La montaña del diablo (1975)

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Country: Mexico
Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Release: 1975-10-02
Director: Juan Andrés Bueno
Writers: Juan Andrés Bueno
Language: Spanish
Stars: Jorge Rivero , Ernesto Yáñez , Carmen Vicarte , Miguel Gurza , Ricardo Garza , Gina Morett , Enrique Novi , Tamara Garina , Alejandra Ramírez , Manuel Corcuera
Runtime: 89 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: La montaña del diablo (Mexico) , La montaña del diablo
Plot: A lost classic of Mexican cinema. Influenced by (and improving upon) "El Topo" (as if remade by Bunuel and/or David Lynch), there's a savage humour that anticipates the best of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino overlaying the traditional Clint Eastwood/spaghetti western plotting. Saw it 25 years ago in a Merida grindhouse, so the exact details are a little vague... there were lots of deformed, cackling uglies, some dwarfs (including one riding a blindman that Mel Gibson might've copped for Mad Max) and the occasional fireworks of magical realism, Telemundo has been running some of Jorge Rivero's wrestling movies with El Santo at three in the morning... with any luck, they'll pick up the El Payo series too.
IMDB:tt0217662