The Black Pit of Dr. M
by Fernando Mendez
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Actor: Gaston Santos, Mapita Cortes, Mapy Cortes, Rafael BertrandDirector: Fernando Mendez
Brand: RYKODISC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: 303114
Studio: Synapse Films
Product features:
- BLACK PIT OF DR. M MISTERIOS DE ULTRATU (DVD MOVIE)
DVD Reviews of The Black Pit of Dr. M
DVD Review: Mexi-Carnage With a Dash of Red Hot-Chilly!
Summary: 4 Stars
I first saw this atmospheric "madhouse" chiller on WGN Chicago Ch. 9 back in the mid-sixties.
It was dubbed into the typically mish-mash style given to cheap foreign films back then,
but I was still impressed by it. The story, direction, and B&W photography were great,
reminding me of Hollywood's best 1940's Universal chillers. Ghostly characters appear
and disappear in the misty Mexican night. The howling of violent mental patients in their
cells gives a shiver. There's also a pretty dancing senorita, a suave mature physician,
and a handsome young intern to provide a romantic triangle. Great blood and thunder music, too!
Two distinguished doctors pledge to one another that the first to die will send a message
concerning "the mysteries beyond the tomb" back to the survivor. Shortly after one does die,
a violent madwoman, "the Gypsy," smashes a bottle of burning acid onto the face of Elmer, a
hapless orderly. Horribly disfigured, poor embittered Elmer resolves to get revenge on the Gypsy.
You will pity Elmer, but also pity the Gypsy, who is gentle as an angel whenever she hears a
certain music-box melody.
Things get weirder after this, involving, let me see, a man framed and hanged, and his soul
entering the body of a buried dead man who then claws his way out of his grave during
a windy thunder-and-lightning storm, to frighten everyone nearly to death, and the dancing girl
is also menaced with burning acid to the face. The doctors' pact has exploded into horrors!
Following the gruesome climax, a shaken asylum doctor asks, "Is there anyone here who knows
how to pray?" A thoughtful narrator assures us that someday ALL of us will discover what
mysteries lie beyond the tomb; (until then, I guess we can watch "Black Pit of Dr. M")!
This CasaNegra DVD has been rendered with great care and respect. B&W picture is stunning,
with good sound and optional subtitles in English. There's no English dubbing option, but I think
the movie is superior when heard in the original Spanish, anyway. It's a real chiller-diller!
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