Writing
Alfredo Salazar
Born — Died
1922-03-17 — 2006-05-07
Place of birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal
Known for
Writing
Credits
41 titles
Alfredo Salazar was born on March 17, 1922 in Mexico City as Alfredo Salazar García. He was a writer and director, known for Una rata en la oscuridad (1979), El Charro de las Calaveras (1965) and Peor que los buitres (1974). Brother of actor, producer, and director Abel Salazar.
Known for
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
6.2A woman travels to her past life with the help of Santo's past life regression machine
Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
1969
5.5A surgeon transplants the heart of an ape into his ailing son with horrific results.
Night of the Bloody Apes
1969
5.6Two hippie-identified dudebros take over the management of a bikini factory belonging to the father of one of them. Remake of A Ritmo De Twist (1962).
Bikinis y Rock
1972
5.4When a mad scientist begins kidnapping wrestlers and extracting their spinal fluid to create a race of Gill Men, two cops call in Batwoman to investigate. But when her mission leaves the scientist horrifically scarred, he seeks revenge.
The Bat Woman
1968
6.9When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
Blacker Than the Night
1975
Film credits
Behind the camera
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
6.2A woman travels to her past life with the help of Santo's past life regression machine
Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
1969
5.5A surgeon transplants the heart of an ape into his ailing son with horrific results.
Night of the Bloody Apes
1969
5.6Two hippie-identified dudebros take over the management of a bikini factory belonging to the father of one of them. Remake of A Ritmo De Twist (1962).
Bikinis y Rock
1972
5.4When a mad scientist begins kidnapping wrestlers and extracting their spinal fluid to create a race of Gill Men, two cops call in Batwoman to investigate. But when her mission leaves the scientist horrifically scarred, he seeks revenge.
The Bat Woman
1968
6.9When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
Blacker Than the Night
1975
4.8A mad scientist terrorizes a city by kidnapping young women with his ape-man Gomar and then using them as subjects in sadistic brain transplant experiments. A female wrestler whose sister was one of the victims swears vengeance against the Mad Doctor.
Doctor of Doom
1963
4.4Two sisters buy an old dark house, soon they discover it's haunted.
A Rat in the Darkness
1979
4.4Two sisters buy an old dark house, soon they discover it's haunted.
A Rat in the Darkness
1979
4.9When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them off one-by-one with his bow & arrow.
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
1971
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Tía Candela
1948
5.7After facing defeat at the hands of Cristaldi the magician, Dracula is back to seek revenge and rule the world. With the help of Wolfman and his legion of followers, victory seems eminent. Professor Cristaldi, a descendant of the magician, is warned about Dracula's plans and calls upon El Santo and Blue Demon in the hopes that they can put the infamous Count and the werewolf down for good.
Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man
1973
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
4.9Gloria Venus and Golden Rubi are tag-team Luchadoras, helping a scientist on a quest to discover an ancient Aztec treasure, but the fiendish Prince Fugiyata wants to get there first. Both are in for a surprise, as the treasure is guarded by Xochitl, the Aztec Mummy Sorcerer, who can turn into a bat at will.
Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
1964
4.9Gloria Venus and Golden Rubi are tag-team Luchadoras, helping a scientist on a quest to discover an ancient Aztec treasure, but the fiendish Prince Fugiyata wants to get there first. Both are in for a surprise, as the treasure is guarded by Xochitl, the Aztec Mummy Sorcerer, who can turn into a bat at will.
Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
1964
5.6A lady wrestler and her boyfriend, a policeman, battle a mad scientist who has developed a murderous killer robot and uses it to kidnap wealthy people.
Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot
1969
Fancy shooting-iron awarded as a prize in a marksmanship competition, passes from hand to hand.
The Law of Guns
1960
4.7Santo goes to Ecuador to sit in nightclubs and watch stage shows, also to crack a counterfeiting ring.
Santo vs. the Kidnappers
1973
6.4A failed pianist sells his soul to the devil in return for his becoming the greatest musician in the world. The catch: every time he plays he turns into a horrible monster.
The Man and the Monster
1959
8.0El vampire y el sexy (or Santo in the Treasure of Dracula in its censored version) is a 1968 Mexican film starring El Santo and directed by René Cardona. The Vampire and Sex was filmed as the adult version of Santo in the Treasure of Dracula. While the censored family version was distributed in 1969, the uncensored version was not shown to the public until 2011 when it was discovered.
The Vampire and Sex
1969
5.5The Panther women are worshipers of Satan and perform rituals in their honor and sacrifice. The fighters will face them up and down the ring.
The Panther Women
1967
6.3Mexican feature film
No vale nada la vida
1984
6.0Mariachi with dual vocalists is broken up by a promoter who wants one of them as a solo act.
Serenata en México
1956
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Te Solte la Rienda
1981
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Te Solte la Rienda
1981
6.3Two screwballs get mixed up with monsters, mad scientists and vampires.
Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company
1962
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
4.9All kinds of crimes are being committed in a frontier settlement; if you blame it on the Chiricahuas afterwards, you can get away with anything. One Chiricahua hooks up with a white guy and a black woman who have been victimized by the status quo, and the three of them whoop some righteous-vengeance butt.
Lo blanco, lo rojo y lo negro
1979
6.5Frontier boy orphaned after a military actiion,, escapes with his horse into Mexico and has adventures.
Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño
1975
6.0Flamenco artist in Mexico draws attention from three suitors.
Los tres amores de Lola
1956
6.2A group of biker outlaws escape into the desert after assaulting a mining company. Under the threat of the sun, they will run into internal betrayals and water shortages, forcing them to kidnap a nearby Apache to help them find a mythical oasis to survive.
Peor que los buitres
1974
4.6A scientist discovers through hypnosis a mummy who watches over the jewels of an Aztec god for all eternity.
The Aztec Mummy
1957
5.6Episodic film in which a masked hero combats a trio of classic monsters.
The Rider of the Skulls
1965
5.6Episodic film in which a masked hero combats a trio of classic monsters.
The Rider of the Skulls
1965
3.8A crossdresser who robs victims of nightclubs is caught and sent to a women's prison.
Hilario Cortés, el rey del talón
1980
Rivalry between two bathing-suit manufacturers -- one run by teenagers and the other by unscrupulous grownups.
A ritmo de twist
1962
5.0When Tony, a successful businessman, receives a call informing him that he has inherited his late aunt's vast estate, he uproots himself and his wife, Annie, from New York to Mexico City. While adjusting to and exploring their new gothic home, Tony and Annie come upon a mysterious clown doll. Although merely unnerved by the doll’s strange appearance at first, Annie soon becomes concerned as it begins turning up out of nowhere in every corner of the house. When a series of fatal 'accidents’ occur on or near the couple’s property, with the doll always at the scene, Tony and Annie come to the terrifying realization that a sinister force has possessed it, and begin a race against time to figure out how to bring the carnage to an end!
Diabolical Inheritance
1994
5.0When Tony, a successful businessman, receives a call informing him that he has inherited his late aunt's vast estate, he uproots himself and his wife, Annie, from New York to Mexico City. While adjusting to and exploring their new gothic home, Tony and Annie come upon a mysterious clown doll. Although merely unnerved by the doll’s strange appearance at first, Annie soon becomes concerned as it begins turning up out of nowhere in every corner of the house. When a series of fatal 'accidents’ occur on or near the couple’s property, with the doll always at the scene, Tony and Annie come to the terrifying realization that a sinister force has possessed it, and begin a race against time to figure out how to bring the carnage to an end!
Diabolical Inheritance
1994
5.7The Jiménez brothers and their allies lead an operation to combat a gang of criminals who have the region under a regime of terror. The bloody confrontations begin to produce the first fatalities.
The Gunslingers
1962
7.2No synopsis available yet.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
1976
