Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44802 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-07-29
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 360 minutes

From the Back Cover
Santo: The Monsters, is the first box set available from Rise Above Entertainment featuring classic El Santo titles from the Santo Collection. This special set features the first three titles in The Santo Collection PLUS the never-before-released title Vengeance of the Mummy. Cult aficionados and Mexican cinema fans alike will cheer as Santo battles famous villains including Dr. Frankenstein, the Wolfman, and Dracula as they try their best to destroy our hero and his friends. In true fashion of early Hollywood horror flicks, these campy classics feature hilarious fight scenes and classic special effects. Each DVD has been digitally remastered and English subtitles have been added as an option. All four DVDs in this special box set come with Bonus Features and their own collectible liner notes. Includes: Santo & Blue Demon Vs. Doctor Frankenstein, Santo & Blue Demon Vs. Dracula & The Wolfman, Santo Vs. Frankenstein’s Daughter, and Santo: The Vengeance of the Mummy!

Customer Reviews

wtf???
yea so i just receive this boxset...and for some reason i didn't get Santo and Blue demon vs frankenstein, or vengeance of the mummy...instead i get Vengeance of the crying woman, and the witches attack??....whats with that? that happen to anyone else or would it just be my luck. really ticked off about that

Santo to the rescue!
Goofy luchador fun with husky wrestler/superhero Santo squaring off against Dr. Frankenstein's daughter, her monster and an apeman. Whew! The plot makes no sense but watch it for the laughable acting and special effects. You'll enjoy the flick if you don't take it seriously. Would have been better if it were in widescreen but I wouldn't hold my breath for that.

Superheroes from South of the Border
It is not an easy task to explain to the average North-American raised on over-priced Hollywood cheese how great these movies are. Don't get me wrong I love Hollywood cheese (I just can't stand waiting in line to get processed food of any kind). That said, Santo, Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras are the three powerhouse icons of this misunderstood genre. It's misunderstood partly because it really isn't a genre, but a clever blending of genres. Only the likes of Quentin Tarantino would be bold enough to explore the novelty of combining genres several years later. It's had a huge payoff.
Mexican Masked Wrestler movies were influenced by Hollywood B-movies of the shlock sci-fi variety of the 1950's. Production values were low because many of these features were independent ventures. There were no Corporate Studios willing to fund such a strange mix. I am not a fan of Wrestling, especially the "WWF smackdown" stuff, but Mexican Lucha Libre (freestyle fighting) was fun to watch. It did not pretend to be real. The masks were clues that these were staged events. It was only a matter of course that fantastic movies would be the next step.
There is a bit of nostalgia tied to many of us who remember growing up with these films. They were made in the language of our Fathers. We could be Superheroes too. Superman was the first. And while I loved Superman for his universal appeal I once read that the Nazis reputedly said he was Jewish. Now don't get me wrong, but I also read that the creators of Superman were Jewish. I still love Superman, but he was supposed to be from Krypton, which rhymes with cryptic, which implies a hidden message. So much for universal appeal. Oddly enough we have come to identify ourselves with Men in masks fighting against impossible odds. That's a whole other sociological issue.
Above all these films are funny. Whether they are intentionally funny or not is a moot point. The reality is that making a movie about a Mexican masked wrestler battling Hollywood monsters is FUNNY. It's not high drama, it is "kitsch". For example: In "Santo & Blue Demon Vs the Monsters" (not in this collection) there is a carchase where the heroes are being pursued by the Monsters. What's so funny about that? The Frankenstein monster is driving! I immediately thought of the late comedian Phil Hartman doing his "Fire baad!" routine in Frankenstein makeup on Saturday Night Live.
These films are not only funny and exciting but pertinent to our sense of being in the world. Larga Vida a Santo, Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras y Huracan Ramirez Tambien!!