Heroes die, but legends live forever! That is the motto of the legendary Mexican luchador, whose firm and familiar father figure has loomed over the Shockproof Film Festival almost from its very beginnings. And you can rest assured, that this year will be no exception. The film we are going to treat you with is a Mexican take on The Phantom of the Opera and a loose and much better sequel to Santo vs. the Strangler, in which Santo defeated the deranged killer of the title. But he wasn’t really dead, you see, and in this outing he vows revenge… The direction here is surprisingly competent for a Santo flick and on top of the usual mayhem there‘s eight musical numbers and a nice, claustrophobic scene where our hero is buried alive but manages, through dint of sheer gumption, to free himself.
