Santo Contra los Zombis

Santo Contra los Zombis
Directed by	Benito Alazraki
Produced by	Alberto López
Written by	Benito Alazraki Antonio Orellana Fernando Osés
Starring	Santo Armando Silvestre Jaime Fernández Dagoberto Rodríguez
Cinematography	José Ortiz Ramos
Edited by	Jose Silva
Distributed by	Azteca
Release dates	1961
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Santo contra los Zombis (also known as Santo vs. the Zombies) is a 1961 Mexican film directed by Benito Alazraki. It depicts the popular character El Santo in a pulp style film.

Plot

After the police are unstable to stop a crime wave by zombies, they turn to Santo for help.

Cast

• Santo as Santo / the Saint
• Armando Silvestre as Lt. Sanmartin / Lt. Savage
• Jaime Fernández as Det. Rodriguez
• Dagoberto Rodríguez as Det. Chief Almada
• Irma Serrano as Det. Isabel
• Carlos Agostí as Genaro / Uncle Herbert
• Ramón Bugarini as Rogelio / Roger, the male nurse
• Fernando Osés as Dorrell, zombified wrestler
• Eduardo Bonada
• Eduardo Silvestre
• Julián de Meriche
• Alejandro Cruz as Black Shadow, a wrestler (as Black Shadow)
• Gory Guerrero as Wrestler (as Gori Guerrero)
• Sugi Sito as Wrestler
• El Gladiador as Wrestler

Release

This was one of the earliest Santo films and the first to be distributed in the US.^[1]

Reception

Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle said, "The adventure movie with its comic-book plot, hero, and villain is fun to watch in an MST-3K spirit".^[2]

References

1. Kay, Glenn (2008). Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-55652-770-8.
2. Dendle, Peter (2001). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. p. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.

External links

• Santo Contra los Zombis at the Internet Movie Database