So says the local law enforcement when they are informed that a vampire is on the loose. It's actually the return of a vampire, Germán Robles, brought back to life when his casket is removed from its crypt and somehow the stake is taken out of its heart. We learn that when a mirror is placed up against a vampire in full body, the mirror penetrates the skin so all you see is its skeleton. Robles gets the man who assisted in the grave robbery under his power, a calculating man who extorted the Doctor who had him remove it from more money for keeping quiet. He also goes after the woman he loved in the previous film, "El Vampyre", made the same year as another film called "The Vampire". This sequel was released the following year.
There's more violence in this than a good majority of the classic vampire films (pre-Hammer), as well as a sultry atmosphere surrounding a Mexican cabaret which gives the viewer visuals of performance rehearsals. however, the main interest in this is the gloomy photography surrounding the rise of the living Dead and how vampire chasers go after him. There are some good segways from the vampires attacks into the nightclub sequences that have loud of drums or blasting of trumpets to increase the tension.
While the Mexican horror films of the 1950's and 60's are not as polished or eerie as the Italian horror films that followed it, they do provide a really perfect atmosphere of doom, and certainly, Robles is a sultry and seductive count, believable in his ability to get people under his spell thanks to that family crest necklace he wears. The director of photography does a really good job in keeping the viewer interested with the shadowy atmosphere that proved you didn't need to be in Transylvania to have good gothic scary landscapes.
There's more violence in this than a good majority of the classic vampire films (pre-Hammer), as well as a sultry atmosphere surrounding a Mexican cabaret which gives the viewer visuals of performance rehearsals. however, the main interest in this is the gloomy photography surrounding the rise of the living Dead and how vampire chasers go after him. There are some good segways from the vampires attacks into the nightclub sequences that have loud of drums or blasting of trumpets to increase the tension.
While the Mexican horror films of the 1950's and 60's are not as polished or eerie as the Italian horror films that followed it, they do provide a really perfect atmosphere of doom, and certainly, Robles is a sultry and seductive count, believable in his ability to get people under his spell thanks to that family crest necklace he wears. The director of photography does a really good job in keeping the viewer interested with the shadowy atmosphere that proved you didn't need to be in Transylvania to have good gothic scary landscapes.