From Zombos' Closet

Gorgo (1961) Mexican Lobby Card

As a monsterkid in the 1960s, this was one of my favorite monster movies. It's a simple mom goes looking for lost child storyline, which is very heartwarming once you get past the destruction and death toll.

 

Mexican Lobby Card: La Caperucita Roja

I'm not sure who I'm afraid of more: the wolf or the kid.

Mexican Lobby Card: Las Momias De San Angel

Mexican Lobby Card: Isle of the Dead

Even though this Mexican lobby card for Isle of the Dead with Boris Karloff shows heavy tanning, the colors are still exciting. Even more striking is how the words suspense, terror, and horror aren't captured in the artwork; there's a more sedate, almost serene composure to it.

Mexican Lobby Card: Aventuras Del Guardian

The artwork on this lobby card is unique. I'm not sure of the significance of the human and monkee heads positioned in a similar fashion, but the snake versus leopard tableau is striking against the darker foliage.

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Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955) Mexican Lobby Card

Okay, I'm a big fan of jungle movies and gorillas.  Note the dinosaur and crazy monster in the bottom left. This is some jungle. And it stars Phyllis (Lois Lane) Coates, too!

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Mexican Lobby Card: Los Vampiros De Coyoacan

This crude, paste-up hodgepodge has its charms: the glaring vampire and skull faces, the positions of the masked wrestlers looking toward those faces, the repetition of the flying bat between them, and the skeleton holding onto a cross and rosary. Hammer Horror used Eastman Color for its vivid reds, so while I've not seen this movie, I wonder if the production team here was thinking the same thing?

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Mexican Lobby Card: Macumba Love (1960)

Ritos Malditos (Macumba Love) presents a striking illustration of terror and danger. The use of the inset scenes, done in cartoon format, indicate the artwork is taken from the American poster art. However, the American posters differ in their use of a skull face for the voodoo woman, instead of this alluring face of evil seen here (see American poster below). Here's the movie pressbook.

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La Invasion De Los Muertos (1973) Mexican Lobby Card

La Invasion De Los Muertos screams 1970s by the look of this lobby card. Zovek looks like he's channeling Billy Jack. Here's the lowdown from The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia by  Peter Dendle: 

There's no real explanation for the unhappy catastrophe afflicting the Mexican countryside--just a lot of talk of the mysteries of the cosmos and shots of a starry sky. Whatever's to blame, the dead return from their moldy coffins with blank stares and a thirst for murder. Congregating in large groups, they choke and maul their victims and then tip over the furniture for good measure...Most interestingly, these zombies have an unprecedented fetish for vehicles: they hover around a bulldozer, and make off with any car or truck the keys have been left in.

Mexican Lobby Card: The Watcher in the Woods

Another Mexican lobby card for an American movie, The Watcher in the Woods, that uses the American poster art directly. Effectively atmospheric movie, by the way, that starts out as horror but switches gears to science fantasy. I recommend you see it.

 

Mexican Lobby Card: Santo Y Blue Demon Contra Dracula Y El Hombre Lobo