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Theme: Mexican Cinema

The Bees (1978)

5 July 20024 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Killer Bees Amok

Director: Alfredo Zacarias
Actors: John Saxon, John Carradine, Angel Tompkins, Claudio Brook
Category: Science Fiction

The Bermuda Triangle (1978)

27 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Lost in The Bermuda Triangle

Director: Rene Cardona Jr
Actors: John Huston, Claudine Auger, Hugo Stiglitz, Miguel Angel Fuentes, …
Category: Horror

The Brainiac (1962)

7 February 20248 February 2024

Rating: ★★½

Warlock’s Retribution

Director: Chano Urueta
Actors: Abel Salazar, Ruben Rojo, Luis Aragon, German Robles, …
Category: Horror

Cronos (1993)

11 September 20039 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Rejuvenation Device/Vampire

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook
Category: Horror

Cry of the Bewitched (1956)

1 June 20022 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Voodoo

Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna
Actors: Raymond Guy, Ninon Sevilla, Rosalind Dunhill
Category: Horror

Curse of Mesopotamia (2015)

27 April 202327 April 2023

Rating: ★★

Iraqi Horror Film

Director: Lauand Omar
Actors: Mauricio Rousselon, Hania Amar, Melissa Mars, Stacy Thunes, …
Category: Horror

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957)

29 November 201819 October 2021

Rating: ★

Revived Aztec Mummy

Director: Rafael Portillo
Actors: Ramon Gay, Luis Aceves Castaneda, Crox Alvarado, Rosita Arenas, …
Category: Horror

The Curse of the Mayans (2017)

5 September 20245 September 2024

Rating: ★

Mayan Temple/Alien Artefacts

Director: Joaquin Rodriguez
Actors: Carla Ortiz, Steve Wilcox, Mark Tacher, Olga Fonda, …
Category: Science Fiction

Darker Than Night (1975)

3 April 20253 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Mexican Haunted House Film

Director: Carlos Enrique Taoboada
Actors: Claudia Islas, Helena Rojo, Pedro Armendariz
Category: Horror

Death’s Roulette (2023)

23 May 202423 May 2024

Rating: ★★½

Imprisonment Thriller

Director: Manolo Cardona
Actors: Juan Carlos Remolina, Maribel Verdu, Dagoberto Gama, Adriana Paz, …
Category: Horror

Desierto (2015)

15 January 201721 August 2023

Rating: ★★½

White Vigilante Hunts Mexican Illegal Immigrants

Director: Jonas Cuaron
Actors: Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo, Diego Cataño, …
Category: Horror

The Exorcism of God (2021)

27 March 202316 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Possession and Exorcism Film

Director: Alejandro Hidalgo
Actors: Will Beinbrink, Maria Gabriela De Varia, Joseph Marcell, Iran Castillo, …
Category: Horror

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

28 June 200226 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Surrealism

Director: Luis Buñuel
Category: Fantasy

Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1964)

30 January 201318 December 2022

Rating: 0­

Werewolf/Aztec Mummy

Director: Jerry Warren, Rafael Lopez Portillo, Gilberto Martinez Solares
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Rosa Arenas, Ramon Gay, Yerye Beirute, …
Category: Horror

Fando and Lis (1968)

26 October 202123 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Surrealism

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Actors: Sergio Klainer, Diana Mariscal
Category: Fantasy

Halley (2012)

10 October 201329 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Man Slowly Becomes a Zombie

Director: Sebastian Hoffmann
Actors: Albert Trujillo, Luly Trueba, Hugo Albores
Category: Horror

The Holy Mountain (1973)

21 December 200012 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Transcendental Mysticism

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Category: Fantasy

House of Evil (1971)

30 January 202027 December 2023

Rating: ½

Murders in a Sinister Old Mansion/Evil Toys

Director: Jack Hill, Juan Ibañez
Actors: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Andres Garcia, Angel Espinoza, …
Category: Horror

The Incident (2014)

23 October 20148 November 2021

Rating: ★★½

Characters Trapped in a Timewarp

Director: Isaac Ezban
Actors: Hermon Mendoza, Gabriel Sontoya, Humberto Busto, Nailea Norvind, …
Category: Fantasy

Isle of the Snake People (1971)

9 October 200329 March 2021

Rating: ½

Voodoo Cult

Director: Jack Hill, Juan Ibañez
Actors: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Quintin Bulnes
Category: Horror

Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

3 March 200231 January 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Magical Realism/Magic Cooking

Director: Alfonso Arau
Actors: Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Marco Leonardi
Category: Fantasy

Macario (1960)

27 November 20132 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Death Gifts a Peasant Healing Water

Director: Roberto Gavaldon
Actors: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Jose Luis Jimenez, Eduardo Fajardo
Category: Fantasy

The Mansion of Madness (1973)

12 March 202412 March 2024

Rating: ★★★

Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Asylum of Lunatics

Director: Juan Lopez Moctezuma
Actors: Claudio Brook
Category: Horror

Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)

7 July 201520 October 2021

Rating: ★

Mad Scientist Creates Ape Man

Director: Rene Cardona
Actors: Jose Elias Morena, Armando Silvestre, Norma Lazareno, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, …
Category: Horror

The Offering (1995)

14 September 200223 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Mexican Sorceress/Magical Realism

Director: Francesca Fisher, Taggart Siegel
Actors: Maira Serbulo, Thom Vernon, Greg Sporleder
Category: Fantasy

The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1958)

28 March 201619 October 2021

Rating: 0­

Classic Bad Movie/Revived Mummy vs a Robot

Director: Rafael Portillo
Actors: Ramon Gay, Rosita Arenas, Luis Aceves Castaneda, Crox Alvarado
Category: Horror

Santa Sangre (1989)

31 July 201028 June 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Surrealism/Psychologically Disturbed Mime Artist

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Actors: Axel Jodorowsky, Guy Stockwell, Adan Jodorowsky
Category: Fantasy

Santo and Blue Demon vs the Monsters (1970)

13 January 202218 April 2024

Rating: ★★★

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs the Famous Monsters

Director: Gilberto Martinez Solares
Actors: Santo, Blue Demon
Category: Horror

Santo in “Killers From Other Worlds” (1971)

1 December 201530 November 2021

Rating: ★

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs Alien Monsters

Director: Ruben Galindo
Actors: Santo
Category: Science Fiction

Santo in the Wax Museum (1963)

1 June 20176 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs Mad Waxworks Curator

Director: Alfonso Corona Blake
Actors: Santo, Claudio Brook, Roxana Bellini, Ruben Rojo, …
Category: Horror

Santo vs Dr Death (1973)

14 January 202514 January 2025

Rating: ★

Mexican Wrestler Superhero

Director: Rafael R. Marchent
Actors: Santo, Jorge Rigaud, Mirta Miller, Helga Line
Category: Horror

Santo vs Frankenstein’s Daughter (1972)

12 February 202027 June 2022

Rating: ★★★

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs Frankenstein’s Daughter

Director: Miguel M. Delgado
Actors: Santo, Gina Romand, Carlos Agosti
Category: Horror

Santo vs the Martians (1967)

2 February 201411 January 2020

Rating: ★

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs Alien Invaders

Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna
Actors: Santo, Rodolfo Guzman Huerta, Wolf Ruvinskis
Category: Science Fiction

Santo vs the Vampire Women (1962)

16 December 201215 September 2023

Rating: ★★½

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs the Vampires

Director: Alfonso Corona Blake
Actors: Santo, Rodolfo Guzman Huerta, Lorena Velazquez
Category: Horror

The Similars (2015)

22 October 201513 June 2022

Rating: ★★★

People All Become Copies of the Same Man

Director: Isaac Ezban
Actors: Gustavo Sanchez Parra, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Humberto Busto, Catalina Salas, …
Category: Fantasy

Tintorera (1977)

22 February 20221 August 2023

Rating: ★★★

Killer Shark Film

Director: Rene Cardona Jr
Actors: Hugo Stiglitz, Susan George, Andres Garcia, Fiona Lewis, …
Category: Horror

El Topo (1970)

21 July 20007 February 2024

Rating: ★★½

Surrealist Zen Western

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Robert John, Brontis Jodorowsky, David Silva
Category: Fantasy

We Are the Flesh (2016)

27 October 201629 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Catalogue of Depravities

Director: Emiliano Rocha Minter
Category: Horror

We Are What We Are (2010)

11 May 201416 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Family of Cannibals

Director: Jorge Michel Grau
Actors: Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chavez, Carmen Beato
Category: Horror

The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964)

3 February 20223 February 2022

Rating: 0­

Mexican Wrestlers vs Revived Mummy

Director: Rene Cardona
Actors: Lorena Velazquez, Elizabeth Campbell, Armando Silvestre, Victor Velazquez
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
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  • Asylums
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  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
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  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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