TSZDT: Top 25 Mexican Horror Films
by DaveHedgehog | created - 18 Oct 2015 | updated - 27 Jul 2019 | PublicThe main TSZDT list has 6 Mexican horror films. Out of the 7,195 nominations, 106 Mexican films have received at least one vote.
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1. El vampiro (1957)
95 min | Mystery, Thriller, Horror
A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, Carmen Montejo, José Luis Jiménez
Votes: 1,014
2. The Brainiac (1962)
Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears ... See full summary »
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, David Silva, Germán Robles
Votes: 1,311
3. The Witch's Mirror (1960)
Approved | 76 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Rosita Arenas, Armando Calvo, Isabela Corona, Dina de Marco
Votes: 961
4. The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
Approved | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After fifteen years of being away, a woman returns with her husband to her aunt's hacienda in the Mexican countryside, without realizing that her relative is a sorceress who wants to use her to bring an evil witch back to life.
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Rosita Arenas, Abel Salazar, Rita Macedo, Carlos López Moctezuma
Votes: 784
5. Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Girls that were punished to sat at a boarding school during Spring Break have no idea the school is haunted by the restless spirit of a former student seeking revenge.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Marga López, Maricruz Olivier, Alicia Bonet, Norma Lazareno
Votes: 2,024
6. Come Out and Play (I) (2012)
R | 87 min | Horror
A couple take a vacation to a remote island - their last holiday together before they become parents. Soon after their arrival, they notice that no adults seem to be present - an observation that quickly presents a nightmarish reality.
Director: Makinov | Stars: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Vinessa Shaw, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Gerardo Taracena
Votes: 3,410
7. Macario (1960)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Poor and hungry peasant Macario wishes to have a good meal for All Saint's Day. After his wife cooks him a turkey he has three apparitions: The Devil, God, and the Death.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Mario Alberto Rodríguez
Votes: 4,343
8. Darker Than Night (1975)
102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Four beautiful women move to an old house, inherited by the aunt of one of them, and witness strange things.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Claudia Islas, Susana Dosamantes, Lucía Méndez, Helena Rojo
Votes: 1,463
9. Poison for the Fairies (1986)
90 min | Fantasy, Horror
A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein
Votes: 2,565
10. El hombre y el monstruo (1959)
78 min | Horror
A failed pianist sells his soul to the devil in return for his becoming the greatest musician in the world. The catch: every time he plays he turns into a horrible monster.
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Enrique Rambal, Abel Salazar, Martha Roth, Ofelia Guilmáin
Votes: 322
11. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Votes: 35,565
12. Cemetery of Terror (1985)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
On Halloween, a group of medical students steal the corpse a serial killer from a morgue and raise him from the dead, inadvertently putting themselves and a group of young neighborhood children in danger.
Director: Rubén Galindo Jr. | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Usi Velasco, Erika Buenfil, Edna Bolkan
Votes: 1,364
13. The Book of Stone (1969)
99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A governess Julia comes to work in a bourgeois family that live in an afforested property that they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of little girl named Silvia, whose unusual ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Marga López, Joaquín Cordero, Norma Lazareno, Aldo Monti
Votes: 1,245
14. The Living Coffin (1959)
72 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Gastón Santos, María Duval, Pedro de Aguillón, Hortensia Santoveña
Votes: 217
15. Satanico Pandemonium (1975)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young nun is tempted by visions of forbidden sexual fantasies to cross over to Satan.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Enrique Rocha, Cecilia Pezet, Delia Magaña, Clemencia Colin
Votes: 1,523
16. El fantasma del convento (1934)
85 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Alfonso (Del Campo), Eduardo (Villatoro) and Eduardo's wife Cristina (Ruel) get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three... See full summary »
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Marta Roel, Enrique del Campo, Carlos Villatoro, Paco Martínez
Votes: 443
17. Muñecos infernales (1961)
Approved | 81 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families.
Director: Benito Alazraki | Stars: Elvira Quintana, Ramón Gay, Roberto G. Rivera, Quintín Bulnes
Votes: 363
18. El hombre sin rostro (1950)
91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A faceless killer who hunts women can only be stopped by a detective with a disturbing past.
Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Carmen Molina, Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Queta Lavat
Votes: 199
19. Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (1969)
81 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Mexican wrestler El Santo invents a time machine. After somebody uses the machine to find the hidden location of Drácula's treasure, El Santo must hunt down the vampire.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Santo, Aldo Monti, Noelia Noel, Roberto G. Rivera
Votes: 559
20. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after fifteen years of hellish marriage.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Amparo Rivelles, Elda Peralta, Guillermo Orea
Votes: 2,119
21. Perdita Durango (1997)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A psychotic criminal couple kidnaps a random teenage couple. The woman rapes the male captive, and lets him watch his lover being raped by the man. They then plan to sacrifice the couple.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, Aimee Graham
Votes: 9,855
22. The Similars (2015)
89 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
On the rainy night of October 2, 1968, eight characters waiting on a remote bus station for a bus heading to Mexico City start experiencing a strange phenomenon.
Director: Isaac Ezban | Stars: Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Fernando Becerril, Humberto Busto
Votes: 4,367
23. We Are the Flesh (2016)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world.
Director: Emiliano Rocha Minter | Stars: Noé Hernández, María Evoli, Diego Gamaliel, Jonathan Miralda
Votes: 3,294
24. Santo vs. the Zombies (1962)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Horror, Action
Wrestling superhero Santo battles an evil scientist who has created a race of zombies.
Director: Benito Alazraki | Stars: Santo, Armando Silvestre, Jaime Fernández, Dagoberto Rodríguez
Votes: 240
25. The Body Snatcher (1957)
80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A wrestler and a detective team up to stop a mad scientist who is kidnapping athletes and replacing their brains with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer.
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Columba Domínguez, Crox Alvarado, Wolf Ruvinskis, Carlos Riquelme
Votes: 218
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