4/10
Silly horror parody by the prolific Mariano Ozores with ridiculous and absurd terrifying incidents
11 January 2018
In this flick there is spoof , humor , fun and guffaws . An amusing but average Spanish comedy film and with its ups and downs . It deals with an unfortunate as well as botcher Notary assistant called Armando (Andres Pajares) who goes to a mansion to deal with a testament of a newly deceased lord , Don Marcelo (Antonio Ozores) . There also goes his heir Alicia Cazorla (Adriana Vega) , they are received by a misfit bunch of geeks : an old cook (Maria Isbert) , a dwarf (José Carabias) , a gay wolfman (Luis Lorenzo) , a hunk (Fernando Bilbao) , a sympathetic deaf-mute (Adriana Ozores) , and a hunchback similarly to Marty Feldman-Igor alike . All of them want to take over a hidden treasure : a lot of golden coins .



Terror movie parody with Andrés Pajares , including lots of jokes , home pursuits , intrigue , entertainment , amusement and lots of nudism . Pajares is a cool Spanish actor, who usually formed an attractive cinematic couple with Fernando Esteso . Both of whom usually playing a duo of unfortunate , roguish , swindlers as well as bungling people . They usually made couple in a lot of films and achieved much success in the 80s . And especially ¨Los Bingueros¨ was one of their greatest hits . The movies they played were funny and with many support's actors . The films were with short budget and lackluster but including comedy and lots of fun . Those contained many nude girls , laughs and slapstick , being mostly directed by Mariano Ozores , a craftsman filmmaker and writer , who wrote/directed disconcerting screenplays , he recently won a Goya Award (2016) to his long and fruitful career . The latter made with these two famous comedians , -Andres Pajares and Fernando - several films , as they had various years partnership between the two leads , such as ¨Agitese Antes Usarla¨ , ¨Al Este Del Oeste¨, ¨Los Liantes¨, ¨Los Energeticos¨, ¨La Lola Lleva Al Huerto¨ , ¨El Currante¨, ¨Que Tia la Cia¨, ¨El Hijo Del Cura¨, among others .

This ¨El liguero magico¨ is a charming as well as embarrassing horror/comedy that contains crazy events , nudism , amusement and bewilding situations . There are some nice jokes in the film and the cast , playing eccentric characters , make a cosy fit . It is a nutty Spanish comedy that offers no intellectual stimulus whatsoever , though it has some fun and hilarious moments . Humor is sometimes cheesy and gross-out with numerous naughty and picaresque situations . Support cast is pretty good , plenty of familiar faces , such as : Antonio Ozores , María Luisa Ponte , Blaki, Adriana Ozores , María Isbert , Luis Lorenzo , José Carabias , Adrián Ortega , Rafael Albaicín , and José Riesgo . Evocative cinematography by Raul Artigot , being necessary a perfect remastering , because of the film-copy is worn-out and shot in Talamanca Del Jarama , Madrid . Atmospheric and frightening musical score by Gregorio García Segura .

This ¨El liguero magico¨ financed by the great producer José Frade , is a mediocre picture with some amusing moments , being profesional but middlingly by Mariano Ozores in his usual style and had big success in the Spanish box office similarly to ¨Brujas Magicas¨ which he made in similar wake . Mariano's family origin is into show business , being son of Mariano Ozores Sr and brother of José Luis Ozores and Antonio Ozores . Furthermore , uncle of Emma Ozores and Adriana Ozores who here appears briefly as a host woman . Mariano is a craftsman filmmaker and writer , in fact he wrote the fun screenplay , he recently won a Goya Award (2016) to his long and fruitful career . The latter made with these two famous comedians , -Fernando Esteso and Andres Pajares- several films , as they had various years partnership between the two leads , such as ¨Agitese Antes Usarla¨ , ¨Al Este Del Oeste¨, ¨Los Liantes¨, ¨Los Energeticos¨, ¨La Lola Lleva Al Huerto¨ , ¨El Currante¨ , ¨El Hijo Del Cura¨...these films are filled with humor that still holds up , especially for those not easily offended ; being sometimes cheesy and gross-out with numerous naughty and picaresque situations such as sex jokes , adulteries , crazy events , nudism , absurd situations , jealousy , and erotic scenes . Plus , they partially reflected the mood and the reality of Spain in the immediate Post-Franco era , dealing with politic juncture about the post-Franquismo in similar style to other films from this period . Ozores has a prolific career , as writer and as director , especially in comedy genre such as : Disparate Nacional , Tahiti's Girl , Brujas Magicas , Los Presuntos , Cuatro Mujeres Y Un Lío , Tío ¿De Verdad Vienen De París? , Alcalde Por Elección , Ellas Los Prefieren... Locas , El Apolítico , Jenaro El De Los 14 , Manolo La Nuit , El Abuelo Tiene plan , La Llamaban La Madrina , La Graduada , Venta Por Pisos and many others . Being his ordinary actors , the followings : Alfredo Landa , Lina Morgan , Paco Martínez Soria , Antonio Ozores , Jose Luis Ozores , Juanito Navarro .
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