Name: The Champions Five Supermen
Director: Federico Curiel
Genre: Action
Released: 1972-12-07
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Blue Demon, Aarón Rodríguez Arellano, El Rayo de Jalisco, El Fantasma Blanco, El Avispon Escarlata

Five luchadores vs. a mad scientist's army of rat-people. Mexican cinema peaked here.

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Overview

Action

The Champions against an army of rats turned into people.

MX Spanish

Content warning

wrestling kidnapping science fiction masked hero lucha libre masked wrestler blue demon

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

Rat-people costumes that look like Halloween store fever dreams

Stunts

Five masked legends throwing actual wrestling moves at monsters

Direction

Curiel commits to the bit with zero irony, bless him

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Director

Federico Curiel

ReleasedDec 7, 1972

Runtime1h 25m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonelight

Feellight

Cinematografica Tikal

Producciones Fílmicas Agrasánchez S.A.

Top Cast

Blue Demon

Yolanda Liévana

Lucía Méndez

(uncredited)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

This is peak 'lucha libre horror' boom of the 1960s-70s, where Mexican wrestling stars became legitimate film icons. Blue Demon alone made over 25 films.

Trivia

The rat-people effects were reportedly recycled from earlier horror productions, because even mad science has a budget.