Monster of the Day #1566

Wrestling and monsters. Thank you, Mexico!

  • Marsden

    Interesting looking Cyclops.

  • Gamera977

    This may be the most awesome movie poster ever…

  • sandra

    At first glance, the Cyclops’ nostrils look like eyes.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    Was the cyclops also in Ship of Monsters? He looks awfully familiar.

  • Gamera977

    He does look a lot like the one in ‘SoM’

  • Ken_Begg

    He’s one of the cast of awesome monsters in Ship of Monsters. In fact, he’s probably the most boring one!

  • Ken_Begg

    Yes, same costume.

  • Rock Baker

    I really wish more of these pictures had been imported to the States. This color stuff from the 70’s was a natural for UHF television!

  • Eric Hinkle

    Santo and the Blue Demon versus Frankenstein (how did they ever get around copyright with that name?), the Wolf Man, the Vampire, a Mummy (Aztec or Egyptian?), and one weirdo-looking Cyclops? Talk about having your work cut out for you!

    I’d ask if they had a comic relief sidekick as well, but where would they find room for him?

  • Eric Hinkle

    I just saw a frame from the movie that shows a business-suited El Santo, still sporting mask of course, kicking the Frankenstein Monster right in the throat. Yikes! El Santo didn’t fool around when he fought evil!

  • Rock Baker

    The name of Frankenstein is in the public domain. Only the Universal design of the Monster is under restriction, though that’s more of a concern in English-speaking productions, it seems.

  • Shouldn’t that be “la mujer vampira?” I realize muher is the adjective on vampiro and that’s female (or if my memory’s right woman), but they’re still talking about a female vampire and not a male one.

  • Eric Hinkle

    Okay, but their Frankenstein sure looks a lot like the one Jack Pierce and Boris brought to life for Universal. Or is Mexico one of those countries with a liberal view of copyright laws?

  • Rock Baker

    Probably. Remember Batwoman?