Yambaó

Yambao is a charming sorceress, under influence of her grandmother's spirit, greeding for revenge. She leads us thru this story of unusual passion and possession. But the film doesn't stand the pace.. long scenes of chanting slaves, althought sometimes (unvolontary ?) very funny, break the tempo and make us regret what this genre movie could have been

The first (and only) time I seen this movie was back around 1965 or 1966 on an old heavy 13" tube type B/W TV. I have not seen it aired since then. Would really love to find a copy of this movie despite the somewhat vague memories I have of it. I would put this movie in among the other oldies which I'd rate as one of the cult classics! Back in the days of the "Friday late night shockers", this was one of the number of memorable classics I recall. I have to give this a "10" rating, simply because it left such an impression on me. It was fairly risqué for it's time, but compared to today, well, it's pretty tame. Nonetheless, I was captivated by it's presentation. A good rare oldie!

One of my sci-fi/horror/fantasy reviews written 50 years ago: Directed by Alfredo Crevenna; Produced by Ruben Calderon; Mexican production Released in America retitled "Cry of the Bewitched" by Azteca Films (Spanish-track) and Domino Films. Screenplay by Julio Alba and Julio Alejandro; Photography by Raul Martinez Solares; Edited by Gloria Schoemann; Music by Lan Adomian and Obdulio Morales. Starring: Ninon Sevilla, Ramon Gay, Rosa Elena Durgel and Fedora Capdevila.

Mexican voodoo film lacks the proper atmosphere, emphasizing instead (to the point of exhaustion) Nino Sevilla's oile limbs writhing in vaguely Allison Hayes- "The Disembodied" styled postures. A modicum of white nightgown action is included for the dedicated fans, and the hammy acting is fun.

I remember seeing this movie on TV years ago. It made quite an impression on my young mind. Seeing the lead actress writhing in the dirt to cast a voodoo spell was absolutely the best scene. The main character also spends time doing lots of "provocative" jungle dancing that had me staring in amazement. After seeing it on TV, I forgot the title and could never find anyone else who ever remembered seeing or hearing about this flick. Have spent years trying to remember the elusive movie title and just located today (!!) on IMDb. About ten minutes later, I was ordering my very own copy of this terrific B-Movie. I hope the actual movie lives up to my memory!

Down voting the reviewer who said only watch the rifftrax version... Are you the people who gave this tripe an 8 or I even see some ten votes lol.. Hilarious. Even the rifftrax version isnt one of their best and it's just the movie is so bad

Theres even a black face scene... At least they made that funny, but wow. 1957 looked awesome. Rifftrax or nothing for this crap and have some drinks or smoke a few bc you'll need it lol.

Downvoting the reviewer who said only watch the rifftrax version... Are you the people who gave this tripe an 8 or I even see some ten votes lol.. Hilarious. Even the rifftrax version isnt one of their best and it's just the movie is so bad

Theres even a black face scene... At least they made that funny, but wow. 1957 looked awesome. Rifftrax or nothing for this crap and have some drinks or smoke a few bc you'll need it lol.