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Leyendas macabras de la colonia

  • 19741974
  • 1h 20m
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4.8/10
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Leyendas macabras de la colonia (1974)
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The Mexican luchador Tinieblas buys an ancient painting of a dead woman ignoring the warning that it is haunted. Later, after a fight his partners El Fantasma Blanco and Mil Máscaras joins h... Read allThe Mexican luchador Tinieblas buys an ancient painting of a dead woman ignoring the warning that it is haunted. Later, after a fight his partners El Fantasma Blanco and Mil Máscaras joins him in a party at his apartment with two beautiful ladies, but when the clock reaches midni... Read allThe Mexican luchador Tinieblas buys an ancient painting of a dead woman ignoring the warning that it is haunted. Later, after a fight his partners El Fantasma Blanco and Mil Máscaras joins him in a party at his apartment with two beautiful ladies, but when the clock reaches midnight the painting transports them all to colonial times. In order to return home they must ... Read all
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  • Director
    • Arturo Martínez
  • Writers
    • Rogelio Agrasánchez(story)
    • Arturo Martínez(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Mil Máscaras
    • Lorena Velázquez
    • Tinieblas
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  • Director
    • Arturo Martínez
  • Writers
    • Rogelio Agrasánchez(story)
    • Arturo Martínez(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Mil Máscaras
    • Lorena Velázquez
    • Tinieblas
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    Mil Máscaras
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    Lorena Velázquez
    Lorena Velázquez
    Tinieblas
    Rogelio Guerra
    Rogelio Guerra
    El Fantasma Blanco,
    Dinorah Judith
    Dinorah Judith
    Nancy Vega
    Arturo Martínez
    Enrique Bremermann
    René Hernández
    Edy Moreno
    Claudio Lanuza
    María Luisa Salazar
      Alfonso Milian
        El Monje Loco
        Manuel Corcuera
          • Director
            • Arturo Martínez
          • Writers
            • Rogelio Agrasánchez(story)
            • Arturo Martínez(adaptation)
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          The Mexican luchador Tinieblas buys an ancient painting of a dead woman ignoring the warning that it is haunted. Later, after a fight his partners El Fantasma Blanco and Mil Máscaras joins him in a party at his apartment with two beautiful ladies, but when the clock reaches midnight the painting transports them all to colonial times. In order to return home they must face Spanish Conquistadores, Aztec Warriors and an evil witch whose mother, an unstoppable living dead hungry for human sacrifices, is the woman in the painting. —Pencho15
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            Mil Máscaras says to the witch that they have traveled back in time to sometime between 1512 and 1520. While in the movie the Spanish conquest of Mexico is over and they are already under the government of a viceroy, by 1520 Hernán Cortés was still trying to defeat the Aztecs.

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          5/10
          This luchador film is a bit different than the usual.
          During the 1960 until even today, Mexican luchador (wrestler) movies have been huge business and many hundred of them have been made...perhaps even more. In these films, these masked wrestlers are usually heroes who battle the forces of evil...often in the form of aliens, monsters, zombies or just the run of the mill evil megalomaniacs bent on world domination! Seeing the masked wrestlers taking on these characters is definitely a sight to see and those unfamiliar with these odd films are in for a surprise when they see their first!

          "Macabre Legends of the Colony" ("Leyendas Macabras de la Colonia") is a most unusual luchador film. While the do end up fighting against an evil witch, everything else about this film is unfamiliar territory for lovers of the genre.

          The story begins with Tinieblas ('Darkness') finding a creepy painting in an antique shop and buying it...even after the owner says it's haunted and the last few who bought it promptly returned it! But apparently Tinieblas is an idiot and so he gets it anyway.

          After a LONG wrestling match by luchador film standards (and they almost always feature one or two such matches), Tinieblas brings home a couple women as well as his luchador pals, El Fantasma Blanco ('The White Ghost') and Mil Máscaras ('Thousand Masks'....by far the most prolific of the three in films). During their party, the painting begins emitting smoke and soon they find themselves in 16th century Mexico! What's next? Well, apart from the witch, you'll just have to watch it yourself to find out for yourself.

          The production values of this film are actually a bit better than usual for the genre as is the story. By luchador film standards, it's actually a bit sophisticated and clever....and suffers less from crappy make-up and masks than usual. Now I am NOT saying it's a great film...but it is better than usual and not laughable like most of the movies. Overall, silly but enjoyable and unique...and I like unique.
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          • Release date
            • January 31, 1974 (Mexico)
          • Country of origin
            • Mexico
          • Language
            • Spanish
          • Also known as
            • Macabre Legends of the Colony
          • Filming locations
            • Guatemala
          • Production companies
            • Producciones Fílmicas Agrasánchez S.A.
            • Cinematografica Tikal
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            1 hour 20 minutes
          • Color
            • Color
          • Sound mix
            • Mono

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