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May 28, 2023

The Neanderthal Man (1953) Pressbook

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In another instance where the pressbook is more exciting and thought out than the movie, The Neanderthal Man is not much to look at, with awful dialog and cheesy effects. Bill Warren, in his Keep Watching the Skies!, also notes how seeing Robert Shayne (Inspector Henderson on the 1950s Superman television series with George Reeves) must have made the kids do a double-take in their theater seats as he played the naughty professor. Do you sense a theme here? Crazy scientist pushing dangerous theory, harms people while making it his career goal, and creates a nightmare for everyone around him? Ah, the 1950s. Between the possible atomic extermination, monstrous mutation extermination, and alien creatures extermination, it's a wonder we survived the ravages of science run amok. Well, so far, anyway. Now I expect the AI movie cycle to begin, and the Terminator franchise to be reborn. How about a nice game of tic-tac-toe intead?

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Bomba Matinee
Mexican Lobby Card

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Here's a large (16.5 x 24) Mexican lobby for a Bomba marathon. The classic pulp style illustration shows Tarzan and no Bomba, but fear not; Bomba appears in the inset photo. Even the title says "son of Tarzan." Bomba isn't even top banana in his own movie promotion. At least the card, although cobbling previous illustrations together to save money, shows some style with the lettering and colors, and the layout all bad either, though they did chop into the background without a care.  

Bomba Mexican Lobby Card

Su Nombre Frankenstein (1970)
Mexican Lobby Card

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I admit I'm stumped with this one. The inset photo reminds me of a scene in Frankenstein 1970, but the rather wild, contemporary-ish, illustration doesn't quite click with any movie I can think of that remotely matches the title. With the little Frankie in the bottom left corner, I'm also thinking Amicus' Asylum, especially with the "color" mention. What do you think?

Update! Many thanks to Eustáquio Nardini for naming the movie, Frankenstein on Campus (aka Flick, 1970). IMDb's rating is pretty low for this Canadian entry. One user review states "A largely forgotten little Canadian film, and definitely a product of its era, FLICK/DR. FRANKENSTEIN ON CAMPUS is a 'turned-on' sexploitation/horror/counterculture oddity which is often referred to as "one of the worst ever" by people who most likely haven't seen it. Truth is, it's not nearly as bad as legend illustrates, but it does have a frustrating self-composure uncommon to the praxis of sex-infused horror cinema, and therefor comes off feeling somewhat like a chaperoned date."

Well, I'll bite. It is on YouTube so I will take a look. You never know. At least the lobby card is colorful. Thanks again, Eustáquio.

Su Nombre Frankenstein