Movie

The Body Snatcher

★ 5.9(14)19571h 20m

The Body Snatcher is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Claro video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in Mexico. Availability checked 22 June 2026.

Where to watch The Body Snatcher

🇲🇽 Mexico

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Director: Fernando Méndez
Release date: 1957-09-26
Runtime: 1h 20m
Language: Spanish
Status: Released
Country: Mexico
Studio: Internacional Cinematográfica

About The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher is a 1957 movie in the Horror and Science Fiction genres, directed by Fernando Méndez, starring Wolf Ruvinskis, Carlos Riquelme and Crox Alvarado. It has a runtime of 1 hour 20 minutes. It holds an average rating of 5.9/10 from 14 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Body Snatcher in Mexico — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...

Cast

Wolf Ruvinskis

Guillermo Santana

Carlos Riquelme

The Mad Scientist, alias Don Panchito

Crox Alvarado

Capt. Carlos Robles

Columba Domínguez

Lucía

Eduardo Alcaraz

Police Chief

Yerye Beirute

Cosme Ramírez, first henchman

Ignacio Navarro

Second Henchman

Arturo Martínez

Felipe Dorantes, wrestling promoter

Alberto Catalá

Rubio, wrestling trainer

Guillermo Hernández

El Lobo negro

Lee Morgan

Alejandro Cruz

El Tigre

Themes & keywords

mexicomad scientistpolice detectivegymgrave robbermurder investigationsports arenamind transferpro wrestlingsecret laboratoryrampaging monsterhuman monsterlucha libre