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EL LIBRO DE PIEDRA[COLOR][ESPANOL]

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EL LIBRO DE PIEDRA, escrita y dirigida por Carlos Enrique Taboada (La Recta Final), es una pelicula interesante que sin duda fue influida por la pelicula inglesa, THE INNOCENTS de 1961. Me refiero aqui al ambiente de una mansion en el campo y el uso de ni~os como personajes de los sobre natural.

Lamento que aunque una buena pelicula, podria haber sido una verdadera cinta clasica si no fuera por los multiples errores en escena. Por ejemplo, con tanta dificultad sube Marga Lopez a la iglesia abandonada y para bajar es de un momento a otro. El accidente automovilistico fue mal dirigido y no tiene nada de suspenso y los efectos especiales estan tercermundistas. Peor aun es cuando la guapisima esposa muere y luego el personaje de Cordero se OLVIDA DE ELLA POR COMPLETO en las proximas escenas!!! Dije yo, "que la pasa a este hombre???" Tambien, el primer tomo de "Hugo" da miedo, pero despues . . . ya se ve que es un ni~o haciendo muecas y no da nada de miedo. Bueno, pues, ni modo.

Ah, pero no hay que perderse a la hermosisima Lilia Castillo (Lilia Richard aqui, si se acuerdan de ella con su minifalda en ALERTA ALTA TENSION y una de las p___s del general Mapache en THE WILD BUNCH), quien es definitivamente una de las mas bellas mujeres en el cine internacional que jamas gano la fama que se merecia.

I heard about this movie years ago, and suddenly forgot about it (im 24 years old).

Suddenly, after a movie talk with friends someone mentioned it again and I found myself with the urge of finding this gem, BUT SADLY, it hasn't been edited in our own Mexico! Shame on us, and kudos for Tekila Films who had the pants to capture and reproduce this amazing movie.

The Movie: Superb story, still fresh. The acting is not the strong thing in this movie, but they do a good job, all of them. I wish I studied something related to communications just to see the flaws on this movie. But apart from some minor continuity stuff it's amazingly well done.

The DVD: I would've put 3 stars for the lack of extras (the only extras are some Mexican leyends in spanish text). But its a Mexican film from the 60's that has been ignored in Mexico now. I would've rated a 5 STAR if it had english/french subtitles at least! since this is a "cult"(if you will) movie for the genre lovers. Hopefully in a near future, people in Mexico rescue this extraordinary movie and issues it with more extras.

If you're a fan of suspense, mysteries or thrillers regarding "horror", this is a MUST in your colletion. You can almost ignore the fact that there are no subtitles (for people not understanding spanish) since the storyline is not that complex.

I'm so glad I've found this dvd here after literally, years of looking for this movie. It's one of those stories that always haunts you. Highly, highly recommend it!

This, again, is another masterpiece of director and writer Carlos Enrique Taboada. I have read some other critiques requesting English subtitles and I think that this should be included in all of Taboada's films. Unffortunately Churubusco Studios (Mexico's Hollywood) does not have a general DVD producer. And most of the DVD editions of these films are independent DVD producers whose audience is mostly Spanish-speaking. Thus they do not believe they need to add English subtitles. Hopefully a major U.S. DVD producer will pick these films up and re-release them with bonus features and English subtitles.

This old scary movie is a good one to watch... eventhough it's old still gives you chills. An old house is haunted by the spirit of a little boy and becomes friends with a little girl that moves into that house. She becomes obssesed with her friendship with this little ghost boy who makes her do things ....

This is one of the scary movies I saw as a young kid, I remember being afraid of Hugo for weeks. I was recently surprised to find it on DVD and bought it immediately, the story it still creepy considering the time when it was conceived and filmed but don't expect great cinematography or acting in fact I think the support actors Norma Lazareno and Aldo Monti did a better job than the leading actors and a special mention to the little girl who played Silvia who did a good job in a couple of scenes. FYI: the boy who played Hugo [Pablo Carrillo] is a famous sports comentator in Mexico for "Grupo Imagen" and "Fox Sports en Español"

Very good suspense movies released in the 70's. It is a classic of the Mexican TV screen from October 31st to November 2nd. All the actors are excellent in their roles.

Another case of a Mexican cult movie that doesn't exist in this country...This is a must see for all the fans of the Suspense/Horror genre...a classic....Carlos Enrique Taboada presenting his masterpiece.

A masterpiece of the black cinema in Mexico, one more time Carlos Enrique Taboada was able to shake public.