Directed by Rogelio A. González
Taxidermist Pablo is locked in a hellish marriage with long-suffering and extremely religious Gloria. After the shrewish wife has manipulated her husband into contributing to her church (personified here by a boorish clergy and a mindless, hypocritical laity), Pablo snaps. Actor Arturo de Córdova proves a rival to the likes of Vincent Price, straddling the demands of Grand Guignol and mordant social commentary in this blackest of comedies.
Producer: Sergio Kogan, Armando Espinosa. Screenwriter: Luis Alcoriza, based on the novel The Mystery of Islington by Arthur Machen. Cinematographer: Victor Herrera. Editor: Jorge Bustos. Cast: Arturo de Córdova, Amparo Rivelles, Elda Peralta, Guillermo Orea, Rosenda Monteros.
35mm, b/w, in Spanish with English subtitles, 92 min.
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