Today is all about “Zombies” for Cinematic Void’s 31 Days of Voidoween. Nowadays when you bring up zombies, you’re looking to start a fight between those who prefer slow-moving zombies and those who like fast-moving zombies. Well, I’m here to tell you that there’s a third choice. I think the truly discriminating fan wants a zombie that can perform a belly-to-belly suplex, an atomic leg drop, and then follow that up with a classic submission move like the figure-four leg lock. Where can you find such wonders? There’s only one place: in 1961’s classic Mexican horror picture Santo contra los Zombies, starring the one and only Santo el enmascarado de plata.
Three detectives are called to the house of Professor Rutherford by his daughter, Gloria (played by the voluptuous Lorena Velázquez). Seems the doc just got back from Haiti and was writing a book on voodoo when he disappeared. Soon, a trio of beefy thieves knock over a jewelry store. During the robbery they are shot multiple times, but none of the bullets have any effect. The police are at a loss, so they do what any responsible civic institution would do: they call in a favor from part-time crime-fighter and full-time masked wrestling champion, Santo.
This movie’s got it all: zombies, moody black-and-white photography, and cheap shots. There’s an especially great scene that combines all three! Santo is the Mexican Superman. He’s only interested in truth, justice, and perfectly executed fireman’s carry backbreakers. There are tons of other Santo movies, too. If you tire of the Silver-Masked Saint’s exploits against zombies, Martians, and vampires, then you can catch his adventures with another masked wrestler, Blue Demon, as they do their best James Bond impersonations. The world of Mexican cinema beckons!
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