El vampiro: Presented by Trash-Mex

Trash-Mex is back at The Frida Cinema to present four classic Mexican horror films from the 1950s & ’60s, kicking off with Fernando Méndez’s El vampiro (1957)! The beautiful, bereaved Marta (Ariadna Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (German Robles) offers to buy her decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood in order to revive his entombed brother. Widely regarded as the film that kickstarted Mexico’s golden age of horror, El vampiro is a landmark of Mexican genre cinema, complete with a villain whose influence would haunt vampire movies for decades. Don’t miss your chance to sink your teeth into this immortal classic!