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Mexican Lobby Card: The Human Duplicators

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I don’t believe Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera appears in The Human Duplicators, but this card makes effective use of his horrific face. Richard Kiel (Jaws) also stands out as the monstrous villain holding one victim’s head while dangling another barely dressed victim from his massive arm. Surprisingly, this illustration is taken directly from the American poster, and is not a figment of some underpaid, but highly creative, Mexican artist’s mind (just an American one).

Humanoides Asesinos Mexican Lobby Card

Mexican Lobby Card: Day the World Ended

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Roger Corman's fourth movie, The Day the World Ended. Note the card shows "Jorge Corman" as director, and there's a misspelling in "trmendo;" should be "tremendo." I also don't recall a woman running around in a skimpy outfit, especially with all the radioactivity outside. Pay particular attention to the positioning of the two men: one is fighting the monster, the other is holding a gun but facing away from the monster. In the middle is the woman. In this primitive and colorful illustration the artist has told us there's a villain, there's a monster, and there's a hero. Oh, and a beautiful woman caught in the middle. Sadly, this card holds more drama than the movie itself, and it also shows the plot quite well.

El Fin Del Mundo Mexican Lobby Card

Mexican Lobby Card: The Undead

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The Undead is one of my favorite AIP movies. According to Wikipedia "The movie was filmed in a converted supermarket, and was completed in only six days. Its original title was The Trance of Diana Love. The bats that the imp and witch continually change into were left over from another Corman movie, It Conquered the World." This Mexican artist's version of the poster art adds more bats and less nightgown.

Los Muertos Vivos Mexican Lobby Card