“I have just completed the final test on a beggar. I have given him the serum XX-34 in the center of his neck and he died. But immediately, I injected the antidote and he returned to life. … After that, death is inevitable. I succeeded and now I can make any living being into a zombie. I can create soulless slaves loyal only to my wishes.” Sign me up for some of the XX-34 stuff! Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt and Jeff Mohr along with guest Chris Peters – as they discuss Dr. Satán (1966), a fun Mexican horror mashup.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 177 – Dr. Satán (1966)

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Interpol officer Mateos and his companion Nora are in charge of discovering and capturing the members of a shady organization that has been flooding Mexico City with counterfeit dollars. What they don’t know is that these dollars help Dr. Arrozamena (aka Dr. Satán) and his research to turn people into mindless zombies who obey only the Doctor’s orders.

• Directed by: Miguel Morayta
• Writing Credits: José María Fernández Unsáin; Sidney T. Bruckner (story) (credited as S. Tomás Be)
• Produced by: Sidney T. Bruckner
• Music by: Luis Hernández Bretón
• Cinematography by: Raúl Martínez Solares
• Editing by: Carlos Savage
• Selected Cast:
  • Joaquín Cordero as Dr. Plutarco Arozamena – Satán
  • Alma Delia Fuentes as Nora
  • José Gálvez as Inspector Tomás Mateos
  • Judith Ruiz Azcarraga as Elsa
  • Gina Romand as Luisa
  • Carlos Agostí as Baltasar
  • Quintín Bulnes as Javier Rodríguez: Cain
  • Antonio Raxel as Daniel (as Antonio S. Raxel)
  • Roy Fletcher as Agente policía
  • Gerardo Zepeda as Dino (Zombi)
  • Fernando Saucedo as Médico forense
  • Queta Carrasco as Testiga rapto (credited as Enriqueta Carrasco)
  • Manuel Trejo Morales as Carcelero
  • Francisco Meneses as Agente policía (as Francisco G. Meneses)
  • Arturo Fernández as Mendigo raptado (as Arturo Fernandez)
  • Magdaleno Barba as Enterrador (uncredited)

Chris Peters joins Chad and Jeff for this police procedural/occult horror. Or is it a spy-gadget, science fiction flick? In this Mexican horror film, you have your mad doctor creating zombies and talking face-to-face with King Devil, a gang of counterfeiters, Interpol agents hunting said counterfeiters, assorted James Bond-type gadgets, a blonde bombshell serving as a liaison between the doctor and the counterfeiters, a woman agent shooting the hell out of a gun, and a plan for world domination. This is a surprisingly fun flick with good acting, a complicated, but well told, story with pathos, strong female characters, and the devil hisownself. Thanks go to former Grue Crew member, Whitney Collazo for picking this episode’s movie!

At the time of this writing, Dr. Satán is available to stream from YouTube.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Joseph Perry (a founding member of the Classic Grue Crew), is Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), aka The Crimson Cult, featuring Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele, Michael Gough, and H. P. Lovecraft (sort of) in a Tigon production!

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