxes". Allocine.fr.
- Blacktooth (February 8, 2018). "Mad Foxes: The Ultimate Exploitation Movie Comes To DVD". Horror Society.
- Budnik, D.R. (2017). '80s Action Movies on the Cheap: 284 Low Budget, High Impact Pictures. McFarland & Company. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7864-9741-6. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- Heller-Nicholas, A. (2011). Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study. McFarland & Company. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-7864-4961-3. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- "Best of the Worst: The Sweeper, Empire of the Dark, and Mad Foxes". Red Letter Media. Retrieved 2021-06-13.