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The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964) poster

1964 · horror · cult · luchador

The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy

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.

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Warm, kinetic, measured horror / cult, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb4.2386TMDB4.913
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Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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