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Alfonso (Del Campo), Eduardo (Villatoro) and Eduardo's wife Cristina (Ruel) get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three amigos suffer personality changes, specially Cristina who tries to seduce Alfonso in a strange coincidence to a story told by an old monk. After some efforts to escape, Alfonso is trapped inside a jail and more strange and macabre situations happen.

A splendid movie - am in agreement with the other reviewers

El Fantasma del Convento (The Phantom of the Monastery)

Although I had seen one of de Fuentes&#39;s films (THE TIGER OF YAUTAPEC) many years back, THE PHANTOM OF THE CONVENT looked very intriguing. Despite a rather rough copy, it held the attention throughout and delivered a good many scares and creepy moments in its eighty minutes or so. In its atmosphere reminded me a little of VAMPYR or WHITE ZOMBIE, and deserves to be much better known. Well worth seeking out.

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El fantasma del convento

Phantom of the Monastery&#39;s story is simple yet effective: Three travelers end up spending the night at an abandoned monastery - only it&#39;s not abandoned. As the night wears on our trio are subjected to all kinds of spooky and unexplainable happenings. With the morning light comes clarity, in more ways than one.<br/><br/>Phantom of the Monastery slowly grabs hold, and before you know it you&#39;re held tightly in its icy clutch. A monastery at night is spooky, and this movie takes full advantage of it. Dark hallways, shadows, silently moving monks - brrr. It&#39;s all captured in glorious b&amp;w, with several striking shots. Most viewers will see the ending coming, but HOW it gets to that end makes it a worthwhile ride. Two scenes in particular - both featuring doors - are the stuff of nightmares.

Pretty good Mexican-made, Spanish language (with English sub-titles option) early 30&#39;s horror film. Dripping with spooky atmosphere. A trio of lost travelers, two who are flirting with adultery, are taken to a monastery by a weird monk and his very silent dog to a huge monastery. There they find a gaggle of more monks, as weird as the first, who have taken a vow of silence. At dinner the lead monk treats them to a morality tale of sinning, adultery, and the punishing consequences. The rest of the night the travelers prowl the monastery, finding more and more spookiness. In the morning a caretaker finds them and tells them the truth of the monastery. The Indicator Blu-ray is the best available but Zima Entertainment DVD is pretty good too, but it has no sub-title options. The film is very worth seeing and highly recommended.

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El fantasma del convento

A splendid movie - am in agreement with the other reviewers

Fantastic early Mexican horror

El Fantasma del Convento (The Phantom of the Monastery)

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