Mexico Macabre: Four Sinister Tales from the Alameda Films Vault, 1959–1963 (BluRay)
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Films
- The Black Pit of Dr. M (Misterios de ultratumba)
- The Curse of the Crying Woman (La maldición de la Llorona)
- Brainiac (El barón del terror)
- The Witch’s Mirror
LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
• High Definition remasters for Black Pit of Dr. M, The Witch’s Mirror, The Brainiac, and The Curse of the Crying Woman
• Original Spanish mono audio
• Optional English mono audio dub tracks for The Witch's Mirror, The Brainiac and The Curse of the Crying Woman
• Audio commentary with Abraham Castillo Flores, film programmer and curator devoted to the preservation of Mexican Horror cinema on Black Pit of Dr. M (2023)
• Audio commentary with David Wilt, film historian and Mexican cinema specialist, on The Witch's Mirror (2023)
• Audio commentary and brain nibbling with Keith J Rainville, publisher of From Parts Unknown and screenwriter of Los campeones de la lucha libre on The Brainiac (2023)
• Audio commentary with Morena de Fuego, doctor in film studies and LatAm horror specialist, on The Curse of the Crying Woman (2023)
• Daniel Ripstein on the history of Alameda Films and his grandfather, producer Alfredo Ripstein Jr (2023)
• Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Fernando Méndez (2023)
• Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Chano Urueta (2023)
• Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Rafael Balédon (2023) • Memories of a Villain (2018): TV UNAM special on actor Carlos López Moctezuma
• Mondo Macabro: ‘Mexican Horror Movies’ (2002): episode of Pete Tombs and Andy Starke’s fondly remembered British television series, providing an overview of Mexican genre cinema from the 1950s to the 1970s
• Original theatrical trailers
• Image galleries: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved English translation subtitles
• Limited Edition exclusive 100-page book with new essays by José Luis Ortega Torres, David Wilt and Abraham Castillo Flores, archival articles, and full film credits
• Limited Edition exclusive art cards
• World premieres on Blu-ray
• Limited edition box set of 3,000 numbered units for the US
All extras subject to change