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JM Cozzoli

A horror and movie fan with a blog. Scary.

Chilling Tales of Horror Vol. 2, No. 4
June 1971

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More Chilling Tales of Horror for you: more monsters, dead things, and wicked happenings, all in bold black and white. Color would just spoil the gorgeous line art that's neatly paneled across the pages. Of course, this issue's bondage and torture cover is a lot more, umm, spicy and naughty than the actual stories themselves, but hey, monsters and near-naked women sell, sell, sell. Unless you rather see a near naked man on the cover, of course. Hell, I say we put both a near naked man and a near naked woman on the cover, with leering monsters (better make them near naked, too), and cover all the bases. That's marketing, baby. I wonder how many monster kids got a whoopin' from their moms back in 1971 when they saw this issue in the drawer. 

Here's the comic book reader version: just don't let your mom see it.   Download Chilling Tales of Horror v2-4

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Those Magnificent Men in
Their Flying Machines (1965)
Pressbook

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Sure, that's right, the women don't count. Just the boys and their flying machines. This movie only recreates the Edwardian Age for Magnificent Men, and we all know women weren't magnificent or funny in the Edwardian Age, right? Yes, movies have come a long way indeed. But still fun once you get past the 1960s male-centric nature of it. 

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El Pantano De Las Animas (1957)
Mexican Lobby Card

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Looking at this Mexican lobby card for Swamp of the Lost Souls, you wouldn't think a gill man is prowling around or this is a horror western. Beautiful illustration and colors are marred by a too-large inset scene (and a boring one at that): would prefer a scene of the gill man.

Pantano las animas Mexican lobby card

More Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Card: Robot Monster
Mexican Lobby Card: Venganza Apache (1960)
Mexican Lobby Card: El Gorila Blanco
Mexican Lobby Card: Target Earth (1954)
Mexican Lobby Card: La Mujer Tarzan (1932)

El Ahijado De La Muerte (1946)
Mexican Lobby Card

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A nice merging of separate dramatic illustrations in yellow and black makes this Mexican lobby card for El Ahijado De La Muerte eye-catching, capturing the adventure fantasy tone of this noir western well. 

Ahijado de muerte Mexican lobby card

More Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Card: El Gorila Blanco
Mexican Lobby Card: Target Earth (1954)
Mexican Lobby Card: Venganza Apache (1960)
Mexican Lobby Card: Robot Monster
Mexican Lobby Card: Las Vengadoras Enmascaradas (1963)

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Pressbook

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Continuing my postings on the American International pressbooks for the Vincent Price and Roger Corman collaborations, here's The Pit and the Pendulum, arguably one of the best examples of champagne artistry on a beer budget. The eerie chamber, the encroaching madness, and the razor sharp blade, descending with every swing, is sheer delight for horror fans with a classic leaning, visually and thematically. This pressbook follows the same format as before: contest coloring page (this time a terrifying one), a stylish caricature, tie-ins with Famous Monsters of Filmland and, for additional Barbara Steele coverage, Pageant Magazine, and lots more exploitation material. The large pressbook does justice to the poster art, too. Here's the comic book reader version:  Download The Pit and the Pendulum Pressbook

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