Mexican Cinema

Compiled by Jason Morningstar

Actually Mexican wrestling-horror-science fiction movies. All the personal names refer to real people, and yes, Boris Karloff did appear in La Muerta Viviente!

Movie Titles

  1. Hercules versus Nostradamus, genie of darkness!
  2. Neutron and the curse of the crying woman!
  3. Inspector Marconi and the 100 cries of terror!
  4. The monster demolisher versus the gorilla!
  5. The vampire and the curse of the doll people!
  6. Rock and roll wrestling women versus the living coffin!
  7. The American versus the house of evil!
  8. Lazarus versus the bloody skull!
  9. Death robots versus the ape king!
  10. King Zeus versus the creature of the walking dead!
  11. The red cape versus the Aztec mummy!
  12. Wrestling women versus the screaming head!
  13. The robot versus the maniac!
  14. The king of rock and roll versus the face of the screaming werewolf!
  15. The black cat, the bat and the vampire’s coffin!
  16. Rock and roll wrestlers versus the living head!
  17. Captain Guiterrez and the witches mirror!
  18. The Blue Mummy and the return of the 100 cries of terror!
  19. Lord Werewolf and the coffin machine!
  20. Cortez versus Brainiac!

Actors

  1. Ignacio Lopez Tarso
  2. Abel Salazar
  3. German Robles
  4. Armando Silvestre
  5. Wolf Rubinski
  6. Ramon Gay
  7. Jorge Marx
  8. Bruno VeSota
  9. Carlos Agosti
  10. Armando Calvo
  11. Fernando Oses
  12. Arturo De Cordova
  13. Boris Karloff
  14. Carmen Gonzales
  15. Gaston Santos
  16. Roberto Guzman Huerta
  17. George Martinez
  18. Joaquin Vargas
  19. Raul Meraz
  20. Jose Jiminez

Actresses

  1. Rosita Arenas
  2. Ana Luisa Peluffo
  3. Gina Romand
  4. Maria San Martin
  5. Martha Roth
  6. Ariadna Welter
  7. Rosario Durcal
  8. Mary Duval
  9. Lorena Velasquez
  10. Magda Honzon
  11. Elizabeth Campbell
  12. Bertha Moss
  13. Yolanda Ciani
  14. Maria Teresa Rivas
  15. Susana Alexander
  16. Susana Cabrera
  17. Alicia Del Lago
  18. Dolores Camarillo
  19. Isabel Sarli
  20. Eliza Kashi

Luchadores

  1. El Santo
  2. The Black Shadow
  3. Dorrell, the Zombie Wrestler
  4. The King of Crime
  5. La Chalupa
  6. The Yellow Stripe
  7. El Gringo
  8. The Phantom
  9. The Bat
  10. The Masked Marvel
  11. Neutron
  12. The Cyclone
  13. The Blue Demon
  14. The Blue Mummy
  15. Canek
  16. Karloff LeGarde
  17. Fishman
  18. Tarzan Lopez
  19. Robo Negro
  20. Jack O’Brien

Bit Parts

  1. The Kid
  2. El Barracho
  3. Old Gordo
  4. The Contortionist
  5. Erwin Rommel
  6. Aztec Priest
  7. Detective Manzanaro
  8. The Manager
  9. The First Victim
  10. Santo’s Double
  11. El Presidente
  12. The Sex Fiend
  13. The Midget
  14. The Pirate
  15. The Mummy’s Helper
  16. Ring Announcer
  17. Queen of the Vampires
  18. Inspector Carlos
  19. Dancer
  20. Freddy

Writers and Directors

  1. Federico Curiel
  2. Jerry Warren
  3. Rafael Portillo
  4. Alfredo B. Crevenna
  5. Benito Alazraki
  6. Rene Cardona
  7. Chano Urueta
  8. Fernand Mendez
  9. Fernando Cortes
  10. Fernando Mendez
  11. Rafael Baledon
  12. Alfredo Salazar
  13. Carlos Enrique Taboaba
  14. Guillermo Calderon
  15. Antonio Orellana
  16. Raul Zenteno
  17. Alfredo Torres Portillo
  18. Jose Maria Fernandez Unsain
  19. Rafael Garcia Travesi
  20. Alfonso Corona Blake