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Jul 14, 2020 · As a producer, via his company Cinematográfica ABSA (which he founded in 1955), Salazar was the mover and shaker behind a slack handful of highly significant Mexican horror movies made in the late 1950s and early 1960s, by directors such as Méndez, Rafael Baledón and Chano Urueta.
Cinematográfica ABSA is a multinational conglomerate, know for The Vampire, The Vampire's Coffin, The Curse of the Crying Woman, The Brainiac, El hombre y el monstruo, The World of the Vampires, The Living Head, Twist.
Cinematográfica ABSA (MX) 1-19 of 19. Sort by Popularity. View full company info for Cinematográfica ABSA (MX) 1. The Curse of the Crying Woman. 1963 1h 20m Approved. 6.5 (751) Rate.
- The Devil's Backbone. Widely regarded as the pinnacle of the early career of Guillermo del Toro, The Devil's Backbone, or El espinazo del diablo is a haunting, gripping, and horrifying ghost story made from the mind of one of the most influential and revolutionary minds of Mexican cinema.
- The Curse of the Crying Woman. The Curse of the Crying Woman, or La maldición de la Llorona tells the horrific, graphic, and haunting tale of La Llorona, a Mexican folklore surrounding a woman who drowned her children and haunts and hunts innocents in the afterlife.
- Macario. A fantastical mix of fantasy, drama, and horror, Macario is a faithful and honorable tribute to Mexican customs and ideologies of old, that simultaneously showcases the stunning religious elements with haunting and vile visuals.
- Poison for the Fairies. Poison for the Fairies, or Veneno para las hadas follows a wealthy and lonely orphaned girl in 1965 Mexico City who slowly becomes enraptured with witchcraft.
Oct 1, 2008 · Cinematográfica ABSA At the time of its release in 1957, Fernando Méndez’s El Vampiro was the first film about vampires that dared to show the creatures’ now-famous fanged incisors. This seemingly minor inclusion helped craft the modern vampire.
THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN / Cinematográfica ABSA - 1963. Hello everbloody, Tabonga here, tonite we have a great little horror flick from south of the border with the original 1963 title of "La maldición de la Llorona."
In particular, I trace the relationship between Universal Pictures as the progenitor of horror during the Great Depression and Cinematográfica ABSA’s “mexploitation” practices. The latter resulted in the first vampire film in Latin America—El vampiro (1957).
