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The Ship of Monsters

(Rogelio A. González, 1960, Mexico)

An alien with a large head holds a woman against a wall.
Aug 01, 2024 7:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

$8 members and adults 55 and over
$10 general public
$5 students

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Singing cowboys! Wacky rubber-suited monsters! Robots! Blood-sucking space beauties! The Ship of Monsters has it all.

A rarely screened Mexican B-movie, The Ship of Monsters is classic campy delight. After the last man on Venus dies, two voluptuous Venusian women, Beta and Gamma, set out on an intergalactic mission to collect men from around the cosmos. After assembling an assortment of bizarre, monstrous space men, the women’s ship crashes in Chihuahua, Mexico. Once there, the women develop differing goals—Beta is captivated by a local singing cowboy, while Gamma is set on conquering Earth using her space aliens as soldiers. In Spanish with English subtitles. (81 mins., DCP)

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The Ship of Monsters, courtesy of TelevisaUnivision, Inc. and Filmoteca de la UNAM.

"There are no words for this movie besides pure joy."
Erica Shultz, Hyperreal Film Club

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Film courtesy of the Filmotheque of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

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The Ship of Monsters

Aug 01, 2024 7:00 PM EST
Film/Video Theater

$8 members and adults 55 and over
$10 general public
$5 students

ACCESSIBILITY 
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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