This Mexican lobby card for Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood creeps me out as much as that movie. I have vague memories of watching it on television when too young to find any fairy tale within all that nightmarish costuming; and, yes, that pinhead guy on the far left really spooked me the most, although the skunk guy in the inset scene comes in a close second.
Not quite a horror movie, but colorful as hell, this Mexican lobby card for Savage! shows a lot of action.
Here's a thoroughly mesmerizing yet utterly confusing Mexican lobby card for a horror movie; I'm just not sure which one. El Vampiro did not star Melvyn Douglas and Lionel Atwill (I'm assuming the horribly mangled "Leonel Alwel" is actually Lionel Atwill since I can't find any reference to an Alwel.) They did star together in The Vampire Bat, but that doesn't explain their names here, except for the vampire theme in both movies. German Robles and Abel Salazar star in El Vampiro, and, according to Wikipedia, it's the first vampire movie to show some tooth, which corresponds to the sinister illustration. The inset still–and my memory's vague here so don't stake me if I'm wrong–is from El Vampiro. I wonder if patrons expecting to see El Vampiro were actually duped into seeing The Vampire Bat? Then again, if this lobby card is truly for El Vampiro, why sell the movie with two American actors when German Robles and Abel Salazar were top name draws themselves? I love a mystery!
There is a sideshow barker feel to this Mexican lobby card for La Pasion Mas Extrana Del Mundo (The Ape Woman). The evocative ghostly face (beauty), the hairy snarling ape (brutism), the alluringly sensuous–and hairy–female silhouette (taboo sexuality), the whipcracking man (sadism and exploitation), and the pièce de résistance, the movie scene (clean-shaven man opposite bearded woman). Glorious. How can you resist seeing this movie now?
Bold coloration and an actual photo highlight this Azteca-styled Mexican lobby card for Los Vampiros De Coyoacan grab attention. The masked luchador here is Superzan. Azteca (or "Spanish") lobby cards differ from the standard Mexican cards in two notable ways: the movie still is an actual photograph pasted onto the card and these lobby cards are printed in the U.S.A for use in Spanish-speaking movie houses. Azteca cards are 11 x 14 inches in size and printed on thicker paper than Mexican cards.
I vaguely remember seeing this movie on television as a toddler. It scared the hell out of me. I had nightmares. The costumes are creepy and the whole concept bummed me out. Professor Kinema was kind enough to rekindle my bad memories with this Mexican lobby card.
From Professor Kinema's collection comes this lurid, action-filled Mexican lobby card for The Scarlet Pimpernel. The American poster artwork is noticeably more staid and I don't recall a quillotine lopping off anyone's head being prominently touted in any of it. Of interest, the artist signed his work, appropriately enough, "Dela Mort."
What drew my attention to this colorful Mexican lobby card was the leering devil. Honest. But look at the balance overall: looking from left to right, you know exactly what this movie is about without looking at the title or other text.
A tense scene from the movie, vibrant colors, and expressive artwork bring this Mexican lobby card for The War of the Worlds to life.
Not an overly impressive lobby card with its hasty paste-up approach (at least the title font is great), but House on Haunted Hill is in my top 5 movie list for Halloween viewing.
A primitive illustration of an oversized mole man holding an unconscious woman, and the embellished photograph in the top left corner highlight this Mexican lobby card for The Mole People from Universal.