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(aka "La mujer murcielago" or "The Batwoman" or "Batwoman" or "Bat woman")
Directed by René Cardona
Mexico 1968
Wrestlers, mad doctors, and human-fish hybrids abound in The Bat Woman (La
mujer murciélago), a colourful showcase for the talents of Italian Mexican
sex symbol Maura Monti. *** After the body of a professional wrestler is found off Acapulco's coastline, the victim, by all appearances, is believed to have drowned. However, the autopsy reveals a very perplexing and disturbing prognosis, when it's discovered the victim's pineal gland has been surgically drained of all fluid. With this prognosis eerily imitating the findings in the autopsies of murdered victims in Hong Kong and Macao, the police turn the investigation over to Mario Roble, who enlists the help of a beautiful crime fighting luchador known as Batwoman. Their thorough investigation leads them to an evil neurosurgeon who is using the fluid in his endeavors to genetically engineer a half fish, half man hybrid. |
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Theatrical Release: March 28th, 1968
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Runtime | 1:21:08.321 | |
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Edition Details: • Audio commentary with film historian and Mexican cinema specialist David Wilt (2024) • Bat of Nine Lives (2024): Maura Monti, the Bat Woman herself, discusses her life and short but prolific career in Mexican genre cinema (18:17) • Adventures in Mexicolour(2024): journalist, writer and indie editor of Belcebú, and formerly DC Comics, Mauricio Matamoros Durán examines the position of The Bat Woman within the Mexican and international pop and comic-book culture of the time (20:15) • Fantastique Creatures(2024): José Luis Ortega Torres, film critic, teacher, and author of the book Mostrología del cine mexicano, explores the representation of monsters in early Mexican genre cinema (13:47) • Original theatrical trailer (3:06) • Image gallery: promotional and publicity material Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Dolores Tierney, archival essays by Doyle Greene and Andrew Coe, archival interviews with Maura Monti, and full film credits
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original Spanish language. The Batwoman
has a few aggressive moments and the Gill-man's grunting growls plus
some science lab bubbling. I could find little information on a credited score
for The Batwoman, aside from journeyman Antonio Díaz Conde (Plunder
in the Sun) as the musical director with Leo Acosta (La mujer
del diablo) as the uncredited composer of the funky jazz music used
in the film. It's quite kitschy and suits the film perfectly. Indicator offer optional English subtitles on
their Region FREE
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René Cardona's The Batwoman
is premium kitsch catnip. It's so appealing to have the Mexican Luchador
cinema extend beyond El Santo. This has sexy Maura Monti in her best and
most notable role. She commands the screen as the confident hero,
frequently donning her purple bikini and cape. She is lovely eye-candy.
Monti's career was relatively short but she was also in Santo vs. the
Martian Invasion, La muerte en bikini, and S.O.S.
Operation Bikini among a handful of other films. Her character here
appears wealthy and carefree, battles criminals as the masked
'Batwoman', and wrestles on the side also training at the gym with her
doting colleagues. She enters the film by parachuting (ala Raquel Welch
in Fathom)
onto a beach. The Batwoman
is so much fun with underwater fights, a mad scientist, karate chops, a
special min-gun and a, science-lab derived, fish-man (appropriately
named 'Pisces') for our modern young heroine to contend with.
Magnificent. The Indicator Blu-ray
is at their usual complete standard - a definitive, restored, a/v
presentation, interviews, booklet - these films are gaining a new
spotlight (thank you Peter Conheim et all for the restoration - also
Santo
vs. the Riders of Terror) and I couldn't be more in favor. An absolute
keeper - throw this on in-a-loop during your next party - and keep the
margaritas flowing. Absolutely recommended.
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