This Mexican horror picture first appeared in the U.S. on TV, hollowly dubbed and re-edited under the supervision of Florida-based producer K. Gordon Murray, who specialized in retooling low-budget foreign pictures for U.S. niche markets. It has since become a favorite of cult-movie buffs,
and is one of the best-known Mexican horror movies of the period.
Mexico, 1661: Baron Vitelius of Histera appears before Spanish Inquisition, accused of being a sorcerer, a heretic and a seducer of married women and maidens. Nobleman Marcos Miranda speaks on the Baron's behalf, but Vitelius is still condemned to burn at the stake. On the night of the execution,
a strange come...
Released:
1961
Rated:
n/a
Length:
75 mins