Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955)
Mexican Lobby Card
Okay, I'm a big fan of jungle movies and gorillas. Note the dinosaur and crazy monster in the bottom left. This is some jungle. And it stars Phyllis (Lois Lane) Coates, too!
Movie Pressbook: Two on a Guillotine Part 2
In this second half of the Two on a Guillotine pressbook, you will find the ad mats, publicity articles, radio spot blurbs, and this cool Dell Comics tie-in. I rotated a few ad mat pages for a better view. Keep in mind both front cover (shown in Part 1) and back cover (last page shown here) form a wraparound.
Movie Pressbook: Two on a Guillotine Part 1
You can see the effect television had on the 1960s movie industry in this 27 page, 11 x 17 inches, Warner Brothers pressbook for Two on a Guillotine. There’s a wealth of promotional material for the theater to sell this movie: a horror kit, “heady” television spot, Internation Brotherhood of Magicians (IBM) tie-ins, giveaway herald, fright insurance, and exploitation stunts galore.
Mexican Lobby Card:
Los Vampiros De Coyoacan
This crude, paste-up hodgepodge has its charms: the glaring vampire and skull faces, the positions of the masked wrestlers looking toward those faces, the repetition of the flying bat between them, and the skeleton holding onto a cross and rosary. Hammer Horror used Eastman Color for its vivid reds, so while I’ve not seen this movie, I wonder if the production team here was thinking the same thing?
Mexican Lobby Card: Macumba Love (1960)
Ritos Malditos (Macumba Love) presents a striking illustration of terror and danger. The use of the inset scenes, done in cartoon format, indicate the artwork is taken from the American poster art. However, the American posters differ in their use of a skull face for the voodoo woman, instead of this alluring face of evil seen here (see American poster below).
La Invasion De Los Muertos (1973)
Mexican Lobby Card
La Invasion De Los Muertos screams 1970s by the look of this lobby card. Zovek looks like he's channeling Billy Jack. Here's the lowdown from The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia by Peter Dendle:
There's no real explanation for the unhappy catastrophe afflicting the Mexican countryside–just a lot of talk of the mysteries of the cosmos and shots of a starry sky. Whatever's to blame, the dead return from their moldy coffins with blank stares and a thirst for murder. Congregating in large groups, they choke and maul their victims and then tip over the furniture for good measure…Most interestingly, these zombies have an unprecedented fetish for vehicles: they hover around a bulldozer, and make off with any car or truck the keys have been left in.
Mexican Lobby Card: The Watcher in the Woods
Another Mexican lobby card for an American movie, The Watcher in the Woods, that uses the American poster art directly. Effectively atmospheric movie, by the way, that starts out as horror but switches gears to science fantasy. I recommend you see it.
Theater Standee: Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
This photo op theater standee entices you to journey down the yellow brick road to see Oz the Great and Powerful. It makes thematic sense, but just doesn't "feel" exciting. Maybe a few more flying monkeys would have helped. (Note: now having seen the movie, it wasn't very exciting, either.)
Theater Standee: Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
No, this giant isn't reaching for a napkin; he's out to grab you for Jack the Giant Slayer in this imaginative photo op standee. Hopefully the movie will prove as effective.