Crox Alvarado
Actor · 1910 – 1984 · San José, Costa Rica
Movies24
Movie5.5AdventureScience FictionWhen a mad scientist begins kidnapping wrestlers and extracting their spinal fluid to create a race of Gill Men, two cops call in Batwoman to investigate. But when her mission leaves the scientist horrifically scarred, he seeks revenge.
Movie4.1HorrorThe evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - Xochitl's tomb. Confusion reigns as Krupp and his thugs are opposed by Flor's lover, Dr. Almada, his assistant, and wrestling superhero, El Angel. Krupp finally meets his match, however, when he comes up against Popoca, the warrior mummy who guards Xochitl's tomb.
Movie4.0DramaBased in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.
Naná
1944 · 5 votes
Movie6.2Traveling salesman falls for shopkeeper's daughter in one of the towns on his route. Bad news: she already has two suitors among the local fellers.
La malagueña
1947 · 12 votes
Movie3.0Science FictionHorrorA mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.
Movie5.7ActionDramaTwo very good friends become wrestlers to leave poverty behind, but the arrival of an ambitious woman will tragically change their destinies.
Movie5.5Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. Part one of two.
Los tigres del ring
1960 · 6 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryLucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and fairs become a cinematic genre? Join us to learn about this trajectory.
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
2024 · 1 votes
Movie7.9DramaWesternSilvia's father wants to marry her off to Rafael who, out of jealousy, wants to finish off Juan. Silvia dresses up as Juan to save his skin.
Juan Colorado
1966 · 17 votes
Movie4.2HorrorA scientist experimenting with past lives finds a reincarnated Aztec who can lead him to lost treasure—and to a creature that should remain lost. (Composed of footage from two unrelated Mexican horror films, LA CASA DEL TERROR and LA MOMIA AZTECA, plus new American-made footage.)
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965 · 17 votes
Movie6.5DramaHistoryBefore the Spanish Conquest, an Aztec princess does the Romeo and Juliet thing with the Prince of a neighboring tribe. Sixty years later, a colonized subject has visions of the Virgin Mary.
Movie6.7DramaRomanceTuya en cuerpo y alma ("Yours in Body and Soul") is a 1945 Mexican film. It stars Sara García.
Movie7.7HistoryDramaThe biblical story of The Messiah from his baptism through his crucifixion.
Movie6.2DramaHistorical drama on the life of the medieval Italian saint, Francis of Assisi.
San Francisco de Asís
1944 · 6 votes
Movie5.9HorrorScience FictionA detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...
Movie5.7ActionAdventureThis cult-classic was Director Rene Cardona's attempt to capitalize on the popularity of professional wrestling and on of its biggest stars of the 1950's, known as "El Santo". However it is not about wrestling. It chronicles the adventures of a crime-fighting duo known as El Enmascadero de la Plata ( The Silver Mask), and his adolescent sidekick Pecas (Freckles), as they take on a murderous Mad Doctor and an evil gang-leader called El Lobo
El enmascarado de plata
1954 · 9 votes
Movie5.8DramaYoung actress advances her career by choosing boyfriends judiciously.
Movie6.0HorrorMysteryProfessor Fernandez is studying the metamorphosis in living organisms to cure his daughter of a strange disease that occurs in full moon nights.
Movie8.3ComedyHorrorA group of people, including Capulina and Viruta, head towards the city by train. A heavy storm interrupts their journey and now they must take a haunted path to reach they city. (English Subtitled)
Movie5.7DramaRomanceA beautiful cabaret dancer falls in love with a sailor who promises to return and marry her. Trouble ensues.
Movie6.8ComedyActionCapulina is a night-watchman in a warehouse, a perfect job for him. When some thieves break in and steal some crates, El Santo is after them because they are using the warehouse for diamond smuggling. Capulina hinders their capture. He then decides that he will put on a wrestler's mask and help El Santo to caputre the crooks.
Movie5.6Star of cowboy-movies returns to his home and locals expect him to be heroic like he is onscreen.
El Bronco Reynosa
1961 · 5 votes
- Movie5.7CrimeDrama
Second film in the Tigres del ring series.
Movie5.8Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").
La muerte en el desfiladero
1963 · 4 votes