The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy

The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy

Original Mexican poster
Directed by Rafael Portillo
Produced by Guillermo Calderón (producer)
Written by Guillermo Calderón (original story) and
Alfredo Salazar (original story)
Alfredo Salazar (adaptation)
Starring See below
Music by Antonio Díaz Conde
Cinematography Enrique Wallace
Edited by Jorge Bustos, Jose Li-ho, Jack R. Remy
Distributed by Cinematografica Calderon S.A
Release dates
  • 1958 (1958)
Running time
 65 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (originally La momia azteca contra el robot humano) is a 1958 Mexican film directed by Rafael Portillo, starring Ramón Gay and Rosa Arenas. It blends elements of science fiction and horror. The film is the sequel to The Aztec Mummy and The Curse of the Aztec Mummy, both released earlier that year, and a large portion of the film consists of an extended recap of the first two entries in the series.

The film is also known as The Aztec Mummy Against the Humanoid Robot or Aztec Mummy vs. the Human Robot.

Plot summary

The evil Dr. Krupp (Luis Aceves Castañeda), also known as "The Bat", plots to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from the tomb of a centuries-old living mummy, Popoca (Angel di Stefani). Krupp builds a robot to defeat the mummy, which has so far thwarted his efforts. Krupp's former colleague Dr. Eduardo Almada (Ramón Gay) and associates work to stop the mad scientist from completing his plans, successfully destroying the robot as Popoca returns to the shadows of the night.

Cast

Production and Distribution

The film was shot in 1957 in tandem with its series predecessors, "La Momia Azteca" and "La Maldicion de la Momia Azteca". Much of its execution consists of flashback footage taken from the first two.

The film was released in the USA in 1958 by Azteca Films Inc. in its original Spanish language for Spanish-speaking American community audiences. English-language dubbing rights were subsequently acquired by entrepreneur K. Gordon Murray, who distributed the film nationally in 1964, on a programmed double bill with "The Vampire's Coffin" (El Ataud del Vampiro), as Young America Productions Inc. Subsequently, he syndicated it to TV, as one in a package of dubbed Mexican horror films which eventually gained a following in the US by their appearance on the USA Cable Network.

The film made its debut on DVD on Jul 30, 2002 where it was released by Alpha Video. It was re-released again on Mar 12, 2003 by Beverly Wilshire. It was later released with The Aztec Mummy Collection, a 3-disk set which included the rest of the films in the series. It was last release in 2013 and 2014 by Willette Acquisition Corp. and VCI Video respectively.[1]

Critical Reception

Contemporary reviews of the film, or other articles concerning it, have not been located

In postmodern times, the TV program Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed the film in the second episode of the first season, which aired for the first time in 1989. The Canadian comedy series This Movie Sucks! featured an edited version of the film in its second season.

Other films in The Aztec Mummy series

References

  1. ↑ "The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1957) - Rafael Lopez Portillo". AllMovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

External links

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