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El Espejo de la bruja (1962)

El Espejo de la bruja poster
Original title
El espejo de la bruja
Directed by
Chano Urueta
Genre
horror film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
B-15
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A husband murders his wife Elena and remarries. Elena's godmother Sara uses a magical mirror to call Elena's ghost for revenge against the couple.

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What happens

The Witch's Mirror (Spanish: El espejo de la bruja) is a 1960 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Chano Urueta, written by Alfredo Ruanova and Carlos Enrique Taboada, and produced by Abel Salazar. The film's plot follows the murder of a wife, Elena (Dina de Marco), by her husband Eduardo (Armando Calvo); Elena's godmother Sara (Isabela Corona) seeks revenge on Eduardo and Eduardo's new wife Deborah (Rosita Arenas) by using a mirror to summon Elena's ghost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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