From Zombos' Closet

Movie Pressbook: The Swarm (1978) Part 1

An all-star cast couldn't generate enough buzz for this Irwin Allen disaster movie to survive its box office, but this oversized, 32 page, pressbook for The Swarm is still killer. Irwin Allen, by the way, added all those spiffy aliens to his television shows like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea because he felt it boosted ratings. Known as the Master of Disaster, his disaster movies could be rather disastrous financially, but The Towering Inferno is a good flick.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Pressbook Part 2

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In this second part to Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea movie pressbook we see the ad mat pages (newsprint and poster advertisements), the coloring page (a subject  I will explore in a future post), the theater displays such as banners, flags, etc., and the always interesting exploitation ideas.

Cracked's For Monsters Only Issue 2, September 1966

The previous owner of this copy of Cracked's For Monsters Only magazine must have treated it monstrously. I bet he read it, over and over again, in the wee hours of Saturday morning, with a flimsy flashlight held precariously in one hand as he flipped through the pages with the other. And when the pages started tearing away from the spine, due to so many page turnings, he taped them back in place. Maybe his name was Freddy Meyer, the person who wrote the same on the back cover's ECCH certificate. Or maybe Freddy was just one owner among many along the way. Or maybe this issue was owned by a girl who knew Freddy, and she borrowed it from him--Monsterkids stick together like slime and muck, you know--and she taped it for posterity because she liked Freddy, a lot, not knowing that iPad's and ebook readers would eventually eliminate the need for taping worn pages, and holding flashlights precariously under bedsheets in the wee hours of the morning.

Movie Pressbook: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Part 1

This large, 12 by 18 inches re-issue pressbook for Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is nearly as impressive as the movie. Enjoy.

Movie Pressbook: Mystery of Thug Island (1964)

This Italian language B-movie, also known as Kidnapped to Mystery Island, stars Guy Madison and Peter van Eyck. I'd see it if they did the coffee exploit, for sure.

Movie Pressbook: Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

Ray Milland stars in and directs this disturbing post apocalyptic thriller. Nice to know we no longer need to worry about the cold war. Oh, wait a mo' ...scratch that.