Mexico, 1957
65m
black and white
mono, English
A Mexican horror film directed by Rafael Portillo.
Plot Summary
Dr Krupp is still trying to get hold of Aztec princess Xochitl’s jewels and hypnotizes her current reincarnation Flor to help him in his quest. Flor’s lover, Dr Almada, his assistant, and wrestler El Angel all team up to save Flor and stop the evil Dr Krupp. But none of them have banked on Popoca, a reincarnated mummy guarding Xochitl’s tomb…
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Rafael Portillo
© [not given on screen]
Cinematográfica Calderón S.A. presents a film by Guillermo Calderón
English Language Version Producer: K. Gordon Murray
Original Screenplay: Guillermo Calderón S. and Alfredo Salazar
Adapted for the Screen by: Alfredo Salazar
Photography: Enrique Wallace
Editor: Jorge Bustos
Music and Music Director: Antonio Díaz Conde
Dialogue Recordist: Luis Fernández
Make-up: Carmen Palomino
Art Director: Javier Torres Torija
Studios and Laboratories: C.L.A.S.A.
Cast
Ramón Gay (Dr Almada)
Rosita Arenas (Flor)
Crox Alvarado (El Angel)
Luis Aceves Castañeda (Dr Krupp)
Jorge Mondragón
Arturo Martínez (El Tierno)
Emma Roldán
Julien de Meriche
Salvador Lozano
Jaime Quiñones
Angelo de Steffani
Murcielago Velazquez
Enrique Yañez
Lobo Negro
Alberto Yáñez
Firpo Segura
Sergio Yáñez
Alternative Titles
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy – US television title
Links
Sequel to
La momia azteca (1957)
Sequels
La momia azteca contra el robot humano (1958)
Las luchadoras contra la momia (1964)
References
Books
- American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography by Rob Craig pp.105-106
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.109
- Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures by Mark Thomas McGee p.306
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.117-118
