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At the Earth's Core (1976) Pressbook

An enjoyable Amicus and AIP offering, even if  Mystery Science Theater 3000 poked fun at it (although that was enjoyable too). Caroline Munro and Peter Cushing are always engaging, and Doug McClure may have hit a rough patch in his acting career, but he presents a solid character to deal with all the mayhem. The flying creatures are jaw-dropping, but I'd still want a model kit or vinyl figure depicting one of them. See more movie pressbooks From Zombos' Closet.

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The Ghost (1963) Pressbook

Atmospheric and it has Barbara Steele. Comic reader version:  Download The Ghost Pressbook

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Spooks Run Wild (1941) Pressbook

A fun romp pairing the Monogram studio's popular Bela Lugosi and the East Side Kids. Available prints are very murky today, but you can still appreciate the gags and spook house setting. This was originally released around Halloween, so I'm sure it had a good run in the theaters.

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Chiller Carnival of Blood Pressbook

There's nothing like a bloody movie marathon to spend the night with. Just stick this one in a Times Square theater circa 1970s and the milieu would be perfect.

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First Men in the Moon (1964) Pressbook

Here's the pressbook for First Men in the Moon, another memorable Ray Harryhausen effects movie. Of course, CGI makes it all look very easy these days. While the science is off, the art direction is imaginative and the movie is fun to watch. Thanks to ZC reader Terry Michitsch for requesting this one: I thought I had posted it years ago. Yup, my organizing skills are awful and my closet is too big.

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It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) Pressbook

Ray Harryhausen strikes again in It Came From Beneath the Sea. The 1950s nuclear bomb paranoia brings another irritated giant monster to attack mankind. The Wikipedia entry notes a humorous problem for Kenneth Tobey as he kept sinking in the sand next to Faith Domergue, and Harryhausen's budget only allowed for six of the octopus's eight tentacles to be animated. Thanks to ZC lurker Terry Michitsch for requesting this pressbook (and the one for First Men in the Moon, which I'll post as soon as I can find it. It's buried in the closet Terry, somewhere, I swear).

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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) British Pressbook

I saw Dr. Terror's House of Horrors on the big screen when it first hit theaters in the U.S. I was nine. It scared me. I avoided shrubs and bushes for a long time after that. 

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The Mad Ghoul (1943) Pressbook

George Zucco is especially delightful in this grim tale of evil doings. The Mad Ghoul was part of the Shock! package of movies released to television in 1957. Jack Pierce did the makeup.

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Before I Hang (1940) Herald

Here's the colorful herald for Boris Karloff's Before I Hang (1940).

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Horror Hotel (1960) Pressbook

The City of the Dead (although I prefer the more sensational U.S. title, Horror Hotel) was a staple for horror television back in the black and white days. Milton Subotsky rewrote the script and produced it, so this pretty much makes it the first Amicus production. And a good one it is, too. The poster art is killer.

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The Ghost (1963) and Dead Eyes of London (1961) Double Bill Pressbook

How can you go wrong with an Italian horror starring Barbara Steele and a German one with Klaus Kinski? A solid double bill of terror.

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Masters of the Universe (1987) Video Brochure

Funny how you can take a lively television animated series and make it a dull and lifeless-actioner for the big screen. Costuming was especially lazy, and would it have hurt to inject some humor--any humor--into this misfire? 

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