The Ship of Monsters

The Ship of Monsters (Spanish: La nave de los monstruos) is a 1960 Mexican comic science fiction film. It was produced by Jesús Sotomayor Martínez, directed by Rogelio A. González, and starred Eulalio González, Ana Bertha Lepe and Lorena Velázquez. The screenplay, by Alfredo Varela, Jr., was based on a story by José María Fernández Unsáin.

The Ship of Monsters
Directed byRogelio A. González
Written byAlfredo Varela, Jr. (adaptation)
Story byJosé María Fernández Unsáin
Produced byJesús Sotomayor Martínez
StarringEulalio González
Ana Bertha Lepe
Lorena Velázquez
CinematographyRaúl Martínez Solares
Edited byCarlos Savage
Music bySergio Guerrero
Production
company
Producciones Sotomayor
Release date
  • 22 January 1960 (1960-01-22) (Mexico City)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Two Venusian women, Gamma (Lepe) and Beta (Velázquez), are sent on a mission by their queen (Consuelo Frank) to search for males to repopulate the planet. Along the way, they and their servant, Tor the robot, acquire a colorful array of male extraterrestrial creatures in their "ship of monsters", including Martian prince Tagual, Uk the cyclops, Utirr the spider and skeletal Zok. Landing in Mexico, Gamma and Beta become enamored with singing cowboy Lauriano (Eulalio González).

Cast

Reception

Filmstruck critic Jeff Stafford called it "one of the more exotic genre hybrids that emerged from Mexico in the early sixties, mixing sci-fi, horror and Western elements into something uniquely original".[1]

Beth Accomando of KPBS praised the film, saying, "You'll find deliciously low budget sets Ed Wood would die for; a know-it-all robot; babes in bathing suit space uniforms; and a refreshing Mexican take on American sci-fi conventions".[2]

References
  1. "Streamline | the Official Filmstruck Blog – What Planet Are YOU From? – la Nave de los Monstruos (1960)". Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  2. "The Ship of Monsters - Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes.


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