From Zombos' Closet

Mexican Lobby Card: Quatermass II

Quatermass II 1957

 

Mexican Lobby Card: The Killer Shrews

The Killer Shrews 1959

 

Mexican Lobby Card: The Curse of Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein 1957

 

Mexican Lobby Card: Frankenstein A La Italiana

The tagline to Bela Lugosi's Dracula is "the strangest love story ever told." No way. THIS is the strangest; and the kookiest Mexican lobby card I've see. And yes, the 1970s wasn't all that good for horror movies.

Frankenstein All'Italiania 1975

Mexican Lobby Card: Tombs of the Blind Dead

Tombs of the Blind Dead 1972

 

Scream Blacula Scream (1973) Mexican Lobby Card

The 1970s produced two memorable vampire characters (and their actors) within a contemporary setting: Count Yorga and Blacula. Here's the pressbook for Blacula.

 

Blacula 1972

 

Mexican Lobby Card: Rififi A Go-Go

I fell in love with this. Again, striking use of greenish colors to denote danger and evil, and contrasted against the frilly dressed Go-Go girls and the  bright colors spotted above a black background, this is a beautifully executed composition of exploitation with style. Certainly, much more artfully done than Al Adamson's movies.

Psycho a Go-Go 1965

Mexican Lobby Card: The Last Days of Pompeii

I grew up wishing I could look like Steve Reeves. Every Sunday I'd watch him on the local TV station (I think it was WOR 9) and dream of women swooming at my sandaled feet. Now I mostly dream of having more hair. Times change. 

The Last Days of Pompeii 1959

 

Mexican Lobby Card: Headless Eyes

Right about now, are family and friends around the barbie starting to make you want to gouge your eyes out? What with them drinking all your dark beer and eating up all your jumbo shrimp, you may want to feast your eyes on the upcoming eye-popping artwork and questionable exploitation practices coming up as the Zombos' Closet Mexcian Lobby Card Marathon continues...

Headless Eyes 1971

 

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Mexican Lobby Card: Destination Moon

Gorgeously pulp-style layout on this Mexican lobby card says 1950's science fiction movie all over it.

Destination Moon 1950

 

Mexican Lobby Card: Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dracula vs. Frankenstein 1971

 

Mexican Lobby Card: The Terror

The first horror movie I saw in a theater. I was 7 years old. All I remember is sitting between my parents in the dark, and watching this woman melt at the end. Yuck. I liked it! I hear there's a remake in the works. Yes, I wonder why, too. But as long as the ending has a woman melting, I'll be okay with it.

The Terror 1963