La Venganza de las Mujeres Vampiro (1970)
After we watch the vampire Mayra get staked while in her coffin, the action movies to present Day Mexico and Dr. Brancov and his men take her coffin and bring it back to his lab. There, they use human blood to bring the queen of the vampires back to infernal life. You know whose blood […]
El Enmascarado de Plata (1954)
In 1952, José G. Cruz created a comic book that turned Santo into a Mexican hero. This series ran for 35 years and was the basis for the Santo films, yet before that, director Rene Cardona wanted to make this film. Santo decided to not be in this, as he thought it would fail. Who can […]
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
The first on-screen teaming of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau*, this film won the latter the Best Supporting Oscar. That’s a great reward, as production on the film stopped after Matthau had a heart attack. He lost thirty pounds in the hospital, so if you see any scenes in this movie where he has on a […]
El Puño de la Muerte (1982)
I’ve gushed over La Furia de los Karatecas before and I have to tell you, the fact that there’s a first part only confirms the fact that — even years after his death — Santo is here to save every single one of us. Grace “Goddess of the Night” Renat — a popular vedette (think burlesque) actress […]
Santo en el Tesoro de Drácula (1968)
The brightest scientific minds in all of Mexico have gathered at the home of nuclear physicist Dr. César Sepúlveda to learn of an invention that is going to change everything that we know. Out of the shadows steps El Santo. You may feel like the scientists in this movie who leave the room laughing when […]
La Mansion de las 7 Momias (1977)
Everyone knows Santo. Most people may know Blue Demon. But this one has Superzan in it. Superzan* was created by Rogelio Agrasánchez to be a movie luchador, but don’t judge him. Aftet all, Huracán Ramírez, Neutrón and Sombra Vengador all got their start in the movies before they became real wrestlers. Tinieblas was originally cast […]
Man Under Table (2021)
Movies about making movies are sometimes the best movies of all. This movie gets into the mindset of writing movies — specifically, the brains of Guy (Noel David Taylor, who also wrote and directed the film). who tells everyone that he’s writing a movie. When he meets Jill Custard and Ben he gets to work on […]
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