The Phantom of the Monastery (1934)

Review: The Phantom of the Monastery (1934)

Director: Fernando de Fuentes

Cast: Enrique del Campo, Marta Roel, Carlos Villatoro, Paco Martínez, Victorio Blanco,

Enrique del Campo
Enrique del Campo
Marta Roel
Marta Roel
Carlos Villatoro
Carlos Villatoro
Paco Martínez
Paco Martínez
Victorio Blanco
Victorio Blanco

Plot: Alfonso, Eduardo and Cristina get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three amigos suffer personality changes, specially Cristina who tries to seduce Alfonso in a strange coincidence to a story told by an old monk. After some efforts to escape, Alfonso is trapped inside a jail and more strange and macabre situations happen.

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Early Mexican horror from Indicator

Early Mexican horror from Indicator

Two new releases from Indicator illuminate the origins of Mexican horror (best known from the work of filmmakers like Chano Urueta, Fernando Mendez and Rafael Baladon in the 1950s and ’60s) in the early days of sound in the 1930s when […]

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