LibGuides: Lucha Libros: Lucha Libre Cine

About Lucha Libre Films

Lucha Libre films are enjoyable and campy monster/fantasy/action movies that feature masked wrestlers. The movies reached their peak in the 1950's-1980s.

Univision Blue Demon en el cine
Spanish link discusses character of Blue Demon.
Santo and Friends
This link introduces readers to the low budget lucha libre monster movies produced in the 1950's-1980s that star such luchadores as Santo and Blue Demon.
Mexican Horror Films starrring masked wrestlers
This book review provides a quick introduction to the genre.
Iconic Santo Films
This link from Latino Culture site Remezcla ranks Santo's most important films and even provides links to the full movie of Santo Vs. Las Momias de Guanajuato. (Santo vs. the Mummies of Guanajuato).
Free Film School
An overview of the Lucha Libre movie from the website Free Film School.

What to watch: Introduction to Lucha Libre on film.

Santo y Blue Demon contra Dracula y el Hombre Lobo
Blue Demon and Santo fight Dracula.
In Spanish.
Santo contra la hija de Frankestein
Mad scientist Freda Frankestein attempts to lure Santo to her underground lair.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Loco Fighters
Welcome to Lucha Libre. See interviews with Mexican Wrestling's biggest stars.
Chiefly in Spanish with English subtitles.
Tales of Masked Men: A Journey through Lucha Libre
English language film explores the role of Lucha Libre in immigrant communities and highlights this entertainment, which is part circus and part sport.