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619! Oh wait, wrong guy..., 25 enero 2004
Author: Gafke de United States

The only version of this movie I could find was neither dubbed, nor subtitled. This means that, as a white girl who was born and raised in California, I understand about 25% of what the characters are saying. No matter, I still love this film! The good and noble El Santo, professional wrestler and crimefighter, teams up with his best buddy, the Blue Demon, to battle the newly risen Dracula and his gold disco-shirted sidekick, Rufus Rex the Werewolf! There's some great, cheesy, fun stuff here: underground laboratories, a rubber bat that flaps its wings spastically (in a scene that made me laugh so hard I almost fell off my chair) before turning into the suave Dracula, a little girl with the worlds worst mullet and, last but not least, a pit lined with sharpened stakes, over which our heroes must walk on a narrow plank. Darn those pesky werewolves, they keep shaking the plank and the tension is insufferable!!! El Santo battles through it all to save his lovely girlfriend and his buddy Blue Demon, and there's time enough for a few games of chess and cards and, of course, a couple of wrestling matches before it's all over and the good guys live happily ever after.

If you like corny Dracula films and honest-to-goodness wrestling matches, then do NOT miss this one! It's a lot of fun. All of the Santo films are.

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This movie is full of fun and fisticuffs and like the others I've seen in the series, seriously nutty. If you've never seen a Santo movie this is a great place to start!, 17 abril 2004
Author: Infofreak de Perth, Australia

I admit it, I'm starting to get seriously hooked on the surreal adventures of El Santo, the silver-masked wrestler cum crime fighter. One thing I really dig about the Santo movies is that continuity doesn't seem to be a big issue, so you can seemingly watch them in any order. At least that's my experience so far. Each one I've seen has Santo with a new love interest and a new set of adventures caused by a new acquaintance, usually a Professor of some sort. This time it's Professor Cristaldi (Jorge Mondragon), the Uncle of El Santo's girlfriend Lina (Nubia Marti). 400 years earlier the Professor's ancestor had defeated Count Dracula and he is worried that his family, which also includes his daughter and granddaughter, are in grave danger. Of course he's right, an evil hunchback called Eric (Wally Barron) raises Dracula (Aldo Monti) from the dead and also resurrects Dracula's sidekick The Wolfman, aka Rufus Rex (Agustin Martinez Solares). Santo enlists the help of his great buddy Blue Demon (Alejandro Cruz) after the Professor is kidnapped, and away we go. The movie is full of fun and fisticuffs and like the others I've seen in the series, seriously nutty. Some of my favourite moments included Santo and Blue Demon relaxing playing chess (with their masks on naturally!), a "walk the plank" scene featuring some meddlesome werewolves and a wrestling match against "Renato The Hippie". If you've never seen a Santo movie this is a great place to start!

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weird entry into the Santo filmography, 7 agosto 2006
8/10
Author: mgrindberg de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Santo and The Blue Demon etc... is a surprisingly inventive movie from 1973. While you laugh there are a few chills as the story unfolds. It looks vaguely like a Hammer Studios Dracula film, with some nice color, and the two girls whom Dracula would like to make a part of his army of darkness dressed in each scene in cute miniskirts as they walk off into the night to heed his call. There's enough tension and character development to get the viewer at least a little interested in the sorry fate that awaits them if Dracula succeeds. No matter though, because the ending fought over a pit of sharp stakes is one of the best parts of the movie, which though isn't full of great parts, has more than anyone would have any right to expect.

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Titanic Tussle of Good vs. Evil, 3 diciembre 2005
7/10
Author: drmality-1 (drmality@sbcglobal.net) de Illinoize

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The realm of Lucha Libre is a world unto itself, completely separate from American and Japanese wrestling. In Mexico, the wrestlers really ARE superheroes and super-villains. And none are more heroic or revered than Santo and Blue Demon, the greatest of the masked luchadores who ventured into film. Here, they confront their sternest challenge yet, as Count Dracula and the Wolfman rise from their graves to torment the living! Cheesy or not, these films are fascinating with their surreal ignorance of reality and logic. Santo and Blue Demon have no secret identities...they are masked 24-7 and when they are not rumbling in the ring, they are fighting crooks, robots, spies and monsters.

The film begins with straight up lucha action as Santo faces El Angel Blanco in a weird empty arena filled with blues and reds. We hear the sounds of a crowd we never see! Santo gets a hard fought victory over Angel and then is called to the home of Professor Cristaldi, uncle of his current love interest, Lina. Cristaldi has just received a threatening note saying every member of his family is doomed. Centuries ago, an ancestor of Cristaldi vanquished Count Dracula and his servant the Wolfman with the help of a magic dagger. Before perishing, Dracula said he would return when the time is right to destroy all the Cristaldis! The time is now. A bearded, sinister hunchback named Eric kidnaps Cristaldi, hangs him upside down over Dracula's skeleton and slashes his throat. The drops of blood bring the suave Count back to life (his bare skeleton suddenly develops elegant clothing and even a cane) and also revive the Wolfman, who has the unlikely name of Rufus Rex. The werewolf makeup is not half bad and Rufus is quite handsome in his human form. This diabolical trio unleash a plot to eliminate the Cristaldis. Handsome Rufus will woo Laura Cristaldi (Lina's sister) and then sacrifice her during a full moon to the powers of darkness. Laura's young daughter will then be the next to fall, along with Lina.

Santo secures the services of his wrestling friend Blue Demon (who has just won a match against Renato the Hippie) and the two embark on a wild adventure where they fight not only a gang of thugs recruited by Eric, but a legion of vampire and werewolf slaves of Dracula and Rufus.

It's non-stop hilarity and also non-stop excitement. I'd take this over big budget Hollywood snoozefests like "Constantine" and "The Hulk" any day! All continuity with the past of Dracula is ignored. There's no mention of Transylvania, Dr. van Helsing, Renfield or anything else. Rufus can speak and reason while in his wolfman form, though his servants are growling beasts.

The movie subtly makes Santo the superior of Blue Demon. Word has it that the two luchadores did not get along all that well in real life, and Blue Demon eventually split off to appear in the "Campeones Justicieros". I would say Demon is the more muscular of the pair and also the better wrestler. There is something amazing about Santo, though...even through the silver mask, he has a heroic, easy-going and trustworthy quality that makes you believe he's a real champion.

As goofy as the movie is, it does have some atmosphere and there's one scene when the little girl is wandering around the spooky house of the monsters that actually jolted me pretty well. There is also death and mayhem here...some of the characters meet deadly fates! I dug the organ music throughout. Bottom line: this is one of the more entertaining lucha movies ever made and a great place for novices to start examining this unique form of cinema!!!

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Santo is back!, 11 diciembre 2003
6/10
Author: ilovejeanrollin de Lausanne, Switzerland

After facing defeat at the hands of Cristaldi the magician, Dracula is back to seek revenge and rule the world in SANTO Y BLUE DEMON VS. DRACULA AND THE WOLFMAN. With the help of the Wolfman and his legion of followers, victory seems imminent. Professor Cristaldi, a descendant of the magician, is warned about Dracula's plans and calls upon El Santo and Blue Demon in the hopes that they can put the infamous count and the werewolf down for good.

Nice underground entertainment with two wrestlers as heroes. The protect their beautiful girlfriend against a shallow Dracula and a great wolfman. Very cheesy but kind of fun with lots of fights.

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Masked Mexican Wrestling Heroes Battle Monsters, 23 agosto 2003
6/10
Author: Brian Lindsey (omega_man71@yahoo.com) de Olive Branch, MS

Mexico's masked wrestling superhero, El Santo, is back in action - this time fighting Count Dracula and the Wolf Man! At his side is the legendary Blue Demon, another great wrestler/crimefighter. They make a mucho grande team. The film's a cheesy delight in part, marred by some slow moments. Still plenty of two-fisted action and loud '70s fashions, though. Highlights: the warehouse brawl, Santo and Blue enjoying a dinner date with their girlfriends at a restaurant, dressed in suits and wearing their masks. (Yep, they never take 'em off.)

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Dracula Never Had a Chance, 2 enero 2005
7/10
Author: masercot de Manassas, Va

This is a seriously scholocky movie. Imagine being shadowed by two masked wrestlers in a convertable. Two wrestlers who are so unaware that they didn't notice the young woman hiding under the small blanket in the back seat. Unaware, yet brilliant! They play chess. Blue Demon invented a wrist watch radio. It is a lot like Batman (the Adam West version)...

With seriously short mini-skirts, three full length Mexican wrestling matches and more werewolves than one could shake a sacred dagger at, this is a good time at the bad movies. Enjoy it with someone who has the same low standards that I do...

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Muy bueno, 12 abril 2008
7/10
Author: Varboro de France

Sit back and relax. You are back in the seventies, and this is not a bad movie.I heard of Santo movies for a long time but never could get any until this one. It is very difficult, if not impossible to get it in zone 2 dubbed or subtitled, and I could only watch it in Spanish.

Well, the movie is a good one. Adventure movie, that is. It is surprisingly well filmed with bright colors,The characters are well defined, and the acting is good with a good plot : Santo y Dlue Demon save the world from the undead invasion. Of course don't wait great GFX, you are back in 73, but some recent movies are far worse than this one, even with a lot of CGI. See Van Helsing if you don't trust me. a lot of action, a lot of brawling and wrestling and some funny make up. I had exactly what I paid for : 1h40 of entertainment.

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