THE MAN AND THE MONSTER (1959)

  Mexican hero Abel Salazar stars in this tale of a pianist who sells his soul to the devil in order to be the best ivory-tickler ever! Unfortunately the side effect is him turning into a very hairy Wolfman-like monster. It took my a few attempts to get through this one since it is pretty slow-moving for a good chunk. Things do pick up once our monster cuts loose and starts his rampage. This includes snuffing a little girl(off-screen) and body slamming anyone foolish enough to tangle with him. Too bad Santo wasn't around to match lucha-libre skills.   Makes a good double feature with that other Mexican horror classic with Salazar CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN. 

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