El fantasma del convento is presented by Chicago film programmer Raul Benitez and Viviana García Besne of the Permanencia Voluntaria Film Archive. Tickets to the screening of the film on Sunday, October 1st, can be found here.
About El fantasma del convento
Alfonso, Eduardo, and his wife Cristina are lost, and a strange monk takes them to an ancient convent where their personalities change. Inexplicable situations occur, and Cristina tries to seduce Alfonso.
El matrimonio formado por Cristina y Eduardo, y su amigo Alfonso, se pierden en el bosque al anochecer. Cuando encuentran a un misterioso monje que les ofrece refugio en el viejo monasterio de la Orden del Silencio, Eduardo teme entrar al edificio, pero Cristina y Alfonso —quienes mantienen un idilio prohibido— lo convencen de pasar la noche ahí. Una serie de sucesos sobrenaturales hará que los amantes se arrepientan.
El fantasma del convento is the second Mexican horror film ever made.
Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and in collaboration with the Permanencia Voluntaria Film Archive and Filmoteca de la UNAM. Preserved from the 35mm nitrate picture and track negatives and a 16mm acetate composite dupe negative. This film follows the success of La Llorona (1933) that played at the Music Box of Horrors Drive-In edition. The film is very atmospheric and steeped in Mexican mysticism. Max Urban uses his score to set the tone for this film.
