Lucha Movies a go-go!

[Shonokin]

Holy crap, I just found out Mil Mascaras' latest two movies, Mil Mascaras Vs The Aztec Mummy (AKA Mil Mascaras: Resurrection) and ACADEMY OF DOOM! were filmed in my home town of Columbia MO. Why? I don't know. But for me that is totally cool!

MM vs the Aztec Mummy went into very limited release at the end of last month. The screen grabs of it look great, can't wait for the DVD to hit.

[Shonokin]

superluchas.net/?p=2389#more-2389

The production company Black on Black Comic Films produced and performed the film project entitled A Thousand Masks Hero, the film is played by the living legend of sport and film world Thousand Masks. This marks the return of this icon of sports and film after a long absence on the screens.


Here are the press release:

The film is a mixture of live action Japanese manga type sequences, that is, within some of the film sequences are projected to the viewer in the form of comics.

Thousand Masks Hero is a hundred percent made in the north. The intention is to conduct a series of films that combine live action with cartoon animation type, this team has the most advanced technology and a creative team which is the basis of projects.


The film also features aspects of humor, they shall be borne by the comic actor Emilio Rivas, his experience will give the film a unique contrast to the hectic action of the same.

The genre of the film is a mixture of action, suspense and humor.

The photograph of the film will be headed by William (Big Boss Valtierra), HD digital equipment will be used for the filming of the project.

The intention is that production is displayed in different countries because of the scope image of the protagonist Thousand Masks. Production equipment for the project is not only a challenge but a dream crystallized for children, as for the staff to make a film with a thousand masks was a great dream that finally came true.

The executive producer will be in charge of Juan Esteban Ramirez Jaime.

The screenplay, design, animation and direction of the film are by Hector Campos Benavides.

As of April fans can see the official teaser of the tape will be uploaded to the net (youtube). The film will be ready to be projected at the end of 2008.

Parallel to the film is an educational documentary which shows step by step how the film was made. This documentary is intended to be projected in different cultural spaces and universities in the country with the goal of helping aspiring filmmakers and the new cinema movement in Mexico.

[Shonokin]

Ok, more Santo movies watched.
Santo: Infraterrestre (2000)
Hmm not bad. It has a made for scifi channel sort of look to it, but that is probably understandable. The first half is a little talking head heavy. There are conversations that take twice as much dialog as is needed to get the ideas and plot going. The fights are pretty nice especially compared to most of the Lucha Horror movies I've seen so far. There's some good camera work and decent editing that keeps it from looking like a one camera, semi-clumsy wrestling match. The DVD itself is great and packed with a lot of extras, with a Son of Santo interview, outtakes, a couple of behind the scenes of the special effects shorts and other stuff like that. They used a pretty good mix of practical effects and CGI.

Santo and the Wax Museum an oldie but a goodie. I actually find this to be more successful than vs The Vampire Women in creating atmosphere and a sense of the Universal monster movie vibe.

[Shonokin]

Hey I found Ship of Monsters on Google video in its original Spanish. Unsubbed though.

[Xenorama ™]

I think Wax Museum is a better movie overall.

i've got a subbed copy of SHIP OF MONSTERS, it's now one of my faves. if you want one I'll be happy to send you a copy!

Attachments:

[Torgaman]

An interesting tidbit about WAX MUSEUM is they didn't try to pad the film out with musical numbers though the in-ring wrestling segments do tend to run a bit long.

[Shonokin]

I found an .srt file that fits with google's mp4 file. All good!