
1964 · horror · cult · luchador
Directed by René Cardona1h 29m1964
Gloria Venus and Golden Rubi are tag-team Luchadoras, helping a scientist on a quest to discover an ancient Aztec treasure, but the fiendish Prince Fugiyata wants to get there first. Both are in for a surprise, as the treasure is guarded by Xochitl, the Aztec Mummy Sorcerer, who can turn into a bat at will.
Our read: The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive horror · cult · luchador entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured horror / cult, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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