Horse breeder Don Fernando (Narciso Busquets) is the richest and most powerful man in his village - but he and his sons Luciano (Jorge Rivero) and Esteban (Juan Miranda) are also a trio of troublemakers. Nothing grave though, but they seem to be at the center of every barroom brawl at the local tavern (but at least pick up the tab), and spend the occasional night in jail for it. Then one day while out in the plains rounding up horses, Luciano stumbles upon a very beautiful black horse, none of their breed, just quite a sight indeed. The next day, Luciano is found dead at the bottom of a cliff. His face is smashed beyond recognition, but his clothes and a wristband bearing his name suggest it's him. This leaves Don Fernando grief-struck, and subsequently, he spends most of his days at his son's grave. Then one day, he encounters above black horse - and later that day, at the graveyard, Luciano shows up, very much alive, but changed: his attitude is all gloomy, he dresses in dark colours, and he now rides above black horse. Still, Don Fernando is overjoyed, and while everyone else needs some convincing that the corpse was not Luciano after all, they ultimately welcome him with open arms. That said, Luciano has changed in more ways than the above though, as he has become short-fused, picks fight with pretty much everyone rather randomly, and lacks any and all compassion. And eventually, he rapes and kills the wife (Linda Porto) of a business associate, and it's more luck than anything else that he's not caught red-handed. The changes in his son make Don Fernando sick with worry again, and he's soon bed stricken, while Luciano has picked up a predilection for rape. But his change hasn't gone unnoticed on others as well, especially when he's hot at three times and doesn't even show a scar, but wrecks the local tavern in retaliation, leaving many a man crippled or dead as a result. Ultimately, the locals come to the conclusion that he must be possessed, and he's exorcised in the finale.

Now this is a film where concept is everything: In looks and feel it's hardly distinguishable from many another low budget westerns from South of the border, and really doesn't offer much in extraordinary visuals, and doesn't go out of its way to create much in the atmosphere department either - but the premise with the devil's horse possessing Luciano is just too wild to not somehow like, and at least some of the scenes of violence and rape are all the more shocking for their lack of refine (others like the barroom brawl towards the end less so). So in all, not a great, not even all that memorable a movie, but a fun watch at least for those into obscure cinema like myself.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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