MEXICO MACABRE: FOUR SINISTER TALES FROM THE ALAMEDA FILMS VAULT 1959-1963
BLACK PIT OF DR. M (Fernando Méndez, 1959)
THE WITCH’S MIRROR (Chano Urueta, 1961)
THE BRAINIAC (Chano Urueta, 1962)
THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN (Rafael Baledón, 1963)
Release date: 29 May 2023
Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set (World Blu-ray premieres)
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These four macabre titles from the vaults of one of Mexico’s best-known film companies offer uniquely Mexican takes on the ghosts, witches, and monsters familiar to fans of horror cinema and fiction.
Fernando Méndez’s
Black Pit of Dr. M (
Misterios de ultratumba) sees a doctor make a pact with his dying colleague in order to learn the secrets of the afterlife. In Chano Urueta’s
The Witch’s Mirror (
El espejo de la bruja), a murderer is tormented by the ghost of his dead wife, whilst in Urueta’s
The Brainiac (
El barón del terror), a nobleman executed for necromancy returns in diabolical form to eradicate the lineage of his killers... by sucking out their brains! Finally, in Rafael Baledón’s
The Curse of the Crying Woman (
La maldición de la Llorona), a young bride visits her aunt's Gothic mansion, where she finds that she is the descendent of one of Mexican folklore's most terrifying figures.
With their star-studded casts, beautiful photography, eerie production design, and bone-chilling atmosphere, these films have terrified audiences for decades, and are now available in this strictly limited, individually numbered Blu-ray box set, which includes an array of new extra features – including four new audio commentaries, and rare English-language dub tracks – as well as a set of art cards and a fully illustrated 100-page book.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES
• High Definition remasters for
Black Pit for Dr. M, The Witch’s Mirror, The Brainiac, and
The Curse of the Crying Woman
• Original Spanish mono audio
• Optional English mono audio dub tracks for
The Witch’s Mirror, The Brainiac and
The Curse of the Crying Woman
• Audio commentary with Abraham Castillo Flores, film programmer and curator specialising in the preservation of Mexican horror cinema, on
Black Pit of Dr. M (2023)
• Audio commentary with David Wilt, film historian and Mexican-cinema specialist, on
The Witch’s Mirror (2023)
• Audio commentary and brain nibbling with Keith J Rainville, publisher of From Parts Unknown and screenwriter of Los campeones de la lucha libre, on
The Brainiac (2023)
• Audio commentary with Morena de Fuego, doctor in film studies and LatAm horror specialist, on
The Curse of the Crying Woman (2023)
• Daniel Ripstein on the history of Alameda Films and his grandfather, producer Alfredo Ripstein Jr (2023)
• Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Fernando Méndez (2023)
• Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Chano Urueta (2023)
• Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Rafael Baledón (2023)
•
Memories of a Villain (2018): TV UNAM special on actor Carlos López Moctezuma
•
Mondo Macabro: ‘Mexican Horror Movies’ (2002): episode of Pete Tombs and Andy Starke’s fondly remembered British television series, providing an overview of Mexican genre cinema from the 1950s to the 1970s
• Original theatrical trailers
• Image galleries: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved English translation subtitles
• Limited Edition exclusive 100-page book with new essays by José Luis Ortega Torres, David Wilt and Abraham Castillo Flores, archival articles, and full film credits
• Limited Edition exclusive art cards
• World premieres on Blu-ray
• Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units for the UK and US
All extras subject to change
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