Espectros (The Ghastly Ones) 1968
This is the Mexican lobby card for The Ghastly Ones (1968). Or, as Stephen King states in his book Danse Macabre, “the work of morons with cameras.” I don’t think that would sell as a movie title, but oddly enough, it does fit quite a few horror movies quite well. I imagine no one would go see The Work of Morons with Cameras unless it was a funny and compelling compilation movie, though, come to think of it, that’s one hell of a midnight movie title. The lobby card, however, does give enough sexy, ghastly, hey-that’s-a-big-knife, and-is-that-a-head-in-a-pot vibe to entice unwary patrons. Which, of course, is not to be confused with pothead, a term many of you, I’m sure, were familiar with back in the 60s.
