Mexico Macabre: Four Sinister Tales from the Alameda Films Vault, 1959-1963
by Chano Urueta, Fernando Méndez, Rafael Baledon
Powerhouse Films – May 29 , 2023
PRICE PRE-ORDER UNTIL MAY 15, 2023
Original title :
Audio : Original Spanish mono audio
Subtitles : Optional English mono audio dub tracks for The Witch's Mirror, The Brainiac and The Curse of the Crying Woman
Duration : 5:15 a.m.
Format : Blu-ray 2K Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set (World Blu-ray premieres) / UK import / 4 films
Area : All areas
Gender : Horror, Thriller, SF
Synopsis
Black Pit of Dr. M / The Witch's Mirror / The Brainiac / The Curse of the Crying Woman
Content and Bonuses
- High Definition remasters for Black Pit for Dr. M , The Witch's Mirror , The Brainiac , and The Curse of the Crying Woman
- Original Spanish mono audio
- Optional English mono audio dub tracks for The Witch's Mirror , The Brainiac and The Curse of the Crying Woman
- Audio commentary with Abraham Castillo Flores, film programmer and curator specializing in the preservation of Mexican horror cinema, on Black Pit of Dr. M (2023)
- Audio commentary with David Wilt, film historian and Mexican-cinema specialist, on The Witch's Mirror (2023)
- Audio commentary and brain nibbling with Keith J Rainville, publisher of From Parts Unknown and screenwriter of Los campeones de la lucha libre , we The Brainiac (2023)
- Audio commentary with Morena de Fuego, doctor in film studies and LatAm horror specialist, on The Curse of the Crying Woman (2023)
- Daniel Ripstein on the history of Alameda Films and his grandfather, producer Alfredo Ripstein Jr (2023)
- Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Fernando Méndez (2023)
- Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Chano Urueta (2023)
- Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Rafael Balédon (2023)
- Memories of a Villain (2018): TV UNAM special on actor Carlos López Moctezuma
- Mondo Macabro: 'Mexican Horror Movies' (2002): episode of Pete Tombs and Andy Starke's fondly remembered British television series, providing an overview of Mexican genre cinema from the 1950s to the 1970s
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English translation subtitles
- Limited Edition exclusive 100-page book with new essays by José Luis Ortega Torres, David Wilt and Abraham Castillo Flores, archival articles, and full film credits
- Limited Edition exclusive art cards
- World Premieres on Blu-ray
- Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units for the UK and US