Wrestlers, mad doctors, and human-fish hybrids abound in 'The Bat Woman' (La mujer murciélago), a colourful showcase for the talents of Italian Mexican sex symbol Maura Monti. When Acapulco's wrestlers start being murdered and their pineal glands mysteriously extracted, the wealthy luchadora Gloria (Monti) adopts her crime-fighting persona of the Bat Woman. Donning her disguise of shiny blue mask, cape, and micro-bikini, she teams up with agent Mario (Héctor Godoy) to foil the evil Dr. Williams (Roberto Cañedo) in his dastardly plan to create an army of amphibious 'fish-men'.
Audio commentary with film historian and Mexican cinema specialist David Wilt (2024)
Bat of Nine Lives (2024, 20 mins): Maura Monti, the Bat Woman herself, discusses her life and short but prolific career in Mexican genre cinema
Adventures in Mexicolour (2024, 21 mins): Mauricio Matamoros Duran, journalist, writer, and indie editor of Belcebu, and formerly DC Comics, examines the position of The Bat Woman within Mexican and international pop and comic-book culture
Fantastique Creatures (2024, 14 mins): Jose Luis Ortega Torres, film critic, teacher, and author of the book Mostrologia del cine mexicano, explores the monstrous creations of early Mexican genre cinema
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