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El miedo no anda en burro
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Wikipedia article
'El miedo no anda en burro' ('Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey') is a 1976 Mexican comedy horror film directed by Fernando Corts and starring Mara Elena Velasco, Eleazar Garca, Fernando Lujn, Emma Roldn and scar Ortiz de Pinedo.
Literally, the title is an idiom used to express that fear strikes quickly, not calmly as if on top of a donkey. The film is one of the most successful comedies of the India Mara franchise, having remained in the Cine Metropolitan for an astounding nineteen weeks.
Plot
Mara Nicolasa Cruz is doa Clarita's loyal indigenous maid. However, meanwhile doa Clarita is dying, she is leaving behind a large monetary estate, a mansion, properties, and Mim: her affectionate Shih Tzu dog. Mara is with doa Clarita during her last moments, albeit her sister Paz, brother Marciano, nephew Braulio, and grandsons Raul and Laura are waiting anxiously downstairs for her death, believing they will inherit all her riches. Doa Clarita finally dies at the hand of a corrupt doctor employed by doa Clarita's relatives, and Mara inconsolably goes downstairs to the living room to deliver the news. As expected, Mara finds none of doa Clarita's relatives mourning her death. Believing she is of no use anymore, doa Clarita's relatives (or "The Vultures" as Mara calls them) fire Mara, therefore she decides to return to her native hometown. Marciano, Paz, Braulio, Raul, and Laura meet with the notary to hear Doa Clarita's will. To everyone's surprise, the will only mentions Mim (the dog), and Mara as her guardian. The family members go back to stop Mara from leaving the mansion.
The "'zopilotes'" (vultures, Mara's nickname for Doa Clarita's family) convince Mara to stay in the mansion to take care of Mim as her new guardian. The "'zopilotes'" try several times to kill Mara along with Mim but their attempts go awry. Until Marciano feeds Mim a piece of meat with an explosive inside. Before Mim eats it, Mara takes it from her and cooks it for the afternoon meal. Braulio, unfortunately, receives the piece of meat and after cutting it, the explosive goes off. Mim ears were gravely affected. The doctor advises Mara to go on a vacation with Mim - to Doa Clarita's old vacation house in Guanajuato. Upon arrival, Mara and Mim are scared by the butler Franki who guides them through the 'haunted' house. Both Mara and Mim survive two scary hands, a cyclop, a giant talking frog, a fern monster, a werewolf, and many more horrific things.
To Mara's surprise, she discovers that those scary characters are the "'zopilotes'". They catch them and put them in a squishing torture machine. Mara and Mim, on the verge of death, are saved by Franki who was a detective investigating Doa Clarita's murder - committed by her family members. Mara with all these surprises asks Franki, whose real name is Maldonado, permission to faint on the floor. As she does, Marciano, Paz, Braulio, Raul, and Laura end up arrested for homicide.
Cast
*Mara Elena Velasco as Mara Nicolasa Cruz
*Eleazar Garca as Braulio
*Fernando Lujn as Ral
*Emma Roldn as doa Paz
*scar Ortiz de Pinedo as don Marciano
*Gloria Mayo as Laura
*Alfredo Wally Barrn as Frankie / Maldonado (credited as Wally Barron)
*Jos Cibrin Jr. as American tourist
*Antonio Bravo as Doctor
*Carlos Bravo y Fernndez as Notary
*Alfonso Zayas as Policeman
*Mim as Herself (Eleazar Garca "Chelelo" was her owner)
References
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