Santo vs. las mujeres vampiro (1962)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Alfonso Corona Blake

Writers:

Alfonso Corona Blake (screenplay)
Rafael García Travesi (adaptation)

Release Date:

1963 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Solo un hombre de acero...de agilidad de pantera, es capaz de luchar contra las MUJERES VAMPIRO...y ese hombre es...SANTO!

Plot:

A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnaping her and marrying her to the devil.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | MST3K | Werewolf | Beautiful Woman | Cult Favorite

Cast

Santo	...	Santo (as Santo el Enmascarado de Plata)
Lorena Velázquez	...	Thorina, queen of the vampires
María Duval	...	Diana Orlof
Jaime Fernández	...	Insp. Carlos
Augusto Benedico	...	Prof. Orlof
Xavier Loyá	...	Jorge - Diana's fiance (as Javier Loya)
Ofelia Montesco	...	Tandra, vampire priestess
Fernando Osés	...	Vampire
Guillermo Hernández	...	Vampire
Nathanael León	...	Vampire (as Leon Moreno)
Ricardo Adalid	...	Detective at Party
Cavernario Galindo	...	Himself (as Eduardo Galindo 'Cavernario')
Ray Mendoza	...	Himself (as Ray Mendoza 'El Indio')
Alejandro Cruz	...	Himself (as Alejandro Cruz 'Black Shadow')
Bobby Bonales	...	Himself

Also Known As:

El santo Contra Las Vampiras
El santo vs. las mujeres vampiros
Samson vs. the Vampire Women
Santo Versus the Vampire Women (UK)
The Saint Against the Vampire Women

Runtime:

USA:89 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Churubusco Studios, Mexico City, México D.F., Mexico

Company:

Filmadora Panamericana

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Just before the scene cuts away from the four bats hovering outside the window, you can see a crew member's hand above the door operating the bat on the left side.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Samson vs. the Vampire Women (#7.24)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Sonata de Amor

The essential Mexican Wrestler movie

In the late 50's and early 60's Mexican wrestling was flowing with renewed popularity. El Santo, The Man in the Silver Mask, was the most popular wrestler at the time, a true idol of the masses.

So somebody at some point decided to make "wrestling movies" transforming popular wrestlers into superheros (after all, they are masked and caped, aren't they?) and pitted them against criminal mobsters, evil scientists and in one occasion, a martian invasion.

Of course these movies are on par with the best (and worst) of B movies of the time, but this particular movie is considered an icon, receiving awards in Europe and Asia.

Today this movie would only inspire chuckles and outright laughs, but its a nice history lesson of the time when caped and masked men were in the imaginations of millions of Mexican kids.