I love what I've seen of vintage Mexican horror, sci-fi, wrestling, and children's movies! They are always exciting and they didn't let silly concerns like budgets get in the way of telling fabulous, incredible stories.
What I cannot fathom, is how come so few of the Mexican movies ever get subtitled or dubbed. It seems to me that, being a neighboring country, most of these rare gems would have been translated. I've seen movies from across the globe that have been translated into English, why not the Mexican films?
--Perplexed in P'cola
One word: 'Marketability'.
~Archivist~
In other words, no one else wants to see these things in English like I do? Kobb sad...
There's too few people that would appreciate movies like this who are willing to pay for them. The world is unfair, I'm used to it.
Your right Dr. Kobb. I've seen a number of them and they are all entertaining. Here is a small list of some that I own. A guy named K.Gordon Murray dubbed all of these except ALUCARDA.
Santo vs The Vampire Women
Curse Of The Crying Women
Alucarda
Bloody Vampire
Santo in the Wax Museum
Vampires Coffin
Robot vs The Aztec Mummy (Fun bad movie)
The only ones that I really want to see are
The Living Head
El Vampiro
Santo and Blue Demon films (Some of which Netflix has)
"Curse of the Doll People" and "The Braniac" were my two personal favorites from the K. Gordan Murray package of Mexican horror/sci-fi movies. I also like the films featuring "Nostradamus" the Vampire.
Here is a site dedicated to Murray and his movies:
http://www.kgordonmurray.com
Sincerely,Steve.
Nice haul, Scott!
So far, I have:
"Alucarda"(didn't love it as much as some horror fans seem to)
"Brainiac"(Essential Mexi-horror)
"Curse of the Doll People"(Creepy as heck, with midgets as the 'doll people'!)
"Robot vs The Aztec Mummy"(haven't had a chance to watch, yet)
"Witches Mirror"(Atmospheric haunter)
"Curse of the Crying Woman"(mine's in Spanish, damnit)
"Lil Red Riding Hood vs The Monsters"(Unbefreakin'lievable!)
I also just picked up afew more, including three Santo flicks(but only one is dubbed) and a vampire flick.
Also have "Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon", which is a very weird movie, but not 100% sure it's a Mexi-movie. Same deal with one called "Escalofrio" and "Killing of Satan". The former might be a Spanish horror, and the later may be a Filipino movie. Both kill, though!
I've also seen one called "Journey Beneath the Earth" or something like that. It featured bat people and was shot in actual caves. Lotta fun, but the print I had was fubar.
Then, of course, who could forget those insane "Santa" movies that K. Gordon Murray purchased the U.S. rights to?
Steve: I missed your post last night because we both posted almost simultaneously, but YES! That site is great! I joined his Young America Horror Fans Club(complete with nifty cards and certificate!). It was worth it, because he sells prints of many of those films mentioned at decent prices to those in the fan club.
Oh, yes I also have BRAINIAC and DOCTOR OF DOOM. Both very good films. All those Mexican horror films of that period had great atmosphere. I really enjoy them. DOCTOR OF DOOM is actually a wrestling women vs an evil doctor film. Good stuff. Most of them I got cheap on DVD for $2.99 last year distributed by Telefilms International.