God bless K.Gordon Murray! Not only did he bring el Santo and the
Aztec Mummy to America, but the "movie broker", who was known as the "King of the Kiddie Matinees", also brought a number of children's
fantasy films from other countries like HANSEL &
GRETEL (1954), RUMPELSTILTSKIN (1955), and SANTA CLAUS (1959). He
also brought the Little Red Riding Hood series to American audiences.
This trilogy consisted of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (1960), LITTLE RED
RIDING HOOD AND HER FRIENDS (1961), and LITTLE
RED RIDING HOOD AND THE MONSTERS (1962).
The third film in the trilogy LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE
MONSTERS is an incredible piece of Mexican psychotronica. It has the
Queen of Badness (Ofelia Guilmain) putting the Wolf (Manuel Valdes)
and the Ogre (Jose Elias Moreno) on trial for not
being bad enough. So it's up to Little Red Riding Hood (Maria Gracia), Tom Thumb (Cesareo Quezadas), and Stinky the Skunk (Santanon) to
rescue their friends from the evil queen ,who is a dead ringer for the
evil queen from Walt Disney's SNOW WHITE AND
THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937), and her minions. Oh did I mention this
fantasy/adventure is also a musical? It is.
The movie is fun. It's sort of like the Batman television series of
the 1960s that if you watch it at a certain age it's an entertaining
fantasy/adventure. At another age it's just high camp fun. Not as good
as THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939). Or as much demented
fun as THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR.T. (1953). But it's well worth
watching.
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