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Mexi-Madness is somewhat unleashed as a Zorro-adjacent hero arrives in a small village with a big Devil-themed problem. A satanic sect has set up shop in the village and the nearby volcano seems ready to burst. Fear and confusion grow within the superstitious villagers as local authorities attempt to keep some kind of civility in place. The local judge’s beautiful daughter, Aura, has been taught occultism by her caregiver Nana Rita. The head villager, Ramiro, has accused her of witchcraft thanks to his unreciprocated feelings and his gang of fear-influenced religious idiots are quickly becoming a mob. Into town comes Artemio the Great, a professor of the occult/gypsy fortune teller/snake oil salesman/whip-wielding superhero, looking for an acquaintance that we saw burned alive in the opening by some shirtless, goofy-mask-wearing demons on horseback. The Whip saves Aura from a lynching and then brings a battle to the mountain-dwelling gaggle of satanists as they prepare for the arrival of their dark lord. Satan shows up on a horse as a black goat-headed gloater to warn off the local priest and cause some fatal mischief. The Whip works fast to solve the mystery and unmask the satanists for their true motivations while also protecting Aura from Ramiro and his mob of fanatical idiots. Low on violence, this is still some matinee-style fun. There’s never any question of whether or not good will conquer evil and it’s way more basic than most of the insane loveliness that’s come from south of the border but it’s still pretty damn charming and odd enough to keep my interest.
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