---
title: 'El Vampiro (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fernando Méndez'
released: '1957-10-04'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Mexico'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/el-vampiro-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051151/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# El Vampiro (1957)

1957 · 95 min · Horror · Mexico

Original title: El vampiro

## Synopsis

El vampiro is a 1957 Mexican horror film, produced by Abel Salazar and directed by Fernando Méndez from an original screenplay by Ramon Obon, and starring German Robles as Count Lavud, the vampire, Abel Salazar as Dr. Enrique, and Ariadna Welter as Marta. The film, which took influence from the canon of Universal horror, is seen as the beginning of the Mexican horror boom of the 1960s.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Abel Salazar](https://cinepixo.com/people/abel-salazar), [K. Gordon Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-gordon-murray)
- **Director:** [Fernando Méndez](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-mendez)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rosalío Solano](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalio-solano)
- **Editor:** [Jorge Bustos](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-bustos)

## Cast

- [Germán Robles](https://cinepixo.com/people/german-robles)
- [Mercedes Soler](https://cinepixo.com/people/mercedes-soler)
- [Carmen Montejo](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-montejo)
- [Ariadne Welter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ariadne-welter)
- [Abel Salazar](https://cinepixo.com/people/abel-salazar)

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