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Director:
Fernando Méndez
Writers:
Fernando Méndez (story)
Alejandro Verbitzky (story)
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Release Date:
26 September 1957 (Mexico) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Plot:
A wrestler and a detective team up to stop a mad scientist who is kidnapping athletes and replacing their brains with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. | add synopsis
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Castilian Fogged Terror! more

Cast

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Columba Domínguez ... Lucía
Crox Alvarado ... Capt. Carlos Robles
Wolf Ruvinskis ... Guillermo Santana / El Vampiro (as Wolf Rubinski)
Carlos Riquelme ... Don Panchito / The Mad Doctor
Arturo Martínez ... Felipe Dorantes
Eduardo Alcaraz ... Police Chief
Guillermo Hernández ... El Lobo (as Guillermo Hernández Lobo Negro)
Yerye Beirute ... Cosme Ramírez
Alberto Catalá ... Rubio, Felipe's assistant
Lee Morgan
Ignacio Navarro
Alejandro Cruz ... El Tigre (as Alejandro Cruz Black Shadow)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Body Snatcher (USA)
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Runtime:
80 min
Country:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Mexico

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Castilian Fogged Terror!, 23 December 2004
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Author: ANTONIO LA TORRE (BCULT) from Palermo, Italy

The wrestler Guillermo Santa (Wolf Ruvinskis) and Comandante Robles (Crox Alvarado), the latter disguised as 'El Vampiro', team up to capture the mad Dr Ogden (Carlos Riquelme) who is transplanting animal brains into kidnapped athletes and corpses in an attempt to prolong human life. When Santa is killed and his brain replaced with that of a gorilla, he is transformed into an ugly ape monster. This movie mixes the Frankenstein story with that a classic expressionist mad-doctor atmosphere and shot in a deliriously romantic style. The final result is a bizarre and charming picture. Edited and widely acclaimed in Italy as 'Ladri di Cadaveri' (Corpses' thefts).

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