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Mexican horror films form part of cinematic arts and culture of Mexico. The rise of
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in
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in the 1930s started with films like ''El fantasma del convento'' and '' Dos monjes'' from the writer-director
Juan Bustillo Oro Juan Bustillo Oro (2 June 1904 – 10 June 1989) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer, whose career spanned over 38 years. Among his works there are ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'', ''Here's the Point'', ''Arm in Arm Down the ...
. Until about the 1950s moviehouses mainly showed melodramas and westerns, which caused difficulty for Bustillo Oro; his films may have been popular, but they were not necessarily welcome on the big screen. As a result, owing to their outlandish costumes and makeup and their violent nature, his movies were associated with wrestling shows. ''
Lucha libre ''Lucha libre'' (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term for the style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has develope ...
'', the term for professional wrestling in Mexico, became an important part of horror film in Mexico. Writers and producers introduced the spooky aspects of horror films, like vampires, werewolves, and mummies, into the ''lucha libre'' films. U.S. producer
K. Gordon Murray K. Gordon Murray (1922–1979) was an American producer, most notable for his redubbing and re-releasing of foreign fairy tale films for U.S. audiences. He is often cited as the "King of the Kiddie Matinee." Murray also marketed many of the Mexp ...
introduced Mexican horror films to an international audience. Murray acquired nearly seventy Mexican films, with many different genres among the mix and about thirty horror films, and distributed them in the United States.


History

Horror cinema had a rather late start in Mexico: in the 1930s, with the release of '' El fantasma del convento'' (1934), '' Dos monjes'' (1934), and '' El Misterio del rostro pálido'' (1935), three films from the writer-director
Juan Bustillo Oro Juan Bustillo Oro (2 June 1904 – 10 June 1989) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer, whose career spanned over 38 years. Among his works there are ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'', ''Here's the Point'', ''Arm in Arm Down the ...
. Oro is considered by many to be the true Father of the Mexican horror film. He directed more than sixty films over five decades, including ''
El Hombre sin rostro ''The Man Without a Face'' (Spanish: ''El hombre sin rostro'') is a 1950 Mexican mystery thriller film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Arturo de Córdova, Carmen Molina and Miguel Ángel Ferriz. Segre p.146 It was shot at the Tepeyac ...
'' (1950), a film of significant importance in Mexican cinema of the 1950s. Still, as potent and popular as Bustillo Oro's efforts were, Mexican movie houses were overwhelmingly dominated by melodramas and westerns up until the 1950s. On television,
lucha libre ''Lucha libre'' (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term for the style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has develope ...
-professional wrestling-captivated the country. The sport lent itself well to big-screen adaptations with its costumed heroes and villains, larger-than-life personalities, and impossible feats of strength played straight. Monsters and supernatural storylines complemented these mass-produced wrestling movies perfectly. Numerous
lucha libre films Luchador films (or ''Lucha Libre films'') are Mexican professional wrestling/action/science-fiction/ horror films starring some of the most popular masked luchadores in Lucha Libre. The luchadores are portrayed as superheroes engaging in battles ...
incorporated familiar spookery such as vampires, robots, werewolves, and (especially) mummies. In 1953, however, Mexico mounted its first-ever serious treatment of the Frankenstein myth, ''
El Monstruo resucitado ''El Monstruo Resucitado'' (lit. ''The Revived Monster'') is a 1953 Mexican horror film directed by Chano Urueta and starring Miroslava, Carlos Navarro and José María Linares-Rivas. Plot A reporter, Nora (Miroslava), investigates the myst ...
''. Directed by
Chano Urueta Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra (24 February 1904 – 23 March 1979), more commonly known as Chano Urueta, was a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Filmography Director *1928: ''El Destino (1928 film), El Destino'' *1933: ...
, ''El Monstruo resucitado'' presents Spanish actor
José María Linares-Rivas José María Linares-Rivas (17 March 1901 - 13 April 1955) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1933 to 1955. Selected filmography References External links * * 1901 births 1955 deaths Spanish male film ...
as a deranged plastic surgeon who keeps an ape-monster in his basement and successfully reanimates a corpse, albeit as a mindless zombie. ''El Monstruo resucitado'' was a success in Mexico. Suddenly, the Western was taking second place on screen to the Horror genre films. Another success '' La bruja'' (1954) cast gorgeous Lilia del Valle as a repulsive-looking wretch made beautiful by a scientist who then uses her newfound allure for her own evil ends. ''
Ladrón de cadáveres ''The Body Snatcher'' (, ), is a 1957 Mexican horror film directed by Fernando Mendez who also co-wrote the film with Alejandro Verbitzky. Plot In Mexico, Police Captain Carlos Robles (Crox Alvarado) has no leads to solving a series of grisly mu ...
'' (1956), another popular success, is a wrestling film in which a masked combatant receives a brain transplant from a gorilla. It is also noteworthy for being directed by
Fernando Méndez Fernando Ambrosio Méndez Chiquelli (born 4 August 1984) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Honours San Marcos de Arica * Primera B: 2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives ...
, who, the following year, redefined the possibilities of Mexican horror films with his landmark masterwork '' El vampiro'' (1957). ''El vampiro'' is widely considered to be a triumph in the Mexican Horror genre. Often called beautifully directed and photographed, ''El vampiro'' featured film actor, movie writer and producer, ''Abel Salazar'' in the lead role. Salazar would become one of the key figures of the Mexican horror film wave and shortly after starring in and producing ''El vampiro'' he formed ABSA Studios in Mexico. He would go on to co-produce eight more successful horror films between 1957 and 1963. A sensation worldwide, Méndez followed ''El vampiro'' with ''
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'' (1957) and '' Misterios de ultratumba'' (1958) (aka ''The Black Pit of Dr. M''), a genuinely horrifying excursion into the unhinged mind of the titular character, who runs an insane asylum by day and ventures into occult recklessness come nightfall. The brain-eating reincarnation romp ''
El Barón del terror EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, fami ...
'' (1961) is seen by its cult fans as one of the most ludicrous movies ever made anywhere. It caught on in the United States under the title '' The Brainiac'', where it remains a much-loved cult object nearly half a century after its release. In 1961, '' Witch's Mirror'' came courtesy of director
Chano Urueta Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra (24 February 1904 – 23 March 1979), more commonly known as Chano Urueta, was a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Filmography Director *1928: ''El Destino (1928 film), El Destino'' *1933: ...
. ''Mirror'' recounts the story of a sorceress who enchants a looking glass to protect her adopted daughter from domestic violence. When her magic fails, the witch embarks on a journey of vengeance. The real life Mexican folk legend of "
La Llorona (; ) is a vengeful ghost in Hispanic American folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her. Whoever hears her crying either suffer ...
" (''The Crying Woman'') supplied the basis for multiple Mexican-made movies, none more polished and effective than ''
The Curse of the Crying Woman ''The Curse of the Crying Woman'' (Spanish: '' La maldición de la llorona'') is a 1961 Mexican horror film (released in 1963), directed by Rafael Baledón. In the film, married couple Amelia and Jaime travel to an old country house owned by Ameli ...
'' (1961), a Gothic-styled movie with notable make-up effects. However successful the aforementioned projects may have been in their native country, it took
K. Gordon Murray K. Gordon Murray (1922–1979) was an American producer, most notable for his redubbing and re-releasing of foreign fairy tale films for U.S. audiences. He is often cited as the "King of the Kiddie Matinee." Murray also marketed many of the Mexp ...
to make them into international sensations. Murray acquired and distributed an estimated sixty-six motion pictures in the United States, including fairy-tale fantasies, adult films, and approximately thirty horror imports, almost all of which came from Mexico. Murray's love of exploitation films and sensational subjects proved a perfect formula for selling his Mexican horror acquisitions. Aside from films like ''The Brainiac'' and other legitimate classics such as ''El vampiro'' and ''Witch's Mirror'', Murray's theatrical showings included ''Muñecos infernales'' / ''
The Curse of the Doll People ''The Curse of the Doll People'' ( "Infernal Dolls"), or ''The Devil Doll Men'', is a 1961 Mexican horror film directed by Benito Alazraki. It was produced by Cinematográfica Calderón S.A. The screenplay by Alfredo Salazar is an uncredited adapt ...
'' (1960); '' The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy'' (1957) plus its sequel '' Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy'' (1964). He also churned out two of the most popular wrestling imports, '' Samson vs. the Vampire Women'' / ''Santo contra las mujeres vampiro'', (1962) and '' Samson in the Wax Museum'' / ''Santo en el museo de cera''(1963), a perfect pair of showcases for Santo, one of Mexico's most beloved masked wrestlers. Working out of Coral Gables, Florida, Murray oversaw the rewriting and overdubbing of all his imports at a tiny studio called Soundlab Inc., which was, in fact, one of the first facilities in the U.S. to focus effectively on reworking foreign films for English-speaking audiences. Meanwhile, back in Mexico, director
René Cardona René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on ...
had covered nearly every genre imaginable as a writer, director, and actor. In 1969 he tore into horror anew with '' Night of the Bloody Apes'' (also known as ''La Horripilante bestia humana''). The Americanized dubbed version of Cardona's cult film boasts genuine footage of open-heart surgery, occasionally hilarious betrayals of the movie's minuscule budget (including fake grass that moves when stepped on), and some genuinely harrowing violence. Throughout the 1970s, American horror films evolved in new directions and shattered virtually every conceivable taboo on screen. This was a relatively dormant period for Mexican scare fare. The young
Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, Gothic fiction, gothicism and horror fiction, horror often blending the genres ...
spent those years awash in horror cinema from all over the globe. After helming two lauded shorts, '' Doña Lupe'' (1985) and '' Geometria'' (1987), along with multiple episodes of the horror TV series '' La Hora Marcada'', del Toro rose to prominence with his international arthouse sensation '' Cronos'' (1993), a tale of a cursed antique device and its demonic promise of eternal life. Since then, the Guadalajara-born del Toro has interspersed the Hollywood blockbusters ''
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'' (1997), ''
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'' (2002), and ''
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'' (2004) with the Spanish-language ''
The Devil's Backbone ''The Devil's Backbone'' () is a 2001 gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro, and written by del Toro, David Muñoz, and Antonio Trashorras. Set in Spain, 1939, during the final year of the Spanish Civil War, the film follows a b ...
'' (2001) and ''
Pan's Labyrinth ''Pan's Labyrinth'' () is a 2006 dark fantasy film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. The film stars Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, and Ariadna Gil. The story takes place in Spain in the summe ...
'' (2006). In 2022, del Toro further extended his works as a horror writer and show creator for television, with the release of ''
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'' appearing on Netflix. Along with Texas native
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, whose ''
From Dusk till Dawn ''From Dusk till Dawn'' is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman. Starring Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Tarantino, Ernest Liu, and Juliet ...
'' (1996) ignited a new fascination with
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mythology and blood rituals, Guillermo del Toro is serving to keep Mexican horror cinema alive. Domestically there was a new Horror renaissance in the mids 00's, when five establish indie-Horror filmmakers (and horror scene activists) Lex Ortega, Isaac Ezban, Aaron Soto, Jorge Michelle Grau and Ulisses Guzman created an anthology with a budget out of their own pockets, giving a spot to up and coming Mexican filmmakers like Laurette Flores and Canadian/Mexican Gigi Saul Guerrero, with ''
México Bárbaro México Bárbaro (a.k.a. Barbarous Mexico) is a 2014 Mexican anthology horror film composed of eight shorts, each by a different Mexican horror film director. It premiered at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival on October 8, 2014. In 2 ...
'', the first self financed high profile Mexican film in years. The film became a surprise hit around the world, were it was sold to twelve countries during the Le Marché du Film at
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2015, including MPI/Dark Sky Films. and Netflix. The film is part of the new Cine de Terror Mexicano movement, and opened the doors for a new way of production and distribution in Mexican Cinema.


List of Mexican horror films

* ''
La Llorona (; ) is a vengeful ghost in Hispanic American folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her. Whoever hears her crying either suffer ...
/ The Weeping Woman'' (1933)
Ramón Peón Ramón Peón (1887–1971) was a Cuban actor, screenwriter and film director. He also produced and edited some of his films.Hershfield & Maciel, p. 41 Selected filmography * '' Dios Existe'' (1920) * '' El veneno de un beso'' (1929) * '' Road of ...
* ''Dos monjes / Two Monks'' (1934)
Juan Bustillo Oro Juan Bustillo Oro (2 June 1904 – 10 June 1989) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer, whose career spanned over 38 years. Among his works there are ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'', ''Here's the Point'', ''Arm in Arm Down the ...
* '' El fantasma del convento / The Ghost of the Convent / The Phantom of the Monastery'' (1934) Fernando de Fuentes * ''El misterio del rostro pálido / Mystery of the Pale Face'' (1935) Juan Bustillo Oro * ''El hombre sin rostro / The Man Without a Face (1950) Juan Bustillo Oro'' * ''
El Monstruo resucitado ''El Monstruo Resucitado'' (lit. ''The Revived Monster'') is a 1953 Mexican horror film directed by Chano Urueta and starring Miroslava, Carlos Navarro and José María Linares-Rivas. Plot A reporter, Nora (Miroslava), investigates the myst ...
/ The Revived Monster'' (1953)
Chano Urueta Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra (24 February 1904 – 23 March 1979), more commonly known as Chano Urueta, was a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Filmography Director *1928: ''El Destino (1928 film), El Destino'' *1933: ...
* ''La bruja / The Witch'' (1954) Chano Urueta * ''Ladron de cadaveres / The Body Snatcher'' (1956) Fernando Mendez * '' El Vampiro / The Vampire'' (1957) Fernando Méndez * ''El ataúd del vampiro / The Vampire's Coffin'' (1957) Fernando Méndez * ''Misterios de ultratumba / The Black Pit of Dr. M'' (1958) Fernando Méndez * ''Muñecos infernales / Curse of the Doll People'' (1960) Benito Alazraki * ''
El mundo de los vampiros '' El mundo de los vampiros'' (''The World of the Vampires'') is a 1961 Mexican horror film, directed by Alfonso Corona Blake. The film is about a vampire, Count Sergio Subotai, who seeks revenge against the descendant of an enemy family. The he ...
/ World of the Vampires'' (1961) Alfonso Corona Blake * ''El barón del terror / The Brainiac'' (1961) Chano Urueta * ''El espejo de la bruja / The Witch's Mirror'' (1961) Chano Urueta * ''
La maldición de la llorona ''The Curse of the Crying Woman'' (Spanish language, Spanish: '' La maldición de la llorona'') is a 1961 Mexican horror film (released in 1963), directed by Rafael Baledón. In the film, married couple Amelia and Jaime travel to an old country hou ...
/ Curse of the Crying Woman'' (1961)
Rafael Baledón Rafael Baledón Cárdenas (25 November 1919 – 6 May 1994) was a Mexican actor, director, screenwriter, and producer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He worked in both film and television. Life Rafael Baledón was on 25 November 1919 in ...
* ''La maldición de Nostradamus / The Curse of Nostradamus'' (1961)
Federico Curiel Federico Curiel (19 February 1917 – 17 June 1985) was a Mexican filmmaker, writer and actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Curiel was born in Monterrey, Mexico, he moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco as a child and attended the University o ...
* ''Nostradamus y el destructor de monstruos / The Monsters Demolisher'' (1962) Federico Curiel * ''Nostradamus, el genio de las tinieblas / Genii of Darkness'' (1962) Federico Curiel * ''La sangre de Nostradamus / The Blood of Nostradamus'' (1962) Federico Curiel * ''El vampiro sangriento / The Bloody Vampire'' (1962)
Miguel Morayta Miguel Morayta (15 August 1907 – 19 June 2013) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 74 films between 1944 and 1978. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Morayta was a Spanish artillery officer, who joined the Repub ...
* ''La invasión de los vampiros / The Invasion of the Vampires'' (1963) Miguel Morayta * ''
Hasta el viento tiene miedo '' Hasta el viento tiene miedo'', known in English as ''Even the Wind is Afraid'' and ''The Wind of Fear'', is a 1968 (1967 according to the ITESM) Mexican gothic supernatural horror film, written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada. It is co ...
/ Even the Wind is Afraid'' (1968) Carlos Enrique Taboada * ''La puerta / The Door'' (1968) Luis Alcoriza * '' El libro de piedra / The Book of Stone'' (1969) Carlos Enrique Taboada * '' La Horripilante bestia human / Night of the Bloody Apes'' (1969)
René Cardona René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on ...
* ''The Mansión of Madness / Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon'' (1972) Juan López Moctezuma * '' La noche de los 1000 gatos / Night of 1,000 Cats'' (1972) * ''
Más negro que la noche '' Más Negro que la Noche'' (Blacker Than Night) is a 1975 Mexican supernatural horror film, written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada. Plot The film is about four women that move to a creepy house, inherited by one of them from an o ...
/ Blacker than the Night'' (1974) Carlos Enrique Taboada * ''Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary'' (1974) Juan López Moctezuma * ''
Satánico pandemonium '' Satánico pandemonium'' () is a 1975 Mexican nunsploitation horror film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and written by Jorge Barragán, Adolfo Martínez Solares and Gilberto Martínez Solares. It stars Cecilia Pezet, Enrique Rocha and D ...
'' (1975) Gilberto Martínez Solares * ''La tía Alejandra'' (1978) Arturo Ripstein * ''Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas / Alucarda, Daughter of Darkness'' (1975) Juan López Moctezuma * ''The Bermuda Triangle'' (1978) * ''El extraño hijo del sheriff'' (1982) * '' Veneno para las hadas / Poison for the Fairies'' (1984) Carlos Enrique Taboada * ''Cementerio del terror / Cemetery of Terror'' (1985) * ''Don't Panic'' (1987) * ''Santa Sangre'' (1989) * '' Cronos'' (1992) Guillermo del Toro * '' Kilómetro 31'' (2006) * '' We Are What We Are'' (2010) Jorge Michel Grau * ''Ahí Va el Diablo / Here Comes the Devil'' (2012) Adrian Garcia Bogliano * ''
México Bárbaro México Bárbaro (a.k.a. Barbarous Mexico) is a 2014 Mexican anthology horror film composed of eight shorts, each by a different Mexican horror film director. It premiered at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival on October 8, 2014. In 2 ...
'' (2014) Aarón Soto, Lex Ortega,
Isaac Ezban Isaac Ezban (born 15 April 1986) is a Mexican people, Mexican film director, writer and producer. He is best known for his work on the films ''The Incident (2014 film), The Incident'', ''The Similars'' and ''Parallel (2018 film), Parallel''. Li ...
, Laurette Flores and Jorge Michel Grau * ''
Desierto ''Desierto'' is a 2015 thriller film co-written and directed by Jonás Cuarón. It was produced by Cuarón together with his father Alfonso and his uncle Carlos, and distributed by STXfilms. The film stars Gael García Bernal (also executive p ...
'' (2015)
Jonás Cuarón Jonás Cuarón Elizondo (born 1981) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, Film editor, editor and cinematographer. He is the son of the Academy Award-winner Alfonso Cuarón and his first wife, Mariana Elizondo. Cua ...
* ''Los Parecidos /
The Similars ''The Similars'' () is a 2015 Mexican supernatural thriller film written and directed by Isaac Ezban. It stars Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Fernando Becerril, Humberto Busto, Carmen Beato, Santiago Torres, and María Elena ...
'' (2015)
Isaac Ezban Isaac Ezban (born 15 April 1986) is a Mexican people, Mexican film director, writer and producer. He is best known for his work on the films ''The Incident (2014 film), The Incident'', ''The Similars'' and ''Parallel (2018 film), Parallel''. Li ...
* ''Vuelven / Tigers Are Not Afraid'' (2017)
Issa López Issa López is a Mexican director, writer and producer. Twelve Spanish language features have been produced from her scripts, four of them directed by herself. She has won several literary awards, including the National Novel Award granted by Me ...
* '' Belzebuth'' (2017) Emilio Portes * '' The Old Ways'' (2020) Christopher Alender * ''Desaparecer por'' ''Completo / Disappear Completely'' (2022)


See also

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Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, Gothic fiction, gothicism and horror fiction, horror often blending the genres ...
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Paul Naschy Jacinto Molina Álvarez (September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009) known by his stage name Paul Naschy, was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures&md ...
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Amando de Ossorio Amando de Ossorio (6 April 1918 – 13 January 2001) was one of the foremost Spanish horror film directors during the European horror film surge in the 1970s, known especially for his "Blind Dead" tetralogy. Biography De Ossorio directed a shor ...
* Racism in horror films * Misogyny in horror films


References


External links


Mexican Horror Documentary by IMCINE
* http://www.santoandfriends.com (Complete Index of Mexican Horror Films) {{Horror film *