Batwoman / The Panther Women Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		2.0
Video		2.0
Audio		3.5
Extras		0.5
Overall		2.0

Batwoman / The Panther Women Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman January 11, 2021

Years (decades, actually) before North American wrestling stars like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and John Cena started to forge rather successful film careers for themselves, Mexican cinema was awash in so-called luchador outings, patently gonzo films which featured members of Lucha libre, an aggregation of professional wrestlers who wore masks (and often capes). Lucha libre as a term has matriculated to English in a number of variants, with one of them being the title of the Jack Black feature ostensibly about a luchador star, Nacho Libre, and another being the older animated series ¡Mucha Lucha!. A Mexican actor and wrestler named Rodolfo Guzman Huerta adopted the stage (ring?) name El Santo and appeared in a staggering array of luchador films, including 1968’s Santo in The Treasure of Dracula, evidently due soon on Blu-ray from VCI. VCI has been releasing a number of Mexican films on Blu-ray (the first screeners the label sent wouldn’t play in any of my players for some reason, hence no reviews), and has now combined two kinda sorta luchador (or at the very least luchador adjacent) outings into one totally bizarre double feature.

For reviews of the films in this release, please click on the following links:

The Batwoman Blu-ray review

The Panther Women Blu-ray review

Batwoman / The Panther Women Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Batwoman / The Panther Women Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Batwoman / The Panther Women Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Both films included with this release are offered on one BD-50, with a brief assortment of (newly done?) trailers included as supplements.

• The Panther Women (720p; 1:55)


• Santo and Dracula's Treasure (1080p; 1:58)


• Santo vs. Frankenstein's Daughter (1080i; 1:58)

Batwoman / The Panther Women Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

These two lo-fi Mexican efforts may provide a bit of (at least at times unintended?) humor, but they're both hampered by some technical deficits in the video department, for those who are considering a purchase.