Hugo Stiglitz Movies

The Spanish language thriller Noche de Panico transpires during a serious drought. As water becomes more and more scarce, people start dying. That is when people start killing each other for the precious fluid. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Here's the classic Daniel Defoe tale as told by a narrating tiger that witnesses castaway Robinson Crusoe's struggles to survive the man-eating cannibals on the tropical island. ~ All Movie Guide

The famous story of the rugby team whose plane crashes in the Andes is exploited in this lurid drama that focuses on the fact that the young men were forced to eat their dead companions to survive. For a much more engrossing, sensitive and suspenseful rendering of the true story, watch the 1992 version Alive. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

This 1978 horror-lite opus was the work of René Cardona Jr., who was a creative force behind other tabloid-inspired efforts like Survive! and Guyana, Cult of the Damned. This less-exploitative entry in his filmography utilizes the infamous legends revolving around the many disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle as the backdrop for a fictional horror tale. The Bermuda Triangle tells the tale of a family scuba expedition, led by patriarch Edward (John Huston). Things take a turn for the bizarre when Edward's daughter finds a mysterious doll. The little girl claims the doll is telling her of their impending doom as strange things begin to happen to the cast and crew. The resulting film was more restrained than the likes of Survive!, going for more a Twilight Zone-style creepiness. Like much of Cardona Jr.'s work, it boasted an international cast that included Huston, Italian starlet Gloria Guida, Claudine Auger, and Cardona Jr. regular Hugo Stiglitz. The Bermuda Triangle found little favor with the critics but has earned a small cult following amongst people who have encountered it on late-night television. ~ Donald Guarisco, All Movie Guide

Essentially a gory knock-off of Jaws, this watery horror outing follows the exploits of two adventuresome shark hunters vying for the love of several bathing beauties. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

In this wild and uninhibited comedy from Mexico, Armando (Cesar Bono), Tun Tun (Rene Ruiz), and Roberto (Alfonso Zayas) are three friends with more bluster than brains who pilot boats off the coast of Acapulco when they're not busy chasing the ladies. The three sailors find themselves in deep trouble when their friend Rosario (Rosario Escobar) picks up a suitcase for them -- it turns out the bag actually belongs to a gang of mob-connected drug dealers and is filled with money. When the pilots lose the cash, they have no choice but to outrun the crooks. Armando, Tun Tun, and Roberto hit the road for Mexico City, where they try to scrape together a living while staying on the lam. It isn't long before the mobsters are hot on their trail, but the boys are also trying to avoid the law when they discover the women who've been letting them stay at their home are actually hookers. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

A strange, hallucinatory adaptation of the Malcolm Lowry novel of the same name, John Huston's bleak drama is set during the Mexican "Day of the Dead" ceremony in 1939. Albert Finney stars as Geoffrey Firmin, the booze-besotted former British consul to Cuernevarca, who has cut himself off from his loved ones, the better to drink himself to death while surrounded by all manner of skull-and-skeleton decorations. At the urging of his wife Yvonne (Jacqueline Bisset), his half-brother Hugh (Anthony Andrews) goes on a "heart of darkness" search for his missing sibling. Novelist Lowry was himself a suicidal alcoholic, who poured every drop of his embittered philosophy into the Firmin character. If any director could bring Lowry's difficult novel to life, it was Huston, whose own record for drunken self-destruction is the source of legend. (Huston was actually the seventh director to tackle the novel, which had originally been optioned in 1957 by actor Zachary Scott.) Artists contributing to the fascinating Under the Volcano include the brilliant Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, screenwriter Guy Gallo, composer Alex North, and director Emilio Fernandez, cast in a significant cameo as a bartender. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this children's action/adventure movie, a team of Royal Geographical Society scientists, led by professor Fergusson (Hugo Stiglitz) take a balloon trip across Africa in 1862. Along the way, they have adventures with natives, rescue a stranded Englishwoman, and discover a gold mine. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide