The Castle of the Monsters (1958)

Original title

El Castillo de los Monstruos

Directed by

Julián Soler

Genre

comedy horror, vampire film, werewolf film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mad scientist uses hypnosis to make a seamstress fall in love with him. Her former boyfriend goes to the scientist's castle to rescue her. He must fight monsters including a Frankenstein-like creature and a version of Dracula.

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What happens

El castillo de los monstruos ('The Castle of the Monsters') is a 1958 Mexican horror comedy film directed by Julián Soler and starring Antonio Espino «Clavillazo» and Evangelina Elizondo. In the film, a mad scientist named after Sputnik uses hypnosis to convert a seamstress into his lover. The seamstress' previous love interest enters the mad scientist's castle to rescue the damsel in distress. He has to face the castle's monsters, including look-alikes of the Frankenstein Monster and Count Dracula. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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