I'm inserting reviews for all films that currently lack one, this is a rare opportunity for me to recommend something, review..... A non campy Mexican horror crime drama! Our title character is a devil worshiping Dr. who has developed a serum to turn people into the walking talking dead, he uses them to help a criminal organization pass counterfeit currency in Mexico City, then there are a couple of Interpol agents on his trail! It is a bit on the bonkers side, however it's stylishly made in a totally deadpan manner, and is fairly atmospheric in parts, recommended to anyone who may be at all interested. Good.
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I don't speak enough spanish
yelsinnestfort2 April 2021
King Devil.
morrison-dylan-fan23 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Getting home late at night,I decided to finish the night by watching a Mexican Horror. Being taken by the title when checking my pile of titles waiting to be played, I phoned up to arrange a anointment with Dr. Satan.
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Turning poor souls into zombies in his underground lair, director Miguel Morayta & cinematographer Raul Martinez Solares drill a dark psychedelic atmosphere, tuning into the reverberating score with smoke masked close-ups and eerie devils overlapping Dr. Satan's devilish operations. Dicing the terror of this doc in his lair with sinister underworld dealings in the outdoors, the screenplay by Sidney T. Bruckner and Jose Maria Fernandez Unsain inject a Noir mystery into Satan's hands, as Satan floods Mexico with counterfeit cash which in hand helps cover any questions people raise on what he gets up to in his lair.
Whilst the flood of cash brings a ticking clock tension to the police trying to find him before the next scheduled operations, the writers disappointingly fold the majority of the mystery into lacking the menace of Dr. Satan's operations, due to little being spent on building up Dr. Satan as a horrific threat in the outside world. Holding victims down with a rogue gentlemen false charm,Joaquín Cordero gives a great turn, which laces viciousness with a devilish charm for Dr. Satan.
View on the film:
Turning poor souls into zombies in his underground lair, director Miguel Morayta & cinematographer Raul Martinez Solares drill a dark psychedelic atmosphere, tuning into the reverberating score with smoke masked close-ups and eerie devils overlapping Dr. Satan's devilish operations. Dicing the terror of this doc in his lair with sinister underworld dealings in the outdoors, the screenplay by Sidney T. Bruckner and Jose Maria Fernandez Unsain inject a Noir mystery into Satan's hands, as Satan floods Mexico with counterfeit cash which in hand helps cover any questions people raise on what he gets up to in his lair.
Whilst the flood of cash brings a ticking clock tension to the police trying to find him before the next scheduled operations, the writers disappointingly fold the majority of the mystery into lacking the menace of Dr. Satan's operations, due to little being spent on building up Dr. Satan as a horrific threat in the outside world. Holding victims down with a rogue gentlemen false charm,Joaquín Cordero gives a great turn, which laces viciousness with a devilish charm for Dr. Satan.
Wow!
BandSAboutMovies24 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This seems like a crime movie, except that, you know, Dr. Satan has made a deal with Satan to be able to control his three zombie women, which feels like probably the best reason to give over your immortal soul when you think about it.
The devil does show up several times, mostly from far away and he has large black wings and he's really ferocious and awesome in the way that only a totally Catholic culture could make him look.
Joaquin Cordero, who plays the titular character, studied in a seminary and even considered being a priest at one point. He decided to become a lawyer, but then changed his mind and became an actor. He would go on to become one of Mexico's biggest stars, including appearances in Secta Satanica: El Enviado del Senor, Vacations of Terror 2, The Book of Stone and the somehow even better sequel to this movie.
Interpol agents against a doctor with zombie slaves that were gifted to him by el primero de los caidos. It's as if someone took my most perfect dreams, sent them back in time and filmed them in Mexico. The left hand path has taken me many places, but this may be the most enjoyable.
The devil does show up several times, mostly from far away and he has large black wings and he's really ferocious and awesome in the way that only a totally Catholic culture could make him look.
Joaquin Cordero, who plays the titular character, studied in a seminary and even considered being a priest at one point. He decided to become a lawyer, but then changed his mind and became an actor. He would go on to become one of Mexico's biggest stars, including appearances in Secta Satanica: El Enviado del Senor, Vacations of Terror 2, The Book of Stone and the somehow even better sequel to this movie.
Interpol agents against a doctor with zombie slaves that were gifted to him by el primero de los caidos. It's as if someone took my most perfect dreams, sent them back in time and filmed them in Mexico. The left hand path has taken me many places, but this may be the most enjoyable.
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