On their way to Cabo San Lucas, the cast and crew of a low-budget film get lost and come upon La Sangre De Dios, a ghost town with a spine-tingling legend about an insane Mexican wrestler. The leader of the pack and first time director, Alphonse, likes the town's gritty appearance and decides it would be the perfect setting for his film. The crew positions the camera and snaps on the lights. When Alphonse yells "Action!", it arouses the famous and now insane Luchador, "El Mascarado", who begins a game of his own. One by one, the cast and crew are snatched, beaten and dragged to a bloody death. The few left alive must figure out how to beat the wrestler at his own deadly game, or die trying.
Daryl Loomis of DVD Verdict gave the film a negative review, in his summary of the film he stated, "Had Wrestlemaniac taken place in its intended location and had the cast and crew more time to put the film together, it likely would have been far better. As it stands, there's very little to like here. I appreciate the director's love of low-budget filmmaking, and his brutal honesty in the commentary is welcome, but there are too many holes to recommend to anybody who isn't suckered in by the wrestling and horror combination".[2] Steve Barton of Dread Central rated the film a score of 3.5 out of 5, calling it "cheesy fun".[3] Andrew Smith from Popcorn Pictures gave the film a score of 5/10, writing, "In this current fad of torture, sadism and being as authentic and serious as possible, it’s nice to see a film come along with no designs on being anything than just a fun slasher. Wrestlemaniac is an enjoyable timewaster with a decent villain and some decent moments."[4]
Sequeledit
The film's director Jesse Baget stated in an interview with Bloody Good Horror that he plans of filming a sequel for the film stating "I definitely have some ideas for a sequel and I have a couple other projects that I’m getting underway, but I would definitely like to come back to it, just because I think with a slightly bigger budget … there’s just so much more we could do with the Mexican Wrestling concept. You know, put him on some motorcycles, have some midget fights. there’s a lot to do with it. And I’d want to make it a little more of an action horror, just a real bloody action kind of film rather than so much of a slasher film that it was this time”.[5]
wrestlemaniac, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Wrestlemaniac news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Wrestlemaniac also known as El Mascarado Massacre is a 2006 American slasher film written and directed by Jesse Baget and starring Rey Misterio Sr WrestlemaniacDVD coverDirected byJesse BagetWritten byJesse BagetProduced byChris Moore Jake SchmidtStarringRey Misterio Sr Irwin Keyes Leyla MilaniCinematographyTabbert FillerEdited byJesse BagetMusic byJim LangProductioncompaniesThe Film Fund Blue Cactus PicturesDistributed byAnchor Bay EntertainmentRelease dateOctober 20 2006 2006 10 20 Hollywood Film Festival Running time75 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 3 1 Home media 4 Reception 5 Sequel 6 References 7 External linksPlot editThis article needs an improved plot summary Please help improve the plot summary August 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message On their way to Cabo San Lucas the cast and crew of a low budget film get lost and come upon La Sangre De Dios a ghost town with a spine tingling legend about an insane Mexican wrestler The leader of the pack and first time director Alphonse likes the town s gritty appearance and decides it would be the perfect setting for his film The crew positions the camera and snaps on the lights When Alphonse yells Action it arouses the famous and now insane Luchador El Mascarado who begins a game of his own One by one the cast and crew are snatched beaten and dragged to a bloody death The few left alive must figure out how to beat the wrestler at his own deadly game or die trying Cast editRey Misterio Sr credited as Rey Misterio El Mascarado Adam Huss Alfonse Jeremy Radin Steve Leyla Milani Dallas Margaret Scarborough Debbie Catherine Wreford Daisy Zack Bennett Jimbo Irwin Keyes The Stranger Fred Tatasciore El Mascarado s Voice Tabbert Fiiller Spanish Doctor s VoiceRelease editHome media edit Wrestlemaniac was released on DVD by Revolver Entertainment on April 30 2007 It was later released by Lionsgate on March 11 2008 1 Reception editDaryl Loomis of DVD Verdict gave the film a negative review in his summary of the film he stated Had Wrestlemaniac taken place in its intended location and had the cast and crew more time to put the film together it likely would have been far better As it stands there s very little to like here I appreciate the director s love of low budget filmmaking and his brutal honesty in the commentary is welcome but there are too many holes to recommend to anybody who isn t suckered in by the wrestling and horror combination 2 Steve Barton of Dread Central rated the film a score of 3 5 out of 5 calling it cheesy fun 3 Andrew Smith from Popcorn Pictures gave the film a score of 5 10 writing In this current fad of torture sadism and being as authentic and serious as possible it s nice to see a film come along with no designs on being anything than just a fun slasher Wrestlemaniac is an enjoyable timewaster with a decent villain and some decent moments 4 Sequel editThe film s director Jesse Baget stated in an interview with Bloody Good Horror that he plans of filming a sequel for the film stating I definitely have some ideas for a sequel and I have a couple other projects that I m getting underway but I would definitely like to come back to it just because I think with a slightly bigger budget there s just so much more we could do with the Mexican Wrestling concept You know put him on some motorcycles have some midget fights there s a lot to do with it And I d want to make it a little more of an action horror just a real bloody action kind of film rather than so much of a slasher film that it was this time 5 References edit Wrestlemaniac 2006 Jesse Baget Allmovie com Allmovie Retrieved 18 August 2018 Loomis Daryl 11 March 2008 DVD Verdict Review Wrestlemaniac DVD Verdict com Daryl Loomis Archived from the original on 15 March 2008 Retrieved 21 October 2014 Barton Steve 11 March 2008 Wrestlemaniac DVD Dread Central Dread Central com Steve Barton Retrieved 18 August 2018 Smith Andrew Wrestlemaniac 2006 Popcorn Pictures co uk Andrew Smith Retrieved 18 August 2018 Wrestlemaniac Director Talks Sequel Dread Central Dread Central Syxx 11 March 2008 Retrieved 22 October 2014 External links editWrestlemaniac at AllMovie Wrestlemaniac at IMDb nbsp Wrestlemaniac at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wrestlemaniac amp oldid 1207884437, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
