The Bat Woman (1968)

Riding the wave of the 1960s Batman craze, René Cardona introduces the thrill of Mexico s lucha libre wrestling to the superhero canon in his seaside adventureTHE BAT WOMAN. Wrestlers, mad doctors, and humanfish hybrids abound in this colorful showcase for the talents of Italian Mexican sex symbol Maura Monti. When Acapulcos wrestlers start being murdered and their pineal glands mysteriously extracted, the wealthy luchadora Gloria adopts her crimefighting persona of the Bat Woman. Donning her disguise of shiny blue mask, cape, and microbikini, she teams up with agent Mario to foil the evil Dr Williams in his dastardly plan to create an army of amphibious fishmen. Produced by Guillermo Calderón (Santo vs. the Riders of Terror) and directed by the legendary René Cardona (Night of the Bloody Apes), The Bat Woman is an eyepopping, highcamp blend of lucha libre and superhero action