Santo en El tesoro de Drácula (1969)

Director:

René Cardona

Writers:

Alfredo Salazar (adaptation)
Alfredo Salazar (story)

Release Date:

24 July 1969 (Mexico)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel | Wrestling | Vampire | Superhero | Character Name In Title

Cast

Santo	...	Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata
Aldo Monti	...	Count Drácula
Noelia Noel	...	Luisa
Roberto G. Rivera	...	Dr. Kur
Carlos Agostí	...	Dr. César Supulveda
Alberto Rojas	...	Perico
Pili González	...	Paquita
Jorge Mondragón	...	Professor Soler
Gina Morett	...	Lupe, the maid
Fernando Mendoza	...	Professor Van Roth
Jessica Rivano
Javier Rizo
Diana Arriaga
Carlos Suárez	...	Ratón
Magali

Also Known As:

El tesoro de Dracula
El vampiro y el sexo (Mexico) (alternative title)
Santo and Dracula's Treasure (UK)
Santo in 'The Treasure of Dracula' (USA) (original subtitled version)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 (cinema release)

Filming Locations:

Coyoacan, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company:

Cinematográfica Calderón S.A.

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Santo, masked wrestler, crime fighter and scientist!

'Santo and Dracula's Treasure' is my first experience of the amazing Santo, and it's probably as good a place to start as any. Santo, a legend in Mexico for decades, is a silver masked wrestler turned crime fighter. In this movie he's also a scientist and invents a device that can transport people back in time to relive their past lives. A small group of scientists gathered together by Santo's friend Dr. Supulveda greet this announcement with incredulity. Santo needs a volunteer to save his scientific reputation and Supulveda's daughter Luisa volunteers. Donning a silver jumpsuit she enters Santo's time tunnel device and is transported into the late 19th Century where she is now the daughter of a Professor Soler. Soler is worried about his daughter's declining health and has called in his old friend Professor Van Roth for advice. Van Roth immediately sizes up the situation and suspects Soler's neighbour the mysterious Count Alucard (yes, you guessed it!). Back in the present Santo, Supulveda and their cowardly friend Perico witness these events unfold on closed circuit television. After Luisa is bitten by Dracula, Santo saves her from a staking by returning her to the present. Santo and friends then decide to try and locate Dracula's treasure, but things are complicated by a masked stranger intent on the same goal, and when Dracula is resurrected he continues to have a hold over Luisa who he wishes to make his eternal consort... This movie is a lot of fun and it will definitely not be the last Santo movie I watch!