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The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography

Author : Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604193
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography written by Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any on-screen schmuck can take down a wolfman with a silver bullet. It takes a certain kind of hero to hoist that wolfman overhead into an airplane spin, follow with a body slam, drop an atomic elbow across his mangy neck, leg-lock him until he howls, and pin his furry back to the mat for a three-count. It takes a Mexican masked wrestler. Add a few half-naked vampire women, Aztec mummies, mad scientists, evil midgets from space, and a goateed Frankenstein monster, and you have just some of the elements of Mexican masked wrestler and monster movies, certainly among the most bizarre, surreal and imaginative films ever produced. This filmography features some of the oddest cinematic showdowns ever concocted--Mexican masked wrestlers battling monsters, evil geniuses and other ne'er-do-wells, be it in caves, cobwebbed castles or in the ring. From the 1950s to the 1970s, these movies were staples of Mexican cinema, combining action, horror, sex, science fiction and comedy into a bizarre amalgam aimed to please the whole family. Chapters examine the roots of the phenomenon, including the hugely popular masked wrestling scene and the classic Universal horror films from which Mexican filmmakers stole without compunction. Subsequent chapters focus on El Santo, Blue Demon, and Mil Mascaras, the three most prominent masked wrestlers; wrestling women; other less prominent masked wrestlers; and the insane mish-mash of monsters pitted against the heroes. Each chapter includes background information and a full filmography, and a wide assortment of striking illustrations--posters, lobby cards and other graphic material, some better than the movies they advertised--accompany the text.

Mexploitation Cinema

Author : Doyle Greene
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786422017
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Mexploitation Cinema written by Doyle Greene and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray, a unique collection of horror films from Mexico began to appear on American late-night television and drive-in screens in the 1960s. Ranging from monster movies clearly owing to the heyday of Universal Studios to the lucha libre horror films featuring El Santo and the "Wrestling Women," these low-budget "Mexploitation" films offer plenty of campy fun and still inspire cult devotion, yet they also reward close study in surprising ways. This work places Mexploitation films in their historical and cultural context and provides close textual readings of a representative sample, showing how they can be seen as important documents in the cultural debate over Mexico's past, present and future. Stills accompany the text, and a selected filmography and bibliography complete the volume.

Gothic Imagination in Latin American Fiction and Film

Author : Carmen A. Serrano
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826360459
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Gothic Imagination in Latin American Fiction and Film written by Carmen A. Serrano and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work traces how Gothic imagination from the literature and culture of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe and twentieth-century US and European film has impacted Latin American literature and film culture. Serrano argues that the Gothic has provided Latin American authors with a way to critique a number of issues, including colonization, authoritarianism, feudalism, and patriarchy. The book includes a literary history of the European Gothic to demonstrate how Latin American authors have incorporated its characteristics but also how they have broken away or inverted some elements, such as traditional plot lines, to suit their work and address a unique set of issues. The book examines both the modernistas of the nineteenth century and the avant-garde writers of the twentieth century, including Huidobro, Bombal, Rulfo, Roa Bastos, and Fuentes. Looking at the Gothic in Latin American literature and film, this book is a groundbreaking study that brings a fresh perspective to Latin American creative culture.

Lucha libre

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Publisher : Distributed Art Publishers (DAP)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Lucha libre written by and published by Distributed Art Publishers (DAP). This book was released on 2005 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take one part Mexi-Monster cinema, one part Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, throw in a little Zoro, the WWF and the knit-costume-wearing performance art collective Forcefield, and you come up with the raw, vivid, and psychologically unhinged world of "Lucha Libre" the sports-entertainment phenomenon that first swept Mexico and now the world. Photographer Lourdes Grobet's penentrating study of Mexican professional wrestling culture features more than 500 photographs of "luchadores" like Blue Demon, Santo, The Witch, Adorable Rub', El Solitario and Hurricane Ramirez, as well as pictures of their families, friends and fans--onstage, backstage and even at home. "Lucha Libre" also includes photographs of stickers, flyers, postcards, stills from "Mexi-lucha-cinema," interviews with the wrestlers, essays and much, much more! In this comprehensive 20-year study, Grobet has put together "the" definitive look at Mexico's masked superstars.

Mexican Pulp Art

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781932595222
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book Mexican Pulp Art written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lurid cover art of Mexican pulp novels are a pop culture revelation. Here, never before collected, are the often surreal and psychedelic images of extraterrestrials, robots, dinosaurs, dastardly killers, Zorro, Santo and many other icons from stories of suspense, mystery, romance and the supernatural. Presents the most striking examples of this sensational art form of the 1960s and 1970s.

The World of Lucha Libre

Author : Heather Levi
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822391473
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The World of Lucha Libre written by Heather Levi and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World of Lucha Libre is an insider’s account of lucha libre, the popular Mexican form of professional wrestling. Heather Levi spent more than a year immersed in the world of wrestling in Mexico City. Not only did she observe live events and interview wrestlers, referees, officials, promoters, and reporters; she also apprenticed with a retired luchador (wrestler). Drawing on her insider’s perspective, she explores lucha libre as a cultural performance, an occupational subculture, and a set of symbols that circulate through Mexican culture and politics. Levi argues that the broad appeal of lucha libre lies in its capacity to stage contradictions at the heart of Mexican national identity: between the rural and the urban, tradition and modernity, ritual and parody, machismo and feminism, politics and spectacle. Levi considers lucha libre in light of scholarship about sport, modernization, and the formation of the Mexican nation-state, and in connection to professional wrestling in the United States. She examines the role of secrecy in wrestling, the relationship between wrestlers and the characters they embody, and the meanings of the masks worn by luchadors. She discusses male wrestlers who perform masculine roles, those who cross-dress and perform feminine roles, and female wrestlers who wrestle each other. Investigating the relationship between lucha libre and the mass media, she highlights the history of the sport’s engagement with television: it was televised briefly in the early 1950s, but not again until 1991. Finally, Levi traces the circulation of lucha libre symbols in avant-garde artistic movements and its appropriation in left-wing political discourse. The World of Lucha Libre shows how a sport imported from the United States in the 1930s came to be an iconic symbol of Mexican cultural authenticity.

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Niño Wrestles the World

Author : Yuyi Morales
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596436042
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Niño Wrestles the World written by Yuyi Morales and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucha Libre champion Niño has no trouble fending off monstrous opponents, but when his little sisters awaken from their naps, he is in for a no-holds-barred wrestling match that will truly test his skills.

Hoodtown

Author : Christa Faust
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975379103
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book Hoodtown written by Christa Faust and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Library Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Italian Horror Films of the 1960s

Author : Lawrence McCallum
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476605076
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Italian Horror Films of the 1960s written by Lawrence McCallum and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-10-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until I vampiri (The Vampires) in 1956, Italian filmmakers generally eschewed horror in favor of fantasy films and big screen spectacles. In the 1960s, the subjects became as varied as the filmmakers, ranging from the comic strip flavor of The Wild, Wild Planet (1966) to the surrealistic mixture of horror and social commentary of Fellini's "Toby Dammit" segment of Spirits of the Dead (1969). Arranged by English title, each entry includes Italian title, studio, running time, year of release, work the film is based on (when appropriate), and cast and credits. These data are followed by a lengthy essay, blending a plot synopsis with critical commentary and behind-the-scenes information.

Luchadores

Author : Judah Lyons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629177533
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book Luchadores written by Judah Lyons and published by . This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the quickest, most exciting and popular forms of professional wrestling is lucha libre from Mexico. Find out the history of the sport, what's in store for the future, what the rules of the game are, and more in this book.

School Library Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book School Library Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

La Mano Del Destino

Author : J. Gonzo
Publisher : Image Comics
ISBN 13 : 1534320822
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book La Mano Del Destino written by J. Gonzo and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LA MANO DEL DESTINO tells the tale of a once-champion Luchador who, after being betrayed by his friends and unmasked in the ring, agrees to a Faustian bargain with a mysterious promoter. He gains a new power and the identity of La Mano del Destino in order to exact revenge upon his betrayers. Set in a swanky, 1960s Mexico where Lucha Libre is intrinsically woven into all aspects of society, this tale winds its way through the machinations and motivations of all types who inhabit this unique setting. Can La Mano del Destino get his revenge while remaining the champion he knows himself to be? Mesoamerican myth, Silver-Age storytelling, and high-flying Lucha Libre action converge to tell this epic story of vengeance and destiny! Collects LA MANO DEL DESTINO #1-6

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fallin' Up

Author : Taboo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439192081
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Fallin' Up written by Taboo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A founding member of the Black Eyed Peas shares the inspiring story of his rise from the streets of East L.A. to the heights of international fame.

Rencor

Author : Matt Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975379172
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book Rencor written by Matt Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ciudad Rencor (aka 'Grudge City')-the cross-cultural border mecca of wrestling and lucha libre - sees its streets bathed in blood after a bizarre museum robbery and hysterical reports of living mummies on the loose. It's now up to the unlikely team of the city's most noble tecnico El Victor and its most notorious rudo El Mil Calaveras to stop pounding on each other, put aside their families' three-generation-old rivalry, and bring back the glory days of masked 'lucha-heroes' battling Mexican monsters on the march. Written byMatt Wallace (Envy of Angels, The Failed Cities, Slingers), theformer pro-wrestler-turned-scribe of the hit supernatural comedy series Sin du Jour, from a story by From Parts Unknown 'zine-maestro Keith J. Rainville, Rencor: Life in Grudge City is like 48 Hours or Starsky and Hutch fused with El Santo and the Aztec Mummy. No mere ring or steel cage can contain the blood-feuds, body slams, brass knuckles and bandages that spill onto the streets, turning Rencor City itself into one giant arena."