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Latarnia	El Monje Loco!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 11287 (04/28/08 05:20:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Mexico's "Cryptkeeper": vampirosandmonstruos.blogspot.com/ Mirek
luisj40	Re: El Monje Loco!	#1	[-]
Posts: 2603 (04/28/08 07:11:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hey pretty cool clip, I've never seen any of EL Monje Loco comics before I do recall there was a movie in the 1980's titled EL MONJE LOCO but I never seen it and I wonder if this had anything to do with the comic book series.
Latarnia	Re: El Monje Loco!	#2	[-]
Posts: 11287 (04/28/08 07:24:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	There's was a cheapie EL MONJE LOCO film, perhaps which made it directly to video, released maybe about that time or later. I have the video somewhere and will post a scan if possible. I guess the film did present the character. I've no idea what the rights situation is with EL MONJE LOCO, however, so whether these are "official," I don't know. The character also made an appearance in LEYENDAS MACABRAS DE LA COLONIA (1973). Mirek
luisj40	Re: El Monje Loco!	#3	[-]
Posts: 2603 (04/28/08 07:40:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	*Quote:* The character also made an appearance in LEYENDAS MACABRAS DE LA COLONIA (1973). I've seen this movie but I don't recall seeing him, I guess I better break out that DVD again.
Torgaman2	Re: El Monje Loco!	#4	[-]
Posts: 478 (04/28/08 09:54:50) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	El Monje Loco puts in two appearances in LEYENDAS MACABRAS DE LA COLONIA.He is playing an organ and acting as a narrator of sorts to the action though why they did it is beyond me since the story is easy to follow.Perhaps the filmmakers were showing their sense of humor.Or they were trying to pad the film even more and believe me the film is padded out plenty!
DrLing	Monje Loco films	#5	[-]
Posts: 868 (04/28/08 10:02:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	A series of 6 Monje Loco shorts were made in the early '40s; 4 were apparently assembled into a feature film. These featured the creator of the character (from the 1930s radio show), Salvador Carrasco. Probably a "lost" film, but who knows for sure. I have been unable to specifically date the direct-to-video "Monje Loco" movie (which I have), but it's probably late 1980s (EDIT: I see IMDB has 1984, for what it's worth). Stars Julio Augurio and Julio Aldama (Augurio's father, who also directed). It's a two-parter, the first is the "origin" of the Monje Loco, the second is an adaptation of "The Monkey's Paw" with the Monje Loco as the narrator/host. The Monje's catchphrase was "Nadie sabe, nadie supo" (Nobody knows, nobody knew...).
Latarnia	Re: Monje Loco films	#6	[-]
Posts: 11287 (04/28/08 11:29:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	*Quote:* The Monje's catchphrase was "Nadie sabe, nadie supo" (Nobody knows, nobody knew...). The Shadow knows! I wonder if there was an influence here. The Shadow originally started his radio career in 1930 as a mystery host, only to later develop into a character that was the protagonist of a "Shadow" radio series. The cackling laugh, too, is there. Mirek
Conde Duval		#7	[-]
Posts: 54 (05/08/08 20:33:49) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I would recommen Tradicones y Leyendas de la Colonia comic which deal much more with classic kind of Horror... Your know ghost, cemeteries, ruined churches and old haunted houses, while el Monje Loco has more to do with modern elements of horror. Here's a link where you cna see covers of some issues http://mx.geocities.com/nightmare_theatre/leyendas.htm
Latarnia		#8	[-]
Posts: 11222 (05/09/08 03:05:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Beautiful! Muchas gracias for the link, Conde Duval. Mirek
luisj40	Tradicones y Leyendas de la Colonia comic	#9	[-]
Posts: 2572 (05/09/08 07:56:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Conde Duval wrote: I would recommen Tradicones y Leyendas de la Colonia comic which deal much more with classic kind of Horror... Your know ghost, cemeteries, ruined churches and old haunted houses, while el Monje Loco has more to do with modern elements of horror. Here's a link where you cna see covers of some issues http://mx.geocities.com/nightmare_theatre/leyendas.htm Very nice looking covers for Tradicones y Leyendas de la Colonia (Traditions and Legends from the Colony) comic I notice there's a wolfman cover near the bottom of the page which kind of brings to my mind Paul Naschy and how fun it would be to see him in a film set in the colonial era of Mexico. Luis
Studio Z		#10	[-]
Posts: 161 (05/09/08 12:13:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Latarnia wrote: There's was a cheapie EL MONJE LOCO film, perhaps which made it directly to video, released maybe about that time or later. I have the video somewhere and will post a scan if possible. I guess the film did present the character. I've no idea what the rights situation is with EL MONJE LOCO, however, so whether these are "official," I don't know. The character also made an appearance in LEYENDAS MACABRAS DE LA COLONIA (1973). Mirek Ohhhhh, yes. I recall him from there. Not a favorite element, with the bits he was given to do (playing a keyboard when there isn't one there, to allow for camera placement, etc.)...

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