8 Female Action Films You Probably Haven't Seen

8. Doctor Of Doom

Movies about masked wrestlers fighting supernatural antagonists were big business in Mexico during the 1960s, their popularity opening the floodgates for a series of films featuring the country’s wrestling women. If you only see one luchadora movie in your lifetime, make it Rene Cardona’s Doctor Of Doom (1963).

Words alone cannot express how much dumb, delirious fun this movie is to watch: as well as the expected bad dubbing and obvious stunt doubles, there’s some hilariously awful makeup and a hammy villain whose motivation appears to have been to give Vincent Price’s Dr Goldfoot a run for his money.

The acting, writing and direction are all on the level of (yet weirdly predate) Adam West-era Batman, with a monster that’s supposed to be “half man half beast” but looks more like a strongman with fur glued to his chest and arms. If it’s camp entertainment you’re looking for, put this movie at the top of your watch list.