The Door and The Butcher's Wife

September. 25,1969      
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.

Ana Luisa Peluffo as  Elenita (segment "La puerta")
Carlos Piñar as  Raúl (segment "La puerta")
Armando Silvestre as  Jorge (segment "La puerta")
Rosario Gálvez as  Invitada (segment "La puerta")
Luis Manuel Pelayo as  Invitado (segment "La puerta")
Augusto Benedico as  Invitado (segment "La puerta")
Pancho Córdova as  Invitado (segment "La puerta")
Ignacio López Tarso as  Melitón Torres (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
Narciso Busquets as  Coronel Soberón (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
Katy Jurado as  Remedios (segment "La mujer del carnicero")

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Reviews

Karry
1969/09/25

Best movie of this year hands down!

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ChanBot
1969/09/26

i must have seen a different film!!

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FirstWitch
1969/09/27

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Jenni Devyn
1969/09/28

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

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