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7.5/10   194 votes
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Director:
Fernando Méndez
Writers:
Ramón Obón (story)
Ramón Obón (adaptation)
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Release Date:
1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery | Thriller | Horror more
Plot:
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User Comments:
Dark and atmospheric more (13 total)

Cast

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Abel Salazar ... Dr. Enrique
Ariadna Welter ... Marta Gonzalez
Carmen Montejo ... Eloisa
José Luis Jiménez ... Emilio
Mercedes Soler ... Maria ,servant
Alicia Montoya ... María Teresa
José Chávez ... Anselmo
Julio Daneri ... Duval's servant
Amado Zumaya ... Duval's servant
Germán Robles ... Count Karol de Lavud / Duval
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Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi ... Train administrator (uncredited)
Dick Barker ... Man (uncredited)
Margarito Luna ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Fernando Méndez 
 
Writing credits
Ramón Obón (story)

Ramón Obón (adaptation)

Produced by
Abel Salazar .... producer
 
Original Music by
Gustavo César Carrión  (as Gustavo C. Carrion)
 
Cinematography by
Rosalío Solano 
 
Film Editing by
José W. Bustos 
 
Art Direction by
Gunther Gerszo 
 
Makeup Department
Elda Loza .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Antonio Guerrero Tello .... production leader
Fernando Méndez Jr. .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Américo Fernández .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Enrique Rodríguez .... sound re-recording mixer
Rafael Ruiz Esparza .... dialogue editor (as Rafael R. Esparza)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Antonio Solano .... lighting technician
Hugo Velasco .... camera operator
 
Music Department
Gustavo César Carrión .... musical director (as Gustavo C. Carrion)
Enrique Rodríguez .... music editor
 
Other crew
Nicolás Rueda hijo .... titles (as Nicolás Rueda Jr.)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Vampire
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Runtime:
95 min | UK:84 min (DVD)
Country:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Mexico
Company:
Cinematográfica ABSA more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Dark and atmospheric, 24 October 1999
8/10
Author: Michel Didier from Amsterdam

I have just seen El vampiro during a Latin American Film festival held in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, where its protagonist German Robles was present as guest of honour.

El vampiro is imaginative rather than talkative and has imagery no American fifties vampire flick can match. The story, of course, is lame and predictable, and, as Latin movies go, there is a lot of supernatural hokum coming with it. The overriding presence of Robles, together with the humor and the menacing, beautiful atmosphere, make up for it.

Vampiric action is kept to a bare minimum and the man-to-bat-metamorphosis (and vice versa) challenges in no way the 1932 standard. Nevertheless, it is one of the classics of the genre.

If you want to know how a vampire lady looks when she tries very hard to look like a vampire lady - well, the film gives you ample chance. One last thing: the soundtrack, however primitive, is a revelation: good vampire music and sound effects culminate in the humorous ending, when the leading man's words are drowned by the departing train's whistle. Nearly perfect.

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