Capulina contra las momias (El terror de Guanajuato)

A bumbling taxi driver takes a man to visit his scientist friend in a small town, where he unknowingly comes across his secret experiments trying to bring the collections of mummies buried nearby back to life.

Not nearly as madly funny as previous Capulina efforts, even though this one manages to get a bit more serious in offering a horror tone to compensate even though it's still got some good solid laughs to it. I get the feeling it's more about wordplay and one-liners than the slapstick which is where the level of humor is unbalanced, so most is lost in translation, yet the incorporation of the mad scientist subplot allows for some fun and it's not really a boring effort. The endless procession of mummies stacked together, their badly deformed appearances looking really cool, the mad scientist lab and the construction overlooking a large villa on a hilltop creates some fine horror-based attitudes, leaving this one slightly lower yet still highly enjoyable.

Unrated/PG-13: Violence and Language

Kind of in the upper ranking of the Capulina movies due to the bigger and more elaborate production values but somewhat underwhelming if you are looking for a straight monster movie even if its quick pace and the performance by the main actor make it entertaining. It's really more of a commercial for Guatemala.

The mummies themselves have very sporadic appearances but the filmmakers realize the gold mine they are sitting in by the end of the film and the climax actually features some neat comedic monster action, otherwise, we are left with a routinary and witless vehicle for Capulina. Not as consistent with its jokes as the Viruta/Gómez Bolaños era was and it's not as action driven as the typical mexican B-movie featuring monsters, so it just pales in comparison to some other flicks of its kind, although, it is a rather watchable outing with a few memorable sequences that redeem it. About as well done as a Capulina movie can be.

Overall, mostly stale and carried by its few mummy scenes. Recommended for mexican horror movie completists or if you wanna see a very peculiar version of this type of creature.