50 años de La mansión de la locura

Script: Juan López Moctezuma, Carlos Illescas, Gabriel Weiss, based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe Genre: Horror, comedy Cast: Claudio Brook, Arthur Hansel, Ellen Sherman, Martin Lasalle, David Silva

Fifty years later, Macabro revisits Juan López Moctezuma's first film as director, one of the most memorable names in Mexican genre filmography. “La mansión de la locura” is considered one of the strangest adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's work and a singular piece of baroque horror.

Synopsis: Based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather." A 19th-century French journalist discovers that an asylum has been taken over by one of its deranged patients, who has allowed his fellow inmates to bring their fantasies to life

Based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather," a 19th-century French journalist discovers that an asylum has been taken over by one of its deranged patients, who has allowed his fellow inmates to bring their fantasies to life.