Santo and the blue demon join forces to combat the frankenstein monster, the wolf man, a sexy vampire and a 7foottall cyclops. Making 65 pictures between 1956 and 1970, sotomayor cranked out at least one movie a month. Blue demon in atlantis, a title which, if nothing else, guaranteed that no one would ever have to ask what santo vs. Gone are his mysterious origins and is now a more human character well, as human as a mythical cult icon can be. On occasion, he was also tagteamed with another masked wrestler, blue demon. With santo, blue demon, sasha montenegro, jorge russek.
He also makes out with the vampire chick, regardless of being much in love with his fiancee. By the time this entry into the blue demon series was lensed, the demon had appeared in other wrestler hero titles. Dvds of santos films are notoriously hard to come by, especially with english subtitles. Santo and blue demon in atlantis 1970 movie clip please subscribe to. Santos film career really took off in 1961 with his third movie santo vs the zombies. Blue demon in atlantis in this wild fight scene, they manage to thrash every strategically placed lamp, vase and table in the joint before its over. Meanwhile, in an underground chamber the hunchbacked eric invokes the prince of darkness. If its any consolation, ive watched them without subtitles and did just fine. Cavedweller galindo narrated, and the second is santo vs. Santo is at his top, and his character is finally complete as the wrestlerspecial agent. Santo engages the services of his wrestling chum blue demon who has just won a match against renato the hippie and the two embark on a wild and crazy adventure where they fight complete with wrestling moves not only a gang of thugs recruited by eric, but a legion. Are you a diehard fan of lucha libre, particularly films starring the original santo and the blue demon.
Of those 25 films, santo costarred with him in nine of them. A nazi scientist using the lost city of atlantis as his home base threatens to destroy civilization with a nuclear bomb. With very little time to spare santo is enlisted to find the nuclear bomb, disarm it and end the nazi scientists diabolical. Santo and his buddy blue demon must save the earth from an exnazi hiding out in atlantis who is prepared to launch a bunch of nuclear bombs from the moon. Apparently blue demon suffered a fatal heart attack on a park bench near a subway kiosk while on his way home from his regular morning training session at a gym, where he enjoyed teaching others his fighting skills. Alejandro munoz moreno april 24, 1922 december 16, 2000, better known by the ring name. This mexican animated film for adults is based on a. Aldo monti came to mexico from italy, by way of venezuela. It begins in the past with a sorcerer whose satanic power manifests itself rather arbitrarily throughout the movie in various ways.
Santo even costarred with blue demon and mil mascaras in several of his movies. Dracula and the wolfman is helped by a strong supporting cast. This santo film is packed endtoend with some of the wackiest monsters ever to grace the silver screen. The creature billed as franquesteinappears to be wearing a don post monster mask, accessorized with a little moustache and goatee. For those new to the subgenre, santo is a a masked mexican wrestler who starred in a series of absurdly cheap films in the 1960s and 70s, often facing a variety of public domain monsters. The film makes liberal use of stock footage from several sources monster zero, atragon, and godzilla vs. As james bond did in that film, santo sets out in a helicopter to locate the villains hidden base of operations, and, also as in that film, that villain sends out some attack helicopters that, while completely failing to kill the hero, helpfully alert that hero to the fact that hes very much on the right track. A nazi scientist using the lost city of atlantis as his home base threatens to destroy civilization. After facing defeat at the hands of cristaldi the magician, dracula is back to seek revenge and rule the world. The 5 calibers to claim the most powerful handgun in the world title reupload duration. Its a terrible film, yet hopelessly entertaining and will put a. Blue demon in atlantis 1970 the movie database tmdb a nazi scientist using the lost city of atlantis as his home base threatens to destroy civilization with a nuclear bomb.
My third dip into the santoverse, and this is probably the cheapest and sloppiest of the ones ive seen. The distinctive blue and silver mask of blue demon and blue demon jr. Santo vs blue demon in atlantis the grindhouse cinema. Santo and blue demon in atlantis 1970 movie clip youtube. Blue demon in atlantis is a film directed by julian soler with santo. Anel as santos girlfriend is average she never was a good actress anyway but sonia fuentes as the sexy elsa is remarkably good. With the help of wolfman and his legion of followers, victory seems eminent. In 1988, the year he retired, blue demon defeated jalisco in a mask vs.
Sadly, we have learned that blue demon passed away just before noon on saturday, dec. The fight between santo and duval is unusually brutal and wellchoreographed, in contrast with the clumsy pummeling that often occurs in these pictures and can be seen in the climax when santo and blue demon start smacking around aquiles henchmen, all burly. Atlantis was made during the heyday of the lucha film the late 1960s where color. The nazi scientist wants the third reich to rule again and if his demands are not meet he will follow through on his threat of nuclear annihilation. Contra las bestias del terror is more expensive than some of the other selections, but paying extra for subtitles was worth it for me. Gaethje also known as ufc on fox 29 is a mixed martial arts event produced by the ultimate fighting championship held on april 14, 2018, at the gila river arena in glendale, arizona. Santo and blue demon against the monsters movie watch. While you laugh there are a few chills as the story unfolds. The nazi scientist wants the third reich to rule again and if his. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. He is imprisoned and sentenced to death but places himself in a deathlike trance prior to his execution and. Santo vs blue demon in atlantis from the grindhouse cinema database.
Similar movies to santo and blue demon against the monsters. It looks vaguely like a hammer studios dracula film, with some nice color, and the two girls whom dracula would like to make a part of his army of darkness dressed in each scene in cute miniskirts as they walk off into the night to heed his call. In santo and blue demon in atlantis screening july 8 at 9 p. Fight and fight some more heres a big smashup of music from a couple of fight scenes. Blue demon in atlantis goes on to exhibit further questionable judgment by knockingoff one of the most sloppily plotted sequences from you only live twice.
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