The Witch’s Mirror

The Witch’s Mirror

Year: 1960

Runtime: 75 mins

Language: Spanish

Director: Chano Urueta

Horror

A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch’s mirror to take her revenge.

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Timeline & Setting – The Witch’s Mirror (1960)

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Time period

Location

Elena's house, Cemetery, Eduardo's laboratory

Most of the action unfolds inside Elena's creaking house, where a hidden laboratory sits behind the walls and Elena's room remains a stage for haunting. The setting includes a cemetery where Elena's body is laid to rest, and a piano room that often becomes the site of eerie music. The house-and-lab combo creates a claustrophobic atmosphere perfect for witchcraft, science, and revenge to collide.

❄️ Haunted 🕯️ Supernatural 🏚️ Gothic

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Main Characters – The Witch’s Mirror (1960)

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Gustavo — Carlos Nieto

Gustavo is Eduardo's assistant who helps with the experiments and becomes entangled as the plot unfolds. He remains morally conflicted, ultimately urging Sara to report Eduardo's crimes.

🧭 Loyal ally 🕵️‍♂️ Helper 👁️ Observant

Deborah — Rosita Arenas

Eduardo's second wife who experiences Elena's haunting and becomes the recipient of his body-altering schemes. She is caught between fear and survival as the lab exploits unfold, and her fate becomes intertwined with Elena's vengeance.

💔 Spouse 👻 Haunted 🗡️ Possessed

Sara — Isabela Corona

A witch who uses a magical mirror to reveal Elena's killer. She protects Elena's memory while guiding the pursuit of justice, and her actions drive the narrative toward revelation and reckoning.

🪞 Witch 🛡️ Protector 🕯️ Spirit-communicator

Eduardo Ramos — Armando Calvo

A doctor who blends science with dark magic, orchestrating Elena's death and later performing grotesque transplants. His obsession with control accelerates the tragedy and drives the plot toward its brutal end.

💉 Surgeon 🧪 Mad scientist 🧭 Ambitious

Elena — Dina de Marco

The deceased goddaughter whose spirit haunts the living. Elena's presence manifests through the mirror and ghostly occurrences, driving Sara's quest for vengeance and unsettling the household.

👻 Ghost 🎹 Pianist 🪞 Spirit

Inspector — Alfredo Wally Barrón

The lawman who steps into the wake of the strange happenings, helping to close the case as the supernatural and mortal crimes unfold.

🕵️ Investigator ⚖️ Law-enforcement 🗝️ Evidence

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 16:18

Major Themes – The Witch’s Mirror (1960)

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🪞 Vengeance

Elena's murder triggers a chain of supernatural retribution, with the mirror acting as a conduit for her spirit. Sara channels that vengeance to expose Eduardo's crimes, blurring the line between justice and obsession. The narrative frames revenge as a consuming force that entangles both the hunter and the hunted.

👻 Haunting

A restless spirit haunts the house, moving objects, haunting Deborah, and appearing in the mirror. The supernatural presence destabilizes the living, forcing characters to confront guilt and fear. The haunting escalates into confrontations that reveal truth and culpability.

🧬 Science vs Morality

Eduardo's use of cadaver skin and transplanted hands crosses ethical boundaries in the name of restoration. His relentless pursuit of perfection shows how medical science can become a tool for obsession and harm. The horror culminates as the victims turn against him, highlighting the cost of playing god.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 16:18

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