Sunday drive with the mummies from jim granato on vimeo. The bodies, dating from the mid1800s to the 1970s, are remarkably intact. These naturally preserved bodies are all housed in a museum, which it says is the. You dont need to crawl through the narrow passages of egypts great pyramids to meet your favorite mummy. Translated into english, this means santo against the mummies of guanajuato. Count cagliostro and a scientist bring the mummies of. Warning some of the images you are about to see are disturbing. A collection of 56 mummified corpses is a tourist draw in guanajuato, mexico. The mummy of the legendary wrestler satan awakes 100 years after his death, as satan was also a powerful sorcerer who vowed to take revenge over the city of guanajuato before dying. One of the surprising things about the collection is the variety of ages of the mummies. Egypt is famous for its mummies, but not many people outside of mexico have heard of the mummies of guanajuato. Classic example of a z grade quickie in the luchador genre of films. People started flocking to these mummies out of curiosity.
This was followed up a year later with a sequel, the theft of the mummies of guanajuato. The mummies of guanajuato, mexico have a sad, but interesting history that dates back to a cholera outbreak 1833. Nevertheless, this small article does not cover a detailed background about guanajuato itself before the mummies made it more known and also how they affected guanajuato. The mummies displayed in the museum were residents of guanajuato who lived roughly from 1850 to 1950. About 30 years after the outbreak, the city cemetery was filling up so quickly that room was starting to become a serious issue, and in an attempt to fix the problem, guanajuato enacted a tax that demanded families pay up in order to keep their. Hoping to increase scientific and historical knowledge about the mummies, guanajuatos mayor, dr. This mummies of guanajuato was also shot in the 1990s.
After years of entertaining you on the radio, on dance floors and on the stage, they figured it was time to ruin your night at the cinema as well. The mummies of guanajuato inside the museum, cemetery. Sources of legends since its discovery, the guanajuato mummies were of course a natural source for a horror film, and by the early 70s, movies starring wrestlers became a very popular sub genre in the troubled. Im a fulbrighter working at colorado mountain college. Youll laugh youll cry youll shake your fist in impotent rage as you storm out of the theater at the exciting, and satisfying climax. All of them have been conserved through a natural dehydration. Bodies of deceased local residents were dug up when their families failed to pay the yearly upkeep on their graves. Robbery of the mummies of guanajuato poster 1 goldposter. The mummies of guanajuato, mexico have a sad history that. When the big three eventually do all get together for the climactic battle with the mummies of the films title, the movie finally catches fire, so to speak. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. The mummies of guanajuato inside the museum, cemetery, and. The count cagliostro and scientist raymond discovered a component that is only found in the mines of guanajuato, this serves to create a formula to help them in their plans to conquer the world.
The mummies of guanajuato, mexico puerto vallarta news. Contrary to popular belief, the 108 mummies in the museum are not from soil graves but were removed from the aboveground crypts. When i was a little kid, i always pestered my mother about visiting guanajuato check out the best things to do and see in guanajuato here. Eduardo hicks, initiated the guanajuato mummy research project in early 2007, inviting melbye, beckett, and conlogue to serve on the scientific team that will spend more than a year exploring the origins and development of the mummies. Robbery of the mummies of guanajuato 1972 streaming ita. The cemetery adjoining the mummy museum has both underground and aboveground burial sites. And finally it gave the idea to set up a museum for these mummies near the cemetery. The mummies of guanajuato 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
To see a transcript of this show or to check out references on this subject matter, please visit our web site. More research about the scientific process of the mummies should be posted. This museum has quite a number of naturally mummified bodies which were buried during the cholera outbreak around guanajuato, mexico in 1833. The story originally appeared in bradburys first book, dark carnival, in 1947. The mummies of guanajuato is a 1978 book which reprints ray bradburys novelette, the next in line, illustrated with photographs, by archie lieberman, of the actual mummies discovered in guanajuato which inspired the story.
To conjure a morbid and eerie atmospheric opening sequence to his film nosferatu the. Stockingtease, the hunsyellow pages, kmart, msn, microsoft. The mummies of guanajuato 1970 pitted the wellknown mexican professional wrestler santo and several others against reanimated mummies author ray bradbury visited the catacombs of guanajuato with his friend grant beach and wrote. Loosely adapted from the classic 1932 horror film starring boris karloff, the mummy is set in egypt, where over 3,000 years ago the high priest imhotep played by arnold vosloo was given the allimportant assignment of preparing the recently dead for their journey into the afterlife. The mummies at a guanajuato museum were preserved naturally, thanks to the airtight and arid conditions of their tombs. View all hotels near visit to momias of guanjuato,gto. I want my coworkers, students and friends in the united states, to know about the mummies of guanajuato. Mar 01, 20 stockingtease, the hunsyellow pages, kmart, msn, microsoft, noaa, diet, realtor,, hot, pof, kelly jeep, pichuntercom, gander. The kings of budget rock are starring in their own featurelength film. Mummy of the legendary wrestler satan awakes 100 years after his death, as satan was also a powerful sorcerer who vowed to take revenge over the city of guanajuato before dying.
The city had decided to commence exhuming bodies from santa paula municipal pantheon cemetery niches and crypts if the families had. The mummy museum in guanajuato, mexico, is a bizarre tourist attraction. In the case of the guanajuato mummies, the subjects only had to wait a few hundred years, and were not so much discovered as evicted. Sources of legends since its discovery, the guanajuato mummies were of course a natural source for a horror film, and by the early 70s, movies. Tour of accidental mummies of guanajuato aarp viva. The mummies from guanajuato are located in the guanajuato mummy museum. The mummies of guanajuato are naturally mummified bodies interred around guanajuato, mexico. The mummies of guanajuato are a number of naturally mummified bodies interred during a. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
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