Mexico, 1962
98m
35mm film, black and white
mono, Spanish
A Mexican horror film directed by Federico Curiel.
Plot Summary
A group of men track a vampire to his coffin and try to steal his ashes to prevent him from rising again.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Federico Curiel
English Language Version Directed by: Stem Segar
Estudios América
Produced by: Víctor Parra
English Language Version Produced by: K. Gordon Murray
Story and Screenplay by: Carlos E. Taboada, Alfred Ruanova [real name: Alfredo Ruanova]
Director of Photography: Fernand Colín [real name: Fernando Colín]
Film Editor: Joseph J. Munguia [real name: José Juan Munguía]
Music by: Jorge Pérez
Sound Recordist: Enrique L. Rendón Jaramillo
Art Director: Arcadi Artis Gener
Cast
Germán Robles [Nostradamus]
Julio Alemán [Antonio Suárez]
Domingo Soler [Profesor Durán]
Aurora Alvarado [Anita Durán]
Mamber [real name: Manuel Vergara ‘Manver'] [Leo]
Rosario Dúrcal [Olga María]
Carlos Ancira [Andrés Rojas]
Eric del Castillo [González]
Cora Del Rey
Carlos Becerril [Carlitos]
Alejandra Meyer [gossip]
Celia Manzano [Sra. Villaseñor]
Luis Aragón [Tomás Villaseñor]
Harapos [real name: Mario García ‘Harapos'] [man in crowd]
Guillermo Rivas [Lieutenant Mendiolea]
Fernando Curiel [police official]
Goyo Dante [monk]
Alternative Titles
The Blood of Nostradamus
Links
Includes extracts from
La maldición de Nostradamus (1961)
Extracts included in
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 9 (2002)
References
Books
- Cinematic Vampires by John L. Flynn p.147
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.42
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.41 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.72-73
