A 1964 program featuring two dubbed Mexican horror films was presented to U.S. kiddie matinee audiences courtesy of K. Gordon Murray, the poor man's Disney, and his crack team of Miami-based writers and voice actors. The 1958 Vampire's Coffin (El ataúd del vampiro) was from director Fernando Méndez (The Black Pit Of Dr. M) and starred Abel The Braniac Salazar as the title bloodsucker. It was paired with Rafael Portillo's The Robot Vs The Aztec Mummy (La momia azteca contra el robot humano) from the same year, one of three "Aztec Mummy" films made by Portillo that featured Ramón Gay (Yambaó) as Dr. Eduardo Almada. In 1960 Gay, a former heartthrob of Mexican cinema, was murdered by the jealous ex-husband of singer and film star Evangelina Elizondo.
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