Meet Beta, a woman from Venus who collects alien monsters as a hobby. She's the heroine of La Nave de los Monstruos (Ship Of Monsters), a classic film that's showing tomorrow as part of a celebration of Mexican science fiction in New York. Star Lorena Velázquez appeared in 300 movies, alongside legendary Mexican masked superhero El Santo, who defeats a Martian invasion in another film. Also showing: El Planeta de las Mujeres Invasoras (Planet Of The Female Invaders), in which Velázquez plays an evil alien queen. And the Aztec Mummy vs. the Human Robot. It's all part of the Vintage Mexican Scifi Film Festival, running from tomorrow through Saturday at 92YTribeca in New York.
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