Sophisticated illustration combines with an eerie scene to make this Un Mundo Nuevo (1957) lobby card a stunning example of skillful movie promotion: reading counter-clockwise from the skull, the use of blue as it bleeds into the blue-tinted skeleton implies these people are swimming toward death. (Note: due to a scanning error, the photo’s border appears slightly broken at the top (to the right of center. I’ll try and correct this in the future).
Devil Doll Men, also known as Curse of the Doll People (1961); Mirek Lipinski on his Mexican Horror Film website, Vampiros and Monstruos, sums it up best: “It is a splendid example of the outre nature of the fantastique emerging from Mexico at this time–wild and nearly ridiculous, but hypnotic and chilling at the same time.” This lobby card captures that air of fantastique and terror.
Land of the Monsters (1962), Mexican lobby card style. Big clubs, furry loincloths, and ample cleavage (and I don't mean in mineralogy). I miss the stone age.
This is the Mexican lobby card for Bloodsuckers, also known as Incense for the Damned, (1970). The usual women being terrorized and leering skull motifs works well here.
An Amicus production directed by Freddie Francis, here's the Mexican lobby card for The Psychopath (1966). This is what happens when grown men play with dolls. For sure.
As a monsterkid in the 1960s, this was one of my favorite monster movies. It's a simple mom goes looking for lost child storyline, which is very heartwarming once you get past the destruction and death toll.