I've always liked the Mexican wrestling genre and BLUE DEMON: EL DEMONIO AZUL (1965) is the first in the series featuring Santo's main rival (and later, ally, when they partnered up for a series of adventures in the late 1960s and beyond). As usual for the genre this is essentially a sci-fi/horror movie with a bit of Mexican wrestling added to the mix. Blue Demon joins up with a professor to investigate a series of grisly murders in the local woodlands, killings that appear to have been committed by a wild animal.
It transpires that a local house is occupied by a mad scientist turning men into werewolves so our heroes have their work cut out. The Mexican passion for horror is in full force here with creepy old buildings, laboratories and werebeasts running around strangling the innocent. As usual for this luchadore genre there's a wealth of wrestling action both inside and out of the ring as our hero takes the fight to the bad guys. Made in black and white on a tiny budget, this is nonetheless atmospheric and exciting at times.
It transpires that a local house is occupied by a mad scientist turning men into werewolves so our heroes have their work cut out. The Mexican passion for horror is in full force here with creepy old buildings, laboratories and werebeasts running around strangling the innocent. As usual for this luchadore genre there's a wealth of wrestling action both inside and out of the ring as our hero takes the fight to the bad guys. Made in black and white on a tiny budget, this is nonetheless atmospheric and exciting at times.