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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  Not the recent film, the Mexican one i meant. I presume Mr. Brooke has seen it. Hopefully he might be able to say a few words about it's atmosphere etc. |
Considering that it was Mexico's first horror film
ever, it's pretty good - you have to make some allowances for it in a way that you don't with the frankly astonishing
The Phantom of the Monastery (which can easily withstand serious comparison with pretty much any mid-1930s genre effort you care to name), but
this lengthy review from CineSavant's Glenn Erickson absolutely nails its appeal and importance.