SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Madilyn Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

bowmanblue 'Slasher' films are hardly revolutionary. Even what is considered the film which 're-launched' the genre, Scream, was not exactly anything new. The basic principle is that you take one killer, mercilessly stalking a handful of teens. However, just because something isn't original, doesn't mean it has to be bad. All you need is something that makes it stand out, just a little (or at least entertain us for the film's duration).'Wrestlemaniac' does none of these. It's a 'slasher' film all right, yet it doesn't tick a single box. It's about the mandatory teens, this time travelling (and obviously getting lost) in a desolate, deserted Mexican town. There, they encounter a psychotic ex-wrestler who picks 'em off one by one.So, there you have it – nothing original, but, if done right, it could be entertaining. It isn't. Normally, among the good-looking teens, one is the 'virgin' – the 'nice' girl who we basically can figure out is going to survive until the end. There isn't one here. They're all horrible teens. You won't care about a single one of them. Therefore, when the killer gets killing, he's almost doing the world a favour by getting rid of them.Also, you have the obligatory old, creepy bloke near the beginning who explains everything you need to know, i.e. the Mexican government created a 'super' wrestler out of old body parts. Then, when he went bonkers, they sort of abandoned him in a town and then left him there.But, it still could be good. It's an 'adult' film, therefore horror fans are probably hoping for a bit of gore. There isn't any/much. Most kills happen off screen and you're left to imagine much of what's transpired.What about the killer? Just because the cast are all annoying, maybe the bad guy can redeem the film? He doesn't. He's dull. He's also stupid. He picks off people one at a time then only walks after the others so they can repeatedly get away from him.All in all, Wrestlemaniac is a depressing experience. It's totally dull and you won't care about any of them. Just watch Scream again.

or shadmi The "wrestlemaniac" is another slashers movie, the story is about a group of young people who want to go to a town in Mexico, but instead they get two a place with a local legend about crazy wrestler from the 60s. The acting was amateurish, there was no deep script but all of these are not the real problem of this movie, the real problem is the fact that we have already seen movies like this before, a group of teenagers/young people that get lost and mistakenly find themselves running away from a local maniac, this movie just gives you the feeling that you know what is going to happened next. The "wrestlemaniac" does not bring a story we have not heard before. In summary, I did no like "wrestlemaniac", this movie is expected, and the worst thing is that the movie does not frightening as good horror movie should. for another reviewes: http://imdb.com/user/ur44998795/comments

Paul Andrews El Mascarado Massacre, more commonly known under the title Wrestlemaniac, starts as six friends are driving across Mexico to get to a location to shoot a porn film. The films actor & director Alphonse (Adam Huss), the cameraman Steve (Jeremey Radin), some bloke called Jimbo (Zack Bennett) & three porn actresses Daisy (Catherine Wreford), Dallas (Leyla Miliani) & Debbie (Margaret Scarborough) (yeah yeah make up your own 'Debbie does Dallas' porn jokes...) are forced to stop at a ghost town called La Sangre de Dios, or The Blood of Christ after their van breaks down. Since Steve is a geek he knows that La Sangre de Dios is a town of legend, a town where El Mascarado (Rey Misterio Jr.) the most fearsome, brutal & notorious Mexican wrestler is thought to reside. The six filmmakers quickly realise that the legends are true & that El Mascarado doesn't like visitors, in fact he likes to wrestle them into submission & then rip their faces off...Originally worked on under the title The Mexican Porn Massacre which was at some point retitled to El Mascarado Massacre before some too clever for his own good marketing executive got hold of it & changed the title for a third time to the wonderful pun Wrestlemaniac, give that guy who thought it up a banana! Edited, co-executive produced, written & directed by Jesse Baget this is your average teen slasher flick but one also to say it's a particularly silly teen slasher. The basic idea behind El Mascarado Massacre is that back in the 60's some scientists created the ultimate wrestler so Mexico could win the Olympics from the body parts of other wrestlers but the experiment went wrong & the thing turned into an unstoppable killer whose only weakness is that he has to abide by the rules of Mexican wrestling when killing his victims! If he was created in the 60's he'd be in his 70's at least now, what did he eat in that ghost town for all those years? To be as big & beefy as that requires a lot of food. Why was there still electricity in the town? What did Mascarado do there exactly for all that time? Didn't he like get bored & want to move on? A totally deserted ghost town probably isn't the most exciting place in the world to be stuck for 40 odd years on your lonesome is it? Also where did Mascarado learn to drive exactly? If you can overlook the silliness of the central concept then to be fair to it El Mascardo Massacre isn't the worst slasher out there, at a little over 80 minutes at least it's short, there's one or two pretty gory moments, some of the dialogue is quite punchy while porn director & super stud Alphonse is around & it moves along at a good pace. It does end rather abruptly though, just as the film gets down to the last surviving teen & I expected a long drawn out stalk n'slash sequence of cat & mouse between her & Mascarado it suddenly finishes. Short & to the point even if it is rather silly.Director Baget does a reasonable job & the film actually looks like it was made by professionals, by people who actually knew what they were doing which is not always the case with low budget shot on a camcorder & edited on a home PC horror these days. The gore & violence is odd, the first two murders happen off screen & we don't see a single drop of the red stuff but then we get a long scene where Mascarado beats a guy up, smashes his face on some stone work making his teeth fall out & then rip his face off. The rest of the film is also mixed as there are some graphic gore scenes while at other times it feels like the makers are going out of their way not to show you anything. There's a couple of gory impalement's, a wall full of ripped off faces, some more graphic face ripping & some more wrestling type fights. If you are interested keep watching as the end credits roll since there's some on the set outtake footage of star Jeremey Radin singing some songs to the crew about the films story that they seem to find very funny even though they aren't.With a supposed budget of about $850,000 El Mascarado Massacre was actually lower budget than I thought, considering this came in at less than a million it's surprisingly well made with good production values. Although set in Mexico it was apparently shot in California. The acting is pretty good for a film of this type, Adam Huss certainly puts in a spirited performance as the sex mad porn director while Rey Misterio Sr. is a real Mexican wrestler & has won all sorts of titles & makes his feature film debut here.El Mascarado Massacre turned out much, much better than I had anticipated, it still ain't no masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination but it passes the time harmlessly enough & at least it's short. Silly but fun teen slasher flick with better productions values than usual.

theNomad A group of teens go on a trip to film a porn film in Mexico, on the way they encounter a 'your doomed' style gas attendant who tells them the story of El Diablo Negro and warns them not to pull up till they get to the next gas station. Don't you know the pesky teens stop to shoot in a run down bar only to be hacked down by a psychopath in a wrestling mask.Nobody watches films like this for plot which thankfully is a good job cause there's not one. Feels more Full Moon than Troma which isn't saying much. But that said its fun and well paced with nicely done action scenes, gore and the odd flashed top rack. All in all better than average 6/10 from me.