original
Mexican/Spanish title BESTIA NOCTURNA [Nocturnal Beast]
also known as NIGHT BEAST
dirctor Humberto Martinez Mijares
starring Raymundo Capetillo · Laura Flores · Eric Del
Castilo · Roberto Canedo
Here
is a Mexican film that fell through the cracks into the saturated horror
pit of the 1980s, failing to find any kind of a release in the United
States. It is truly an oddity. Initially, here's an actioner about about
a new crop of graduating cadets entering the Mexican Highway Patrol as
they face reckless drivers, runaway trucks, drug cartels and... a supernatural
monster slaughtering women at night. Yes, "supernatural."
Not a human slasher. This is a sadistic killer disguised as a military
soldier. But he is indestructible. A totally unexpected element in an
otherwise traditional action flick.
As
mentioned previously, director and screenwriter Humberto Martinez Mijares
combines several genres here, something he had done previously with Fuga
Indomable [Ruthless Escape], an episodic actioner about three
orphans - a boy and two girls - on the run from a cruel foster home. But,
also as mentioned before, Majares distinguishes himself this time by adding
a resistant super-human killing madman to this standard police-procedural
drama. The fusion is a bit disconcerting at first, adding to a unique
out-of-sync viewing experience.
A
Mexican/Spanish movie with optional ON/OFF English subtitles;
fullcreen format, (90 min.), in DVD format, encoded for NTSC ALL REGIONS,
playable on any American DVD machine. Extras include theatrical trailers.
Violence/Sexual
Assault/Sexual Brutality
for Mature Audiences
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Here
is a Mexican film that fell through the cracks into the saturated horror
pit of the 1980s, failing to find any kind of a release in the United
States. It is truly an oddity. Initially, here's an actioner about about
a new crop of graduating cadets entering the Mexican Highway Patrol as
they face reckless drivers, runaway trucks, drug cartels and... a supernatural
monster slaughtering women at night. Yes, "supernatural."
Not a human slasher. This is a sadistic killer disguised as a military
soldier. But he is indestructible. A totally unexpected element in an
otherwise traditional action flick.
