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Zombies of Santo contra los zombies

Also called: Santo vs. the Zombies
FilmOther1900 to 1967

This Mexican film sets the masked wrestler Santo against zombies responsible for a crime wave. It is one of the earliest Santo films and the first to be distributed in the United States. Peter Dendle describes it as a comic-book-style adventure.1

Battle it
First appeared
1961
Released 1961
Source work
Santo contra los zombies (1961)
Benito Alazraki
Made in
Mexico
What causes it
Never explained
The film's page does not say how they are made.

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1961

Released 1961

field notes

What the sources say

1

The zombies carry out a crime wave the police cannot stop1

2

The masked wrestler El Santo is called in to fight them1

3

One of the earliest Santo films and the first distributed in the United States1

4

Real wrestlers such as Black Shadow and Gory Guerrero appear1

Sources

  1. Santo contra los zombies - Wikipedia

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