March 16, 2011

Mexican Lobby Card:
La Maldicion De La Llorona

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Mar 16 2011

La Maldicion De La Llorona (The Curse of the Crying Woman) lobby cards are unusually subdued in their illustration (for a Mexican horror movie lobby card, that is), and imply a Gothic tone and romantic mood for this story of evil witches, dark spirits, and spooky mansion surprises. These two action-filled picture inserts, on the other hand, cry supernatural terror and woman in peril.

(lobby card courtesy of Professor Kinema)

Mexican Lobby Card: Dungeons of Harrow

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Mar 16 2011

A motif found in the majority of horror movie poster and lobby card artwork for any country: the female victim. The strategic dappling of blood across her ample bosom accentuates the terror of helplessness. I doubt Dungeons of Harrow (1962) brings, as the lobby card states, all the suspense as the major productions of Alfred Hitchcock. I don't think suspense is the key audience attractor here.

(lobby card courtesy of Professor Kinema)

Mexican Lobby Card: The Gamma People

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Mar 16 2011

In this lobby card for El Monstruo Del Rayo Gamma (The Gamma People, 1956), Paul Douglas's bulldog face is more menacing than the lumbering creatures in the foreground.

(lobby card courtesy of Professor Kinema)