The Ship of Monsters

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

The Ship of Monsters (Template:Lang-es) 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.

In the film, two Venusian women are in search of potential mates. They land in Mexico and fall for a singing cowboy.

Plot

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).

Cast

Eulalio González as Lauriano Treviño Gómez
Ana Bertha Lepe as Gamma
Lorena Velázquez as Beta
Consuelo Frank as Regente de Venus
Manuel Alvarado as Ruperto
Heberto Dávila, Jr. as Chuy Treviño Gómez
Mario García "Harapos" as Borracho
José Pardavé as Atenógenes
Jesús Rodríguez Cárdenas

Reception

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".^[1]

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".^[2]

References

^ "Streamline | the Official Filmstruck Blog – What Planet Are YOU From? – la Nave de los Monstruos (1960)". Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
^ "The Ship of Monsters - Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes.

External links

The Ship of Monsters at IMDb

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[1] "Streamline | the Official Filmstruck Blog – What Planet Are YOU From? – la Nave de los Monstruos (1960)". Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2017-03-15.

[2] "The Ship of Monsters - Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes.

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