The interior 1 page fold-out design of this small-sized (12 inches by 6 inches folded) German language pressbook for 13 Ghosts (1960) first drew my interest, but the comic bookish graphics and photo layout were strong enough to make me bid for this classy marketing material being offered on emovieposter.com.
Thanks to Terry Michitsch, pressbook, sci fi, and Ray Harryhausen aficionado, for providing these scans of the This Island Earth pressbook. One of my favorite monsters, the Metaluna Mutant, perks up this movie, as does the story of a dying world overwhelmed by war. No matter what anyone says, I like the slick slacks MM is wearing. Sure, he was supposed to have bare legs showing, but the special effects people had some trouble with that. So pants it is.
Comic book reader version: Download This Island Earth Pressbook
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Another large format pressbook for a Roger Corman movie. Looks like they spent more money on this than the movie.
Comic book reader version: Download The Terror Pressbook
Note the "Fans like to be critics" blurb in the Exploitation section. They got that right 😉
Here’s a wonderfully evocative window card for a monster-filled spook show. At the top is blank space (more than shown in this photograph) to accomodate the local theater’s location, and the date and time for the show. This generic card touts the monsters to appear live on stage, but not who would be playing them.