''El maleficio'' (English: ''The Curse'') is a Mexican

supernatural horror Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defi ...

telenovela directed by

Raúl Araiza Raúl Araiza (; born Raúl Araiza Herrera, 14 November 1964) is a Mexican actor and television presenter. He studied drama in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexica ...

and produced by

Ernesto Alonso Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the wo ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

in 1983. The telenovela was so successful in 1983 that a sequel was made under the title of '' El maleficio 2: Los enviados del infierno'' in 1986.

and

Jacqueline Andere María Esperanza Jacqueline Andere-Aguilar (born August 20, 1938) is a Mexican actress. Life and career Andere was born in a Jewish family located Mexico City on August 20, 1938. Her appearances in telenovelas began with 1960's '' Vida por Vid ...

starred in the lead roles, alongside

Humberto Zurita Humberto Zurita Moreno (, born September 2, 1954) is a Mexican actor, director and producer. Zurita, one of 10 siblings from Torreón, Coahuila, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas. Acting career He made his first stage ...

, Norma Herrera,

María Sorté María Sorté (born María Harfuch Hidalgo

and

Carmen Montejo Carmen Montejo (born María Teresa Sánchez González; May 26, 1925 – February 25, 2013) was a Cuban and Mexican actress. Biography Montejo started her career in radio as a child at the age of 6 in Cuba in a show titled ''Abuelita Cata'' t ...

Plot

Beatriz is a respectable widow, who after the death of her husband, dedicated her life to raising her children, Vicky and Juanito, together with her mother-in-law Doña Emilia. Beatriz meets the powerful millionaire Enrique de Martino, who dazzles her with his attentions and agrees to marry him. Beatriz's life and her children change dramatically when they move to Martino's Mansion, where they come into contact with Enrique's strange children: the perverse Jorge, the sweet but confused César and the enigmatic Raúl. Beatriz also discovers that her husband can be very mean and that he drove his first wife Nora into alcoholism. Meanwhile, Juanito discovers that he has paranormal powers that are awakened by coming into contact with the evil atmosphere that surrounds his stepfather. Enrique is actually a sorcerer who has made his fortune thanks to the dark arts and frequently visits witches in the city of Oaxaca, especially Teodora, who worships a diabolical entity whom he calls " Bael" and who manifests himself through a painting that Enrique jealously guards in his office. At the request of his brotherhood (mafia) led by an Italian based in New York, Luiggi, Enrique starts a mission to choose his successor, who he desires to be at least or even more evil that himself. After numerous tests, Jorge seems to be in the lead. But in some missions, he disobeys, generally driven by a very excessive personal ambition, which makes Enrique hesitate to give the succession to Jorge, but there is no other person so evil. Roberto Ayala, Beatriz's husband, has not actually died and reappears in her life pretending to be his twin Ricardo, whom the brotherhood had actually murdered. Roberto is horrified to see the bad influence that De Martino has on his family. In the middle of it all, Jorge abuses Vicky and makes her pregnant. Enrique forces Vicky to marry Jorge, against the will of Beatriz and Jorge himself. For all their evil, the brotherhood hold a few ironically virtuous ideals. One of them being, "blood should never be denied" and since Jorge pretended not to know his son, he loses the probable line of succession in the group. Because of this, the worst is yet to happen. Enrique has set his evil sights on Juanito to become his successor.

Cast

as ''Don Enrique de Martino'' *

as ''Doña Beatriz de Martino'' * Norma Herrera as ''Doña Nora Valdés de Martino'' *

as ''Jorge de Martino Valdés'' *

as ''Doña Emilia'' *

Sergio Jiménez Sergio Jiménez (December 17, 1937 – January 3, 2007), born in Mexico City, was a Mexican actor. He became famous after portraying the character of ''El Gato'' in the film '' Los caifanes''. His last work was directing the telenovela '' La fea ...

as ''Raúl de Martino Valdés/Damián Juárez'' *

María Sorté María Sorté (born María Harfuch Hidalgo

as ''Patricia Lara'' *

Erika Buenfil Teresa de Jesús Buenfil López (; born November 23, 1964), commonly known as Erika Buenfil, is a Mexican actress, TV host and singer. She is best known for her lead roles in several successful telenovelas including ''Amor en Silencio'' (1988), ...

as ''Virginia "Vicky" Ayala de Martino'' * Emilia Carranza as ''María Reyna'' * Gloria Mayo as ''Eva'' * Arsenio Campos as ''Álvaro'' *

Sergio Goyri Sergio Goyri Pérez (born 14 November 1958) is a Mexican actor known for his performances in soap operas. Filmography Awards and nominations TVyNovelas Awards Controversy In 2019, Goyri received significant negative coverage after ...

as ''César de Martino Valdés'' * Rebecca Jones as ''Ruth Reyna'' *

Eduardo Yáñez Eduardo Yáñez Luévano (; born September 25, 1960) is a Mexican actor. Early life Yáñez was born in Mexico City. He lived with his mother, and has never met his father. Career Producer Ernesto Alonso saw Yáñez's potential and gave him ...

as ''Diego Flores'' *

Alba Nydia Díaz Alba Nydia Díaz (born April 27, 1955) is a Puerto Rican actress who has worked in Puerto Rico and Mexico. Early years Díaz was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The roles she portrayed in her early days and years after were not leading roles, from ...

as ''Sara'' * Alfredo Leal as ''Ricardo/Roberto'' * Jorge del Campo as ''Felipe Reyna'' * Alfonso Meza as ''Lt. Larios'' *

Patricia Reyes Spíndola Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola (born 11 July 1953) is a Mexican actress, director, and producer. She has received four Ariel Awards, two for Best Actress ('' Los Motivos de Luz'' in 1985 and '' The Queen of the Night'' in 1994), an ...

as Teodora'' *

Carlos Bracho Carlos Enrique Bracho González (born October 6, 1937) is a Mexican actor and writer. Filmography Films Television References External links * 1937 births Living people 20th-century Mexican male actors Mexican male tel ...

as ''Pedro Jiménez'' * Gina Romand as ''Alicia'' *

Armando Araiza Armando Araiza (born Armando Araiza Herrera on September 1, 1969) is a Mexican actor. Early life Araiza was born September 1, 1969, in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a son of director Raúl Araiza and actress Norma Herrera. He has an older brother ...

as ''Juan "Juanito" de Martino'' *

Ana Patricia Rojo Ana Patricia Rojo Stein (born February 13, 1974) is a Mexican actress and singer. She is famous for her participation in many telenovelas of Televisa, like ''María la del barrio'' as Penelope Linares (1995), '' Esmeralda'' as Georgina Pérez-Mo ...

as ''Liliana'' * Mónica Martell as ''Alma Bauer'' *

Raquel Olmedo Raquel Olmedo (; born Siomara Anicia Orama Leal on 30 December 1937) is a Cuban-born Mexican singer and actress. She started her career in her native Cuba before moving to Mexico in 1959. She performed in the last years of the Golden Age of Me ...

as ''Yuliana Pietri'' * Héctor Sáez as ''Joao'' * Nerina Ferrer as ''Lorena de la Garza'' * Barbara Hermen as ''Lourdes "Lulú" * Guillermo Aguilar as ''Meyer'' * Malena Doria as ''Soledad'' * Angélica Chain as ''Cinthia''

Awards

Reboot

In October 2018, Televisa announced that they were rebooting the series.

José Alberto Castro José Alberto Castro (born José Alberto Sáinz Castro, 31 May 1963) is a Mexican producer and director. Biography He is the brother of actresses Verónica Castro, Beatriz Castro, telenovela producer Fausto Gerardo Sáinz, and the uncle of Mex ...

serves as executive producer. The series is set to premiere on 13 November 2023.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maleficio 1983 telenovelas Mexican horror fiction television series 1983 Mexican television series debuts 1984 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas