Santo y Blue Demon contra el doctor Frankenstein (1974)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Miguel M. Delgado

Writers:

Francisco Cavazos (adaptation)
Alfredo Salazar (story) (adaptation)

Release Date:

31 October 1974 (Mexico)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Santo	...	Santo
Blue Demon	...	Blue Demon
Sasha Montenegro	...	Alicia Robles
Jorge Russek	...	Dr. Irving Frankenstein
Ivonne Govea	...	Marta
Carlos Suárez	...	Henchman
Rubén Aguirre	...	Dr. Genaro Molina
Jorge Casanova	...	Dr. Mora
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carlos Bravo y Fernández	...	Reporter
Angélica Chain	...	Lilia
Sonia Fuentes
Ray Mendoza	...	Wrestler
Agustín Meza de la Peña
Lina Michel	...	Berta (first victim)
Carlos Nieto	...	Commandante Gutierrez
César Valentino	...	Wrestler

Also Known As:

Santo & Blue Demon vs. Doctor Frankenstein (USA) (original subtitled version)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, México D.F., Mexico

Company:

Cinematográfica Calderón S.A.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Las luchadoras contra el médico asesino (1963)

'Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein' is one of the most enjoyable entries in the utterly bizarre Santo series.

'Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein' is one of the most enjoyable entries in the utterly bizarre Santo series. For those who don't know Santo is a Mexican silver masked wrestler cum crime fighter. He and his long time pal Blue Demon (Alejandro Cruz) are recruited by the local police to help in a perplexing investigation into a series of unusual murders. The evil genius behind them is none other than Dr. Frankenstein's grandson Irwin (Jorge Russek). The cigar chewing Irwin is experimenting with brain transplants and plans on creating a private army of radio controlled zombies and barks things like "We're beginning to lack fluid. Raise the charge of the transistors in the cerebellum to the max" and "They are wondering what I want to accomplish? If they knew they would pee their pants!". Santo and Blue Demon's bacteriologist lady friend Alicia (Sasha Montenegro) is kidnapped by Frankenstein's cronies in an attempt to resurrect his dead wife... or something like that. Believe me, it all makes some kind of sense when you're watching it. As usual in Santo movies there are a few wrestling matches, one of which is against Golem, an African zombie giant enslaved by Frankenstein who fights under the secret identity Mortis (with a mask - naturally!). My favourite bit in the movie apart from the Golem/Mortis scenes is a flash of a newspaper headline - "FOUR POLICEMEN TORN TO PIECES BY A STRANGE INDIVIDUAL. ONE OF THEM LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED". The Santo movies are pure entertainment, and if you haven't seen any, you're really missing out on something special!