Episode 44 - Gothic Mexican Horror

El Vampiro (1957), The Black Pit of Dr. M (1959), and The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963). Any horror fan worth their weight in blood knows their fare share about the classic monster films from Universal from the 30s and 40s before they died a slow death. But do you know that in the late 50s and early 60s, there was a bunch of classical looking horror films made in Mexico? Looking a lot like their Universal brethen, these Mexican films cranked up the atomsphere (and the fog machines) to 11, using some of the traditional monsters, as well as developing some from their own heritage.

Mexican horror films from this era don't seem to get the credit and notoriety that they should. So we're hoping to help change that by covering 3 that we think are pretty damn good. So buckle up, get your pen and notepad ready and get ready to start down a very foggy path into a highly underrated sub-genre.

Films mentioned in this espisode:

The Brainiac (El barón del terror, 1963) El Vampiro (1957) The Curse of the Crying Woman (La maldición de la Llorona,1963) Black Pit of Dr M (Misterios de ultratumba, 1959) Night of the Bloody Apes (La horripilante bestia humana, 1969) The Vampire's Coffin (El ataud del vampiro, 1958) Curse of the Aztec Mummy (La maldición de la momia Azteca, 1957 Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (La momia azteca contra el robot humano, 1958) Wrestling Women vs. The Aztek Mummy (Las luchadoras contra la momia, 1964) The Witch's Mirror (El espejo de la bruja, 1964) City of the Dead (1960) Dracula (1931) The Bloody Vampire (El vampiro sangriento, 1962) Invasion of the Vampires (La invasión de los vampiros, 1963) The Curse of Nostradamus (1961) Nostradamus and the Destroyer of Monsters (1962) Genie of Darkness (1962) The Blood of Nostradamus (1962) The Hell of Frankenstein (Orlak, el infierno de Frankenstein, 1960) The Ghost (1963) Black Sunday (1960) The Revived Monster (El Monstruo Resucitado 1953) Psycho (1960) The Living Coffin (1959) Young Frankenstein (1974) Halloween (1978) Frankenstein (1931) Son of Dracula (1943) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1968)

 Boxed sets and film collections:  

Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema Of Michael J. Murphy 1967-2015

Bloody Terror: The Shocking Cinema of Norman J Warren