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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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La odalisca No. 13 (1958)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.