Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women
Blue Demon contra “Las Diabolicas”
Directed by: Chano Urueta
Mexico, 1966
Luchador
Thought to be missing forever for a very long time, Blue
Demon vs. the Diabolical Women is the first of the Blue Demon films to se him enter the crime-busting sphere, it's also the second of his adventures to be shot
in colour. Filled with sixties, pop-art vibe, hip music, go-go boots and
stereotypical Mexican wrestling film characters.
Being the second part of the so called “Blue Demon against
Crime” series, together with Blue Demon contra Cerebros Infernales (Blue Demon vs.
the Infernal Brains) made the same year with much of the same cast and crew,
Blue Demon takes on some real villains instead of gothic monsters and extra
terrestrials of the previous films. The plot focuses on a nifty little intriguing
featuring double-crossing bands of thieves, a strange gloved and hat bearing
super villain, a band of Luchadoras who go by the name of “Las Diabolicas, and
believe it or not another Blue Demon impostor!

The thugs take their loot to head villain [Carlos Agosti]
who has a cunning plan at bay. The jewels are sewn into a wrestling cape before
we head off out to the ring for a delicious introduction to Las Diabolicas, a
sexy band of Luchadoras! A switch is made and the Luchadoras – without
knowledge of it – now have the stolen jewels on their cape. (Although nothing
really ever comes of it oddly enough...)


Obviously, keeping the gloved, hat wearing super villain
disclosed for the majority of the film becomes a natural matter of interest –
who is it? The thug gang uses a fake Blue Demon who creates a few what the heck
moments when our hero does things out of character, such as the deadly headlock
in the opening scene. You know things are going to get weird when the fake and
true Blue Demon take on each other in the ring before the movie starts building
to it’s climax. The use of a false and evil Blue Demon impostor used to trouble
Blue demon and was always a problem for him, as these characters often did vile
deeds and showed no remorse what so ever. He wasn’t happy with the impostor
character that figured in this and few other Blue Demon films. Perhaps it used
to remind him of his pre-movie past as a rudo. This is before archrival Santo defeated
and unmasked Blue Demon’s tag team partner The Black Shadow. It was a shaping
moment, where Blue Demon decided to become a técnico (good guy) wrestler.

For me, there was a rather interesting moment as chief of police Don Javier [Antonio Raxel] watches the match from home, on his television. I've previously mentioned that Lucha libre films became immensely popular after the Mexican Government banned televised Lucha libre fights in he mid fifties, but i don't know when they returned to airing them... is this just a coincidental moment, had matches started being televised again or is it some form of critique towards the ban. I'll have to get back to you on that one, but it was a head scratching moment for me.


Several sources refer to Blue Demon vs. The Diabolical Women as being the first Blue Demon film in Color, although I think that they may be wrong, and it may actually be the second color film. Which means that Blue Demon vs. the Infernal Brain would be the first. Both films where shot in 1966, and predated by the black and white Arañas Infernales (Infernal Spider) a sci-fi horror piece (also released in 1966). Switching the two color films around makes more sense and logic when looking at the films in a chronological flow, as it makes more sense to follow up Infernal Spider which is sci-fi horror with another sci-fi horror before moving into crime busting and eventually into the spy themed Blue Demon, Destructor de espias 1967.
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