Before Guillermo del Toro, there was another classic horror master in the Mexican genre cinema — Carlos Enrique Taboada, who is often credited with the informal title of the king of Mexican horror. Having worked in his native film industry for years, Taboada first contributed to the genre as a screenwriter, being the author behind the popular Nostradamus vampire film series and The Witch's Mirror (1962), the film that's still considered one of the greatest horror classics in Mexico. However, Taboada fully embraced his unique style when he became a horror director himself. Thus, his first notable directorial work was Even the Wind is Afraid, which came out in 1968 and is said to have immediately revitalized Mexican genre cinema with its combination of Gothic style, contemporary setting, and therefore, exploration of more modern, relevant issues — such as human cruelty, which would become one of Taboada's trademark's topics.
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