Made in the wake of La llorona's success and directed with flair by Fernando de Fuentes (regarded as one of the masters of early Mexican cinema), 'The Phantom of the Monastery' (El fantasma del convento) tells the macabre tale of a troupe of hikers who become lost in a forest and take refuge in a haunted monastery. There, they encounter shape-shifting shadows, ominous sealed doorways, and a cellar crowded with coffins...
Audio commentary with genre-film experts, critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2022)
The Devil in the Detail (2022, 18 mins): Abraham Castillo Flores, head programmer of Mexico's Morbido Film Fest, considers the impact of this early horror classic
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