El Mascarado Massacre (2006)

While driving a van through Mexico looking for a location for shooting a low-budget porn, Alphonse, Steve, Dallas, Debbie, the alcoholic Daisy and the pothead Jimbo get lost and meet a ... See full summary »

Director:

Jesse Baget

Writer:

Jesse Baget

Stars:

Adam Huss, Jeremy Radin, Leyla Milani

Cast

Cast overview:
Adam Huss	...	Alfonse
Jeremy Radin	...	Steve
Leyla Milani	...	Dallas
Margaret Scarborough	...	Debbie
Catherine Wreford	...	Daisy
Zack Bennett	...	Jimbo
Irwin Keyes	...	The Stranger
Rey Misterio Sr.	...	El Mascarado (as Rey Misterio)
Fred Tatasciore	...	El Mascarado (voice)
Tabbert Filler	...	Spanish Doctor (voice) (as Tabbert Fiiller)

Storyline

While driving a van through Mexico looking for a location for shooting a low-budget porn, Alphonse, Steve, Dallas, Debbie, the alcoholic Daisy and the pothead Jimbo get lost and meet a stranger in a remote gas station run out of gas in the middle of nowhere. The man gives the directions for the nearest gas station, and advises the group to avoid the ghost town La Sangre de Dios. Steve recalls the Mexican legend about the best Mexican wrestler, El Mascarado, who became crazy and started killing his opponents, and was sent to this town later. The director Alphonse decides to trespass the gate of La Sangre de Dios and shoot the film in the local bar. Sooner the group discovers that Mexican legends sometimes are true.

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Plot Keywords:

wrestler | lesbian kiss | hot pants

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Taglines:

Let The Face Off Begin

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Genres:

Horror | Sport

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Details

Official Sites:

MySpace

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Mexican Porn Massacre

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$850,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Cactus Pictures, Film Fund, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The word "vorhees" appears on the side of one of the buildings of the Mexican ghost town. This is possibly an intentional nod to Jason Vorhees from Friday the 13th.

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Goofs

While Daisy is stumbling through the glass, you can see a bug crawling on the camera's lens in one shot. It clearly wasn't on purpose, because it's well out of focus. It just shows the natural setting they were filming in.

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Crazy Credits

Some behind-the-scenes clips featuring Steve (Jeremy Radin) rapping are shown during the end credits.

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Connections

References Deep Throat (1972)

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Soundtracks

"El Son De La Negra"
Traditional
Performed by Mariachi Alma Latina

User Reviews

A likely genre-fan pleaser.

A small crew of amateur pornographers head south-of-the-border in a van to find filming locations. In a drug-addled haze they lose direction, by-and-by ending up in a decrepit abandoned town. Finding this mysterious spot ideal for filming, they proceed to shoot their impromptu porn scenes and are having a great time...until they find themselves in a life-or-death face-off with a psychotic Mexican wrestling legend who inhabits the creepy ghost town in solitude.

This little movie surprised the hell out of me. This is not to say that I'm falling all over myself with praise for the high production qualities and flawless execution of WRESTLEMANIAC(which, truth be known, are merely average, or perhaps slightly better thanks to some interesting camera-work and a great atmospheric filming location). What I AM more enthusiastic about is the canny and eccentric handling of the material which, despite having a mildly intriguing slant in it's storyline, treads some mighty tired slasher ground. The characters(all complete losers, but likable regardless) are well written, and deliberately almost over-the-top. This makes sense, however, as the whole affair crackles with a mordant undercurrent and winks knowingly as it tosses out every exploitation film cliché in the book. Make no mistake, though...this isn't a genre parody. There is actually a decent buildup of suspense, and some brisk action(not to mention a few really gross gore moments)...it almost plays like a homage to grindhouse cinema without being a complete contrivance(unlike some films by a certain Hollywood Golden Boy who shall remain nameless). Performances are a tad spotty, but the largely unknown cast members handle their parts capably enough(and all obligatory female eye-candy bases are definitely covered).

Although it isn't by any means a stellar or important picture, it succeeds quite nicely as fodder entertainment...wisely, it never aspires to be anything more.

I enjoyed WRESTLEMANIAC as the base-level cheap thrill ride that it intended to be, and I'm not a bit sorry for it. 6/10