The Aztec Mummy

The Aztec Mummy (1957)

La Momia Azteca

A scientist discovers through hypnosis a mummy who watches over the jewels of an Aztec god for all eternity.

Date of release
1957-11-13
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Horror
Director
Rafael Portillo
Collection
The Aztec Mummy Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The Aztec Mummy is a 1957 Mexican adventure horror film produced by Guillermo Calderon from his own story idea, scripted by Alfredo Salazar, and directed by Rafael Portillo. The plot centers on a group of scientists who uncover a secret Aztec tomb through past-life regression, only to awaken an ancient warrior who has been cursed to guard the tomb and its hidden treasures. It is the first of a trilogy featuring the titular character, all filmed back-to-back in order to increase potential profit.

Production

Development for La Momia Azteca began in early 1957, at the end of a Golden Age in Mexican cinema when films put out had been celebrated internationally in the film industry, beginning in 1939. Mexican writer Alfredo Salazar, brother to actor and producer Abel Salazar Alfredo Salazar had spent most his career up to this point writing comedies.

Story elements from Universal's film, such as the ancient romance, reincarnation, and the image of a shambling mummy were developed into Salazar's script, with Salazar altering the reincarnation element into the past life regression theory, recently made popular through the case of Bridey Murphy, who claimed to have lived a past life.

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