The Trash-Mex Podcast

The Trash-Mex Podcast

Hosts Armando Hernández & Joey Diaz explore Mexican genre films that have been heavily forgotten, ignored & discarded. This podcast is a “spin-off” of Hernandez’s blog Trash Mex Follow us on Instagram: @trashmexpodcast Armando @trash_mex_ Joey @cheddabrown Podcast produced by Joey Diaz & recorded in Southern California. Email: trashmexpodcast@gmail.com

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July 14, 2025 81 mins

The Trash-Mex Podcast gets strange (or even more so) with a couple of films that truly warped our minds!

We begin with Hermelinda Linda (1984), a peculiar & colorful horror-comedy based on a popular Mexican comic book character. Joey breaks down the film & its intriguing background.

Then we get really drunk (not literally) with Las Caguamas Ninjas (1991), a videohome that drunkenly parodies Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with p...

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The Trash-Mex Podcast is now on season 2!

Hosts Joey & Armando discuss what’s to come on season 2, then discuss the legendary Mexican luchador El Santo + his first film Santo Vs The Evil Brain (1961) which is the first film screening in the upcoming “Santo Sundays” screenings at The Frida Cinema. In collaboration with Permanencia Voluntaria Archivo Cinematografico. (begins June 15th)

Visit the official Permanencia Voluntaria web...

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Hosts Armando & Joey w/ special guest Mike Aguirre discuss punk music, the violent Mexican punk film La Venganza De Los Punks, and recap on the screening that took place on April 27th at The Frida Cinema. Also featuring several interviews from the audience after the screening.

Listen to our punk playlist curated for this episode:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/01gBsaEcVOffBewkfWfNlD?si=Vc-dLTRwRAiSVX1NVx9bNg&pi=SHeOSTpeSiy...

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The Trash-Mex Podcast temporarily leaves Mexico & heads to Colombia in this special episode!

Hosts Armando & Joey discuss Funeral Siniestro (1977) & T-O: Triángulo De Oro (1985) with Anthony Napolitano of Petroglyph Media, a new boutique Blu-ray label that has released two Colombian B films from director Jairo Pinilla.

Purchase the Jairo Pinilla Double Feature Blu-ray directly from Petroglyph Media at: https://petroglyphm...

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Hosts Armando & Joey discuss two legendary Mexican actresses & two of their films:

The beautiful, bold & daring Isela Vega in Los Amantes Del Señor De La Noche (1986)

  • A wild 80’s Mexican folk horror film all made by Isela Vega.

Blonde bombshell Angelica Chain in Diario Intimo De Una Cabaretera (1989)

  • A sleazy & suspenseful crime film where Angelica Chain plays a femme fatal & a law woman.

Watch Diar...

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Entrevista con Adolfo Martinez Solares, director y escritor de sexy comedias y otras producciones de Frontera Films.

Entrevista es en Español.

Este episodio está patrocinado por Picardia Nacional. Pueden suscribirse visitando su sitio web o descargando la aplicación en Apple o Android.

www.picardianacional.com

English translation: Interview with Adolfo Martinez Solares, director & writer of sexy comedies & other productions fro...

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Hosts Armando & Joey and comedy writer Drew Hanks laugh it away to some sexy comedias from the 1980’s:

El Dia De Los Albañiles (1984):

Workers of a construction site are constantly getting themselves into crazy & funny sexual situations. Stars Mexican comedy actors Alfonso Zayas & Luis de Alba and famous fichera actress Angelica Chain.

El Dia De Los Albañiles 2 (1986):

A hilarious follow-up to the first film with a killer o...

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Well of course Mexico has Giallos & proto-slashers.

It’s January Giallo and Armando & Joey discuss the most obvious & well-known Mexican Giallo La Muerte Del Chacal (1984) and the very rare proto-slasher/revenge film Ultraje (1977).

La Muerte Del Chacal (1984): Texas Sheriff Bob is hunting down a serial killer that’s murdering women across Cameron County.

Ultraje (1977): After settling into a secluded life in the woods; ar...

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Armando, Joey and special guest Jaime Pinedo of Rendezvous LA dig deep into the films & music of popular Mexican music groups Los Bukis and Los Temerarios.

The films:

Sueño y Realidad: Los Temerarios (1993)

  • The first film of Los Temerarios. A melodrama about the group’s rise to fame & dealing with the drama that ensues along the way.

La Mujer De Los Dos (1996)

  • Second film of Los Temerarios. An erotic melodrama about...
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Hosts Armando & Joey alongside special guest Hack.em Figures (Jesse Diaz) discuss two Mexican killer doll films from producer/actor Roberto Guinar:

Herencia Diabolica (1993) - A diabolical clown doll murders people that are cruel to him.

Demond Doll (Muerte Infernal) (1987) - A schizophrenic & psycho-sexual fever dream with an evil jester doll murdering & violating.

Keep up with all Trash-Mex material at: https://www.trash...

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Armando, Joey, and special guest Alfonso Carrillo of Rendezvous LA discuss 2 Juan Lopez Moctezuma films:

El Alimento Del Miedo (1994) - A supposedly “lost” film of Moctezuma’s which was also his last film ever made.

Alucarda (1977) - the most well-known & iconic Mexican gothic horror film that only a madman like Moctezuma could make.

Also, be sure to join Rendezvous on Thursday, November 14th at The Frida Cinema for a one-night on...

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Armando, Joey, and special guest Mike Aguirre (@see_it_on_16mm) discuss Pedro Galindo III’s Hell’s Trap (Trampa Infernal) (1989), the amazingly bloody Mexican slasher that Trash-Mex will be screening at The Frida Cinema on October 27th at 7:30PM.

Tickets for the screening are now for sale: https://thefridacinema.org/movies/hells-trap-presented-by-trash-mex/

This episode is sponsored by The Fold Line Poster Co: https://www.fold-lines....

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Armando & Joey discuss two 1980’s action-crime films from Mexico, their 2 leading actors “Mario Almada” & “Valentin Trujillo”, and also dwell into the music inspiration of these films which are known as “corridos”.

Pistoleros Famosos(1981)

Starring: Mario Almada, Fernando Almada, Álvaro Zermeño, Lorenzo De Monteclaro, Rossy Mendoza

Director: José “Pepe” Loza

Un Hombre Violento (1984)

Starring: Valentin Trujillo, Maribel Guardia,...

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Armando & Joey discuss the first 2 Mexican porn films ever made. Both films were shot in the 1980’s & released in the 1990’s. Both films were first covered in the book “El Cine Pornografico Mexicano De Los 90” by E. Román.

Las Profesoras Del Amor (1993)

Starring: Velma Collins, Francis Lara, Alfonso Herrera

Director: Angel Rodríguez Vázquez

Despertar Del Sexo (1995)

Starring: Yeraldine Willches, Claudia Patricia, Carlos Luzuriag...

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