This stylishly mounted, darkly atmospheric example of vintage Mexican Vampire Gothic includes striking scenes of crepuscular creepiness that readily matches Italian maestro, Mario Bava. The unearthly, teeth-grindingly dissonant score by maestro, Luis Hernández Bretón manifestly gives Martínez's melodramatic, strangely desolate, shadow-steeped B/W bloodsucking bacchanal a divinely unsettling quality! There's a terrifically macabre sequence wherein a malign multitude of freshly staked vampires grimly awaken in a smoke-hazed tomb and prowl the tempestuous night which oozed a fascinatingly bizarro, Carnival of Souls ambience! Performances are uniformly excellent, boasting impressive set design, the evocative cobwebbed Gothic milieu is impeccable, plus a bravura climax to rival the very best of Hammer Films. Miguel Morayta Martínez, I salute your truly magnificent Gothic masterpiece!
Review of The Invasion of the Vampires
The Invasion of the Vampires
(1963)
The bravura climax rivals the very best of Hammer Films
28 July 2023