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La nave de los monstruos

La nave de los monstruos
Directed by Rogelio A. González
Produced by Jesús Sotomayor Martínez
Written by Alfredo Varela, Jr. (adaptation)
Story by José María Fernández Unsáin
Starring Eulalio González
Ana Bertha Lepe
Lorena Velázquez
Music by Sergio Guerrero
Cinematography Raúl Martínez Solares
Edited by Carlos Savage
Production
company
Producciones Sotomayor
Release date
  • 22 January 1960 (1960-01-22) (Mexico City)
Running time
81 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

La nave de los monstruos (English: The Ship of the Monsters) is a 1960 Mexican comic science fiction film. It was produced by Jesús Sotomayor Martínez, directed by Rogelio A. González, and starred Eulalio González, Ana Bertha Lepe and Lorena Velázquez. The screenplay, by Alfredo Varela, Jr., was based on a story by José María Fernández Unsáin.

Two Venusian women, Gamma (Lepe) and Beta (Velázquez), are sent on a mission by their queen (Consuelo Frank) to search for males to repopulate the planet. Along the way, they and their servant, Tor the robot, acquire a colorful array of male extraterrestrial creatures in their "ship of monsters", including Martian prince Tagual, Uk the cyclops, Utirr the spider and skeletal Zok. Landing in Mexico, Gamma and Beta become enamored with singing cowboy Lauriano (Eulalio González).

Filmstruck critic Jeff Stafford called it "one of the more exotic genre hybrids that emerged from Mexico in the early sixties, mixing sci-fi, horror and Western elements into something uniquely original".

Beth Accomando of KPBS praised the film, saying, "You'll find deliciously low budget sets Ed Wood would die for; a know-it-all robot; babes in bathing suit space uniforms; and a refreshing Mexican take on American sci-fi conventions".



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