Even though this Mexican lobby card for Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) is in poor shape, there's still enough here to show their slapstick approach to dealing with this Universal Studios monster. That's an errant pen stroke and badly applied white-out in the Mummy's crotch area. Ouch. How it got there I'll never know.
I love the way this Mexican lobby card's illustration fills the card, and mimics the inset picture, a publicity shot for Daughter of the Jungle (1949), with Lois Hall as Ticoora.
A vibrant use of red against white background (sure, it’s aged a bit), highlights this Mexican lobby card for Johnny Weismuller’s Devil Goddess (1955). I have a soft spot for jungle movies of the 1950s, so you will see many lobby cards from my collection for that genre. I make no apologies.
Notice anything peculiar about this Mexican lobby card for Wild Racers (1968)? Dude, stop looking at the girls and pay attention. Now, once again, notice anything that seems just a wee bit out of place here? I believe that’s Boris Karloff, slightly toasted, in the movie scene. The scene is from The Sorcerers (1968), I think. Fabian wasn’t in The Sorcerers. And Boris wasn’t in the Wild Racers. The gruesome scene and the 1960s pinkish sexy swinger motif don’t jibe, either. What gives? This is one of those lobby cards that stymies me. Are you stymied, too?
Werewolf, fluttering bats, an ominous mansion in the background, and a great action shot from the movie keep this Mexican lobby card for La Casa Del Terror (1960) as lively as its colors. But wait…that's not a full moon, is it? Heresy! Another notable difference: the female victim the werewolf is carrying has her clothes and shoes on.
How can you not fall in love with this Mexican lobby card for Revolt of the Zombies (1936)? Question for you seasoned horror pros: In which part of the movie does Bela Lugosi lend his talents to?
Older movie fans will remember those 1970s movies, like Frogs, with their concern for global warming and nature fighting back because of man's hubris. Yup. Time to rediscover these movies.
The Mexican lobby card for Kautschuk, 1938 (aka The Green Hell), a German adventure movie. I'm not sure if the illustration is German or Mexican in origin, but it sure as hell makes me want to see this movie.
Not a horror movie, but the man against sharks illustration is still terror-packed in this Mexican lobby card for The Sharkfighters (1956).
Striking profile images of an aging Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, against a colorful landscape of pastel tombstones and a hanging man swinging against a fiery sky, highlight this Mexican lobby card for The Body Snatcher (1945).