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Santo Contra los Zombies

1961 film by Benito Alazraki

Benito Alazraki
Antonio Orellana
Fernando Osés

Produced byAlberto LópezStarring

Santo
Armando Silvestre
Jaime Fernández
Dagoberto Rodríguez

CinematographyJosé Ortiz RamosEdited byJose SilvaDistributed byAzteca

Release date

1961 (1961)

Running time

85 minutesCountryMexicoLanguageSpanish

Santo contra los Zombies (also known as Santo vs. the Zombies) is a 1961 Mexican film directed by Benito Alazraki. It depicts the popular character El Santo in a pulp-style film.

Plot

After the police are unable to stop a crime wave by zombies, they turn to Santo for help.

Cast

Santo as Santo / the Saint
Lorena Velázquez as Gloria Sandoval / Gloria Rutherford (English dubbed version)
Armando Silvestre as Lt. Sanmartin / Lt. Savage
Jaime Fernández as Det. Rodriguez
Dagoberto Rodríguez as Det. Chief Almada
Irma Serrano as Det. Isabel
Carlos Agostí as Genaro / Uncle Herbert
Ramón Bugarini as Rogelio / Roger, the male nurse
Fernando Osés as Dorrell, zombified wrestler
Eduardo Bonada
Eduardo Silvestre
Julián de Meriche
Alejandro Cruz as Black Shadow, a wrestler (as Black Shadow)
Gory Guerrero as Wrestler (as Gori Guerrero)
Sugi Sito as Wrestler
El Gladiador as Wrestler

Release

This was one of the earliest Santo films and the first to be distributed in the US.^[1]

Reception

Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle said, "The adventure movie with its comic-book plot, hero, and villain is fun to watch in an MST-3K spirit".^[2]

References

^ Kay, Glenn (2008). Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-55652-770-8.
^ Dendle, Peter (2001). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.