4/10
Not the best Santo villain
30 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Don't you think Santo would stop and look at his cases and say, "You know, I fought Satan himself. Like, I have first-hand evidence of Lucifer, the First of the Fallen, the Lord of the Flies. I've battled aliens, vampires -- male and female, werewolves -- also both genders, gone back in time and tangled with witches. Now it's art theft?"

Yes, art restoration expert Dr. Mann has quite the plan. His men deface a canvas -- like "Los Borrachos" by Velázquez -- and then he gets paid to restore it using tumors that he has introduced into the bodies of the women that he has chained up. He gets paid to fix the painting and keeps the original while giving the museum back a copy.

I mean, what's Santo going to do, put an art forger into La de a Caballo?

This installment was directed by Rafael Romero Marchent, a Spanish director better known for Spanish-made Italian western fare like the Gianni Garko-starring Sartana Kills Them All and Dead Are Countless which had Anthony Steffen in it. He also made Disco Rojo with Paul Naschy.

Santo's female co-stars include Helga Liné (My Dear Killer, The Blancheville Monster, Mission Bloody Mary, Nightmare Castle) and Mirta Miller (Get Mean, Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf, Count Dracula's Great Love).
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