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The Body Snatcher (1957) · Ladrón de cadáveres

Name: The Body Snatcher
Director: Fernando Méndez
Genre: Sci-fi, Latin American horror
Released: 1957
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Wolf Ruvinskis, Carlos Riquelme, Crox Alvarado, Columba Domínguez, Eduardo Alcaraz

Original title: Ladrón de cadáveres

1957 · Fernando Méndez · 80 min · Mexico · Edited by 1

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A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...

A 1957 title built around Sci-fi and Latin American horror. Directed by Fernando Méndez.

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The Body Snatcher (1957) · Ladrón de cadáveres

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