Tower of Evil (1972)
Mexican Lobby Card
You should read my review of this ignored horror gem, although this lobby card kind of kills the monstrous surprise. After you see the movie, read the pressbook.
Azteca/Mexican Lobby Cards
The Indestructible Man
Mexican Lobby Card (Yellow)
I have another Mexican lobby card for El Hombre Indestructible (1956), the blue version. Here's the yellow version, which is more vivid. There are so many movies about men and women victimized by mad scientists, aliens, and themselves, where to start? Lon Chaney Jr. was electrified twice: first in 1941's Man-Made Monster, then in this movie. A great all-around actor, he's the only one to portray all founding-father Universal Monsters: Dracula (or his son, still not sure), Wolf Man, Mummy, and Frankenstein (okay, the Monster, for you purists).
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Mexican Lobby Card
Simple but effective promotion for When Worlds Collide, a George Pal movie that, given his preference for a larger budget, would have been heavier on special effects and art direction. A remake went into pre-production a few years ago, but it's in limbo at the moment. Tech geeks (like me) will enjoy seeing the differential analyser (analog computer) used, in the movie, to crunch the collision numbers.
The Devil Watch (1973) Mexican Lobby Card
Here's an example of the interesting contrast we usually see when witches are portrayed in movies: you either see the decrepit naked hag with long dirty hair rolling around in baby fat in a decidedly non-delicious life-style ((The Witch, Lords of Salem) versus the nubile, sometimes naked, beauties rolling in seductive charms and comfortable bed linens (Baba Yaga, Burn Witch Burn, The Devil's Own).
I'll leave it up to you as to which portrayal is your favorite.
La Maldicion De La Bestia (1975)
Mexican Lobby Card
Paul Naschy strikes again as werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky in Night of the Howling Beast. This one was a Video Nasty in the United Kingdom and I don't believe it was ever released there. I have yet to "get into" Paul Naschy's oeuvre, but I know some Naschy fans who would bite my head off for such a lapse.
Blacula (1972) Mexican Lobby Card
El Vampiro Negro (Blacula) is a bit too slow moving (by today's standards), but this vampire story uses the Dark Shadows romancing the curse theme very well. By the 1970s, Mexican lobby cards used a, usually rough, cut and paste approach to laying out the card. Here's a more striking version. (See the pressbook for Scream Blacula Scream.)
Los Fantasmas Burlones (1965)
Mexican Lobby Card
A wonderful whimsical style makes this Mexican lobby card an inviting promotion for The Ghost Jesters.
The Nest (1988) Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican lobby cards in the 1980s were usually printed on thin, glossy paper. On the plus side, less acidity, so they hold up better; on the minus side, not as appealing as the older, larger, and print-on-thick-card-stock lobbies are. On a side note, I met Robert Lansing while working at B. Dalton Software Etc. on 5th Avenue in New York City. He was looking for a financial software package, I forget which one. We special ordered it. I recall he was a laconic as his screen persona.
Ruby (1977) Mexican Lobby Card
Here's one horror movie on my to-see list, but the problem is that the original R-rated version was chopped for VHS and television. A DVD release by VCI in 2001 contains the theatrical version, but not the director's cut. This version has a different ending than the one the director intended. (Ruby (1977) entry on Wikipedia).
El Planeta De Las Tormentas (1962)
Mexican Lobby Card
Here's the Mexican lobby card for El Planeta De Las Tormentas (Planeta Bur), a Russian science fiction movie.
Santo vs. El Estrangulador (1965)
Mexican Lobby Card
Almost looks like Freddy Krueger at the top left, doesn't it?
Santo Contra Los Zombies (1962)
Mexican Lobby Card
Here's what I'm waiting for on The Walking Dead: someone wearing a luchador mask kicking zombie butt. Come on, people! In a world filled with zombies, how can you NOT have a person in a luchador mask kicking zombie butt?