Storyline: The Vengeance of the Vampire Women 1970 This movie is a perfect representation of all the other Santo movies I have seen so far It does not stand out, in other words But this is just fine with me I enjoyed watching it The story begins with a mad scientist with a totally cool laboratory who revives a female vampire She is a countess, and of course stunning, and had been put in her grave two centuries ago The scientist has unsavory plans of World Domination dont they always and expects a partnership with the vampire to be in both of their interests The vampire has her own desires to settle a long standing family grudge against Santo, the famous wrestler who is fighting evil wherever he can Santo wears a silver mask that he never removes He never loses a wrestling match, eitherThe scientist has a couple of goons working for him, but needs more recruits for his evil cause So, what to do Visit a local go go club and convert some exotic dancers into sexy vampires Conveniently, the police also regularly visit this dance club They quickly learn about the missing dancers and start investigating Santo of course is there to help Some pesky reporters also appear and start following Santo, because they see this as a juicy story as well as a whole lot of fun This has all the classic elements of Mexican Horror misty graveyards, amazing laboratories, vampires, bad guys, and a mad scientist Since this was shot in 1970, the period go go club is an added bonus Santo, or Saint, was in dozens of movies like this In some English translations, he is called Samson In real life, Santo was a genuine wrestler, and he did wear a silver mask all the time, so his fans did not know what he really looked like He was about 50 years old when this movie was made, and he was still as strong as an ox
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