The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher (1957)

Ladrón de cadáveres

A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...

Date of release
1957-09-26
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
Fernando Méndez

Casting

Interesting facts

The Body Snatcher, is a 1957 Mexican horror film directed by Fernando Mendez who also co-wrote the film with Alejandro Verbitzky.

Production

The story for Ladrón de Cadáveres was partially inspired by Universal's Frankenstein which was a commercial and critical success. Hoping to replicate this success, Mexican directors responded by releasing their own variations of Universal Studios famous monster movies, but differed enough to avoid any copyright lawsuits.

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