Carlos Enrique Taboada — Playwright (21)
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Chanoc (1967) IMDb TMDB
Chanoc
director: Rogelio A. González actor: Andrés García / Chano Urueta …
una serie de historieta de aventuras y comedia que se derrarrolla en el Pacífico mexicano, en el pequeño pueblo de Ixtac. Chanoc, pescador de oficio y aventurero por vocación, protagoniza las historias más emocionantes siempre acompañado de su padrino Tzekub Baloyán, quien siempre lo llamará afectuosamente “cachorro”, a pesar de ser él quien lo salva de apuros y de hacer el ridículo.
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Silent Death (1991) IMDb TMDB
Silencio de muerte
director: Ramiro Meléndez actor: Leonardo Daniel / Roxana Chávez …
other title: Silencio de muerte
Film about ghostly revenge from beyond the grave that starts out in a theater. Some of the actors plan a heist of the box office, which goes predictably awry and causes an unintended death...and that's when the horror begins.
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El arte de engañar (1972) IMDb TMDB
El arte de engañar
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: Julio Alemán / Sonia Furió …
Fabián y Estela se dedican a extorsionar mujeres casadas. Estela consigue a las víctimas, él las seduce y Estela toma fotografías. La rica Ana se enamora de Fabián y cuando es extorsionada se suicida ante la sorpresa de su marido. Una nueva víctima es Teresa, pero Fabián se enamora de su hija Rebeca. Estela le propone viajar pero él prefiere acabar el negocio de Teresa, sólo que Rebeca también se enamora de él. Por ella Fabián se separa de Estela, que en venganza descubre a Rebeca las actividades de Fabián, pero la joven se entrega a él con pasión y piensan iniciar juntos una nueva vida. Estela se va pero es muerta por pistoleros de una de sus víctimas. Al huir Fabián es víctima del marido de otra.
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The Curse of Nostradamus (1961) IMDb TMDB
La maldición de Nostradamus
director: Federico Curiel actor: Germán Robles / Julio Alemán …
other title: La Maldicion de Nostradamus / La maldición de Nostradamus
An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.
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The Business of Hate (1972) IMDb Douban
El negocio del odio
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: Andrés García / David Reynoso …
other title: El Negocio del Odio / El negocio del odio
An ambitious businessman searches for the perfect candidate to train and turn into a great boxing champion.
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劫掠 (1975) Douban
Rapiña
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: 更多...
other title: Rapiña
Great unknown Mexican movie from the Seventies. Carlos Enrique Taboada is to this day an underrated writer/director. He made some of the most interesting films of the Sixties and the Seventies. Some of them are failures, and some of them are great. He is best known for his horror movies including the classic "Hasta el Viento Tiene Miedo", and the not so good "Mas Negro Que la Noche" and "El Libro De Piedra". "Rapina" is a history about the tragic consequences of greed, after a plane crashes nearby a small Mexican town. Great performances by Ignacio Lopez Tarso, German Robles, Norma Lazareno and Rosenda Monteros.
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Rapine (1975) IMDb
Rapiña
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: 更多...
other title: Rapiña / 劫掠
Great unknown Mexican movie from the Seventies. Carlos Enrique Taboada is to this day an underrated writer/director. He made some of the most interesting films of the Sixties and the Seventies. Some of them are failures, and some of them are great. He is best known for his horror movies including the classic "Hasta el Viento Tiene Miedo", and the not so good "Mas Negro Que la Noche" and "El Libro De Piedra". "Rapina" is a history about the tragic consequences of greed, after a plane crashes nearby a small Mexican town. Great performances by Ignacio Lopez Tarso, German Robles, Norma Lazareno and Rosenda Monteros.
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Blacker Than the Night (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Más negro que la noche
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: Claudia Islas / Susana Dosamantes …
other title: Más negro que la noche / 比夜更黑
When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
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The Witch's Mirror (1962) WikiData IMDb TMDB
El espejo de la bruja
director: Chano Urueta actor: Rosita Arenas / Armando Calvo …
other title: Le Miroir De La Sorcière / El espejo de la bruja …
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.
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The Book of Stone (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
El libro de piedra
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: Marga López / Joaquín Cordero …
other title: El libro de piedra / El Libro de piedra
Julia, a governess, comes to work for a bourgeois family that lives in a forested property they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of a little girl named Silvia, whose unusual demeanor may find its roots in the family garden.
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Darker Than Night (2014) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Más negro que la noche
director: Henry Bedwell actor: Zuria Vega / Adriana Louvier …
other title: 比夜更黑 / Más negro que la noche …
When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
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The Evil Fairies (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Veneno para las hadas
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: Ana Patricia Rojo / Elsa María Gutiérrez …
other title: 给仙女的毒药 / Veneno para las hadas …
In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.