4 Clásicos De Terror: Presented by Trash-Mex
Vampires, witches, Death pacts, & brain-bucking monsters galore! This November at The Frida Cinema, Trash-Mex is presenting 4 classic Mexican horror films from the 1950’s & 1960’s. These flicks are heavy hitters of Mexican Cinema and are loved around the globe. Don’t miss your chance to see them on the big screen!
El vampiro: Presented by Trash-Mex
- Sun, Nov 1
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Fernando Méndez Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 1957 Language: Spanish
Starring: Abel Salazar, Ariadna Welter, Carmen Montejo, José Luis Jiménez, Mercedes Soler
Trash-Mex is back at The Frida Cinema to present four classic Mexican horror films from the 1950s & ’60s, kicking off with Fernando Méndez’s El vampiro (1957)! The beautiful, bereaved Marta (Ariadna Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (German Robles) offers to buy her decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood in order to revive his entombed brother. Widely regarded as the film that kickstarted Mexico’s golden age of horror, El vampiro is a landmark of Mexican genre cinema, complete with a villain whose influence would haunt vampire movies for decades. Don’t miss your chance to sink your teeth into this immortal classic!
Misterios de ultratumba: Presented by Trash-Mex
- Sun, Nov 8
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Fernando Méndez Run Time: 82 min. Release Year: 1959 Language: Spanish
Starring: Carlos Ancira, Carolina Barret, Gastón Santos, Mapita Cortés, Rafael Bertrand
Our 4 Clásicos De Terror: Presented by Trash-Mex continues with Fernando Méndez’s Misterios de ultratumba (1959)! Doctor Mazali (Rafael Bertrand) makes a pact with his dying colleague, Dr Aldama (Antonio Raxel), in order to learn the secrets of the afterlife. Instead, the spirit of Aldama exerts a supernatural influence on him from beyond the grave, summoning his daughter, Patricia (Mapita Cortés), to Mazali’s asylum, where a series of horrific events ensue. From the director of El vampiro, this atmospheric Mexican horror gem is steeped in gothic dread and deals with the terror of what awaits us beyond the grave. The dead have a message...and you won’t want to miss it!
El espejo de la bruja: Presented by Trash-Mex
- Sun, Nov 15
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Chano Urueta Run Time: 75 min. Release Year: 1962 Language: Spanish
Starring: Armando Calvo, Carlos Nieto, Dina de Marco, Isabela Corona, Rosita Arenas
Trash-Mex continues their 4 Clásicos De Terror series with Chano Urueta’s El espejo de la bruja (1962)! When Elena (Dina de Marco) is murdered by her husband, Eduardo (Armando Calvo), the couple's housekeeper, Sara (Isabela Corona), plots to take revenge. Summoning Elena through the witch’s mirror, Sara exacts ghastly vengeance upon Eduardo and his new wife, Deborah (Rosita Arenas). A wicked slice of Mexican Gothic horror, El espejo de la bruja is a deliriously atmospheric descent into the macabre. Look into the mirror if you dare!
El barón del terror: Presented by Trash-Mex
- Sun, Nov 29
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Chano Urueta Run Time: 77 min. Release Year: 1962 Language: Spanish
Starring: Abel Salazar, Ariadna Welter, David Silva, Germán Robles, Luis Aragón
Trash-Mex is closing our their series of four classic Mexican horror films with one of the wildest films ever made: Chano Urueta’s El barón del terror (1962), aka The Brainiac! In 1661, the Inquisition sentences Baron d'Estera (Abel Salazar) to be burned at the stake for his sorcery. Three hundred years later, the Baron returns to Mexico City on a comet, to exact a peculiar form of vengeance upon the descendants of his tormentors... by sucking out their brains! Starring Abel Salazar as the resurrected aristocrat with a taste for gray matter, El barón del terror is a deliriously demented slice of Mexican horror, serving up grotesque creature effects and one of the wildest monster designs in the genre. Come for the cursed Baron, stay for the brain buffet!