THE BLUE DEMON-1965-In his very first
adventure the Mexican luchador Blue Demon (playing himself) battles a
mad scientist who turns men into werewolves. He and Dr. Gruber (Mario
Orea,who looks kind of like a mini Orson Welles) prowl around a smoky
forest while a little guy in his undershirt shadows them. The duo are
attacked by a wolf man but BD vanquishes him and he turns back into a
human. The undershirt guy isn't happy and leaves. The pair then
investigate a eerie castle but don't seem to find anything.
Later the
doctor has meeting with some people including his daughter Marina
(Rosa Maria Vasquez) and her boyfriend Prof. Carral (Jaime
Fernandez). After some wrestling we learn that Carral is a mad
scientist and the undershirt guy is his henchman. He has formula that
turns men into werewolves. He demonstrates this at a wrestling match
where he and Marina watch calmly as BD wins his match but has to
fight again when his opponent turns into a werewolf! Later on after
undershirt guy has kidnapped and imprisoned Dr. Gruber, Carral turns
himself into a werewolf and fights BD (twice), kidnaps Marina and dies
after being shot. Despite causing so much trouble Marina breaks down
and cries over his corpse. BD seems to have had enough and wanders
into the woods.
The SFX are pretty laughable and there's long
stretches of talk but it still manages to be entertaining. The
funniest part is when a small search party lead by
Marina finds the werewolf. He pummels one guy and grabs Marina and the others in the
party simply run away!
Lead villain Fernandez was the half
brother of the famous Mexican director “El Indio” Fernandez.
Director Chano Urueta made the next installment BLUE DEMON VS. THE
SATANIC SOCIETY which featured some of the same supporting cast.
Original title: El Demonito Azul
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