This website was originally created on 9 December 1996 at terpconnect.umd.edu/santo.html After nearly 30 years, it has found a new home! Please be patient, content is being "re-created" (not migrated).

Note: rather than each film review being a web page, I am linking to a PDF file for ease of maintenance.

Updates:

  • All of the "core" Santo reviews have been updated and uploaded!! (1 Jan 2023)

  • YouTube links now added. All "old" content should have been migrated now. (3 January 2023)

1958:
CEREBRO DEL MAL (Brain of Evil)
SANTO VS. HOMBRES INFERNALES (Santo vs. the Infernal Men) (updated 7 October 2023)
1961:
SANTO CONTRA LOS ZOMBIES (aka Invasion of the Zombies)
SANTO CONTRA EL REY DEL CRIMEN (Santo vs. the King of Crime)
SANTO EN EL HOTEL DE LA MUERTE (Santo in the Hotel of Death)
SANTO CONTRA EL CEREBRO DIABOLICO (Santo vs. the Diabolical Brain)
1962:
SANTO CONTRA LAS MUJERES VAMPIRO (Santo vs. the Vampire Women)
1963:
SANTO EN EL MUSEO DE CERA (Santo in the Wax Museum)
SANTO CONTRA EL ESTRANGULADOR (Santo vs. the Strangler)
EL ESPECTRO DEL ESTRANGULADOR (The Spectre of the Strangler)
1964:
EL PODER SATANICO (The Satanic Power) cameo appearance
ATACAN LAS BRUJAS (The Witches Attack)
EL HACHA DIABOLICA (The Diabolical Axe)
1965:
PROFANADORES DE TUMBAS (Grave Robbers)
EL BARON BRAKOLA (Baron Brakola) (updated 25 July 2023)
1966:
SANTO EL ENMASCARADO DE PLATA VS. LA INVASION DE LOS MARCIANOS (Santo the Silver-Masked One vs. the Martian Invasion)
SANTO EL ENMASCARADO DE PLATA VS. LOS VILLANOS DEL RING (Santo the Silver-Masked One vs. the Villains of the Ring)
OPERACION 67 (Operation 67)
EL TESORO DE MOCTEZUMA (The Treasure of Montezuma)
1968:
SANTO EN EL TESORO DE DRACULA (Santo in the Treasure of Dracula) aka EL VAMPIRO Y EL SEXO
SANTO CONTRA CAPULINA (Santo vs. Capulina)
1969:
SANTO CONTRA BLUE DEMON EN LA ATLANTIDA (Santo vs. Blue Demon in Atlantis)
SANTO Y BLUE DEMON CONTRA LOS MONSTRUOS (Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters)
EL MUNDO DE LOS MUERTOS (The World of the Dead)
SANTO CONTRA LOS CAZADORES DE CABEZAS (Santo vs. the Head Hunters)
SANTO FRENTE A LA MUERTE (Santo Faces Death)
1970:
SANTO CONTRA LOS JINETES DEL TERROR (Santo vs. the Riders of Terror) [updated 10 Feb 2023]
LA VENGANZA DE LAS MUJERES VAMPIRO (The Vengeance of the Vampire Women)
SANTO CONTRA LA MAFIA DEL VICIO (Santo vs. the Vice Mafia)
SANTO EN LA VENGANZA DE LA MOMIA (Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy): updated 16 Nov 2000.
LAS MOMIAS DE GUANAJUATO (The Mummies of Guanajuato)
1971:
MISION SECRETA EN EL CARIBE (see 1974: SANTO EN EL MISTERIO DE LA PERLA NEGRA)
SANTO CONTRA LA HIJA DE FRANKESTEIN (Santo vs. the Daughter of Frankenstein)
MISION SUICIDA (Suicide Mission)
ASESINOS DE OTROS MUNDOS (Killers from Other Worlds)
EL AGUILA REAL (The Royal Eagle)
1972:
SANTO Y BLUE DEMON CONTRA DRACULA Y EL HOMBRE LOBO (Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man)
SANTO CONTRA LOS SECUESTRADORES (Santo vs. the Kidnapers)
SANTO CONTRA LA MAGIA NEGRA (Santo vs. Black Magic)
LAS BESTIAS DEL TERROR (The Beasts of Terror)
SANTO VS. LAS LOBAS (Santo vs. the She-Wolves)
ANONIMO MORTAL (Anonymous Death Threat)
1973:
SANTO Y BLUE DEMON CONTRA DR. FRANKENSTEIN (Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein)
SANTO CONTRA EL DOCTOR MUERTE (Santo vs. Dr. Death)
1974:
SANTO EN EL MISTERIO DE LA PERLA NEGRA (Santo in the Mystery of the Black Pearl)
LA VENGANZA DE LA LLORONA (The Vengeance of the Crying Woman)
1975:
SANTO EN ORO NEGRO (Santo in Black Gold)
1977:
MISTERIO EN LAS BERMUDAS (Mystery in Bermuda)
1979:
SANTO EN LA FRONTERA DEL TERROR (Santo on the Border of Terror)
1981:
SANTO CONTRA EL ASESINO DE LA T.V. (Santo vs. the Television Killer)
CHANOC Y EL HIJO DEL SANTO VS. LOS VAMPIROS ASESINOS (Chanoc and The Son of Santo vs. the Killer Vampires) cameo
EL PUÑO DE LA MUERTE (The Fist of Death) [typos fixed 2 March 2023]
LA FURIA DE LOS KARATECAS (The Fury of the Karate Experts)

Santo Miscellany

  • 1952: EL ENMASCARADO DE PLATA (stars El Médico Asesino; originally a serial) typos fixed 14 Feb 2023

  • 1961: LA SOMBRA BLANCA (Santo-like masked wrester)

  • 1973: 3 Dev Adam (Three Mighty Men): the Turkish Santo movie.

  • 1978: MEXICO DE MIS AMORES (My Beloved Mexico) (compilation film which includes clips from nearly 100 Mexican movies, including Asesinos de otros mundos)

  • 1981: ÁDIOS, ÁDIOS ÍDOLO MÍO (short feature about a fictionalised El Santo)

  • 1989: LA LEYENDA DE UNA MÁSCARA (fictionalised biopic of a Santo-like wrester) reviewed in The Mexican Film Bulletin Summer 2023 issue

  • 2001: JESUS CHRIST VAMPIRE HUNTER (made in Canada, Jeff Moffet as "Santos")

  • 2004: SANTO CONTRA LOS CLONES(5-episode animated series shown in Mexico)

  • 2008: MASK OF SANTO (pilot for animated series)

  • 2012: EL SANTOS VS. LA TETONA MENDOZA (animated feature)

  • 2017: COCO (Santo makes a cameo appearance)

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