See what you get???
Two press stills from the ealy 50s genre-defining classic El Enmascarado de Plata. When you mess with a killer doctor’s hood, karma’s a bitch…
SHADOW OF THE BAT
There are plenty of movies where Mexiluchaheroes battle monsters, but for outright monster wrestling there is no finer film than the 1966 Curiel creepfest La Sombra del Murcielago, aka Blue Demon vs. the Shadow of the Bat. It’s a take on … Continued
SANTO & BLUE VS. THE MONSTERS press book
Years ago I found a weird artifact of the southwest US werewolf circuit – an oversized press flyer for four Santo films with both Spanish and English-language descriptions. Was it someone selling the notion of importing these flicks to potential … Continued
CAMPEONES on DVD finally!!!
How long has it been? My first script notes were from April of 2006… We held a US ‘premiere’ at a couple of Hollywood theaters two-plus years later, and OH YEAH… in October of 2008 Los Campeones de la Lucha … Continued
Airborne Rayo
But does he stick the landing? Nifty 60s superhero-esque shot of Rayo de Jalisco. I’ve seen this photo mislabeled as the serial hero La Sombra Vengadora, but that predecessor costume only had the lightning bolt down one leg, and featured … Continued
Euro-Masks
We’ve always celebrated the kinship – both visual and spiritual – between Mexican masked wrestler superheroes and Italian masked anti-heroes and super-thieves. Lee Faulk’s The Phantom was the pre-historic nexus of these two 60’s multi-media offshoot species. Characters like SuperArgo … Continued