tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32622225854645426622024-03-16T07:11:04.193-04:00El año de El Santo (The Year Of El Santo)A blog where I watch an El Santo movie a week, and then review it. I have not seen any of them beforehand, and there are 52 of them.The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-41278529779306512642012-04-01T06:00:00.004-04:002012-04-01T08:28:35.853-04:00Bonus Week: 3 DEV ADAM (3 Giant Men: Captain America and Santo vs. Spider-Man, 1973)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8qj_1cEAUlOKYE6yN1rUS3W1ropQWKvzomafLsUyPpAuqJb_oSl1LiOapEc3DWMdG55536U0-_aQ4DzX_c9L25t1wIE9NZ8ZiSSLIWFPjFZjQGK8z2doap1TZAYl2-NmGSZ-KWV9c3aQ/s1600/3+Dev+Adam+poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8qj_1cEAUlOKYE6yN1rUS3W1ropQWKvzomafLsUyPpAuqJb_oSl1LiOapEc3DWMdG55536U0-_aQ4DzX_c9L25t1wIE9NZ8ZiSSLIWFPjFZjQGK8z2doap1TZAYl2-NmGSZ-KWV9c3aQ/s640/3+Dev+Adam+poster.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-64436909453836180742012-03-30T06:47:00.000-04:002012-03-30T06:47:47.431-04:00Epilogue: El Santo, en retrospectiva<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font: 17.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> </div><div style="font: 17.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-41490806574420863172012-03-02T07:00:00.006-05:002012-03-02T10:07:22.316-05:00Week 49: Santo contra el asesino de televisión (Santo vs the TV Assassin, 1981)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAE5la_O_z6FvrmhcjVAOvjK_4777xWaocNQxcU8LTv3ZG2QQEHGzUZvfo7WegLA7Y5r6rYw-HGowSb9XfCb9qr3OLnIuPbShTLBErVl1yJLNPXfaVa4Mp8t_9K8_OIvtzG1ABl0T28aqI/s1600/santoVasesTV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAE5la_O_z6FvrmhcjVAOvjK_4777xWaocNQxcU8LTv3ZG2QQEHGzUZvfo7WegLA7Y5r6rYw-HGowSb9XfCb9qr3OLnIuPbShTLBErVl1yJLNPXfaVa4Mp8t_9K8_OIvtzG1ABl0T28aqI/s640/santoVasesTV.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span></b></div>The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-61432642610374123232012-02-17T07:00:00.003-05:002012-02-17T08:19:30.272-05:00Week 47: Santo en el Misterio en las Bermudas (Santo in The Bermuda Mystery, 1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5lx4BKFnAtplltgRxLlYIE_bdBlqRFHcxPhcOusJbMmiLKQV04qtSvGSYM0jpHh84M_di6kN7X2QLmuHsdyAajKpNDeamLbCt38ZJRbbbT_gNTqxz2xzbiYXAsFLv1QCEz-8pPQ4UI3W/s1600/BermudaMystery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5lx4BKFnAtplltgRxLlYIE_bdBlqRFHcxPhcOusJbMmiLKQV04qtSvGSYM0jpHh84M_di6kN7X2QLmuHsdyAajKpNDeamLbCt38ZJRbbbT_gNTqxz2xzbiYXAsFLv1QCEz-8pPQ4UI3W/s640/BermudaMystery.jpg" width="473" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_el_hotel_de_la_muerte&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en el hotel de la muerte</i></a></span> (Santo In The Hotel of Death, 1961) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-5-santo-en-el-hotel-de-la-muerte.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_el_cerebro_diabolico&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra el cerebro diabolico</i></a></span> (Santo vs. the Diabolical Brain, 1962) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-1-el-santo-contra-el-cerebro.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1947aa;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_vs._las_Mujeres_Vampiro"><i>Santo contra las mujeres vampiro</i></a></span> (Santo vs. The Vampire Women, 1962) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-7-santo-vs-las-mujeres-vampiro-aka.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_el_museo_de_cera&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en el museo de cera</i></a></span> (Santo In The Wax Museum, 1963) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-8-santo-en-el-museo-de-cera-santo.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_el_estrangulador&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra el estrangulador</i></a></span> (Santo vs. The Strangler, 1963) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-9-santo-contra-el-estrangulador.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_espectro_del_estrangulador&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>El espectro del estrangulador</i></a></span> (Santo vs. The Ghost of the Strangler, 1963) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-10-el-espectro-del-estrangulador.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1947aa;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Demon_contra_el_poder_sat%C3%A1nico"><i>Blue Demon contra el poder satánico</i></a></span> (Blue Demon vs. Satanic Power, 1964) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-11-blue-demon-contra-el-poder.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_Atacan_las_brujas&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en Atacan las brujas</i></a></span> (Santo in The Witches Attack, 1964) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-12-santo-en-atacan-las-brujas-k.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_hacha_diab%C3%B3lica&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>El hacha diabólica</i></a></span> (Santo in The Diabolical Axe, 1964) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-13-el-hacha-diabolica-santo-in.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_los_profanadores_de_tumbas&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en los profanadores de tumbas</i></a></span> (Santo in The Grave Robbers, 1965) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-14-santo-en-los-profanadores-de.html">SEEN!<span style="font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Helvetica;"> </span></a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_el_Bar%C3%B3n_Brakola&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en el Barón Brakola</i></a></span> (Santo in Baron Brakola, 1965) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-15-santo-en-el-baron-brakola-aka.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_la_invasi%C3%B3n_de_los_marcianos&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra la invasión de los marcianos</i></a></span> (Santo vs. The Martian Invasion, 1966) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-16-santo-contra-la-invasion-de-los.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_los_villanos_del_ring&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra los villanos del ring</i></a></span> (Santo vs. The Villains of the Ring, 1966) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-17-santo-contra-los-villanos-del.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_Operaci%C3%B3n_67&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en Operación 67</i></a></span> (Santo in Operation 67, 1966) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-18-santo-en-operacion-67-aka-santo.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_el_tesoro_de_Moctezuma&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en el tesoro de Moctezuma</i></a></span> (Santo in The Treasure of Moctezuma, 1967) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-19-santo-en-el-tesoro-de-moctezuma.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_el_tesoro_de_Dr%C3%A1cula&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en el tesoro de Drácula</i></a></span> (Santo in Dracula's Treasure, 1968) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-20-santo-en-el-tesoro-de-dracula.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_Capulina&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra Capulina</i></a></span> (Santo vs. Capulina, 1968) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-21-santo-contra-capulina-santo-vs.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_Blue_Demon_en_la_Atl%C3%A1ntida&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra Blue Demon en la Atlántida</i></a></span> (Santo vs. Blue Demon in Atlantis, 1969) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-22-santo-contra-blue-demon-en-la.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_y_Blue_Demon_contra_los_monstruos&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo y Blue Demon contra los monstruos</i></a></span> (Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters, 1969) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-23-santo-y-blue-demon-contra-los.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_y_Blue_Demon_en_el_mundo_de_los_muertos&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo y Blue Demon en el mundo de los muertos</i></a></span> (Santo and Blue Demon in the World of the Dead, 1969) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-24-santo-y-blue-demon-en-el-mundo.html">SEEN!</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_los_cazadores_de_cabezas&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra los cazadores de cabezas</i></a></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> (Santo vs. The Headhunters, 1969) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-25-santo-contra-los-cazadores-de.html">SEEN!</a> </b></span></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_frente_a_la_muerte&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo frente a la muerte</i></a></span> (Santo Faces Death, 1969)</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-26-santo-frente-la-muerte-santo.html">SEEN!</a></span></b></li>
<li style="font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_los_jinetes_del_terror&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra los jinetes del terror</i></a></span> (Santo Vs The Terror Riders, 1970) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-27-santo-contra-los-jinetes-del.html">SEEN!</a> </span> </span></li>
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<ul style="list-style-type: square;"><li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_la_venganza_de_las_mujeres_vampiro&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en la venganza de las mujeres vampiro</i></a></span> (Santo in the Revenge of the Vampire Women, 1970) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-28-santo-en-la-venganza-de-las.html">SEEN!</a> </span></b></li>
<li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_la_mafia_del_vicio&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra la mafia del vicio</i></a></span> (Santo vs. The Mafia of Vice, 1970) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-29-santo-contra-la-mafia-del-vicio.html">SEEN!</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_la_venganza_de_la_momia&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en la venganza de la momia</i></a></span> (Santo in the Mummy's Revenge, 1970) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-30-santo-en-la-venganza-de-la.html">SEEN! </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_Las_momias_de_Guanajuato&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en Las momias de Guanajuato</i></a></span> (Santo in The Mummies of Guanajuato, 1970) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-31-santo-en-las-momias-de.html">SEEN!</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_el_misterio_de_la_perla_negra&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en el misterio de la perla negra</i></a></span> (Santo in the Mystery of the Black Pearl, 1971) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/11/week-32-santo-en-el-misterio-de-la.html">SEEN!</a> </span></b></li>
<li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_la_hija_de_Frankenstein&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra la hija de Frankenstein</i></a></span> (Santo vs. Frankenstein's Daughter, 1971) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/11/week-33-santo-contra-la-hija-de.html">SEEN!</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_en_Misi%C3%B3n_suicida&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo en Misión suicida</i></a></span> (Santo in Suicide Mission, 1971) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/11/week-34-santo-en-mision-suicida-santo.html">SEEN!</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_contra_los_asesinos_de_otros_mundos&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo contra los asesinos de otros mundos</i></a></span> (Santo vs. the Killers from Other Worlds, 1971) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/11/week-35-week-35-santo-contra-los.html">SEEN!</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_y_el_tigresa_en_el_aguila_real&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Santo y el tigresa en el aguila real</i></a></span> (Santo and the Tigress in the Royal Eagle, 1971) <a href="http://yearofelsanto.blogspot.com/2011/11/week-35-week-35-santo-contra-los.html">SEEN!</a> </span></li>
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<li style="font: 15.0px Helvetica; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a51515;"><i></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chanoc_y_el_hijo_del_Santo_contra_los_vampiros_asesinos&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Chanoc y el hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos</i></a></span> (Chanoc and Son of Santo vs. The Killer Vampires, 1981) <span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica;">ERD: </span>3/9/12 </span></b></li>
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</ul>The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-2607307176009860602011-12-16T07:00:00.017-05:002011-12-20T13:53:14.117-05:00Week 38: Santo contra los secuestradores (Santo Vs. The Kidnappers, 1972)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div>The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-27506148531521618512011-12-09T07:00:00.017-05:002011-12-15T13:11:51.413-05:00Week 37: Santo y Blue Demon contra Drácula y el Hombre Lobo (Santo and Blue Demon Vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man, 1972)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4YzCKSdodWjTF-jjzNj57c5oYXu2NBZQTZ-EUQscWZlAFvfQzwBAPnVUWFu0cJyv2cDoL9pRNftbpBKBi2fbzgIOEkLR1OniGjzS2I3gIE5qDJnp7mhoptoCJwWjGlM0locTjbn_WiAx/s1600/santoybluevsdrac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4YzCKSdodWjTF-jjzNj57c5oYXu2NBZQTZ-EUQscWZlAFvfQzwBAPnVUWFu0cJyv2cDoL9pRNftbpBKBi2fbzgIOEkLR1OniGjzS2I3gIE5qDJnp7mhoptoCJwWjGlM0locTjbn_WiAx/s640/santoybluevsdrac.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-53614406150257959492011-12-02T06:38:00.001-05:002011-12-15T13:11:12.008-05:00Week 36: Santo y el tigresa en el aguila real (Santo and the Tigress in the Royal Eagle, 1971)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGy8pmU7Y5smGWm1JNTKK0o3JXVL1zFyowB2PsagssAugOBX8yj0IpdIUZMoQ2hbksBZ1AuLWZRD76Avw17ytQxDbtTavZ_bkyOXk32C2hu8UDtL9YjMPTQQBen6pTbyEy09P9Y9T6JtH_/s1600/santoyaguilarealPOSTER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGy8pmU7Y5smGWm1JNTKK0o3JXVL1zFyowB2PsagssAugOBX8yj0IpdIUZMoQ2hbksBZ1AuLWZRD76Avw17ytQxDbtTavZ_bkyOXk32C2hu8UDtL9YjMPTQQBen6pTbyEy09P9Y9T6JtH_/s640/santoyaguilarealPOSTER.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</b></span></div>The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-50176195465188421132011-11-25T07:00:00.005-05:002012-03-18T13:29:11.629-04:00Week 35: Santo contra los asesinos de otros mundos (Santo vs. the Killers from Other Worlds, 1971)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIRkgjHhyphenhyphenNE9VQHEMJDcLwZqWwaKS2p3SlSnaCud9jUtLd8LsEyOxIme92mO-i-qJGi14N72H9yE-68KWGccYWFKRwWsx3SIW0v2s5ge-GvANogXV9xobZeg1u_9ftwpSx76mUUyvWWsb/s1600/Santo-in-the-Killers-from-Other-Worlds-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIRkgjHhyphenhyphenNE9VQHEMJDcLwZqWwaKS2p3SlSnaCud9jUtLd8LsEyOxIme92mO-i-qJGi14N72H9yE-68KWGccYWFKRwWsx3SIW0v2s5ge-GvANogXV9xobZeg1u_9ftwpSx76mUUyvWWsb/s640/Santo-in-the-Killers-from-Other-Worlds-poster.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="font: 17.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Fun Fact: This film's director, Miguel M. Delgado, would also direct two other Santo features, <i>Santo & Blue Demon vs. Dracula & The Wolf Man</i>, and <i>Santo & Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein</i>. </b></span><span style="color: #333333; font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Verdana;"> </span></div><div style="font: 17.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Verdana;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/4cItV4OvkKA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-74030809982608580212011-11-04T06:14:00.001-04:002011-12-15T13:07:39.353-05:00Week 32: Santo en el misterio de la perla negra (Santo in the Mystery of the Black Pearl, 1971)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOMrOCEkP2R1pe7ZasK43TYPnpN-4oxHHg8mWj59Vs9E0BsE7_Kzc1yDzbJWLfNQIocizID9OTbhFwVvgC15Jhx0dAym9HBz_6Qa6Lgy0gH6CslEA8uv_JsfacZgcKUwxvUzz1nofqFij/s1600/santo+en+el+misterio+de+la+perla+negra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOMrOCEkP2R1pe7ZasK43TYPnpN-4oxHHg8mWj59Vs9E0BsE7_Kzc1yDzbJWLfNQIocizID9OTbhFwVvgC15Jhx0dAym9HBz_6Qa6Lgy0gH6CslEA8uv_JsfacZgcKUwxvUzz1nofqFij/s640/santo+en+el+misterio+de+la+perla+negra.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I actually found myself paying more attention to Santo's mask throughout this film than actually paying attention to its threadbare plot. Santo switches between three different masks throughout the movie. This isn't some gimmick like Thousand Masks had in last week's movie either. They don't just change out from scene to scene. They will literally change from shot to shot. Look at these examples below...</span></b></div></div></td></tr>
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</div>The Boxing Tarantulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188925315075626195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262222585464542662.post-68966978025672197822011-10-28T07:00:00.010-04:002011-12-15T13:05:51.790-05:00Week 31: Santo en Las momias de Guanajuato (Santo in The Mummies of Guanajuato, 1970)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeYDm4tfwKBLy2-oURW5bkbDsQ6IZ0bXA4K-F8WRzIdlyS4wYpgr2Ch___n1Ee8TflPsd86f7wpJFt542YN-xkO6NsJIdjUMk7ITqPNPCjynMH6o6Rhlrpc65MuWYzSzuIrZVfDkmyyAl/s1600/momiasdeguanajuato.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeYDm4tfwKBLy2-oURW5bkbDsQ6IZ0bXA4K-F8WRzIdlyS4wYpgr2Ch___n1Ee8TflPsd86f7wpJFt542YN-xkO6NsJIdjUMk7ITqPNPCjynMH6o6Rhlrpc65MuWYzSzuIrZVfDkmyyAl/s1600/momiasdeguanajuato.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> Touted as the high water mark of luchador movies, <i>Las momias</i> actually has very little screen time for Santo. While he has more than just a cameo, its primarily a Blue Demon vehicle. Teaming up with Blue Demon is Mil Mascaras, which in Spanish means "Thousand Masks", more on him later. Somehow, they've been stuck dealing with "Satan", a mummified 7'2" wrestler from the 1800s, who after losing his title belt to that time period's El Santo, vowed revenge by making a pact with the Devil to come back in a 100 years as a mummy. Not exactly the best revenge scheme ever, is it? When Satan and his mummy goons harass Blue Demon's midget friend, known as "Penguin", Blue and Thousand masks take it upon themselves to stomp some mummy ass. Why don't they call in Santo to help? It's not entirely clear. After all, in addition to this being a problem caused by Santo's great grand dad, he's also a famous superhero, monster fighter, and all around do gooder. It's not exactly outside his wheel house to deal with mummies. (Even though he negated their existence in the previous film, a MUMMY movie!) Blue Demon's excuse for not calling in the silver masked reinforcements is that its exactly what Satan wants, and that they shouldn't play into his games. Shrug. </b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Let's take some time now to talk about Mil Mascaras, a.k.a. thousand Masks. This character's gimmick is that he never seems to wear the same luchador mask twice, hence his moniker. Check out some of these screen grabs as examples.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> It's not until the climax of the film that all three luchadors are together on screen, doing battle with the mummy horde. It's frustrating because after a while, I knew that this is how things were going to play out, and yet I wanted to see these guys team up more. The coincident nature of how they finally form their luchador super team is irritating as well. The fact that Santo even has special gold guns in his gold roadster, designed specifically to kill mummies makes Blue Demon's choice not to involve Santo directly all the more dunderheaded. </b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
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<div style="font: 16.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Five silver masks out of a possible five. </b></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Fun Fact: Mil Mascaras actually starred in 17 of his own luchador films, from 1969 to 1990, and was also a member of Blue Demon's "Champions of Justice" luchador superhero team. </b></span></div><br />
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