Starring Marco Antonio Campos, Gaspar Henaine, Elsa Cardenas, Salome, Crox Alvarado
Directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
When a train doesn't show up at the station, a pair of cargo drivers offer to take the passengers to the city in their truck, but are forced to take a road supposedly haunted by all kinds of ghosts.
Campos and Henaine, a Mexican comedy team with similarities to Abbott & Costello, were according to Wikipedia just as prolific as their American counterparts, appearing in 26 films together. Watching this installment in the series, a horror-comedy, I can't say I laughed a lot, but there were some amusing routines and sight gags consistent with their long run as box office attractions. The supporting cast is peppered with a pair of lovely young ladies, a police captain escorting a murderer to prison, and a young man and his middle-aged parents, all of whom get bonked over the head several times before the film is over. The ghost makeups and production design aren't anything special compared to Hollywood standards, but serve their purpose well enough. I wouldn't say it's a great film, but among the Mexican monster movies I've seen, it stands out pretty well, with a plot that flows along without any dull patches.
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