Otherwise known as a bad night in the jungle. Low budget movie, odd Mexican lobby card. Not sure how Viggo Mortensen and Leatherface figure into it, but I'm sure they don't appear in this movie. At all. I'm not even sure this is a scene in the movie.
So, I'm thinking all female vampires should wear low-cut tights and elf boots. Great look. And comfortable for all the night-stalking they do. The sewn-on-to-the-arms satin bat wings lend a distinct touch, too.
And here's a little sword and sandal cheesecake for your Thursday. I'm not sure which Sybil Danning movie this one is, but I doubt it can live up to the illustration shown here.
Here's a little peplum beefcake to brighten your Thursday. I find it odd the title shows "Sanson," but the movie's original title was Sansone. Perhaps the "e" was removed so he had room to flex those biceps better.
Here's the large Mexican lobby card (the size of a mini-poster) for Leyendas Macabras De La Colonia (1974), Macabre Legends of the Colony, with Tinieblas, El Fantasma Blanco, and Mil Máscaras. Great inset scene. And yes, it's as wild as this card depicts. Luchadors, mummies (and one bitchin' dead mommy of a witch), Aztec warriors, and a painting that transports to colonial times to get some fighting done.
Simple yet stunning visuals combined with an existentially tinged inset scene make this Mexican lobby card very eye-appealing and thought-provoking.
Interestingly, the Mexican lobby card for I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) is titled The Son of Frankenstein, El Hijo De Frankenstein.
Here's the Mexican lobby card for the feature version of Zombies of the Stratosphere, Satan's Satellites (1958). I fell in love with this movie immediately seeing that cool space outfit Marex (Lane Bradford) is wearing. One of Leonard Nimoy's first screen appearances, as another alien, is to be found here, too.
Here's another version of the Mexican lobby card for Robot Monster, El Monstruo De Marte. The lobby cards are definitely much more exciting than the movie. I'm guessing the inset scene shows the gorilla with the rabbit ears--you youngin's go google "rabbit ears"--choking some poor actor who realized this movie was really really bad and wanted out. But with a few Red's Apple Ale (or any suitable hard cider of your choice), this movie's a wild hoot of fun (on a par with Spookies or The Video Dead).
Okay, I'm not quite getting this Mexican lobby card for El Gorila Blanco. I'm assuming it's for White Pongo (1945). But being a movie shot in 1945, the illustrations and carefully coiffed hair to breasts coverage doesn't jive for that time period. Or maybe I've not watched enough movies from that decade and I'm wrong. Whatever, the lobby has a gorilla and a girl (or girls to be precise) so it's in my closet. I like weird sh*t like that.
