RELEASED 25 MARCH 1967/1968/1970 | 12/PG/18 | Blu-ray Director René Cardona Cast Ariadne Welter, Maura Monti, Armando Silvestre
BLU-RAY DEBUT These three newly restored rarities, all by the same director, showcase different ways the Mexican wrestling film could be hybridised with other genres.
The Panther Women foregrounds gothic horror, as female Satanists vow revenge on descendants of the druid who killed their cult’s warlock founder. A Santo-alike called Angel helps out, but it’s female wrestlers who are the focus. Cat People is in the mix too, as the cultists sprout comical fangs and claws – and spy-fi, via Angel’s radio-watch!