10 Mexican Horror Movies Every Horror Fan Should Watch
7. El Vampiro (1957)
One of the most timeless and iconic pieces of cinema to have come out of Mexico over the course of the twentieth century, El vampiro is the country's own take on the classic tales of black capes, gothic castles and that sweet taste of fangs biting into an innocent victim's neck.
El vampiro was written as an original story by Ramon Obon and was released in 1957 as a collaboration between Abel Salazar and Fernando Mendez. Starring German Robles as the sinister Count Lavud, El vampiro is not just a heavy hitter in Mexico, but is actually one of the most important chapters in the entire history of vampires on the big screen.
Released one year prior to the launch of the Hammer series, it not only helped to revive interest in the vampire subgenre, but was instrumental in redesigning how vampires were supposed to look going forward. Count Lavud's canines were given the fang treatment, rather than the incisors which had been given this treatment for Nosferatu in the years before, and the eccentric mannerisms and mysteries behind a cloaked man living in a castle were all prominent features of El vampiro that Christopher Lee and co. would take forward with them.