They just don't make trailers like this!!!
BTW, I've enabled comments on this blog for the first time.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009 The Robot in Person!
The Robot from ROBOT VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY will be highlighting the Wonder World of K. Gordon Murray website's table at the Monster Bash, this June 26-28th, held at the Days Inn Conference Center in Butler, PA (north of Pittsburgh). According to Daniel Griffith of Wonder World and Ballyhoo Motion Pictures: "There will be a 10-minute SNEAK PREVIEW of 'THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY in COLORSCOPE' on Friday. The WONDER WORLD will also have a booth at the convention... where we will be debuting a coffin load of promotional items... including WONDER WORLD t-shirts, SANTA CLAUS 50th Anniversary button sets, retro paper masks highlighting various characters from the WONDER WORLD, special edition resin model kits of THE AZTEC MUMMY and THE BRAINIAC, posters, and more!!!!"
Monday, April 06, 2009 Mexican Horror/Lucha Ad Mats
Mexican horror/lucha libre ad mats are hard to come by, but your intrepid blog host has ways of offering something up to patient ones who have been waiting for a new entry here. Can you imagine seeing these in your local newspaper when you were a young! Even now these would send a thrill up my horror-loving spine. Yours, too, I believe.
Friday, January 30, 2009 LOS CAMPEONES DE LA LUCHA LIBRE Premiere
LOS CAMPEONES DE LA LUCHA LIBRE heads night of Mexican wrestling films at Hollywood's historic Egyptian Theatre.
The first public screening of the English-language print of "Los Campeones de la Lucha Libre" will head a double feature on Thursday, February 5th at Hollywood's historic Egyptian Theatre. Directed and designed by "Mucha Lucha" creators Eddie Mort and Lili Chin, "Los Campeones" is an animated action/comedy in the tradition of Santo films and vintage Mexican horror cinema. The Azteca-Cine Spanish-language version of the film opened in 350+ theaters across Mexico in October, but his is the first time the 35mm English-language print will be screened for the public, before the film hits festivals overseas.
Creators Mort and Chin will be on hand with other members of the creative team for a pre-screening discussion of the film with never-before-seen production art on display. A second surprise feature from the golden age of Santo cinema will screen after "Campeones" in honor of the anniversary of the legend's passing. Complimentary lucha magazines will be available from the film's writer Keith J. Rainville of "From Parts Unknown," and there will be a door prize giveaway as well.
The American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre is located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, between Las Palmas and McCadden, just east of Highland Avenue in Hollywood. Tickets are $10 / $8 for seniors; students.
Contacts:
eddie.mort@gmail.com
lili.chin@gmail.com
unknownpubs@yahoo.com
Related URLS:
www.loscampeones.net (includes trailer)
www.xanga.com/fwak
www.americancinematheque.com/mastercalendar.htm
www.frompartsunknown.com
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Wonder World of K. Gordon Murray Documentary
The legendary film distributor K. Gordon Murray is the subject of what appears to be a fun documentary on his life and work. It was Murray who introduced Mexican horror films to American audiences (mostly through television) with his English dubbed versions.
The documentary has a website, with trailers, news and a store, and more:
www.kgordonmurraymovie.com
Check it out!
Friday, January 16, 2009 Italian Posters
Mexican horror and fantasy films enjoyed distribution in Italy, and must have influenced the Italian gothic horrors of the early 1960s. The Italian poster artwork for these films is some of the best to be found internationally. Here is the Italian poster for Misterios de ultratumba (Mysteries from Beyond the Grave, aka The Black Pit of Dr. M).
And one for La nave de los monstruos (Ship of Monsters):
La nave, incidentally, is due soon for a NTSC release, in the Spanish language only, unfortunately.
And one for La nave de los monstruos (Ship of Monsters):
La nave, incidentally, is due soon for a NTSC release, in the Spanish language only, unfortunately.
Monday, December 01, 2008 The Color Swamp
Artwork for the opening credits of El pantano de las animas
blooms in a version with decent color.
Spooky opening scene for El pantano de las animas.
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El pantano de las animas (Swamp of the Lost Souls/Swamp of the Lost Monster, 1957) is one of those Gaston Santos western horror films that most know in a faded color version, if at all. So it was nice to see a brief preview of the film on the French DVD of La marca del muerto (The Mark of Death, 1960), which I just received today. The colors are significantly better than what we saw on another Santos film, CasaNegra's presentation of El grito de la muerte (American title: The Living Coffin, 1959). Too bad CasaNergra never got around to showcasing El pantano before the company went under. Not that it's that good of a film. But it'd be nice to see in a good color presentation.
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