Mexico, 1961
85m
35mm film, black and white
mono (RCA High Fidelity), Spanish
A Mexican horror film directed by Benito Alazraki.
Plot Summary
Granted three wishes at a seance by the Devil himself, a grieving mother asks for her late son to be restored to her with horrific and disatrous consequences.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Benito Alazraki
© [not given on screen]
Cinematográfica Calderón S.A presents. American International Television [on US prints]
Produced by: Guillermo Calderón Stell [William Calderon Stell on US prints]
Production Chief: José Alcalde G. [José Alcalde Gámiz]
Production Manager: Roberto G. Rivera
Screen Play by: Raphael Garcia Travesi
Story by: Raphael Garcia Travesi, Guillermo Calderón Stell [William Calderon Stell on US prints]
Short Story: The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs *
Assistant Director: Jaime Contreras
Assistant to the Director: Javier Carreno
Director of Photography: Enrique Wallace [Henry Wallace on US prints]
Editor: Jorge Bustos
Assistant Editor: Joaquin Ceballos
Musicalal Director: Gustavo Cesar Carrion [Gustav C. Carion on US prints]
Orchestra: STPC
Sound Supervisor: James L. Fields
Dialogue Recordist: Eduardo Arjona
Re-recording Mixer: Galdino Samperio
Sound Editor: José Liho
English Language Version Producer: K. Gordon Murray [on US prints]
English Language Version Director: Manuel San Fernando [on US prints]
English Language Version Produced at: Soundlab Inc, Coral Gables, Florida [on US prints]
Make Up: Felisa L. de Guevara [Felisa Ladrón de Guevara]
Special Effects: Luis Enrique Gordillo
Titles: Roger Lopez
Art Director: José Rodríguez Granada
Set Decorator: Ernesto Carrasco
Crew: “Imperial”
All the personnel involved in this film belong to S.T.P.C. de la R.M.
Studios and Laboratories: Churubusco-Azteca
Cast
José Luis Jiménez [Joseph L. Jimenez on US prints] [Luis Fernández/Louis Howard]
Nora Veryán [María/Mary Howard]
Beatriz Aguirre [Sister Estercita/Stella Jean]
Alicia Caro [Alice Caro on US prints] [Carmen/Amy]
Carmelita González [Alicia/Mrs Alice Lewis]
Antonio Bravo [Anthony Bravo on US prints] [Carlos Paz y Fuentes/Dr Charles Pierpoint]
Jorge Mondragón [George Mondragon on US prints] [Guillermo/Harry]
Augusto Benedico [August Benedico on US prints] [priest]
Guillermo Zetina [William Zetina on US prints] [Oromuz-Animán]
Jorge Russek [George Russek on US prints] [Eduardo Aguirre/Larry Gray]
Julisa Macedo [Rosario/Rosalie]
Diana Ochoa [Elvira]
María Eugenia San Martín [Mary Eugenia Saint Martin on US prints] [Aurora]
René Cardona Jr [Rodolfo/Rudolph]
Alternative Titles
Spiritism – US title
References
Books
- American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography by Rob Craig p.346
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.141
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.432
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.457
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.371-373
