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The Mexican masked wrestler and monster filmography / Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter.
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View onlineVan Pelt Library PN1995.9.W74 C68 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cotter, Bobb.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wrestlers in motion pictures.
- Masks in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Mexico--Catalogs.
- Motion pictures.
- Horror films.
- Mexico.
- Horror films--Mexico--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- v, 210 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]
- Summary:
- "This filmography features some of the oddest cinematic showdowns ever concocted. Chapters examine the roots of the phenomenon, including the hugely popular masked wrestling scene and the classic Universal horror films from which Mexican filmmakers stole without compunction"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Bat flies south
- Who was that masked man?
- Universal con carne
- Santo and Son
- "Devil with a blue mask on"
- "Man of one thousand masks"
- Glorious luchadoras of wrestling
- The undercard
- Vampires not named Dracula, and other assorted creatures
- Men can die, but legends live forever.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786420227
- OCLC:
- 57506936
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