Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Uriah43 While giving a speech at a conference "Dr. Eduardo Almada" (Ramon Gay) is greeted with skepticism concerning his work with using hypnosis to facilitate the possibility of reincarnation. To help prove his point his fiancé, "Flor Sepulveda" (Rosa Arenas) agrees to undergo an experiment which results in her remembering a past life in which she was a virgin by the name of Xochi being prepared for sacrifice to the Aztec god Tezkatlipoka. She further recalled that an Aztec warrior by the name of "Popoca" (Angel Di Stefani) was madly in love with her and wanted her to run away with him. Unfortunately, both Xochi and Popoca were caught in a forbidden embrace and apprehended. He was then cursed by the high priest to remain in the burial chamber for eternity while Xochi was subsequently sacrificed. It is at this time that Flor is awakened and although she is badly shaken up Dr. Almada refuses to listen to her plea not to venture into the Aztec pyramid to retrieve the breastplate that Xochi was wearing when she died. Not only is he ambivalent to a curse placed upon anybody who retrieves it but he is also unaware that a mysterious burglar by the name of "the Bat" has been listening in to this entire conversation and plans on stealing it once Dr. Almada obtains it. But "the Bat" isn't the only thing that Dr. Almada needs to worry about. Now, rather than disclose any more of this film and possibly ruin it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a decent clone to similar movies on this topic made in the past. Additionally, while the movie I saw was recorded in Spanish with English subtitles I still found it to be a fairly entertaining grade-B movie. I rate it as about average.

mikelmike77 This so called horror film was cut many times to make other so called horror films that were brought to the U.S. by K.Gordon Murray , who translated a few low budget Mexican horror films , like some of the El Santo films and then sold them to the drive- in circuit in the 60s .The ''Angel'' who is the hero of this film , gets his arse kicked throughout the film . He never wins a fight and the mummy saves them all in the end , but its a real bad/good gem in my book .Between the bad dubbing , the bad acting and the bad make-up , there are more than a few laughs to make it a somewhat pleasurable waste of time , so give it a try if you've some time to kill , there are worse ways to waste time !!

MartinHafer This is the first film in a three part Mexican mummy series. As it's set in Mexico, the mummy is from the Aztec empire, but otherwise it's a typical reiteration of the Hollywood mummy films in many ways.Oddly, I saw the final film in this series first and in light of that I was very surprised when I saw THE AZTEC MUMMY (LA MOMIA AZTECA). That's because unlike the third film, this one wasn't horrible! This makes sense, as by the third, the mummy was now battling Dr. Krupp's evil robot--one that looked like it was lifted off an old Flash Gordon serial! Here, despite the addition of the stupid and pointless villain (Krupp--as "The Bat"), the rest of the film is not half bad (or half good for that matter).In many ways, the film is like a combination of the Boris Karloff MUMMY, the serial THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL and BRIDE AND THE BEAST (a film written by the "great" Ed Wood, Jr.). Like THE MUMMY, the main story idea of a man falling in love with the princess and being cursed to being buried with her as a mummy. Like CAPTAIN MARVEL, inexplicably there is a masked idiot (why the mask and why the silly getup?!) who leads a gang of thugs in an effort to steal and do naughty things. And, like BRIDE AND THE BEAST, a woman is hypnotized--only to reveal that she is reincarnated from an amazing past life. Considering that this film came out one year before BRIDE, you wonder if Wood saw this Mexican film and just "borrowed" from it.As far as the technical merits go, it's an okay time passer but it sure has its flaws. Fortunately for the movie makers, however, they had access to Aztec pyramids near Mexico City. Unfortunately, they had no idea how to light these indoor scenes and as a result they are very dark and difficult to see (oops). Also, while the Aztec ceremonial scenes look pretty good, the music really, really is ear-splitting and annoying. I suggest using your DVD's fast-forward button after you feel you are about to scream! The mummy itself looks okay, but you sure aren't about to assume the costume was designed by a special effects master. As for the dialog and acting, it was fair to middling. The worst of the actors was the lady (Flora) as she was very wooden. Pinacate's part was also poorly written, as he apparently was meant as comic relief but just came off as a cowardly idiot. The rest were decent but that is all.Overall, not at all a terrible film but unfortunately not super-exciting either. While the story is less goofy than THE AZTEC MUMMY VERSUS THE HUMAN MONSTER, it also has few laughs. A decent time-passer.

AlanSmithee0 The horror and terror of the Aztec Mummy is shown in this classic Mexi-horror film! This is the first and most profound movie in the "Aztec Mummy" trilogy of the late 50s as we see the Mummy in all his bandaged and bulky horror.The Mummy is the cursed spirit of a warrior named Popoca who was buried alive for loving a maiden and cursed to always protect her remains and the valuable bracelet and breastplate left with her that reveals the location of a vast cache of Aztec gold. Soon, the wounded warrior is awakened and sets off to find the stolen items and Flora, the reincarnation of his deceased love. But Flora's boyfriend, Dr. Almada who was responsible for bringing the Mummy to life is out to stop him and save his fiance. Almada also has the trouble of the nefarious Bat, a masked wreslter who also is a major player in the criminal underworld who seeks the Aztec treasure. Will Flora be saved? Can Almada overcome his foes? Will the Bat steal the treasure? Will poor Popoca find eternal rest?Definately worth checking out and better than the two Aztec Mummy movies that followed!I give it 7/10!