Monday, August 15, 2022
Com'on, Irv!
Santo Strikes Again!
SANTO AND THE REVENGE OF LA LLORONA-1974-The silver masked one hunts for the treasure of Llorna, the legendary weeping woman. It's a big job so he enlists the aid of (real life) boxer Jose Napoles. They and a weird professor go to her grave to find a medallion while the professor's daughters secretly follow them. Also following them are a criminal gang. Santo finds the medallion but in the process awakes the petrified body of La Llorna.
Director Rene Cordona Sr. appears as a gangster. This average Santo movie was directed by Miguel Delgado, one of four he made starring our silver masked hero.
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Saturday, August 7, 2021
Santostein
SANTO VS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER-1971-The infamous doctor's daughter Freda (Gina Romand) needs Santo's blood to stay young and alive. Meanwhile she's trying to turn a man into a gorilla and building her own monster named Ursus (pro wrestler Gerardo Zepeda). She has her henchmen kidnap Norma (Anel), Santo's excitable girlfriend. Santo and Norma's sister Elsa (Sonia Fuentes) go to the rescue. They get in and out of trouble fighting Freda's inept henchmen, her beast man and the familiar looking monster with the stitches round his head.
At one point Freda hypnotizes Norma to cut Santo's eyes out! Just when the girls seem safe they are recaptured. A showdown has the poor monster killing his creator and blowing up the whole place after getting acid thrown in his face....
Santo fights the Japanese middleweight champion in the finale and wins the title! Director Miguel Delgado made SANTO AND THE BLUE DEMON MEET DRACULA AND THE WOLFMAN the next year.




