Santo y Blue Demon contra Drácula y el Hombre Lobo (1973)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Miguel M. Delgado

Writers:

Alfredo Salazar (adaptation)
Alfredo Salazar (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 July 1973 (Mexico)

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Cyclops | Wrestler | Superhero | Werewolf

Cast

Santo	...	Santo
Aldo Monti	...	Drácula
Agustín Martínez Solares
Nubia Martí
María Eugenia San Martín
Alfredo Wally Barrón
Jorge Mondragón
Lissy Fields
Antonio Raxel
Carlos Suárez
Lourdes Bautista
Carlos León
Margarito Luna
Alicia Encinas
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Veronica Castro
José Chávez
Blue Demon	...	Blue Demon
Silvia Fuentes

Also Known As:

Blue Demon vs. Dracula and El Hombre Lobo
Santo & Blue Demon vs. Dracula & the Wolfman (USA) (original subtitled version)
Santo and Blue

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Cinematográfica Calderón S.A.

Movie Connections:

References Frankenstein (1931)

This movie is full of fun and fisticuffs and like the others I've seen in the series, seriously nutty. If you've never seen a Santo movie this is a great place to start!

I admit it, I'm starting to get seriously hooked on the surreal adventures of El Santo, the silver-masked wrestler cum crime fighter. One thing I really dig about the Santo movies is that continuity doesn't seem to be a big issue, so you can seemingly watch them in any order. At least that's my experience so far. Each one I've seen has Santo with a new love interest and a new set of adventures caused by a new acquaintance, usually a Professor of some sort. This time it's Professor Cristaldi (Jorge Mondragon), the Uncle of El Santo's girlfriend Lina (Nubia Marti). 400 years earlier the Professor's ancestor had defeated Count Dracula and he is worried that his family, which also includes his daughter and granddaughter, are in grave danger. Of course he's right, an evil hunchback called Eric (Wally Barron) raises Dracula (Aldo Monti) from the dead and also resurrects Dracula's sidekick The Wolfman, aka Rufus Rex (Agustin Martinez Solares). Santo enlists the help of his great buddy Blue Demon (Alejandro Cruz) after the Professor is kidnapped, and away we go. The movie is full of fun and fisticuffs and like the others I've seen in the series, seriously nutty. Some of my favourite moments included Santo and Blue Demon relaxing playing chess (with their masks on naturally!), a "walk the plank" scene featuring some meddlesome werewolves and a wrestling match against "Renato The Hippie". If you've never seen a Santo movie this is a great place to start!