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Download, Watch online The Witchs Mirror Movie.
| Genres: | ThrillerFantasyHor |
| Starring: | Carlos Nieto, Rosa Arenas, Armando Calvo, Isabela Corona, Dina de Marco, Alfredo Wally Barrón |
| Director(s): | Chano Urueta |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Year: | 1962 |
| IMDB Rating: | 6.5 |
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witchs mirror to take her revenge.
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The Witchs Mirror (DivX) | Resolution: 576x432 px | Total Size: 701 Mb |
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Visitor Reviews: (6)
Lee Eisenberg 18 May 2012
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which is the coolest Mexican horror flick of them all?
Back in the days when the United States film industry was making anumber of horror movies starring Vincent Price, Mexico made severalsimilar movies. "El espejo de la bruja" (called "The Witch's Mirror" inEnglish) is one of the coolest examples. It portrays a woman seeing herown death in a mirror and dying shortly thereafter. When her husbandremarries, her godmother communicates with her through the grave, andthey both come up with a plan to get revenge on the husband...even ifbad things have to happen to his new wife.Yeah, it sounds pretty outlandish. But these sorts of movies don'tpretend to be anything else! The point is to have fun, and I'm surethat you will. If you aren't totally familiar with Mexico's horrorgenre, Portland's video/DVD store Movie Madness has a whole sectiondevoted to that genre.All in all, this witch will almost certainly have you in its spell.
Zombie_CPA 18 May 2012
A Visual Treat
This movie exemplified the best of the era. It was visually stunningfrom the cemetery, to the house, to the disfigured wife.The story also sucks you in from the start. It is about a man whomurders his wife and her ghost seeks revenge with the help hergodmother witch. This movie reminds me of several great movies of theera including Eyes Without A Face and Black Sunday. In my opinion, itexceeds both of them.The acting was first rate and the directing wonderful. This is a gemfrom Mexico and it is nice that it finally comes to DVD.A must see for fans of 1960's atmospheric horror.
Michael_Elliott 18 May 2012
Witch's Mirror
Witch's Mirror, The (1962) *** (out of 4) Mexican horror film from director Chano Urueta about a husband whomurders his wife so that he can marry his mistress. Unfortuantly forhim, he kills her in front of a witch's mirror, which allows her spiritto come back for revenge. The first thirty minutes of this film aregreat due to Urueta making the most of his small budget. The openingsequence is brilliant and there's some great atmosphere and artdirection but things start to unravel in the final act. The first halfof the film certainly isn't original but the second half seems like amix between Eyes Without a Face and The Hands of Orlac.
The_Void 17 May 2012
A solid Mexican horror flick
The Witch's Mirror is a film that mixes numerous horror ideas into oneincoherent, but brilliantly fun little film. The Witch's Mirror isdirected by Chano Urueta, who also made the completely bizarre Brainiacin 1962. It's clear that Urueta has an eye for visuals and isn't toobothered about telling a story, as both The Witch's Mirror and Brainiacare heavy on the style without putting too much focus on the plot. Thisfilm has borrowed from numerous horror classics, from American filmssuch as Mad Love to the French classic Eyes Without a Face. The plotfocuses on witchcraft and sorcery, and more specifically; the act ofmastering the use of a mirror. A witch named Sara enchants a mirror inorder to protect Elena, her adopted daughter, from her nasty husbandEduardo. However, the enchantment doesn't work as planned, and when itfails; Elena is murdered, which leads the witch to try and get herrevenge through a series of supernatural spells and sorcery.The fact that the plot is incoherent obviously hinders the film, butthere's so much going on that it's not a big problem. The Witch'sMirror isn't dull for a moment as there's always something going on tohold the audience's interest. The film includes themes of witchcraftand sorcery, as well as a big dose of mad science, as the film's doctorattempts to reconstruct his wife's deformed face. The special effectsare superb considering the film is almost forty five years old, andthey're also a marked improvement over the largely silly effects seenin Brainiac. The film is rather arty - more so even than The Curse ofthe Crying Woman, but that's not a negative comment as The Witch'sMirror features some truly beautiful sequences, which are well utilisedand make the film more memorable. Overall, I can't see a good reasonnot to enjoy this film. It's not dull for a second, features some ofthe best art sequences in horror and does well at mixing a number ofdifferent horror ideas. It's not the best film from the recent batch ofCasa Negra releases, but it's still well worth watching!
Francisco Rotondi 13 May 2012
Umm, a little bit more than I bargained for.
Most Latin American people are familiarized with those Mexican soapoperas that are overflowing with baseless action and pitifulsituations. They're undeniably amusing and it's all right to watch themif you're too bored and you want to have a good laugh. However, it'snot funny anymore when you really trust an old Mexican Gothic horrorfilm and you find one or two similarities between those ridiculous soapoperas and the movie you wanted to see. Firstly, I would like to saythat I do not mean to be rude to anyone with this review. I knowMexican people are very nationalistic and they tend to stand up fortheir films a lot. I understand that and to be honest, I actuallyreally enjoy Mexican horror films too. That's the reason why I wassomehow disenchanted when I found out that "El Espejo de la Bruja" wasnot exactly as good as I was expecting.The film sets in motion with a very well done introduction to the maincharacters, a beautiful woman named Elena and her godmother, Sara (alsoknown as The Witch!). The view is quite stylish and atmospheric. Bothcharacters look darkly beautiful and yet naïve somehow. In this openingscene, Elena becomes aware of a very shattering truth about herapproaching fate, through the magic mirror that belongs to hergodmother. Unfortunately, this depressing reality cannot be altered,since all judicious witches know very well that the itinerary of life,is not meant to be disrespected. Broken-hearted and clueless, Elena hasno choice but facing the reality and becoming a victim of her atrociousfate. As it was stated previously, all bright witches know very wellthat fate is not meant to be changed, however, there are no lawsaligned with revenge. In "El Espejo de la Bruja", we see a resentedwoman trying to make justice and claim for the blood of those whoharmed her goddaughter. Sara is the witch and when witches are good,they're very good, but when they're bad .It would be unfair to say that "El Espejo de la Bruja" is onlylaughable and overwhelming when it comes to making a reasonablebalance. My only problem is that there was a little bit too much actionfor my taste. During the first half an hour, it is like the audiencehas nothing else to see, but there's still more and more and more. Allof a sudden, a dramatic Gothic horror tale turns into "Re-Animator".The bad thing is that the humorous situations are not exactlyintentional. Armando Calvo's performance is perhaps one of the worst inthis film and his facial expressions are merely side-splitting. Therest of the cast is all right, but the problem is that Mr. Calvo lookedover the top all the time, which is a tragedy, considering that he'sthe leading male character. Then, there are all these scenes in whichwe see Rosa Arenas's character wearing some kind of big bandage thatcovers her entire face, with the two little holes for the eyes. That isperhaps one of the most hysterical images ever and I'm not just talkingabout this particular film. It resembles the invisible man, but wearinga delicate night gown. "El Espejo de la Bruja" is full of action, whichcan be entertaining for moments and overwhelming for others. It has afew good things that make it enjoyable for all horror fans, forexample, the already established but still welcomed clichés like: owls,dark shadows of Satan, lots of fire, graveyard scenes, phantasmagoricalsilhouettes and of course...black cats!. Overall, an okay flick, but Istill think I'm not the only one who lost interest during the lastminutes, ironically due to the overindulgence of action. If you're inthe mood for a good Mexican Gothic horror film, rent "La Maldicion dela Llorona" instead.
MARIO GAUCI 13 May 2012
THE WITCH'S MIRROR (Chano Urueta, 1960) ***
This is another Mexican horror classic being given a new lease of lifevia Casanegra's superb SE DVD.The plot is a mishmash of various well-proved elements (with even a nodto Poe) - a young wife is forced to live in the shadow of her husband'sformer bride (largely through the machinations of the latter's devotedhousekeeper) as in REBECCA (1940); when the wife is horribly scarred ina fire, her doctor husband resorts to body snatching for skin graftexperiments as in EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1959); the hands he gives her(unbeknownst to him, they belong to the revenge-seeking first wife hepoisoned!) take on a life of their own as in MAD LOVE (1935), etc. -but which works reasonably well in the context of its essential"witchcraft vs. mad science" theme (to quote the DVD sleeve notes).The first half is a bit slow, but the cheaply-realized yet often poeticvisuals - borrowed from Cocteau and Dreyer! - keep one riveted; thelatter stages are more frenetic, with several of the charactersresorting to histrionics and a fair splattering of gore (leading up toa particularly busy and highly satisfying climax). The acting from allthe major players is above-average for this type of film but, best ofall perhaps, is Isabela Corona as the outwardly reserved but sinisterand powerful witch; the two younger women also make an impression -Dina De Marco as the murdered wife who keeps turning up as a ghost tohaunt her husband and her rival; Rosita Arenas as the innocent youngbride who becomes the unfortunate victim in both the doctor and thewitch's scheme of things (particularly effective when essaying thepathetic qualities of the bandaged-up, desperate and lonesome woman).As was the case with THE BLACK PIT OF DR. M (1958), theGothic/supernatural atmosphere deployed with the barest of resourcesthrough camera-work, lighting, sets and props is trulyincredible...though the special effects (which get quite a heavyworkout here), ultimately, leave a lot to be desired! I've purposelyrefrained from describing individual sequences (as I often tend to do)so as not to deny first-time viewers - as I was myself - the pleasureof discovering its considerable felicities on their own! The supplements are similar to those of BLACK PIT: the Audio Commentary(by the same Frank Coleman) is just as interesting, but he seems to beenjoying himself a good deal here as he approaches the film withtongue-in-cheek - while retaining a justified reverence for hissubject. One disappointing aspect of these DVD editions, however, isthat the English-dubbed version of the films aren't included as theywere released back in the day (for instance, in the Commentary it'smentioned that the narrated prologue accompanied by sketches in theMexican original was dropped for the export version - but the DVDincludes it, presumably with the 'new' lines recently looped in!).