Carlos Enrique Taboada
Carlos Enrique Taboada Walker (July 18th, 1929 - April 15th, 1997) was a director and writer of Mexican cinema, awarded with the Ariel Prize, who was characterized by handling the horror and suspense genre.
Works
Where the road ends
A Mexican telenovela directed by Antulio Jiménez Pons for Canal de las Estrellas in 1978.
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count13
La mujer doble
Release Date1992-06-24
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Even the Wind Is Afraid
A group of college students, led by Claudia, decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before and that the headmistress has seen her ghost.
Release Date1968-05-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count130
Darker Than Night
When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
Release Date2014-09-05
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count45
Poison for the Fairies
In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.
Release Date1986-10-02
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count121
The Book of Stone
Julia, a governess, comes to work for a bourgeois family that lives in a forested property they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of a little girl named Silvia, whose unusual demeanor may find its roots in the family garden.
Release Date1969-07-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count83
The Witch's Mirror
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.
Release Date1962-07-12
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count54
Blacker Than the Night
When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
Release Date1975-12-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count60
The Wind of Fear
Claudia is a troubled teen confined in a very particular support center ruled with roughness by renowned psychiatrist Bernarda Alquicira. Coexisting with girls who have experienced similar trances, Claudia confronts horrible visions of Andrea, a beautiful intern who committed suicide a year ago. Another strange patient -Josefina- and doctor Lucia Franyutti -the right arm of Bernarda- seem to know the key to the bizarre return of Andrea, but even they are disturbed by the supernatural events that take place when the wind starts to blow.
Release Date2007-08-13
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count52
Who Killed Grandpa?
A man dies of a heart attack and his wife hides the body in order to continue collecting pension.
Release Date1972-08-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count6
Vuelven los Argumedo
The Argumedo cousins have their clothes stolen while taking a shower, and they must find it at all costs, because there's a winning lottery ticket in their pockets.
Release Date1963-04-19
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count3
Anonymous Death Threat
Men are turning up dead after receiving anonymous threats that include the date of their deaths. The latest person to receive one of these threats decides to call Santo the crime fighting wrestler for help. Santo must solve the mystery of the men's murders and confront a gang of Nazis operating in Mexico City.
Release Date1975-04-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count7
Reclusorio
The human and divine justice are exposed through five real life stories related to the legal processes of a prison. The cases presented are: "I want to stay in jail", "Blood between women", "The raped prostitute", "The kidnapped policeman", and "Euthanasia or murder?"
Release Date1997-09-19
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count5
Noche de muerte
Someone who wears a blue mask, is squat and has giant hands are killing people and stealing jewelry and money. The witnesses are afraid to talk, despite the detective understands that the clues point to his friend Blue Demon. This is actually an evil plan hatched by the Count and a fighter called ' The Cossack ', taking revenge on Blue. In both the real Blue Demon campaign starts with his secretary and a detective to unravel the mystery.
Release Date1975-07-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count9
Chanoc
Chanoc, along with his godfather, Tsekub Baloyán, investigate a series of mysterious deaths linked to a gang that extracts uranium.
Release Date1967-04-07
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count6
Ellos trajeron la violencia
A gang of criminal teens take shelter from the police in a house inhabited by a nun and her niece.
Release Date1990-11-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
Los cómplices del infierno
Sandra and Deborah are two women trying to escape from a tragic recent event. They go for a vacation on a beach house but are then followed by an evil cult.
Release Date1995-06-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count4
Rubí
Rubi steals the fiancé from her millionaire friend Maribel, leaves her city and gets married in New York.
Release Date1970-09-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count24
Nostradamus and the Destroyer of Monsters
A professor and a vampire hunter join forces to destroy the murderous vampire Nostradamus and his minions.
Release Date1962-04-13
DepartmentWriting
JobAdaptation
Vote Count10
Solicito marido para engañar
Rich and misogynistic Fabián is determined to seduce married women, whom he literally undresses with his eyes due to a strange obsession. He also receives an inheritance from an aunt and announces that he will give part of it to his three cousins when they become widows. They harass him out of interest and he becomes Virginia's lover, and harasses Maura, who rejects him.
Release Date1988-12-22
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count4
Rapine
Two humble indigenous woodcutters discover the wreckage of a plane that has crashed at the top of the mountains and decide to steal the belongings of all the occupants killed in the accident.
Release Date1975-05-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count26
La trinchera
Release Date1969-12-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count4
The Book of Stone
Julieta is a young child psychologist hired by millionaire Eugenio Ruvalcaba, to work with his only daughter, Sylvia, who has severe emotional problems, while staying in their isolated island mansion. Once there, she finds out there's much more to Sylvia's imaginary friend than what everybody knows... and the results can be horrifying... Remake of Carlos Enrique Taboada's classic film from 1969.
Release Date2009-04-19
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count12
Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein
A mad scientist creates a remote-controlled monster and sends it to terrorize the city.
Release Date1960-12-08
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count10
La recta final
A jockey is pushed by his former trainer, in order to win one last race after his downfall into alcohol and depression.
Release Date1966-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
The Holy War
Through the humble potter Celso we will know one of the most dramatic events in the history of Mexico in the twentieth century, in which the federal government and Catholic believers, fought a bloody struggle. Time passes and the Church and the State agree to peace. Celso and his companions are rejected by both sides.
Release Date1979-07-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count8
Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness
In order to stop a vampire from terrorizing the countryside, some locals decide to break into his coffin at night and steal his ashes. Complications ensue.
Release Date1962-12-14
DepartmentWriting
JobAdaptation
Vote Count8
The Business of Hate
An ambitious businessman searches for the perfect candidate to train and turn into a great boxing champion.
Release Date1972-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
A Shred Of Mist
After the dead of his mother, Daniel is put under the care of his aunt Elizabeth, a foreign woman with a severe character, who subjects the child to multiple abuses and psychological torture.
Release Date2014-04-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count8
Jirón de niebla
Giron de niebla is a Mexican horror film directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada. The film tells the story of a woman murdered by her nephew. It was filmed in a hacienda in the State of Mexico. The cast includes Raúl Araiza, Sonia Linar and Gerardo Murguía.
Release Date1989-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Siete muertes para el texano
When the Texan returns to the town, seeking to secure his fortune, the sheriff of the place asks the Texano to come to the aid of a dear friend. Seven frightful ones, on a pillaging expedition, have assaulted the cabana of a hunter and kidnapped his young daughter. When the Texan arrives there, he finds only the hunter who desperately asks for his aid. Both men initiate the ferocious persecution, until one by one they manage to end the seven strangers and also manage to save the beautiful young person.
Release Date1971-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
The Night of the Falcon
A man and his godson fall in love with the same woman.
Release Date1968-05-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count5
The Useless Force
Rich entomologist René is accepted by a group of young rebels on the condition that they organize parties with his money. One day he proposes a game in which each one must get rid of the most valuable thing they have.
Release Date1972-02-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
Silent Death
Film about ghostly revenge from beyond the grave that starts out in a theater. Some of the actors plan a heist of the box office, which goes predictably awry and causes an unintended death...and that's when the horror begins.
Release Date1991-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count7
The Desire in Autumn
The story concerns a young woman named Elena who ascends from rags to riches when she inherits a substantial fortune; having no one else with whom she can share the monies, she invites her best friend, Clara, to move into her home and enjoy the wealth with her. All fares well until Elena falls in love with a male suitor - and thus threatens to jeopardize Clara's place in the household and her share of the spoils. Indignant, Clara vows to do everything in her power to prevent this new romance from blossoming.
Release Date1972-04-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count8
The Curse of Nostradamus
An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.
Release Date1961-08-31
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count8
Fuga en la noche
After being accused of murder when his business partner falls to his death, an architect flees from city authorities while trying to clear his name.
Release Date1973-10-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
El arte de engañar
Gigolo and his girlfriend scam off married women; he seduces them, she photographs them in bed together and blackmails them afterwards. Things eventually go south.
Release Date1972-04-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
Reclusorio III
3 real life stories taken from the Mexican police archive.
Release Date1999-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
Alma grande
Yaqui Indian fights for justice in Northern Mexico. Adaptation of popular comic-book, first in series.
Release Date1966-02-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count4
Sólo para tí
Release Date1966-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
La vibora
Release Date1995-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
The Drifter in the Rain
After returning from a party, Angela finds herself locked in her house with two unknown women, while a homeless man lurks outside.
Release Date1968-06-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count17
A la sombra del sol
A hitman and a prostitute (without knowning each other's lives) fall in love, even if their fates is to be separated.
Release Date1967-01-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
The Sowing of Others
Short film. Unknown plot.
Release Date1981-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
La mafia amarilla
Blue Demon must stop an evil chinese gang and their reign of terror.
Release Date1975-05-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count5
El juicio de Arcadio
Mexican feature film
Release Date1965-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
Jirón
Jirón is the story of “Jirón de niebla” (Shred of Fog), the last film made by Mexico’s duque of horror, Carlos Enrique Taboada, which, for several reasons, was never shown or premiered. The mistery behind the disappearance of this film will be revealed in a series of interviews with the people who worked on it.
Release Date2014-11-15
Vote Count1