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Being an ordinary urban couple, Luis (José Luis Jiménez) and Maria
(Nora Veryán) do not believe in spiritism, especially after a medium
tells them that they will oppose their son Rudolfo's (René Cardona jr)
marriage to Aurora (María Eugenia San Martin), whom they regard as one of
the family even now. Everything changes though when Maria sees the
spirit of one of her friends in church, only hours after she has died.
From now on, she visits seances quite regularly ... In the meantime
needs money badly to start his own business in order to impress Aurora, so
he borrows it from his parents, who have to mortgage their house ... but
as a businessman, Rudolfo seems to be a bit of a failure, so soon enough,
Luis and Maria are threatened with eviction from their own house - and
Maria is quick to lay the blame for this on Aurora, and suddenly forbids
her son to marry the girl ... But Maria goes even further, she calls
upon the Devil to save her son's business and even promises him her soul
in exchange - and on the next day, a messenger brings her a box, Pandora's
Box, that will grant her all her wishes but will unleash evil on the world
if opened. Maria decides to open the box, in which she finds a severed
(but still moving) hand, and wishes for the money Rudolfo needs to save
his business and his parental home - and next thing you know, Rudolfo dies
in a plane crash, and the insurance matches exactly the amount Maria
wished for. Maria is heartbroken and knows what evil she has done, but
that doesn't keep her from opening the box and making yet another wish -
she wishes for her son to return, and return he does ... as a zombie. This
is too much for Maria and she dies on the spot, with her soul going right
to the devil ... Though far from being a
crowning achievement of Mexican horror cinema, this is still a pleasant
little genre movie, perhaps a bit slow-moving, a bit talky, and obviously
made on a limited budget, but also intelligent enough to not insult its
audience and with a great shock ending (even if it was a little
predictable). Also the film's effects might be a bit primitive, but they
are every bit as charming, and at times even quite effective.
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