Spiritism (1961)

aka: Espiritismo

A middle class Mexican couple finds their dinner party conversation going downhill when a psychic woman advises them that difficult times lie ahead for them. Upon returning home, the couple’s son informs them that he needs to borrow the family’s savings to kick off his private crop dusting business, at the suggestion of the son’s manipulative fiancé. Naturally the venture quickly crashes and burns, leaving the mother (Carmelita Gonzalez) desperate to revive the family’s sorry economic state. Her spiritual faith begins to dwindle when she turns to a psychic society for assistance and witnesses a bizarre display of ghostly visitations. Afterwards she is visited by a dark stranger, perhaps Satan himself, who offers a wooden box capable of granting a wish each time it is opened. After she makes a wish for money, the box opens to release a cloud of smoke — with dire consequences! Stars José Luis Jiménez, Nora Veryán and Beatriz Aguirre. Also with Rene Cardona.