Masked wrestler pop culture and vintage Mexican monster media for over 25 YEARS!
Couple of stills that actually made it into the book albeit in truncated or small form. The above is a detail from a Robo de las momias de Guanajuato lobby card, a nice shot of Mil Mascaras dropkicking two zombies … Continued
While waiting for Monsterpalooza weekend, or your pre-ordered ZOMBI MEXICANO to arrive, take a gander at these excellent short docos put together by David W. Wilt of Mexican Film Bulletin fame:
If you’ve ever seen any of the Momias de Guanajuato films, you realize they aren’t “mummy” movies, they’re pretty much dyed-in-the-wool zombie flicks. Problem is, the rest of the world doesn’t realize this, and the entire 70s Mexi-zombie sub-genre is … Continued
There’s an action figure customizer in Mexico called El Diablo Toys doing some great toys of obscure ring stars of the past and classic movie characters. I’m particularly enamored of these bag figures turned into masked men and monsters from … Continued
No… but damn close to the hastily made-up movie versions you so often see. Rather than one of the fabled mummified corpses of the alkali-rich area of Guanajuato, this is actually the “Cemetery Warrior” figure from the 2008 Indiana Jones … Continued