Same exact story as above (the I'VE LIVED BEFORE poster). Same auction house, too. OUCH.
GHOST STORY/CIRCLE OF FEAR (Screen-worn jacket):
Okay...you have probably NEVER heard of this one season TV horror anthology from the 1972-73 TV season. Aside from it being a failed wannabe TWILIGHT ZONE/NIGHT GALLERY, why the interest in it? Well, for starters, if was produced by one of my all-time fave B-movie icons, gimmick king William Castle. The jacket was worn by the series narrator Sebastian Cabot, who was better known for playing Mr. French, the gentleman's gentleman (i.e. "butler") on Family Affair back in the 60s. A little more than midway thru the season, Cabot's character was axed and the title changed from GHOST STORY to CIRCLE OF FEAR....where it went to die after only 8 more episodes. It may NOT be the most exciting costume piece ever--but I'll be excited about it. I have a dvd of GHOST STORY/CIRCLE OF FEAR somewhere (unless I stupidly sold it off before my move.) I'm thrilled to own this.
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT:
I'm not sure what this is. It's a movie poster--but not for a movie theater. instead, it is for Disney+. I know nothing of this movie. (Series?) But, it's a werewolf flick, so why not? It wasn't that expensive. I wonder if it is based on the old comic book of the same name? It's from Marvel, so maybe...
BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON:
To me (and probably NO ONE ELSE), this is a tremendous find. Measuring only 18 x 23 1/2 inches, this is a poster promoting the "world premiere" (and probably ONLY theatrical showing) of a documentary made for Severin, the home media company that put out an Al Adamson boxed set a year or so ago. I didn't get the boxed set (I love "bad movies", but I've seen a LOT of Adamson's stuff already and didn't need to spend big bucks to suffer through them again...), but I DID buy/watch this stand alone (well, it was paired with Adamson's THE FEMALE BUNCH) DVD (or was it Blu-Ray?) when it came out. Adamson made a lot of fun and crazy crap (and it was crap)--and he also did meet with a horrific end. I'm thrilled to have this modern relic. (DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN, the second feature listed on the poster, is probably Adamson's best known movie...and it's craptastic.)
ARMY OF THE DEAD:
I am not quite sure what this is. Is it a ,movie poster or an ad for Netflix? The poster states it played theatrically. Is that where I saw it? I'm not sure--but I'm dang glad to have the poster.
And that was my quick ten for the first post of 2023, baby! I hope you have a healthy, happy, and prosperous poster-hunting new year.
Blood and Flesh is great. I was disappointed in Army of the Dead.
Hi Rick. Thanks for stopping by. I did see BLOOD AND FLESH and enjoyed it. ARMY OF THE DEAD was a big budget Hollywood take on zombie flicks. It wasn't the greatest flick---but had its moments. I liked it enough. And the poster is fun.
Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. This edition is filled with disappointment and frustration--for you the viewer (Nothing much to see here) and, especially, for me--the buyer. Eh... let's just get on with it and get this post over with already...
SURVIVAL RUN:
Well, I did it…AGAIN! I stupidly visited a certain poster auction house that has crazy high fees, bid on a bunch of stuff (some things I really wanted, something’s I already had and/or didn’t really need), lost out on everything I really wanted (Waaaagh!) and got stuck holding the bag for a crazy sum of money for basically crap. Argh! Will I EVER learn?? So, here I am, stuck with more expensive paper I really don’t have a lot of use for… This one (and the one below it) I got for $1 (plus about $30 in fees….and all of the shipping and handling expenses. EEEk!). It appears to be (but I’m not entirely sure) a post-apocalyptic thriller, perhaps. I had never heard of SURVIVAL ZONE before. Whoopie…
THE ANNIHILATORS:
Something else I did NOT need. Or maybe I did? I just now looked this flick up as I was starting to write about the poster. Oh my stars! This sounds like a bad movie (about a returning Vietnam vet, who comes home to find the streets of his neighborhood like a war zone. He recruits some of his Vietnam vet buddies to help and it truly becomes war in the streets) I was told to seek out…but never did. Hmm. Maybe this was a lucky purchase after all? (I’m NOT holding my breath…)
THE MANIAC:
Another idiotic encounter with a certain auction house... This is a poster for the old Hammer non-period, non-gothic horror flick about a murderer, starring THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD’s Kerwin Matthews. It has been eclipsed and forgotten more or less in favor of Hammer’s more popular Dracula, Frankenstein, and Mummy flicks. I already had a copy of this. Perhaps I can resell it down the line to help recoup some of the $88 (total--after buyer's premium, shipping, etc.) I spent on the two lots I did win. But oh...the quality of this poster. Very good minus? Uh...more like minus, minus, minus! Blah.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN:
I already have a copy of this as well. (And somewhere I have a packet of “Satan Seeds”, given out to promote this movie…) As I recall, this wasn’t a bad movie. It features Strother Martin and L.Q. Jones star along with a very young Geri (“Fake Jan” from the BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR) Reischl in the child lead.
I already had one of these. WHY get another? UGH! I’m a sucker for gimmicks, especially 3D…(and this is apparently in 3D AND “SeXurrounD”…whatever that might be. A knock-off of “Sensurround”, no doubt.) Vintage porn stars Serena, John Holmes, and the “Disco Dolls” (!?!) star! Ha!
KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS:
After YEARS of trying to score a copy of this, I got one a month or so back. Whoo hoo! And then, BOOM! This one shows up fairly cheap. Snag. What weird luck. I still dig the poster and am super happy to have one (now two)!!
PINK FLAMINGOS (Pink Phlegm-Ingo Barf Bag):
When I saw this item up for sale, I slapped down on the Buy It Now button and was super happy. I NEVER thought I’d score one of these. And then I paused… The bag certainly looks like it could be from the early 70s, but as I researched it (after my hasty, must-have-it-before-anyone-else snags-it purchase), I saw that (as far as I could tell) all of those bags were printed in pink lettering—not black. I also learned that Criterion, when it re-released PINK FLAMINGOS on Blu-ray, included a reprint of the bag (also in pink ink). So WHERE did my black-printed bag come from? Is it real or a cheap copy?Perhaps the ink faded due to light or some other type of damage? Dang it all! I hope I wasn’t ripped off (AGAIN). (I’m sure I was though… GRR!) But...it really DOES look old. Hmm.
EVIL DEAD RISE (Advance):
A new EVIL DEAD movie that is an actual sequel (and not a remake) to the originals? Yes, please! I have the posters for the other films (even the remake), so I needed this as well. And...I'll need to get another copy as the cheapo tube this was shipped in was broken, so there are now these odd tracks/wrinkles down one side of the poster. ARGH!!!!!! Dammit all!
SLAUGHTER HIGH (video poster):
I feel super lucky to have scored this one (although it was also damaged in shipping. GRRRRR!). Yes, this is a video release poster for this title. However, it is way better than the theatrical release poster (a silly skeleton bursting through a bright yellow background. Snore.)--which I actually might already have as well. I have the vaguest memory of this movie (from the VHS days). Doesn't it take place at a class reunion of sorts (with only a handful of students showing up) only to be picked off one by one by a slasher? (Not to be confused with THE REDEEMER aka CLASS REUNION MASSACRE.)
RENFIELD (Advance):
I'm not sure if I will see this movie or not. It looks like a comedic take on FRACULA but told through Renfield's perspective. While that could be fun, seeing Nicholas Cage portray Dracula has me the most interested. I have a feeling it will...suck. The poster was cheap. Depending on how the film is received, it will either go up in value or get cheaper. (I;m guessing the prices will drop as I already bought one. Whoopie. That would be par for the course.
And that's it--stuff I didn't need, poor quality stuff, possibly something bootlegged, and stuff damaged in the mails. Disappointment and frustration. I also got new that my poster blog has been CENSORED and deemed inapptptiate on one page. I don't get it/. Sure there are some posters for adult films--but NOTHINMG is shown. Ot maybe I'm missing something? That post is HERE. What did I do? Can you figure out what I am being punished for? I can't. Hmm... Anyway, we are done...and here is the show stopping finale to close the curtain with.
The show is mercifully over for today. Good night, and thank you for coming.
HE'S BACK! Good to see you. Nice assortment of posters again. Any poster purchase is a good one, unless it's something you didn't need and spent too much money you don't have on it. Ugh. But, someday you'll sell off the excess in a huge, signature MAGG auction, make a ton of dough, and all will be well in the universe. As a fellow sucker for posters for 3D movies, I have the Hot Skin poster featured in your post (although it's way out of the norm for me year-wise) as the idea of a 3D gimmick to lure more people into yukky porn theater seats is pretty amusing to me. Porn in 3D? Egads. I've kept an eye out for an affordable copy of Wildcat Women/Black Lolita 3D to go with the other, but nothing cheap enough yet.
HE'S BACK! Good to see you. Nice assortment of posters again. Any poster purchase is a good one, unless it's something you didn't need and spent too much money you don't have on it. Ugh. But, someday you'll sell off the excess in a huge, signature MAGG auction, make a ton of dough, and all will be well in the universe. As a fellow sucker for posters for 3D movies, I have the Hot Skin poster featured in your post (although it's way out of the norm for me year-wise) as the idea of a 3D gimmick to lure more people into yukky porn theater seats is pretty amusing to me. Porn in 3D? Egads. I've kept an eye out for an affordable copy of Wildcat Women/Black Lolita 3D to go with the other, but nothing cheap enough yet.
Hi there! Thank you for visiting. Yes, there will someday be a "signature MAGG auction"---after I'm dead. Ha! (Jeepers! I cannot believe how much the cost of posters has skyrocketed over the years. They used to be so cheap...) I was just watching a documentary about 42nd Street back in the grindhouse days. I'd love to have gone for the movie-going experience...but eeeew! The things discussed as having been seen going on in them...NASTY! (Your comment about going into "yukky porn theater seats" reminded me.) And the seats...and floors..OMG!!! And these were the non-porn theaters they were discussing for the most part. EEK! I have the BLACK LOLITA 3D poster (but not a poster for it under its WILDCAT WOMEN title). I also have a poster for the X-rated 3D flick HARD CANDY starring John Holmes and the "Lollipop Girls" (!?!). CHEERS!
If you survived my last god-awful post and came back for more (Glutton for punishment?), fear not. While my (ultra l-o-w) budget does not allow me to buy anything stellar or "OMG-I've-wanted-that-for-so-long" incredible, but I got a few new things anyway. Some are eh...whatever, some are repeats, and some I am glad to have! Well...don't let me build up your hopes. (There are a fair number of turds here. Truly.) Get your ticket (They're CHEAP!), grab a chair, sit back and let's get this episode of the poster show going. Last chance to duck out...the lights are dimming. Here we go-go...
MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE:
This was a free one from the box of giveaway posters at my local theater. I'll gladly take it, but... Snore. NEXT.
SCANNERS 2 - THE NEW ORDER (Video):
I don't remember exactly if the first sequel to SCANNERS ever got a theatrical release or not. I don't believe it did. I DO have the one sheet for the original film. I came across this--and it was cheap--and thought, why not? I saw the flick back in the VHS days, but don't remember much about it. It was my impression though that it was pretty much a carbon copy of the first flick. Was it? Hmm. The poster is dull -- but as a bonus, it lists the video releasing company, Media, which put out a lot of great stuff back in the day (like the original HALLOWEEN)! Cheap poster--cheap thrills.
SCANNERS-THE SHOWDOWN (Video):
I'm not sure exactly how many SCANNERS sequels and spin-offs there were, Is SCANNERS-THE SHOWDOWN part 3 or did it come further down the road? I know there was also SCANNER COP (1 & 2). I don't think I caught any of the SCANNERS sequels beyond Part 2, though. This poster was also a cheap-o. I thought why not? But LAME poster.
PHANTOM OF THE MALL--ERIC'S REVENGE (Video):
This is a video poster. I apparently never saw this. It was only after buying this (and looked up the title) that I realized this was not just another retitling of CHOPPING MALL (aka KILLBOTS) as I had somehow though. (I'd seen CHOPPING MALL decades ago on VHS--and have the theatrical one sheet.) They're completely different movies. (No wonder this was so cheap. Ha!) The only thing they have in common is that thwy were both filmed at the same mall. I didn't remember a phantom-like guy in CHOPPING MALL, but then I don't remember CHOPPING MALL all that well (clearly). Oh well...
A movie starring Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort, and George Kennedy--and produced by Julie (Mrs. Roger) Corman? How did I miss this curiousity? This is another video poster. Did this play theatrically?
BEVERLY HILLS BODY SNATCHERS (Video):
This was cheap--and I'd never heard of it. It's a video poster as well--but did it ever have a theatrical release? With this poster--and the two above it (all purchased at the same time)--I realized that I was buying posters--not because I "need" or particularly "like" them, but because I was looking for things to fill up a post. Sorry. (I really need to STOP doing crap like that. Some of the free ones from the theater are bad enough...)
THE WILD PARTY:
I came across this while "shopping." It was cheap and it features the recently deceased 60 sex symbol Raquel Welch. In honor of Raquel, I decided to buy it...only to discover I already had a copy. Oops! (And I've never even seen the movie. Ha!) A while back, I was trying to track down all of the posters for all of her flicks. I have ONE MILLION YEARS B.C., FANTASTIC VOYAGE, FATHOM, and a few others. I'd really also love to score a MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and a KANSAS CITY BOMBER, but... She may have been in her 80s when she died, but it broke my heart to lose another legend.
OLD DRACULA:
Like THE WILD PARTY, I already have a copy of OLD DRACULA. Unlike WILD PARTY, I didn't buy it by mistake thinking I needed one. Hello? I have a copy hanging on my bedroom wall. No...I just really like the poster. It was cheap. Now I have a spare. I saw this flick when I was a kid in the 70s. (It was on a double bill with FOOD OF THE GODS.) I liked it then, although it didn't seem to hold up (in my opinion) years later when I saw it again. Held up or not, I have always loved the poster (especially the skeleton wearing cat-eye glasses in the coffin). The attempt to make it seem like a sequel to YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN cheapens it a bit, but what the heck? It's fun.
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA:
Freebie boster from the theater. I'm not a superhero movie guy...so I never saw this--or the first one. But hey--I'll take the poster. It might be worth something someday...
VIOLENT NIGHT:
I got one of these awhile back. Why bother getting another (especially when I still have NOT seen it yet)? Because it was FREE at the theater. In fact, I picked up two copies! This is one of the many flicks my little small-town theater previewed, got posters for...and yet NEVER played. ARGH!!!!
PEARL (style A):
I lucked onto a free copy of the poster for X at my local theater. I was not as fortunate with the poster for the prequel, PEARL, which I had to buy. But I was thrilled to find one reasonably-ish priced. I do like how, on this A-style of the poster, they clue you in that this is part of the X series (the big X behind her and the "X-traordinary Origin Story" blurb). There's an ax and some blood splatters...what more do you need?
PEARL (Style :
I came across this B-style (which I didn't know existed) while shopping. Ooooo I like it, too. The X poster and the PEARL posters have me really interested in the series---which I have NOT seen yet. (Shocker, huh?) I'm even looking forward to the next one, MAXXXINE, based on the positive word-of-mouth these two flicks have generated on their own. Whoo hoo!
And well...that's it. I hope you weren't too disappointed---or bored. I'll end this here--before it gets really bad. Courtesy ape-lause is even too much for this Poster Show.
Good haul, especially X and Pearl, which I'd like to have for my collection.
Hi Rick! I'm just now seeing this. Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad you liked the stuff in the post. I'm very excited about those particular posters myself. CHEERS!
Welcome back! (So soon?) It's time for another edition of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show! There are 11 (instead of the usual 10) posters in this post. Why? Well, the bulk of this post came from a bulk lot. NO--I am NOT sharing every single poster in the lot. Some I had already. Others I have zero interest in. Most I am choosing to post have some sort of minor (VERY minor) interest to me. Since I am posting 9 posters (out of the 22 in the lot) and 2 others to share---it just seemed pointless to hold back on one.
Blah...blah...blah. Here we go:
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS:
I already have a copy of this poster, but it was one of the TWO posters I was after with this lot. VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is one of my favorite all-time movies---because it is so BAD! I love it! The copy I scored years ago isn't in the best condition (and cost nearly as much as this whole batch lot did). This one seemed to be an upgrade (hopefully)--and is the ONLY poster I've shared in the past on this post. I guess the younger crowd--the ones buying posters today--doesn't appreciate cinematic cheese from the 60s these days. Oh well. Their loss is my gain.
TEENAGE PONY GIRLS:
TEENAGE PONY GIRLS? Ha! What the hell? Hilarious title (and bad art)--too funny. It is an unexpected little nugget in this bulk lot. I am guessing it's for a porn flick--but I think it's pretty laughable looking.
SPRING FEVER:
This isn't anything I would have sought out on its own--and I've never seen the flick. I DO remember the art though back in the VHS days. I was always curious about it. It always seemed to stare back at me from the video shelves. I always thought it must be a teen comedy along the lines of PORKY'S or SPRING BREAK (albeit rated PG). It was just a lucky addition to the lot. Nothing special.
GOIN' ALL THE WAY:
I included this poster because I remember when the movie came out. I was 15 or 16...and it was the kind of movie that made you really wish you had a car (I didn't get my first until I was about 17 1/2) and were old enough to get into R-rated movies. (Of course, I still somehow managed to get myself into plenty of R-rated horror movies before I was 17. Hmm...) At the same time, I recall the ads for this made the move seem like it was totally low budget and probably pretty crappy. Still... I'd have gone.
MALIBU HIGH:
Like GOIN' ALL THE WAY above, I also remember when this came out. It was 1979 and I was all of 14. Didn't ever see it. But, man... It played the drive in circuit where I lived for seemingly YEARS!
Never heard of this one--which looks like it was an X-er ("No one under 18 allowed"), but the artwork keeps catching my eye. I don't know if I like it --or if it is just really bad. Still, something about it makes me keep looking at it. Hmm. It also looks unfinished. The closer couple are more detailed. The ones further back look more like sketches just beginning to be filled out. Is that on purpose or did the artist just run out of time and release it that way to add a bit of an artistic touch to it? (Like the crowd going to see this would care about artistic touches on the posters. Ha!)
THE HOT BOX:
It wasn't until I was putting this post together that I realized I didn't already have a copy of this poster. WHAT!?! I looked it up on my blog... It's not there. Okay then, this bulk lot rectified that. THE HOT BOX is more wonderful early 70s women-in-prison, exploitation sleaze from Roger Corman's New World Pictures and director Jonathan Demme! (Yes--THAT Jonathan Demme!) How did I NOT have this already?
WOMEN IN CAGES:
Speaking of women in prison exploitation movies...how did I also NOT have the one sheet for 1971's WOMEN IN CAGES??? This is a total grindhouse shocker bonanza starring the legendary Pam Grier.
SWEET SUGAR:
And back to women in prison movies again--this (along with VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) is the other poster in the bulk lot that I really wanted. Yes, the poster is rather blah. But the movie...zowie! I watched this so often back in the VHS days. I LOVED it. Phyllis Davis ("Aunt Susan" in BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) stars. Of course, I saw this in later years and it didn't quite hold up to what I remembered as a teen. Oh well... Isn't that always the way?
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (Video):
This is the only non-bulk lot poster in the batch! AND it is just a video poster. But--WOW! Finally something on this great--and very disturbing flick! (Siskel & Ebert gave it "Two thumbs up!") The original release poster artwork (all wild and crazed looking) is fantastic--and impossible to get a copy of. The re-release poster (also hard to find, but not as rare) uses the image below. I'll gladly take this VHS poster...until I can score one of the other two. This really was a good movie. (The sequel, though...should be avoided.)
A FACE IN THE FOG:
I had never heard of this movie before coming across it in one of eMovie's bulk lot auctions. While it is not the most exciting poster ever, the old style font really sold it to me. Granted, the poster has some issues. However, as a remnant of 1936, I can't expect it to be mint. This movie seems to have a lot of great genre elements in it, but is apparently a murder mystery at its core. From what I've since read about it, there is a killer hunchback (!) known as The Fiend who is running around and offing (with frozen bullets!?!) members of a theater group who are working on a play called "Satan's Bride." The rest of the synopsis sounds trite and cheesy -- typical 1930s low-budget melodrama. But I am thrilled with the poster. I spent way too much money (way, WAY too much for me) on this bulk lot--and it was all to get this ONE poster. (YES, this is from a separate bulk lot of 19 posters...and the ONLY one I am sharing.)
Oh! Before I sign off, I keep forgetting to share my daux movie poster envelopes that I've been making. I have shared some in the past, but have neglected continuing that practice. I'll include the most recent five. Some of the posts have vintage ones I had done 30 years ago or so. Others have holiday-themed horror ones. Many include things people have sent me. Take a look or don't. But here's an example:
To see more, click one of the five links (most recent first):
And that is it for this time. It wasn't the best post--but remember: of the 11 posters shared, I was only actively after 4 of them. The rest are just incidentals.
Welcome back! You are just in time for the next edition of THE SHOCK-O-RAMA POSTER SHOW! As you start to scroll through, you may be thinking "Blah! This is crap." True. True. I do buy crap sometimes (i.e. often), but I also buy a few jewels now and again. Just be patient and keep scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. As usual, I keep the best stuff for last.
But, what am I blabbering on? Let's get started!
Roll 'em:
BORA BORA: This is a nothing poster, really. I picked it up inexpensively to potentially use in my future home tiki bar (which is actually happening. The electrician arrived on May 3. The handyman who'll hopefully do the build out will be here on the 12th. Whoo hoo! And yes, it is all being done on the super cheap. Fingers crossed the crap I've saved for years will finally come together as I've planned!). Now that I have the poster, I think I already have MORE than enough beach/jungle/Polynesean/island/ etc. posters for the space, the stairs leading down to it and the space just outside of it. Oh well. As I said, this was inexpensive.
NEFARIOUS: I had no idea what movie this poster is advertising was about when I picked it up. NEFARIOUS? It sounded like it was something by (or ripping off) the makers of films like INSIDEOUS, SINISTER, MALIGNANT or any of those other similarly ominous-sounding one-word horror titles. But I guess this came and went (bypassing my tiny, island theater) without much fanfare. Oh well... I still haven't seen it and have no idea what it is about.
BOMBA ON PANTHER ISLAND: While not in the best condition, I am ever so delighted to have scored another Bomba poster. Who? Bomba the Jungle Boy was a teenage Tarzan-like character. The films were based ona series of 20 novels that started publication in the mid-1920s. There are 12 Bomba movies, all of which were cranked out between 1949 and 1956. Johnny Sheffield played Bomba in the series. Sheffield famously played Boy in the later Weissmueller TARZAN films, until he aged out of the part and "went off to school" never to be seen again. Lucky for him that some filmmakers decided to cash in on the TARZAN craze and cast the TARZAN star in the series. This poster is for the second film in the series. I have a few others.
SCREAM 6: Normally I don't bother with sequel posters. Sure, there are some film series that I'll buy a poster for every film in the series. Mostly though, I just avoid the sequel one sheets. SCREAM has always fallen into that category of ignoring the sequel one sheets. Don't get me wrong. I love the SCREAM films. They are (usually) pretty clever and inventive. While I have the poster for the first SCREAM (which I finally scored YEARS later), I didn't bother with the sequels...until SCREAM 5 (aka just SCREAM from 2022). I really liked its advance one sheet and snagged one. I thought I also got the final release one sheet showing the cast as I really liked that one, too. But, going through my previous posts, I don't see it. I guess I didn't get one? While SCREAM 6 was kind of disappointing, the dinal poster was similar to the final poster for SCREAM 5. So, why not? (Although I also really liked the advance one sheet with Ghost Face looking through a subway window...) Maybe I should have just followed my general rule of skipping sequel posters...
THE POPE'S EXORCIST: Oooo how I wanted to see this. Of course, it didn't play here. By the time I learned it had been released, it was pretty much played out already (and had pretty much bombed). I could have traveled off island to see it, but that would have been an hour+ drive each way and the drive back would have been in the dark. No thanks. I'll catch it on disc or streaming possibly. Not the best poster--but my kind o' movie. (Hopefully.)
Part 2: THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE: Finally! Although the poster is rather bland, I am glad to have ultimately scored one. This film put Dario Argento on the horror map. Although he'd written other things in the years previous, this Italian giallo film was his first directorial effort. The poster isn't perfect, but I am happy with it. But it does make pause and say how crazy the poster market has become. Jeepers. This poster (in this condition) has been going for more than I would have expected it to for the longest time. I finally just bit the bullet and got this one. But other posters I've been after for decades have just gotten crazy expensive. Things I could have gotten for under $100 10 or 15 years ago or so were up to over $1,000 just a few years ago...and are now going for multiple thousands. What the heck!?! When I was a kid, posters were cheap. I just wish I'd better taste back then. I still kick myself occasionally over the stuff I passed up for $5-$25 bucks for the shlock crap did get (which is still worth next to nothing). Oh well.
BLACK DEMON: Ooooo, yet ANOTHER JAWS ripoff...and trying to take a bite out of the pre-release buzz of MEG 2. Of course it did NOT play anywhere near me. I don't think it got that wide of a release, actually. So--good, bad, or god-awful, I am thrilled to score the one sheet. Now to track down the flick...
OLGA'S GIRLS: Snap on your chastity belt... Although this poster has issues, it is super rare. By acquiring this poster, I believe I have one sheets for all five of the notorious OLGA roughies. (The possible exception may be OLGA'S DANCE HALL GIRLS--which many see as the worst of the series, but it's my favorite. Ha! I don't see that poster listed among my posts, but I am almost sure I have a copy...)
THE MAD GHOUL: Whoo hoo! I am very thrilled to have scored this 1943 Universal horror one sheet. It's one of the lesser horror titles, obviously. I've never seen it--but zowie! LOOK at that cool poster. And what a cast! Turhan (THE SPIRITUALIST aka THE AMAZING MR. X) Bey, Evelyn (THE WOLF MAN, GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, SON OF DRACULA, etc.) Ankers, George (THE MUMMY'S HAND, THE MUMMY'S TOMB, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, etc.) Zucco, Robert (KING KONG, SON OF KONG) Armstrong, and Milburn (Doc on the GUNSMOKE TV series) Stone.
MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS: Oh my stars! I canNOT believe I got this beauty. It's always swell to pick up another Reynold Brown one sheet anyway. But... WOW!! I am absolutely dee-lighted! Yes, it's kind of a simple design, but I have been after one forever! A just on the verge of hitting it big Troy Donahue co-stars along with The Beast. EEEK! Fun late 50s schlock-o-rama and super poster-a-go-go!
Okay, that's 10. It's not the greatest post ever, but is a step up from some of the more recent ones. It also has some really good (I think, anyway) additions. (And, yes. There is some crap I could have done without, but...)
Thanks for visiting. Keep an eye out. Hopefully I'll have another post somewhere down the line.
Oh hi! I'm just now seeing this. Thank you for visiting. Yes, i am ever so thrilled to have MONSTER ON CAMPUS. I'm glad to know I'm not alone in loving this beastly beauty. CHEERS!
And we're back... So soon? Well... Yes. I was naughty and bought a pair of poster lots again. No, I'm not going to post every single poster in the lots I bought. Many I already have. Many I could have done without. One batch (folded) was an OOPS. I thought I was bidding on a different lot. Ha! Dumb me. There really wasn't anything in it I was after. The other lot (rolled) only contained 2 items I wanted. Isn't that usually the case? But I did find an item or two I didn't have and was mildly curious about. There were also some non-lot purchases as well this time. But...I'm yammering. Let's just take a look, shall we?
B.C. ROCK: This is one of those "mildly curious" posters that happened to be in the rolled lot. This looks vaguely familiar but I never saw it. It seems to be some animated flick with a lot of music...and is R-rated. Hmm. What caught my eye was the caveman who seemed to be hanging on to this rather phallic-looking rock. WHAT? On closer inspection I spied the tiny leaf (Not even a fig leaf) and I laughed. End of story.
THE ATOMIC CAFE: This one was also "mildly interesting." I've seen this poster a time or two. I've never seen the film, but when I have stumbled on this poster, I found the graphics interesting. It did its job and made me curious about the flick. (Although I haven't bothered to travck it down.) When I did see this poster in the past, it was always priced more than I wanted to pay for it. Now I have one...and probably paid more for the lot (of mostly unwanted posters) than buying one of those other copies would have been. Whatever...
BLACK TRASH: I do like my vintage blaxploitation films of the early 70s (especially the horror ones). I'd seen posters for BLACK TRASH several times. I had never really heard of the flick though. As one of the "mildly interesting" posters in the lot I was intially thrilled to ad the poster for an obscure blaxploitation flick. Then I looked it up. This isn't the true blaxploition flick it is trying to lead you to believe it is. It was filmed entirely in South Africa by South Africans and was originally called DEATH OF A SNOWMAN. There's no SUPER FLY. There's no SHAFT. There's no Pam Grier. There's no BLACULA. What the heck? Why bother? This flick was also released as SOUL PATROL--a title I'd also seen posters for. Eh... This is a curiousity, but that's about it. I have no interest in seeing it. Oh well.
BRIMSTONE & TREACLE: Another "mildly interesting" lot item was the poster for BRIMSTONE & TREACLE. I do remember when this came out in the '80s. I was curious about it--but it didn't really make much of an impact (at least in this country), despite starring Sting--the lead singer of The Police who were super popular in the 80s. If it came to my town, it didn't last long. I never saw it. Is it worth tracking down? Apparently there is a song by The Police in the movie. Does Sting SING in the movie? That would be odd as, by the looks of the poster, the film seems to be going for a sinister feel. Hmm.
HAUNTED MANSION (2023)(Advance): I HOPE this will be good--or, at least, an improvement over the Eddie Murphy disaster. The poster isn't all that fab. It's appeal was the subject matter (Who doesn't love the Haunted Mansion?) and price--just $14.95 (and that included shipping). I'm a sucker. SOLD!
A BOY AND HIS DOG: I got one of these a while back after looking for years and years and years! And suddenly...SHAZZAM! Another popped up for sale super cheap. WHAT? No, I didn't need a second copy--but how could I NOT get it? By the way, the movie takes place far in the future...aka NEXT YEAR! I saw this movie several times as a kid. I remember liking it...but don't remember much about it. Perhaps I should track it down again...
C.H.U.D. II (video): I generally do NOT buy posters for sequels--especially straight-to-video sequels. But, as cheesy as it is, HOW did you really expect me to resist this one featuring five monster men (aka C.H.U.D.s--Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers) with creep-o-fabulous glowing eyeballs? And they are crawling out of a sewer! How charming is that?
BLOOD SISTERS: This poster is one of the two I was after in the rolled lot. This is a crap-o-matic movie, with a whodunit non-surprise ending you can see coming 10 minutes into the movie. It came out in the slasher era...but this low-budgeter obviously couldn't afford the gore effects--so everything happens off camera. To keep you distracted, you get boobies! Boobies! Boobies! Ha. It's L-A-M-E. (Yes, even with boobies.) Directed by oddball, Something Weird-director fave Roberta Findlay. This is one of those flicks where the poster is more interesting than the movie.
INSEMINOID: I might have one of these already. I searched my poster blog and all I saw was the boring alternate one sheet. Hmm. Just to be on the safe side, I snagged this little sci-fi, exploitation, ALIEN-ripoff, one-sheet messterpiece.
CHEERLEADER CAMP: I've never seen this--but this poster was the other poster in the lot I wanted. Actually, this was the main goal. (BLOOD SISTERS was more of a lucky bonus.) I thought this must have been a direct-to-video flick, but no. It had a theatrical release apparently. Also known as BLOODY POM POMS, I'm sure the movie must be crap. Betsy (AVENGING ANGEL and the SAW series) Russell?? Leif (DEVIL TIMES FIVE and brief 70s teen idol pop sensation) Garrett? I may need to track it down. And what a fun poster. It looks like SLEEPAWAY CAMP meets BRING IT ON.
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE: I do NOT understand the popularity of the SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE movies, but they have their sleazy, cheesy charm. I have the third film's one sheet and a video poster for Part 2 (which is my favorite of the three--and so odd). (I really need to find the one sheet for 2), but Part 1 has eluded me...and the prices for it keep going up and up and up. Sooooo, well, I bit the bullet and snagged one. I haven't seen the direct-to-video remake. Is it worth a watch?
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (British Quad): Oh my STARS!!!!! A while back I posted a recent poster aquisition update on another poster website, All Posters Forum (APF). I had gotten a VALLEY OF THE DOLLS one sheet, which I hoped was an upgrade for the one I already had. I said it was one of my all-time favorite (bad) movies. I later got a private message from member marklawd. He simply said: "So VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is one of your favorite all-time movies? Let me know your postal address so I can send you something you'll like!" Okay. I sent him my address. I thought perhaps he'd send some clippings about the film or a photo still---something like that. And then I kind of forgot about it. A couple of weeks later there was a parcel from England. Hmm. I had no idea who'd sent it. I opened it and ...there it was -- instant turn-on, instant love, instant excitement, ultimate hell! It was a VALLEY OF THE DOLLS British quad. (Insert the sound of my jaw dropping to the floor here.) OH MY GOSH! Talk about surprise-a-ramas! I was/am so delightfully shocked! ZOWIE WOWIE!!!! How utterly kind. How utterly unexpected. WOW!!!! I am so so sooooooo MOVED by that. THANK YOU Mark Lawd. Wow! Wow!! WOW!!!
And that is it for this time. Thank you for stopping by. And Mark Lawd, an extra big super-sized thank you for you super-sized surprise!
Okay, you can wake up now. You see? It was all a bad dream...or was it?
Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show! Okay...so, it's only been two months since the last post. Better than I would have anticipated...but it still feels like a million years since we were all last here. As usual, there's some crap on display...but also some better stuff. (Well, I think it's "better stuff" anyway.) Let's take a peek-a-boo-a-gogo, shall we? Here's what I've got for you this time:
NAKED FLAME/OPERATION CROSS EAGLE (combo): Okay--NOT the best poster ever. Although the top half has a great tag line ("Nude protests erupt in flaming violence"), the real reason I bought this snoozer of a double bill is because of where it came from. As a lover of odd, strange, obscure, cheesy, grindhouse movies, I have been a huge fan of the video distribution company SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO. Through Something Weird , I finally got to see movies by HG Lewis, Doris Wishman, Joe Sarno, etc. I saw bizarre-O sexploitation flicks, crazy kiddie matinee movies, Mexican horror shockers, and more! Something Weird opened the doors to so many wondrous cinematic sleaze fests. I was in heaven when I discovered them. So what does this poster have to do with Something Weird Video? A friend here in Seattle knows the widow of the founder, Mike Vraney. Lisa Petrucci has assumed the mantle of CEO and is in the process of downsizing the company. She had a yard sale last month and I was invited to go. I went hoping to score some great posters from their wild, ecclectic catalog. However, what was available wasn't all that interesting. This was the best thing I came across. So, it's not so much the poster I like, but where it came from. But the experieence was awesome---and there was an open house at the Something Weird headquartes a short time later (where some amazing vintage posters were on display for my drooling eyes. I wrote about all of that (with photos!) if anyone is interested. You can see it HERE.
DRACULA CONTRA FRANKENSTEIN (Spanish): Yea...this was a mistake. I didn't notice the torn corner until after I was bidding. (I was on the phone. I can't see on the phone. Argh!) Maybe I can hide it with a frame? At least the image is intact.
HAUNTED MANSION (2023): I am looking forward to this new Haunted Mansion flick...but I don't have great expectatrions for it. This was cheap though...
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (Teaser): This poster was a bargain---it was FREE. A friend's husband works for UPS and occasionally they get items to be destroyed because the company receiving them has gone out of business or returns are no accept. My friend Gillian's husband snagged me some posters heading for a now-defunct theater. There were other posters with it, posters for THE FLASH, BARBIE, BLUE BEETLE, and maybe a few others. But this one caught my eye. A new Dracula movie? I had no idea.
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (International style : Before the latest Indiana Jones flick debuted and was hearlded as a flop (But really...it cost nearly $300million to make. How could it NOT "fail"?) Anyway, I'm sure prices are dropping, but I scored this weeks before the film came out...probably at top dollar. Oops! I just wanted to be sure I got one.
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (Style A): I should have been happy with this one alone. The other was poor judgement, perhaps. This one looks the most like the other posters in the series. I haven't seen it yet, but I will--and soon--in the theater. (If I can find one still playing it...)
THE TOXIC AVENGER: While I have seen the first two (three?) of the TOXIC AVENGER movies back in the VHS days, I was never a big fan. I found the humor too slapstick and sophomoric. Yet here I am with the poster. Why? I was there. It was available. End of story.
GHOST CHASERS: It's funny, but out of the dozens of Bowery Boys movies, I have never seen a single one. You'd think some enterprising video company would have released a boxed set or something somehwhere along the way. I have a few of their posters--including BOWERY BOYS MEET THE MONSTERS (or something like that). Silly or not, I wasn't about to pass up a 72-year-old poster with a ghost on it. I already have this framed!
THE MAZE (3D style/linen):
Whoo hoo! This is my prize this time. I love me some vintage paper (although this one is unfortunately adhered to linen) from the original 3D flicks of the 1950s. I have been after a copy of THE MAZE for a long time. I am sooooo glad I scored this one. Yowza!
And that is, as they say, THAT! That's 10 for this post. But, believe it or not, I already have a good start on the NEXT post. I delayed "publishing" this as I've had other projects come along that have hindered my writing of the Something Weird post. I had to wait until that was done before adding the link here.
Speaking of links, I have been remiss in linking my mail art blog pages containing my faux horror movie poster-like envelopes to these posts. I'll post the most recent five. One of them has an interview with me about my mail art. (WARNING: I look horrible now.) Take a peek-a-boo looky-loo or don't.
Hi Rick! Again...I got no email notice of your post. i just happened to have left this post up last night. I refreshed it--and voila! Your comment appeared. WEIRD! Thanks for looking. Glaf you found a couple you liked. THE MAZE is linenbacked, unfortunately. But it does p[resent nicely. Thanks for visiting. CHEERS!
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Part 2:
RABID:
Same exact story as above (the I'VE LIVED BEFORE poster). Same auction house, too. OUCH.Peter
SURVIVAL RUN:
Well, I did it…AGAIN! I stupidly visited a certain poster auction house that has crazy high fees, bid on a bunch of stuff (some things I really wanted, something’s I already had and/or didn’t really need), lost out on everything I really wanted (Waaaagh!) and got stuck holding the bag for a crazy sum of money for basically crap. Argh! Will I EVER learn?? So, here I am, stuck with more expensive paper I really don’t have a lot of use for… This one (and the one below it) I got for $1 (plus about $30 in fees….and all of the shipping and handling expenses. EEEk!). It appears to be (but I’m not entirely sure) a post-apocalyptic thriller, perhaps. I had never heard of SURVIVAL ZONE before. Whoopie…
THE ANNIHILATORS:
Something else I did NOT need. Or maybe I did? I just now looked this flick up as I was starting to write about the poster. Oh my stars! This sounds like a bad movie (about a returning Vietnam vet, who comes home to find the streets of his neighborhood like a war zone. He recruits some of his Vietnam vet buddies to help and it truly becomes war in the streets) I was told to seek out…but never did. Hmm. Maybe this was a lucky purchase after all? (I’m NOT holding my breath…)
THE MANIAC:
Another idiotic encounter with a certain auction house... This is a poster for the old Hammer non-period, non-gothic horror flick about a murderer, starring THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD’s Kerwin Matthews. It has been eclipsed and forgotten more or less in favor of Hammer’s more popular Dracula, Frankenstein, and Mummy flicks. I already had a copy of this. Perhaps I can resell it down the line to help recoup some of the $88 (total--after buyer's premium, shipping, etc.) I spent on the two lots I did win. But oh...the quality of this poster. Very good minus? Uh...more like minus, minus, minus! Blah.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN:
I already have a copy of this as well. (And somewhere I have a packet of “Satan Seeds”, given out to promote this movie…) As I recall, this wasn’t a bad movie. It features Strother Martin and L.Q. Jones star along with a very young Geri (“Fake Jan” from the BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR) Reischl in the child lead.
HOT SKIN:
I already had one of these. WHY get another? UGH! I’m a sucker for gimmicks, especially 3D…(and this is apparently in 3D AND “SeXurrounD”…whatever that might be. A knock-off of “Sensurround”, no doubt.) Vintage porn stars Serena, John Holmes, and the “Disco Dolls” (!?!) star! Ha!
KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS:
After YEARS of trying to score a copy of this, I got one a month or so back. Whoo hoo! And then, BOOM! This one shows up fairly cheap. Snag. What weird luck. I still dig the poster and am super happy to have one (now two)!!
PINK FLAMINGOS (Pink Phlegm-Ingo Barf Bag):
When I saw this item up for sale, I slapped down on the Buy It Now button and was super happy. I NEVER thought I’d score one of these. And then I paused… The bag certainly looks like it could be from the early 70s, but as I researched it (after my hasty, must-have-it-before-anyone-else snags-it purchase), I saw that (as far as I could tell) all of those bags were printed in pink lettering—not black. I also learned that Criterion, when it re-released PINK FLAMINGOS on Blu-ray, included a reprint of the bag (also in pink ink). So WHERE did my black-printed bag come from? Is it real or a cheap copy?Perhaps the ink faded due to light or some other type of damage? Dang it all! I hope I wasn’t ripped off (AGAIN). (I’m sure I was though… GRR!) But...it really DOES look old. Hmm.
EVIL DEAD RISE (Advance):
A new EVIL DEAD movie that is an actual sequel (and not a remake) to the originals? Yes, please! I have the posters for the other films (even the remake), so I needed this as well. And...I'll need to get another copy as the cheapo tube this was shipped in was broken, so there are now these odd tracks/wrinkles down one side of the poster. ARGH!!!!!! Dammit all!
SLAUGHTER HIGH (video poster):
I feel super lucky to have scored this one (although it was also damaged in shipping. GRRRRR!). Yes, this is a video release poster for this title. However, it is way better than the theatrical release poster (a silly skeleton bursting through a bright yellow background. Snore.)--which I actually might already have as well. I have the vaguest memory of this movie (from the VHS days). Doesn't it take place at a class reunion of sorts (with only a handful of students showing up) only to be picked off one by one by a slasher? (Not to be confused with THE REDEEMER aka CLASS REUNION MASSACRE.)
RENFIELD (Advance):
And that's it--stuff I didn't need, poor quality stuff, possibly something bootlegged, and stuff damaged in the mails. Disappointment and frustration. I also got new that my poster blog has been CENSORED and deemed inapptptiate on one page. I don't get it/. Sure there are some posters for adult films--but NOTHINMG is shown. Ot maybe I'm missing something? That post is HERE. What did I do? Can you figure out what I am being punished for? I can't. Hmm... Anyway, we are done...and here is the show stopping finale to close the curtain with.
The show is mercifully over for today. Good night, and thank you for coming.
CHEERS!
I was just watching a documentary about 42nd Street back in the grindhouse days. I'd love to have gone for the movie-going experience...but eeeew! The things discussed as having been seen going on in them...NASTY! (Your comment about going into "yukky porn theater seats" reminded me.) And the seats...and floors..OMG!!! And these were the non-porn theaters they were discussing for the most part. EEK!
I have the BLACK LOLITA 3D poster (but not a poster for it under its WILDCAT WOMEN title). I also have a poster for the X-rated 3D flick HARD CANDY starring John Holmes and the "Lollipop Girls" (!?!). CHEERS!
If you survived my last god-awful post and came back for more (Glutton for punishment?), fear not. While my (ultra l-o-w) budget does not allow me to buy anything stellar or "OMG-I've-wanted-that-for-so-long" incredible, but I got a few new things anyway. Some are eh...whatever, some are repeats, and some I am glad to have! Well...don't let me build up your hopes. (There are a fair number of turds here. Truly.) Get your ticket (They're CHEAP!), grab a chair, sit back and let's get this episode of the poster show going. Last chance to duck out...the lights are dimming. Here we go-go...
MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE:
This was a free one from the box of giveaway posters at my local theater. I'll gladly take it, but... Snore. NEXT.
SCANNERS 2 - THE NEW ORDER (Video):
I don't remember exactly if the first sequel to SCANNERS ever got a theatrical release or not. I don't believe it did. I DO have the one sheet for the original film. I came across this--and it was cheap--and thought, why not? I saw the flick back in the VHS days, but don't remember much about it. It was my impression though that it was pretty much a carbon copy of the first flick. Was it? Hmm. The poster is dull -- but as a bonus, it lists the video releasing company, Media, which put out a lot of great stuff back in the day (like the original HALLOWEEN)! Cheap poster--cheap thrills.
SCANNERS-THE SHOWDOWN (Video):
I'm not sure exactly how many SCANNERS sequels and spin-offs there were, Is SCANNERS-THE SHOWDOWN part 3 or did it come further down the road? I know there was also SCANNER COP (1 & 2). I don't think I caught any of the SCANNERS sequels beyond Part 2, though. This poster was also a cheap-o. I thought why not? But LAME poster.
PHANTOM OF THE MALL--ERIC'S REVENGE (Video):
This is a video poster. I apparently never saw this. It was only after buying this (and looked up the title) that I realized this was not just another retitling of CHOPPING MALL (aka KILLBOTS) as I had somehow though. (I'd seen CHOPPING MALL decades ago on VHS--and have the theatrical one sheet.) They're completely different movies. (No wonder this was so cheap. Ha!) The only thing they have in common is that thwy were both filmed at the same mall. I didn't remember a phantom-like guy in CHOPPING MALL, but then I don't remember CHOPPING MALL all that well (clearly). Oh well...
BRAIN DEAD (Video):
BEVERLY HILLS BODY SNATCHERS (Video):
This was cheap--and I'd never heard of it. It's a video poster as well--but did it ever have a theatrical release? With this poster--and the two above it (all purchased at the same time)--I realized that I was buying posters--not because I "need" or particularly "like" them, but because I was looking for things to fill up a post. Sorry. (I really need to STOP doing crap like that. Some of the free ones from the theater are bad enough...)
THE WILD PARTY:
I came across this while "shopping." It was cheap and it features the recently deceased 60 sex symbol Raquel Welch. In honor of Raquel, I decided to buy it...only to discover I already had a copy. Oops! (And I've never even seen the movie. Ha!) A while back, I was trying to track down all of the posters for all of her flicks. I have ONE MILLION YEARS B.C., FANTASTIC VOYAGE, FATHOM, and a few others. I'd really also love to score a MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and a KANSAS CITY BOMBER, but... She may have been in her 80s when she died, but it broke my heart to lose another legend.
OLD DRACULA:
Like THE WILD PARTY, I already have a copy of OLD DRACULA. Unlike WILD PARTY, I didn't buy it by mistake thinking I needed one. Hello? I have a copy hanging on my bedroom wall. No...I just really like the poster. It was cheap. Now I have a spare. I saw this flick when I was a kid in the 70s. (It was on a double bill with FOOD OF THE GODS.) I liked it then, although it didn't seem to hold up (in my opinion) years later when I saw it again. Held up or not, I have always loved the poster (especially the skeleton wearing cat-eye glasses in the coffin). The attempt to make it seem like a sequel to YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN cheapens it a bit, but what the heck? It's fun.
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA:
Freebie boster from the theater. I'm not a superhero movie guy...so I never saw this--or the first one. But hey--I'll take the poster. It might be worth something someday...
VIOLENT NIGHT:
I got one of these awhile back. Why bother getting another (especially when I still have NOT seen it yet)? Because it was FREE at the theater. In fact, I picked up two copies! This is one of the many flicks my little small-town theater previewed, got posters for...and yet NEVER played. ARGH!!!!
PEARL (style A):
I lucked onto a free copy of the poster for X at my local theater. I was not as fortunate with the poster for the prequel, PEARL, which I had to buy. But I was thrilled to find one reasonably-ish priced. I do like how, on this A-style of the poster, they clue you in that this is part of the X series (the big X behind her and the "X-traordinary Origin Story" blurb). There's an ax and some blood splatters...what more do you need?
PEARL (Style
:
I came across this B-style (which I didn't know existed) while shopping. Ooooo I like it, too. The X poster and the PEARL posters have me really interested in the series---which I have NOT seen yet. (Shocker, huh?) I'm even looking forward to the next one, MAXXXINE, based on the positive word-of-mouth these two flicks have generated on their own. Whoo hoo!
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS:
I already have a copy of this poster, but it was one of the TWO posters I was after with this lot. VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is one of my favorite all-time movies---because it is so BAD! I love it! The copy I scored years ago isn't in the best condition (and cost nearly as much as this whole batch lot did). This one seemed to be an upgrade (hopefully)--and is the ONLY poster I've shared in the past on this post. I guess the younger crowd--the ones buying posters today--doesn't appreciate cinematic cheese from the 60s these days. Oh well. Their loss is my gain.
TEENAGE PONY GIRLS:
TEENAGE PONY GIRLS? Ha! What the hell? Hilarious title (and bad art)--too funny. It is an unexpected little nugget in this bulk lot. I am guessing it's for a porn flick--but I think it's pretty laughable looking.
SPRING FEVER:
This isn't anything I would have sought out on its own--and I've never seen the flick. I DO remember the art though back in the VHS days. I was always curious about it. It always seemed to stare back at me from the video shelves. I always thought it must be a teen comedy along the lines of PORKY'S or SPRING BREAK (albeit rated PG). It was just a lucky addition to the lot. Nothing special.
GOIN' ALL THE WAY:
I included this poster because I remember when the movie came out. I was 15 or 16...and it was the kind of movie that made you really wish you had a car (I didn't get my first until I was about 17 1/2) and were old enough to get into R-rated movies. (Of course, I still somehow managed to get myself into plenty of R-rated horror movies before I was 17. Hmm...) At the same time, I recall the ads for this made the move seem like it was totally low budget and probably pretty crappy. Still... I'd have gone.
MALIBU HIGH:
Like GOIN' ALL THE WAY above, I also remember when this came out. It was 1979 and I was all of 14. Didn't ever see it. But, man... It played the drive in circuit where I lived for seemingly YEARS!
SEX AND THE OFFICE GIRL:
Never heard of this one--which looks like it was an X-er ("No one under 18 allowed"), but the artwork keeps catching my eye. I don't know if I like it --or if it is just really bad. Still, something about it makes me keep looking at it. Hmm. It also looks unfinished. The closer couple are more detailed. The ones further back look more like sketches just beginning to be filled out. Is that on purpose or did the artist just run out of time and release it that way to add a bit of an artistic touch to it? (Like the crowd going to see this would care about artistic touches on the posters. Ha!)
THE HOT BOX:
It wasn't until I was putting this post together that I realized I didn't already have a copy of this poster. WHAT!?! I looked it up on my blog... It's not there. Okay then, this bulk lot rectified that. THE HOT BOX is more wonderful early 70s women-in-prison, exploitation sleaze from Roger Corman's New World Pictures and director Jonathan Demme! (Yes--THAT Jonathan Demme!) How did I NOT have this already?
WOMEN IN CAGES:
Speaking of women in prison exploitation movies...how did I also NOT have the one sheet for 1971's WOMEN IN CAGES??? This is a total grindhouse shocker bonanza starring the legendary Pam Grier.
SWEET SUGAR:
And back to women in prison movies again--this (along with VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) is the other poster in the bulk lot that I really wanted. Yes, the poster is rather blah. But the movie...zowie! I watched this so often back in the VHS days. I LOVED it. Phyllis Davis ("Aunt Susan" in BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) stars. Of course, I saw this in later years and it didn't quite hold up to what I remembered as a teen. Oh well... Isn't that always the way?
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (Video):
This is the only non-bulk lot poster in the batch! AND it is just a video poster. But--WOW! Finally something on this great--and very disturbing flick! (Siskel & Ebert gave it "Two thumbs up!") The original release poster artwork (all wild and crazed looking) is fantastic--and impossible to get a copy of. The re-release poster (also hard to find, but not as rare) uses the image below. I'll gladly take this VHS poster...until I can score one of the other two. This really was a good movie. (The sequel, though...should be avoided.)
A FACE IN THE FOG:
I had never heard of this movie before coming across it in one of eMovie's bulk lot auctions. While it is not the most exciting poster ever, the old style font really sold it to me. Granted, the poster has some issues. However, as a remnant of 1936, I can't expect it to be mint. This movie seems to have a lot of great genre elements in it, but is apparently a murder mystery at its core. From what I've since read about it, there is a killer hunchback (!) known as The Fiend who is running around and offing (with frozen bullets!?!) members of a theater group who are working on a play called "Satan's Bride." The rest of the synopsis sounds trite and cheesy -- typical 1930s low-budget melodrama. But I am thrilled with the poster. I spent way too much money (way, WAY too much for me) on this bulk lot--and it was all to get this ONE poster. (YES, this is from a separate bulk lot of 19 posters...and the ONLY one I am sharing.)
Oh! Before I sign off, I keep forgetting to share my daux movie poster envelopes that I've been making. I have shared some in the past, but have neglected continuing that practice. I'll include the most recent five. Some of the posts have vintage ones I had done 30 years ago or so. Others have holiday-themed horror ones. Many include things people have sent me. Take a look or don't. But here's an example:
To see more, click one of the five links (most recent first):
https://monsterago-go.blogspot.com/2023/03/mail-art-20-mail-call.html
https://monsterago-go.blogspot.com/2023/03/mail-art-19-blast-from-past-up-to-date.html
https://monsterago-go.blogspot.com/2023/02/mail-art-18-backlogged-and-behind-once.html
https://monsterago-go.blogspot.com/2023/01/mail-art-17-new-year-new-mail-art.html
https://monsterago-go.blogspot.com/2022/12/mail-art-16-quasi-holiday-edition.html
(There are many more, but I won't bore you...)And that is it for this time. It wasn't the best post--but remember: of the 11 posters shared, I was only actively after 4 of them. The rest are just incidentals.
Next time will hopefully be better.
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Roll 'em:
BORA BORA: This is a nothing poster, really. I picked it up inexpensively to potentially use in my future home tiki bar (which is actually happening. The electrician arrived on May 3. The handyman who'll hopefully do the build out will be here on the 12th. Whoo hoo! And yes, it is all being done on the super cheap. Fingers crossed the crap I've saved for years will finally come together as I've planned!). Now that I have the poster, I think I already have MORE than enough beach/jungle/Polynesean/island/ etc. posters for the space, the stairs leading down to it and the space just outside of it. Oh well. As I said, this was inexpensive.
NEFARIOUS: I had no idea what movie this poster is advertising was about when I picked it up. NEFARIOUS? It sounded like it was something by (or ripping off) the makers of films like INSIDEOUS, SINISTER, MALIGNANT or any of those other similarly ominous-sounding one-word horror titles. But I guess this came and went (bypassing my tiny, island theater) without much fanfare. Oh well... I still haven't seen it and have no idea what it is about.
End of Part 1
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE: Finally! Although the poster is rather bland, I am glad to have ultimately scored one. This film put Dario Argento on the horror map. Although he'd written other things in the years previous, this Italian giallo film was his first directorial effort. The poster isn't perfect, but I am happy with it. But it does make pause and say how crazy the poster market has become. Jeepers. This poster (in this condition) has been going for more than I would have expected it to for the longest time. I finally just bit the bullet and got this one. But other posters I've been after for decades have just gotten crazy expensive. Things I could have gotten for under $100 10 or 15 years ago or so were up to over $1,000 just a few years ago...and are now going for multiple thousands. What the heck!?! When I was a kid, posters were cheap. I just wish I'd better taste back then. I still kick myself occasionally over the stuff I passed up for $5-$25 bucks for the shlock crap did get (which is still worth next to nothing). Oh well.
https://monsterago-go.blogspot.com/2023/03/mail-art-21-off-it-goes.html
https://monsterago-go.blogspot.com/2023/04/mail-art-22-drop-box.html
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Take a LOOK...if you DARE!!!!
B.C. ROCK: This is one of those "mildly curious" posters that happened to be in the rolled lot. This looks vaguely familiar but I never saw it. It seems to be some animated flick with a lot of music...and is R-rated. Hmm. What caught my eye was the caveman who seemed to be hanging on to this rather phallic-looking rock. WHAT? On closer inspection I spied the tiny leaf (Not even a fig leaf) and I laughed. End of story.
THE ATOMIC CAFE: This one was also "mildly interesting." I've seen this poster a time or two. I've never seen the film, but when I have stumbled on this poster, I found the graphics interesting. It did its job and made me curious about the flick. (Although I haven't bothered to travck it down.) When I did see this poster in the past, it was always priced more than I wanted to pay for it. Now I have one...and probably paid more for the lot (of mostly unwanted posters) than buying one of those other copies would have been. Whatever...
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE: I do NOT understand the popularity of the SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE movies, but they have their sleazy, cheesy charm. I have the third film's one sheet and a video poster for Part 2 (which is my favorite of the three--and so odd). (I really need to find the one sheet for 2), but Part 1 has eluded me...and the prices for it keep going up and up and up. Sooooo, well, I bit the bullet and snagged one. I haven't seen the direct-to-video remake. Is it worth a watch?
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NAKED FLAME/OPERATION CROSS EAGLE (combo): Okay--NOT the best poster ever. Although the top half has a great tag line ("Nude protests erupt in flaming violence"), the real reason I bought this snoozer of a double bill is because of where it came from. As a lover of odd, strange, obscure, cheesy, grindhouse movies, I have been a huge fan of the video distribution company SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO. Through Something Weird , I finally got to see movies by HG Lewis, Doris Wishman, Joe Sarno, etc. I saw bizarre-O sexploitation flicks, crazy kiddie matinee movies, Mexican horror shockers, and more! Something Weird opened the doors to so many wondrous cinematic sleaze fests. I was in heaven when I discovered them. So what does this poster have to do with Something Weird Video? A friend here in Seattle knows the widow of the founder, Mike Vraney. Lisa Petrucci has assumed the mantle of CEO and is in the process of downsizing the company. She had a yard sale last month and I was invited to go. I went hoping to score some great posters from their wild, ecclectic catalog. However, what was available wasn't all that interesting. This was the best thing I came across. So, it's not so much the poster I like, but where it came from. But the experieence was awesome---and there was an open house at the Something Weird headquartes a short time later (where some amazing vintage posters were on display for my drooling eyes. I wrote about all of that (with photos!) if anyone is interested. You can see it HERE.
DRACULA CONTRA FRANKENSTEIN (Spanish): Yea...this was a mistake. I didn't notice the torn corner until after I was bidding. (I was on the phone. I can't see on the phone. Argh!) Maybe I can hide it with a frame? At least the image is intact.
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (Style A): I should have been happy with this one alone. The other was poor judgement, perhaps. This one looks the most like the other posters in the series. I haven't seen it yet, but I will--and soon--in the theater. (If I can find one still playing it...)
Thanks for looking. Glaf you found a couple you liked. THE MAZE is linenbacked, unfortunately. But it does p[resent nicely.
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