Dir: Luis Quintanilla Rico
Most of my Mexican cinematic intake has consisted of equal parts 1960's horror flicks like the DR SATAN movies, equal parts EL SANTO movies plus BCI's "South of the Border" DVD volumes! However, this is something quite different (to say the least!). Take a pinch of MAD MAX 2, add Roger Corman's 1970s biker movies, and move the setting to Mexico. Oh, and by the way, did I forget to say "...and ad Jim Jones' Mexican cousin too!", haha. That's exactly what LOS DEMONIOS DEL DESIERTO is!
Somewhere in the deserts of Mexico live an outlaw biker cult who, dressed like the worst Hollywood attempt at punk, follow an insane *diabolical* leader whose goal is to kill all ordinary people and make their sons his brainwashed followers. They kill travellers and steal their belongings. When the movie begins, they kidnap two beautiful young girls while they're getting ready for the one girl's wedding.
The two main characters are two cops (the girls' boyfriends) and when they learn about the girls abduction they grab their machine guns ("ordinary guns won't do") and set out to find and rescue the girls, and kill the cult members and their leader. Mayhem and violent insanity pursue.
After having killed a coupla goons you need a coupla beers!LOS DEMONIOS DEL DESIERTO is great fun. I mean how could a movie about two elderly renegade cops (they're about twice as old as the girls who play their girlfriends!) who fight Jim Jones punk cult members not be a lotta fun!?!? And it certainly is!!! And it's pretty gory too. And the ending is, well, lemme just say I didn't quite see THAT *ONE* coming.
LOS DEMONIOS DEL DESIERTO is unfortunately not easy to find. I believe it's only ever been released on VHS in Mexico. The print I got hold of is an English subtitled (fan translated) version. The print looks pretty good. Find it if you can, wild entertainment guaranteed.
Suck my thigh before I kill ya!
Thanks to the friend who sent me The Demons and a handful of other cool & rare flicks!!
Oooohh!!
ReplyDeleteI see somebody else has discovered the wacky films Mexico has to offer! Nice to see it's not just all masked wrestlers.... and that I'm not the only crazy film fan watching them.
I've been dipping into the well of hidden gems from "South of the Border" too lately and it's surprising how many of these are practically unknown or forgotten by film fans. It's got me looking even further south to see what might be lurking in South America that I might have missed.
Hey Nekoneko!
ReplyDeleteNo, you're certainly not the only one who's discovered the wonders of what's south of the (your) border! My friend also sent me the two "Intrepidos Punks" films (subbed) so I'm looking forward to those as well!!
Thanks for your comment. As you know I was in doubt whether I should keep this section but, hell, this isn't a report for school so who's gonna give me a bad mark for putting Mexico in with Asian cinema. LOL.