When i was a little kid, i always pestered my mother about visiting guanajuato check out the best things to do and see in guanajuato here. She is an actress, known for robbery of the mummies of guanajuato. The mummies of guanajuato 1972, mexico robbery of the mummies of guanajuato 1972, mexico guatemala the castle of mummies of guanajuato 1973, mexico. Shop by department, purchase cars, fashion apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, cameras, baby items, and everything else on ebay, the worlds online marketplace. A wellknown b movie called santos vs the mummies of guanajuato 1970 pitted the wellknown mexican professional santo and several others in. The 19th century mummies of guanajuato mexico will haunt. The mummies of guanajuato inside the museum, cemetery, and. Go to guanajuato international film festival web page guanajuato s history could easily be told by visiting its old buildings, the very edifices that have become many of the citys museums, which maintain.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the mummies of guanajuato near you. The santo film series inspired the production of similar series of movies starring other wellknown luchadores such as blue demon, mil mascaras, superzan, and the wrestling women aka las luchadoras, among others. Egypt is famous for its mummies, but not many people outside of mexico have heard of the mummies of guanajuato. The mummies of guanajuato 1970 pitted the wellknown mexican professional wrestler santo and several others against reanimated mummies. A storm chaser tries to save boston from destruction when a freak tornado bombards the city with huge boulders. The mummy of the legendary wrestler satan awakes 100 years after his death, as satan was also a. Sources of legends since its discovery, the guanajuato mummies were of course a natural source for a horror film, and by the early 70s, movies starring wrestlers became a very popular sub genre in the troubled. One of the surprising things about the collection is the variety of ages of the mummies. The examples quoted above are from the examination of egyptian mummies more than 120 years ago. The mummies of guanajuato are naturally mummified bodies interred around guanajuato, mexico.
It is a completely free event, and contains work done by young artists as well as by wellknown figures in the entertainment industry. The interest around the guanajuato mummies only grew from there, and by the early 1900s, they had already become a tourist attraction. More than 100 perfectly preserved corpses, who spanned a century, have. The mummies of guanajuato, mexico have a sad history that dates back to a cholera outbreak in 1833 aug, 2016 david goran the mummies of guanajuato are a number of naturally mummified bodies interred during a cholera outbreak around guanajuato, mexico in 1833. The mummies of guanajuato, mexico puerto vallarta news. In other words, they are bodies that were unearthed from their graves and found in a reasonable state of conservation, with discernible muscles, skin and even facial features, a. These made this a cool book, but what i really wanted was some facts about the mummies in the pictures. Nosferatu the vampyre is a 1979 horror film written and directed by werner herzog. Another of the guanajuato mummies was a woman who died in childbirth and her 24weekold fetus, believed to be the youngest mummy in existence. The mummies in guanajuato have been a notable part of mexican popular culture, echoing the national holiday the day of the dead. With gaunt and twisted faces like extras from a horror movie, and often covered in the tattered rags they were buried in, the mummies stand, lean. Several of santos movies, in which the wrestler fought vampires, mummies and. Naturally desiccated bodies in guanajuato, mexico, include screamers. The mummies of guanajuato, as their name implies, are actual mummies.
The mummy of the legendary wrestler satan awakes 100 years after his death. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The mummies displayed in the museum were residents of guanajuato who lived roughly from 1850 to 1950. For well over a century, the contorted features of ancient mummies have led to speculation of untold pain and horrible deaths.
What are the mummies of guanajuato, and where are they. The mummies of guanajuato and again when werner herzog used some of the mummies faces in an opening for his 1979 horror film nosferatu the vampyre. The mummies of guanajuato by ray bradbury goodreads. Mexicos guanajuato mummy museum displays mummified. After a cholera epidemic that rapidly filled up the town cemetery of guanajuato, the caretakers of the graveyard started exhuming old burials to make space for new ones. In the case of the guanajuato mummies, the subjects only had to wait a few hundred years, and were not so much discovered as evicted. There are regions and places that due to their characteristics of extreme dryness, cold, alkalinity, isolation from the elements or from microorganisms, cause the cadaver to mummify instead of decaying completely, as normally occurs in almost any part. These naturally preserved bodies are all housed in a museum, which it says is the. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The haunting and horrifying mummies of guanajuato, mexico. The mummies of guanajuato is a 1978 book which reprints ray bradbury s novelette, the next in line, illustrated with photographs, by archie lieberman, of the actual mummies discovered in guanajuato which inspired the story.
The collection of mummies gained notoriety and became a widespread attraction after featuring in the 1970 mexican horror flick santo vs. The mummies museum only solidified its place in mexican tourism after the 1970s film santo versus the mummies of guanajuato was released, a movie that centered around santo, a famous luchador, as he battled the museums mummies, which had magically returned to life. Ignacia aguilar may be the most intriguing of the guanajuato mummies. A description of the accidental mummies of guanajuato, which will be touring the. At no time are you in doubt that any of our protagonists. The mummies of guanajuato, mexico have a sad history that. The accidental mummies of guanajuato is a 10,000 squarefoot exhibition that will open at the west end market place in dallas on friday, may 27, for a limited engagement. Extreme cold, very dry regions, and bogs are all conditions in which bodies will naturally mummify, often only to be found thousands of years later. The mummies of guanajuato is helped in this regard by the fact that, in classic lucha movie tradition and despite the very obvious fact that no one behind the scenes was taking things very seriously at all everyone in front of the camera plays it completely straight throughout. A young man is the heir of a very old house in san angel. The city of guanajuato, which currently owns the mummies, is promoting a forprofit venture to display the mummies in museums and exhibit halls around the world and will profit most from the exhibits. In the case of the guanajuato mummies, the subjects only had to wait a few hundred years, and were not. What we end up with is a completely unchoreographed freeforall, with. Due to weather and soil conditions, bodies tend to dehydrate and mummify in the city of guanajuato, mexico.
The mummies of guanajuato, mexico have a sad, but interesting history that dates. When the people of the silver mining town of guanajuato first exhumed the bodies from a nineteenthcentury crypt, they recoiled in horror. The film is set primarily in 19thcentury wismar, germany and transylvania, and was conceived as a stylistic remake of f. The collection contains many gruesomelooking specimens, including a pregnant mummy and the worlds smallest mummy.
The story originally appeared in bradburys first book, dark carnival, in 1947. At the same time, during the golden age of mexican cinema an aztec mummy would pop up here and there but never the mummies of guanajuato. Santos most financially successful film was the mummies of guanajuato 1970, which costarred blue demon and mil mascaras. You dont need to crawl through the narrow passages of egypts great pyramids to meet your favorite mummy. Tour of accidental mummies of guanajuato aarp viva. The concept of the film is really interesting, as it really uses the guanajuato mummies in a very original and effective way. The guanajuato mummy museum owned by the state government was recently voted as one of mexicos best tourist attractions by users of one of mexicos most popular tourism websites.
Mummies of guanajuato 1972 mexican horror movie clip youtube. The mummies of guanajuato are a number of naturally mummified bodies interred during a cholera outbreak around guanajuato, mexico in 1833. Almost like a comic book, the film is action packed and full of good entertainment. The guanajuato museum of mummies has some interesting info on its website about the process. Although it would be cool to see the museum, i feel bad for the families who had to go through such a horrible experience. Mummies of guanajuato 1972 mexican horror movie clip. The mummies of guanajuato ray bradbury snippet view 1978. The 19th century mummies of guanajuato mexico will haunt your nightmares. When the big three eventually do all get together for the climactic battle with the mummies of the films title, the movie finally catches fire, so to speak.
The mummies have previously never left mexico but have been. The first half of the book is a ray bradbury story about some folks from the us who visit the guanajuato mummies and the 2nd half is pictures of various mummies. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It quickly became chock full of mummies and rebranded itself as a museum in 1894.
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