Viva El Santo! - Vintage Luchador Movies Thread - Page 3 - Blu-ray Forum

El_Fez · 09-07-2020, 03:58 PM

So just who the hell is Santo? This trailer from the old Rise Above Entertainment DVDs should tell you everything you need to know about the awesome, cheesy world of Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata!

Santo is like Batman, if Batman never took off his mask EVER, wore a velvet smoking jacket with a turtleneck sweater, and invented a time machine so he can go back to the 1800's to wrestle Dracula for his treasure. Or stopped a Martian invasion with a flying scissors kick. Or fought gangsters and witches - at the same time.

(BTW, the "never without the mask" thing applies to real life Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, too. Shortly after his retirement, El Santo unexpectedly unmasked himself on the Mexican television talk show Contrapunto, the only recorded case of him ever showing his real face in public, as one last goodbye to his fans. He died a week later.)

For completion's sake, here is the full listing from the 8 movie VCI box set:

• Santo in the Wax Museum • Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (no nudity version) • Santo vs the Riders of Terror • Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy • Santo vs Frankenstein's Daughter • Santo and Blue Demon vs Dracula and the Wolfman • Santo and Blue Demon vs DR. Frankenstein) • Santo and Mantequilla Napoles in Vengeance of the Crying Woman

Also the lack of Spanish audio on the VCI set was because of the original rights holder. Here's an interview with the president of VCI about the licensing issues:

Non-Santo Luchador section:

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