Highly Overrated But Still Good

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Santo y Blue Demon vs Los Monstruos, its one of the weirdest entries in the santo series of films, but its a very fun one.It has some very bad effects, that are really funny, some weird editing and plenty of day-for-night shots, these elements add to the cheese factor, its a very riveting film that uses its low budget feel as a medium for fun, but the acting its not bad, the actors seem to fit within their characters.The monsters of this film are really decent adaptations of the classics we all know and love, the wolf man looks nice, the Frankenstein's monster looks good too, the mummy its not that great, its really just an old guy in a mummy costume but he isn't in a lot of the film, the vampire its great, the actor who plays it looks like hes crazy, the best monster its the cyclops who looks goofy and fake in some parts, but still has some highlights. The film also suffers from padding, the real movie starts about 9 minutes in because the first part of this film its a double wrestling match that doesn't add anything to the movie, other than minutes of length. There are also some musical numbers on it for the same reasons. Overall, I think its one of the most fun santo films, but its not very well made. recommended for those who are fans of the Mexican luchador genre.

Like The Marx Brothers, El Santo often found himself enmired in story lines featuring far too many musical numbers. Case in point: SANTO AND BLUE DEMON AGAINST THE MONSTERS. Though it's very well crafted, the 4 or 5 songs (there may've been more; I found myself zoning out every time a floor show started) severely cramp our hero's style. (As if trying to stay one step ahead of rival Blue Demon weren't enough!) When the Universal Monster-wannabes come lumbering down the pike, things pick up (so to speak): Frankenstein's Monster grinds a kid's head underfoot, the myopic Cyclops (a CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON wannabe) has an orb that actually MOVES, and the bat-eared Dracula spreads his cape and dives (in slow motion) on anything that moves. The biggest disappointment monster-wise has to be the wolfman: here he's a bearded old gent with plastic Halloween teeth (though in some shots, if I'm not mistaken, he has an appliance on his nose- either that, or the guy has a snooter and a half). Fast forward through the musical numbers and you'll be fine. (Others have referred to this as a color production, but the DVD I have is black and white...)

We saw this on a decent-sized screen at a showing presented by the Mexican Consulate (!). The "monsters" are so hilariously bizarre that your treasured memories of vampire women and Aztec mummies will be left in the dust.But why go on? All you need to know is that Santo and Blue Demon vs the Monsters contains the following line from mad scientist Otto Halder, as he confronts the entire crew of good guys in his lab, all momentarily under his power: "You called me insane!" (Turns to evil invention, calmly.) "I will now disintegrate my niece." What more could a True Believer ask from a movie than a line like that?

In this story, our hero Santo, called "Sampson" in English, must wrestle against an array of monsters:(1) Frankenstein's Monster, complete with neck bolts (2) The Wolfman (3) Dracula, escorted by fanged female helpers (4) The Creature from the Black Lagoon (5) The MummyThe monsters are controlled by a mad scientist (what else?), whose laboratory is located in an old castle. As expected, the scientist is rotten to the core and has all kinds of evil schemes in the works. The monsters and laboratory look great - all classic horror movie stuff!Poor Santo is way outnumbered. Fortunately, the monsters can only come out at night (even though it often looks like daytime, at least to this viewer).How can Santo defeat the monsters and stop the scientist?? You will have to watch the movie to find out!Great fun.