(188) TERROR SEX WITCHCRAFT (1984) Rare Mexican Exploitation
6042DVD
original
Mexican title: TERROR SEXO BRUJERIA
[Horror Sex Witchcraft]
director:
Rafael Portilo
starring: David
Reynoso
· Ana Luisa Peluffo
· Gonzalo
Aiza
· Beatriz
Aguirre
· Roberto
Canido
Take
a dive into the subterranean world of Mexican Grindhouse exploitation
with this mind-boggling movie. The story deals with a haughty woman
who seeks guidance from a Satanist fortuneteller and is willing to do
anything to get the man she lost to a younger blonde. She makes a deal
with the devil to regain sexual vibrancy and put a permanent end to
her rival. Of course everything spins out-of-control when the lady's
ex-boyfriend is plagued with a demonic split personality, gets arrested
for murder and unleashes zombies from the darkside.
Director
Rafael Portilo delivered this trash film in 1983, comprised of chunks
from his earlier 1968 flop Cautivo del Mas Allá (Captives
of the Beyond)mixed with tons of new horror footage [including
the pact with Satan and all the cemetery/zombie stuff] plus graphic
gore and a generous amount of full frontal nudity. The movie was a hit
in the sleaze-row theaters but caused the Mexican censors to reassess
their newly adopted liberal position, ultimately making it more difficult
for exploitation cinema in the future.
Interestingly,
Rafael Portilo was something of a vet in filmmaking, having helmed movies
from the mid '40s [until his death in 1995] including a collection of
horror films referred today as the AZTEC
MUMMY trilogy.
A
Mexican film, with English subtitles; uncut 74 min, fullscreen,
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include selected
trailers.
Nudity,
Graphic Violence, Gore, Sexual Brutality
for Mature Audiences