
Directing
Rafael Portillo
Born — Died
1916-11-11 — 1995-11-30
Known for
Directing
Credits
42 titles
Rafael Portillo was born on November 11, 1916 in Mexico City, Mexico. He was a director and editor, known for Emilio Varela vs. Camelia la Texana (1980), A Hard Guy to Kill (1967) and The Ghost Falls in Love (1953). He died on November 30, 1995 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Known for
6.4A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.
A Life in the Balance
1955
6.0Shady waterfront guy rents a yacht from a married couple and they all go off on a secret mission together.
Mar sangriento (La gaviota roja)
1965
5.0Police detective Clayton Douglas is summoned to a remote hospital where a mysterious Civil War veteran's outrageous deathbed confession forces him to accept the supernatural.
Impuratus
2023
3.4A scientist seeking loot of the Nile regresses a woman to her past incarnation, a princess in ancient Egypt. (Edited from the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA, and follows its general plot but with 36 minutes of new, American-made footage and English narration in lieu of dubbed dialogue for the original footage.)
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
1964
4.2A scientist experimenting with past lives finds a reincarnated Aztec who can lead him to lost treasure—and to a creature that should remain lost. (Composed of footage from two unrelated Mexican horror films, LA CASA DEL TERROR and LA MOMIA AZTECA, plus new American-made footage.)
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965
3.0A mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
1958
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.4A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.
A Life in the Balance
1955
6.0Shady waterfront guy rents a yacht from a married couple and they all go off on a secret mission together.
Mar sangriento (La gaviota roja)
1965
3.4A scientist seeking loot of the Nile regresses a woman to her past incarnation, a princess in ancient Egypt. (Edited from the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA, and follows its general plot but with 36 minutes of new, American-made footage and English narration in lieu of dubbed dialogue for the original footage.)
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
1964
4.2A scientist experimenting with past lives finds a reincarnated Aztec who can lead him to lost treasure—and to a creature that should remain lost. (Composed of footage from two unrelated Mexican horror films, LA CASA DEL TERROR and LA MOMIA AZTECA, plus new American-made footage.)
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965
3.0A mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
1958
4.7A Mexican sex comedy (fichera)
The Loving Ones
1979
5.8No synopsis available yet.
Amanecí en tus brazos
1967
4.1The evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - Xochitl's tomb. Confusion reigns as Krupp and his thugs are opposed by Flor's lover, Dr. Almada, his assistant, and wrestling superhero, El Angel. Krupp finally meets his match, however, when he comes up against Popoca, the warrior mummy who guards Xochitl's tomb.
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
1957
5.7The spectacular beauty of María awakens the most hot and crazy passions among all the men of the island, including Jorge and Roberto. The two fishermen will vie for her love, by any means necessary.
Bello amanecer
1964
4.0Vicky loves Ricardo but Ricardo loves Barbara. So, Vicky goes to a gypsy witch who convinces her she must make a pact with Satan in order to cast an effective love spell on Ricardo. After Vicky gives her body and soul to the Dark One, she engages with Ricardo in a passionate night of lovemaking that is cut short by Satan, who, sensing that Ricardo has not completely fallen under the spell, orders Vicky to kill him. Following Ricardo's death, his brother Carlos is haunted by nightmares of the dead sibling, who appears and takes possession of Carlos in order to get his revenge on Vicky.
Cautivo del mas allá
1968
4.0Vicky loves Ricardo but Ricardo loves Barbara. So, Vicky goes to a gypsy witch who convinces her she must make a pact with Satan in order to cast an effective love spell on Ricardo. After Vicky gives her body and soul to the Dark One, she engages with Ricardo in a passionate night of lovemaking that is cut short by Satan, who, sensing that Ricardo has not completely fallen under the spell, orders Vicky to kill him. Following Ricardo's death, his brother Carlos is haunted by nightmares of the dead sibling, who appears and takes possession of Carlos in order to get his revenge on Vicky.
Cautivo del mas allá
1968
6.0Anthology movie, episodes about three women who undergo stressful experiences that cause their minds to snap.
Tres noches de locura
1970
4.8In Panamá City, a man stalks a well-to-do adolescent, without knowing that she is the daughter he procreated when he raped a woman.
I Was Raped
1976
6.7A love triangle of which the beach and the sea will witness.
Murallas de pasión
1944
5.9A new Judge and Sheriff, plus support staff, come to town to clean up El Dorado's lawless ways.
La conquista de El Dorado
1965
5.2Two young men go into hiding to escape from a contract killer; they put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.
Muñecas de medianoche
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Escorpiones
1991
No synopsis available yet.
Escorpiones
1991
6.3Mexican feature film
Traigo mi 45
1952
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Noches de Cabaret: Las Reinas del Talón
1978
6.0A romance between a woman and a ghost.
The Ghost falls in Love
1953
6.0A romance between a woman and a ghost.
The Ghost falls in Love
1953
5.7No synopsis available yet.
El rey de los albures
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Sangre derramada
1975
4.6The female employees at a nightclub go on a strike.
Las Tentadoras
1980
6.0No synopsis available yet.
El chorizo del carnicero
1989
5.8Nightclub owners try to scrape up enough money to sponsor a variety show on TV to publicize their artists and their venue.
Locos por la televisión
1958
A popular singer is suspected of being involved with a notorious drug dealer, el Tiburón (the Shark). Meanwhile, a friend of the singer is recruited by Interpol to find the criminal's real identity.
Operación Tiburón
1965
6.7Mexican feature film
Ultraje al amor
1956
6.3A group of scientists in search of lost Atlantis are plane wrecked on an uncharted island full of stock footage monsters fresh from One Million BC. Occasionally we get an original papier mache monster peaking out from behind an alcove, but for the most part this is typical Mexican filmmaking for the period. With Armond Silvestre and Alma Delia Fuentes.
The Island of the Dinosaurs
1967
4.7A beautiful woman discovers the rooster fighting world and in the process fall in love with a handsome boy.
Una gallina muy ponedora
1982
4.6A scientist discovers through hypnosis a mummy who watches over the jewels of an Aztec god for all eternity.
The Aztec Mummy
1957
5.7Bank robbers face obstacles when they try to retrieve stolen money that one of their gang buried.
Condenados a muerte
1963
No synopsis available yet.
My Gun and Your Handcuffs
1989
5.6Goofball inventor is working on x-ray binoculars for peeping with; meanwhile, his assistant seeks help for a medical condition and gets caught up in the drama between two philandering doctors and their wives.
Mujeres encantadoras
1958
6.3Tells the story of the formation of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, spanning three generations: the grandfather, Amado Vargas; the father, Gaspar Vargas; and the son, Silvestre Vargas.
Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre
1977
6.3Tells the story of the formation of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, spanning three generations: the grandfather, Amado Vargas; the father, Gaspar Vargas; and the son, Silvestre Vargas.
Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre
1977
5.8Emilio tries to retire from Camelia's gang; she has her men bushwhack him, but he escapes and plans revenge. Sequel to Contrabando Y Traicion.
Emilio Varela vs Camelia la Texana
1980
5.8A band of outlaws appear out of nowhere on a ranchers property and viciously shoot him down. They steal what they can from his ranch and kidnap his wife. They make for the Mexican border, but something starts stalking them. From: Exploitation.TV
Hard Breed to Kill
1967
5.7A man crosses the border into the US and gets a fake taxi. His friend intercepts all the calls from a taxi company to give them to the fake taxi driver.
Mojado... pero caliente
1989

