Welcome back! Believe it or not, I have another Shock-O-Rama Poster Show ready to share with you already...just days after posting the last one. It is not the most exciting batch ever, but there are a few trinkets you may like.
But first...
SVEN: Hi there. Thanks for the note. I am glad you enjoyed my last post.
ROCKABILLY777: Thank you for your kind words as always. I'm glad I made it back safely as well. I HATE FLYING!!!
EISENHOWER: I'm glad you dig GHETTO WARRIORS/BLACK GESTAPO and THE THING WITH TWO HEADS. They are some of my faves too. Thanks for stopping by.
Okay. Grab your popcorn, your Coke and your hot dog and make your way to your seat. The show is about to begin...
THE LAST WAVE (BLACK RAIN re-release?):
I always meant to see THE LAST WAVE, but I always had the feeling I would be bored by it and feel ripped off after all of the "It will scare the hell out of you" hype. This alternate title (re-release?) poster came to me in a lot. If anything, it re-awakened the interest in seeing the film. But will I follow through? Hmm...
IT'S NOT THE SIZE THAT COUNTS:
Vincent Price is in this? What??? Elke Sommer is as well, but she probably needed the work. This was also part of a lot purchase. If the film is called IT'S NOT THE SIZE THAT COUNTS, that implies it is about the size of the male lead's...personality. I wonder what his life was like AFTER the film. Did everyone just assume, based on the movie, he was diminutive in a certain area? (That is, of course, assuming anyone saw the movie). Ha!
THE BLACK CAT:
I already have (several) copies of this Lucio Fulci poster. It was also part of a lot purchase, but it's a Fulci...so hopefully there will be a resale value down the road (if i bother to list it myself on eBay or wherever),
THE SLASHER:
Another poster I already have...but one for a film I am curious about. Farley Granger and Sylva Koscina star. I've never seen it. To further add to the fascination with this flick, it was later re-released under the title "Penetration" with new porno inserts and other inserts. I haven't seen that either. But I wondered how Farley Granger felt being in a (SURPRISE!!!) porno flick. Ha!
MORTUARY:
There was, for whatever reason, a string of graveyard-themed flicks in the 80s. MAUSOLEUM, FUNERAL HOME and this one, MORTUARY. Surprisingly (I just realized) I have never seen any of them. I tracked down the MAUSOLEUM and FUNERAL HOME posters easily...but MORTUARY? It always eluded me...until i FINALLY snagged one. Now they just seem to land in my lap quite often. Ha! Yes, this is another lot purchase. (Don't worry...there are NON-lot purchases coming up as well...)
DEMON WITCH CHILD:
I LOVE my EXORCIST knock-offs. DEMON WITCH CHILD is no exception. I finally got a non-bootleg DVD to watch a few years back. The bootleg was such awful quality. Oddly, I have NOT watched the (hopefully better) DVD yet. Ha! I have purchased this poster several times. It is a dull poster. However, every time I'd buy one, there'd be some flaw with it I didn't like and I'd need to buy another. I have since gotten a good enough copy...but the posters keep coming my way. EEK! This was, of course, part of a lot purchase, too.
STAR WARS - THE LAST JEDI:
I know what you are thinking... Another lot purchase. Right? Right. Sorry. No, actually this was NOT a lot purchase. I do NOT know what I was thinking with this one. I'm always interested in picking up STAR WARS crap if it is cheap enough. I'm just not a fan. I couldn't tell you the names of any of the characters on this poster except those that appeared in the original trilogy (parts 4-6). It was going cheaply, so i bid on it....and then was outbid. I was online at the time (at work. Shh!), and got in a minor bidding war....and before I knew it, I paid way the @%#$& too much for this. UGH!!!!! I so thought I was over doing stupid things like that. Oh well.
PELVIS:
I have never seen this movie, but I love this idiotic poster...and have purchased it many times (I('m stupid that way). I know this film was later re-released as TOGA PARTY (after the success of ANIMAL HOUSE), but I never saw that either. The songs listed on the poster sound funny: "Nazi Lady", "All Dressed Up in Rubber with No Place to Go", and "If That Isn't Love It's Emphysema". (What!?! Ha!). The movie probably sucks---but the poster I find fun. Not to be confused with any person living, dead, or immortalized.
FANTASTIC VOYAGE:
I LOVE this cool old sci fi flick with Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence. The sets in the body are amazing. Too bad the poster isn't nearly as cool as the movie. The poster is a snoozer (Zzzzz), Yet, for YEARS I have tried to snag one. I finally scored one. Hooray!
HEADLESS EYES and THE GHASTLY ONES (combo re-release):
I know this may not look like much (and really...there isn't much to look at here. Ha!), but to me, this is my prize this batch. I've also been trying to snag this for years. I've never seen THE HEADLESS EYES, but the co-feature THE GHASTLY ONES is why I am interested in this poster. THE GHASTLY ONES is a trash epic by Andy Milligan. Milligan was a low-budget (no budget) auteur (more like auturd) who made a string of nudie films (like THE FILTHY FIVE, GUTTER TRASH, THE PROMISCUOUS SEX, FLESHPOT ON 42ND STREET, etc.), most of which are lost, as the producer (the notoriously cheap William Mishkin) melted all of the prints down for their silver value. Milligan is also notorious for his craptastic horror epics such as THE RATS ARE COMING THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE, BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS, TORTURE DUNGEON, etc. His films truly are dreadful and hard to watch (zzzzz), yet (especially the horror flicks) they were continuously re-released to drive ins for years. The best thing about them are the posters.(and I have a good many of them). This poster is not that fab...and GHASTLY ONES only takes up a small percentage of the poster, but I am thrilled to have one more Milligan piece in my collection. Hooray!
Okay gang. That's it today. Be sure to hang your speakers up before you head home. Check back in a few days as our next presentation is being readied now. Thank you for visiting.
Step right up, ladies and gents. Step right up and be prepared to see the most shocking cavalcade of perversions and horror ever seen. Can your heart stand such endless terror? Can your mind tolerate a non-stop assault on the senses? This is not for the faint at heart, the feeble minded or those who are sexually inexperienced. Be prepared to go beyond the limits of your imagination and beyond the limits of taste or morality. Get ready to experience the impossible and the unimaginable.
Don't I wish. Actually, it's just another so-so edition of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. But take a look-see if you like. It's cheap (FREE) and you might see something you've never seen before. (That's doubtful, but we can all hope. Right?)
ROCKABILLY777: Glad to have had your stamp of approval on the last batch. CHEERS!
Okay, the show is starting. But before we dim the lights and begin, let me remind you that there are no refunds. View at your own risk!
BEYOND EROTICA:
This was in a lot purchase. I wasn't even going to bother posting it...and then I looked at it more closely. David Hemmings and Alida Valli are in this? And it's rated R? The climax is only the beginning---clever tag line...but what is BEYOND EROTICA? Hmm. Lame poster though.
THE HUNTED:
I am guessing that this flick isn't that good. I've never heard of it--and I'm old(-ish). If it were some great flick, i'm sure it would have been picked up on my radar at some point... but it hasn't. But the poster makes it look like it should be good. It's a lot purchase. And while it's not a great poster, it's interesting. It got me wondering about the flick...I did find it's alternate title is TOUCH ME NOT and it was from 1974...but even though it has a 5.6 rating on IMDB, there are no reviews for it. Hmm.
SCORE:
I've seen this poster (which is as dull as they come) sell for quite a decent amount of money (and i have no idea why). So I was super surprised when I spotted this in my lot purchase. I think i may have purchased this on DVD a long while back...but I haven't bothered with it yet. It just doesn't look that interesting.But what do I know?
TERROR AT RED WOLF INN:
I think I may have this already--but I'm not sure. But if I do have one already, what the heck? No big deal. I could swear I have seen this flick... After reading the description on IMDB, scenes are flashing in my head. But where would I have seen this? Hmm.
TORSO:
I remember when this came out. I wanted to see it so bad. Of course, to my little 9 year old mind at the time, I thought it was going to be utterly gruesome. It's a 1973 Euro film but was released here in September 1974 (according to IMDB). TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE came out a month later. The success of TCM probably helped TORSO's business. (In my memory, TORSO came out AFTER TCM....and that may be the case in my home town. Back then, movies were not all released nationwide at the same time. They played an area for a while, then moved to another area and played there, before moving on again.) I've still never seen the flick. The poster is just a cheap photo collage. The saw and the tagline with the word psychosexual were probably enough to get 1974 audiences in. Oh well. i'm not dead yet. Maybe I'll see it some day.
THE CREATURES/FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE/THE CREATURES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE:
I thought this title was a little fishy. I wasn't sure if I had this poster already or not. But the cast looked familiar and, yep...THE CREATURES and FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE are the same movie. It has even been issued as THE CREATURES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE according to IMDB. Not a great poster--but okay-ish. Whatever...
NEW HOUSE ON THE LEFT / NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS/LAST STOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN/LAST HOUSE - PART II/SECOND HOUSE ON THE LEFT/CHRISTMAS MASSACRE:
I love the fact that the US distributors tried to pawn this off on the public as a sequel to LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. In fact, it was released with several different titles to make it seem like a sequel (LAST HOUSE - PART II and SECOND HOUSE ON THE LEFT). The movie IS a ripoff of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, but it takes place on a train---not in a house. I love how the poster makes it appear as if the girl is in a chair near the living room window, when she is actually on a train seat. Nothing shown in the window is ever in the movie. Still, LAST STOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN is a gritty little movie on its own--despite being a LAST HOUSE knock off.
KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN:
S.F. Brownrigg made a string of regional films back in the 70s that were almost good. Of the four flicks he is known (DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT, DON'T OPEN THE DOOR, SCUM OF THE EARTH and KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN), I prefer SCUM OF THE EARTH. That flick was later re-titled POOR WHITE TRASH 2 and features the only filmed "okie blow" (blowing snot out of your nose onto the ground) I've ever seen on film. There are no okie blows in KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN---but it might have helped. The film is about a woman who lives in a run down old mansion somewhere in Texas and who may or may not be crazy. It starts off well, but falls apart by the end. Still, it is a shame that Brownrigg didn't make more films. There really is promise in his low-rent thrillers from the 70s. He made one silly comedy in the mid-80s and that was it. He died in the mid-90s at age 58.
HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW:
I've seen the remake, but never the original...which is odd because it seemed like I was always at the movies in the 80s...and yet somehow I missed a lot of the lower-tiered 80s slasher classics. Any good? Worth the bother?
CORPSE EATERS:
I love this poster even though the film (which is super hard to track down) is kind of a dud. I have a coupe of copies of it already, but why not one more? The amazing thing about this poster is that there seem to be a lot of them floating around out there...and yet the film never really had much of a theatrical run. Why were so many posters made? I'm just glad I got to see the flick and have a few of these cool beauties myself. Are there any other post-NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD/pre-DAWN OF THE DEAD zombie flicks I still need posters for? Hmm...
Okay--that was short and not too filling. Do you still have room for more cheese and sleaze? Stay tuned because another installment of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show is coming VERY soon. BEWARE!!!
Welcome back to yet another cheap edition of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. It's a sleaze & schlock bonanza day, as we display posters for films that played over and over in drive-ins and grindhouses across the country in the '70's and '80's. As you look for a seat that isn't broken or too badly worn, be sure to look out for casually discarded syringes. Try not to pay too much attention to the sticky residue on the floors or the mystery stains that may be on your seat's fabric. Be sure to visit out snack bar where we are having a big sale on Hershey's Bar None chocolate bars. I know they've been out of production since 1993, but we recently found boxes of them in out basement.
And now, sit back and relax and let your eyes get used to the dim light. The show is about to begin...
SWEET SIXTEEN:
I saw this flick with it's cast of Hollywood stars on their way down, down, down. Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg, Patrick Macnee, Don Stroud, Larry Storch, Michael Pataki, and Sharon Farrell are all in it, as is the female lead from "Friday the 13th Part 3 3D", Dana Kimmell. Despite the cast, the movie was b-o-r-i-n-g. I saw this in the theater---and back then you didn't walk out of a movie. Snore. Another 80's flick from the lower tier of slasher films and part of a lot purchase.
CARNIVAL MAGIC:
What is this doing in the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show? A story of a magician (who really can read minds and levitate objects) and his talking monkey sounds like a kids flick...and it may be that. But it is from the demented mind of Al Adamson (the man responsible for HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS, BLOOD OF GHASTLY HORROR, DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN and many others). Weird trash that has to be seen to be believed. And it IS trash--most would find awful but other would find gleefully wonderful.
ELIMINATORS:
When this film came out in the VHS era and I saw it on display, the first thing that came to mind was that it was a film about a rag-tag team that battled constipation. I don't know why, but it did. Of course, I realized it had nothing to do with that. But in my silly mind it did. Ha! Too this day, I still think of that when I see this. The TERMINATOR rip-off character MANDROID had his own movie as well, if I am not mistaken.
PRANKS/ THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD:
I remember reading about this in the pages of Fangoria when it was still going to be called PRANKS. Similar (but different?) artwork for the film graced the cover of that particular issue, as I recall. Aha! I found it online. Here it is:
Anyway, the film sounded cool and I kept waiting and waiting and WAITING for it to come out. It never did (in my town anyway). I'm not entirely sure but I think the film was re-titled before it was released as THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD and all of these PRANKS posters got scrapped (which may account for them being so plentiful). I missed THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD in the '80's, but caught it on disk not long back. I really had NOT missed anything back in the '80's after all. Oh well. (Another lot purchase item).
THE WICKER MAN (re-release):
I know this film is highly regarded, but I do not think I've ever properly seen it (or the remake). For some reason the poster usually fetches a nice price---even the re-release usually goes for more than i would pay for a re-release. Hmm. I think I did rent it back in the VHS era....but watched it on fast forward mode, waiting for something interesting to happen. (I was young...) Is it worth tracking down and watching?
HAUNTED:
Another lot purchase. I have this poster...but I like it, so do not mind another. I have always wanted to see this, but I am sure it is crap. I may have seen it in the VHS era, but think i might be confusing it with something called HAUNTS from the same era. Whichever I saw was CRAP---but I do NOT remember a phone booth in the cemetery. Hmm. Just found a copy on eBay and ordered it. I'll probably never get around to watching it though. Ha!
BEYOND THE DOOR 2 / SHOCK:
I remember when this came out. Oh man, I wanted to see it. I love EXORCIST knockoffs. At this point I had NOT see THE EXORCIST or the first BEYOND THE DOOR ---but I knew what they were about. BEYOND THE DOOR 2 was billed as more of the same. Zowie! I had to see it. The ad in the newspaper also made me desperately want the one sheet. The only trouble is, the newspaper ad and the one sheet are different.
I just thought there were two versions of the one sheet and I kept looking, and looking and looking. No deal. There's just the one. The one sheet is okay, but I like the creepiness of the boy becoming possessed in the newspaper ad better.
BEYOND THE DOOR 2 is a sequel in name only. It is actually a re-titling of Mario Bava's last film, SHOCK. After BEYOND THE DOOR was a big hit, Film Ventures International were hot to release a follow up. Since this film and BEYOND THE DOOR both featured the same child actor (David Colin Jr), why NOT say it is a sequel?
NECROPOLIS:
I dig this poster but as I recall the movie (which I also saw back in the VHS days), the movie is rather weak. Still it has a great title and a poster with a sexy motorcycle girl AND zombies can't be all bad. Right?
EYE OF THE EVIL DEAD:
No relation to the Sam Raimi EVIL DEAD series, this bizarre mess (but it's still kind of interesting) is a product of Lucio Fulci, the man behind ZOMBIE and GATES OF HELL.
PIECES:
I already have a copy or two of this poster. There is one hanging up in my bedroom, actually. REALLY! This is a grindhouse mainstay. This has it all---blood, gore, horrible dubbing, a whodunit, bad acting, nudity, and a decent B-movie cast featuring Christopher George as the cop on the case, Linda Day George as the former tennis star turned undercover cop, Edmund Purdon as the university dean and Paul Smith as the campus groundskeeper. Sleazy cheezy 80's Euro-horror goodness!
Okay---that's it for today. Nothing to fabulous....just fun, old grindhouse fare. Mmm Mmm! I love me some good, old fashion horror and exploitation. Okay. You can unstick yourself from the floor now. Have a nice evening and I'll see you next time.
I know this film is highly regarded, but I do not think I've ever properly seen it (or the remake). For some reason the poster usually fetches a nice price---even the re-release usually goes for more than i would pay for a re-release. Hmm. I think I did rent it back in the VHS era....but watched it on fast forward mode, waiting for something interesting to happen. (I was young...) Is it worth tracking down and watching?
RUN while you still can. NOW! I'm NOT kidding. While I hoped to pick up a few auctions wins over the last few days, I have found I have lost everything I've bid on. That is no big deal, really...except I was hoping any newly one poster would disguise or pull focus away from the bottom-of-the-barrel dreck I was including. Lots are designed to get rid of the trash by adding them to some semi-interesting but nothing-really-great posters as an enticement. Oh, there are always those lots that contain posters you will never post in a zillion years ("Nureyev's Don Quixote" or "Musical Passage" or "The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2", etc. any one?). My most recent lot and other lots before that have left me with dozens of posters I will never bother to share. Instead of waiting for better posters to come my way, I wanted to dispose of, er... post those few posters that are even slightly interesting. In lieu of the hoped for better posters, I've had to break into the lot purchase closet of shame to round out the posting. So, instead of pulling out the super snore-inducing "Lovers and Other Strangers" or "Visit To A Chief's Son" or "Trenchcoat", I've gone for the out and out laughable worst of the worst. You have been WARNED!!!!
theartofmovieposters: THANK YOU for your candid and resounding NO. You saved me time and disappointment and the cost of a DVD (which I probably would have purchased but not gotten around to watching for years). But let me tell you, you really should consider high-tailing it out of here now and skipping this post. Just an FYI and NOT an exaggeration.
FORCED ENTRY:
From 1975, future CHARLIE'S ANGEL and BOND Girl Tanya Roberts stars alongside a pre-CARRIE Nancy Allen in what apparently is a 2-years later remake of a 1973 porn "roughie" of the same name that starred Harry Reems (acting under a different name). From what I've read on IMDB, the results were awful. Tanya Roberts' career has always boggled my mind. I never thought she was all that good as an actress, and yet she keep moving up the ladder from low-budget crap like this (and the wonderful TOURIST TRAP) to being an Angel and Bond girl.
ON THE RIGHT TRACK:
Ugh. Yes, I hang my head in shame and freely admit that I own this poster. Ha! It was in a lot purchase a long while back. Did anyone ever actually see this flick? I sure never did. I remember when it came out, though. I was already over the whole Gary Coleman thang. Why bother seeing him at the movies when you could watch him on DIFF'RENT STROKES every week on TV for free?
HEIDI'S SONG:
If you though ON THE RIGHT TRACK was awful... O' the horror! It's HEIDI'S SONG? Lorne Greene was apparently one of the voice actors. Eek! I can't imagine him in a MUSICAL? (This IS a musical, right? It sounds painful...)
ZAPPED:
Yes, I am the lucky owner of the poster for the Scott Baio/Willie Aames comedy ZAPPED. I know you are all jealous. Just get over it. (Although, alas... I do NOT have the one sheet for the I'm-sure-you've-forgotten sequel, ZAPPED AGAIN. Oh well, there'll be other lots in my future, I'm sure. Maybe I'll get (un)lucky again???
BOOGIE VISION:
I have this on DVD (Believe it or not, it was issued on a triple-feature disk Media Blasters put out several years ago that I still have not bothered to watch yet)...but really? Did I need the poster, too? Actually I already HAVE another copy (from another previously purchased lot, no doubt). According to IMDB, it's about a struggling filmmaker who learns his girlfriend's father is a movie producer. He throws together a bad sci-fi flick in 3 days to give to the producer---only he doesn't realize the producer is an adult film producer. Hilarity ensues (or is supposed to, I'm sure). Whatever...
HOT AND DEADLY:
This looks like some sort of horror movie or some sort of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE revenge flick at the very least. Apparently (IMDB again), this film is about a guy (not a girl, as featured on the poster) who gets recruited to be some sort of assassin...but he won't kill. So he becomes the target. I'd rather it was an I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE knock-off. Oh well...
MAN FROM DEEP RIVER:
Also known as SACRIFICE, this is the Umberto Lenzi flick that started the whole cannibal subgenre in the 70s. I have a copy or two of this poster, plus a better, full-color version with additional art work. This film is rather cannibal-light, but it did usher in the hard-to-watch gorier CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY among others.
MUTANT:
This is a fun (well... more like okay) little monster movie with a terrible one sheet. Wanna be action star WINGS HAUSER (who? He's still working...so be kind) stars alongside Bo Hopkins and a grownup Lee Harcourt Montgomery (from BEN, BURNT OFFERINGS and THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK).
THE ALCHEMIST:
It's another benign Charles Band flick (But Band is hiding under an alias as he sits in the directors chair. Hmm. I guess he didn't have much faith in the final product? The poster could have been better...)
CRITTERS:
Speaking of posters that could have/should have been better, I give you CRITTERS. CRITTERS was a popular low-budget hit about these small large-mouthed aliens that come to Earth...to eat us! Followed by several sequels as well as a new (2019) sequel movie and TV series, the poster for the film that started it all is a loser. It could have been so much better. Oh well...it is what it is.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! If you made it this far, you've survived what was possibly/probably the lamest post ever! Phew! I know it was touch and go there for a while. But you made it through. You deserve a l-o-n-g smoke break after that (Even if you are not a smoker!) I'm kidding (and DON'T smoke). I was just trying to figure out a way to work in this FLINTSTONES gif of Fred and Wilma puffing away. SHOCKING! But--go! You are free! You deserve a gold star for reaching this point. Hooray! It's all over. (At least until NEXT time. Hee hee!)
Welcome back. Just when I thought I wouldn't have another post until June at the earliest, I'm B-A-C-K with another one in May...with only days to spare! While certainly better than my last post (which was just filled with CRAP), this one is still not the most exciting of posts---but there are a few choice nuggets to be found (if you DARE to scroll down).
But first...
theartofmovieposters: Hi! Thanks for the visit and note. I am dreading it, but someone somewhere suggested I try the director's cut. So I ordered a copy of that. We will see if, in my maturity, I can appreciate the flick. We will see... CHEERS!
And now, let the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show begin....
DOCTOR DEATH:
This is a no-big-deal poster that is easy to find and not very exciting. Why bother? Believe it or not, even though I have thousands of posters [most of them crap], I don’t think I had this poster yet. I’ve never seen the film and it probably is a turd....but it’s a vintage [70s] horror flick, so you have to give it some points. It was cheap—-and the seller who I bought several other things from was offering it—so why not?
HEAVY METAL:
I remember when this came out—and I did see it back in the day in the theater. I remember that it was being touted as the ultimate cult film based on a [then] popular magazine [Is it still around?] of the same name. It was okay but I think a lot of people were disappointed. All I really remember is that it was an anthology of sorts...but that’s it. Why buy the poster? It was cheap (which is beginning to sound like it should be my middle name... and why not?
HORROR ON SNAPE ISLAND:
I already have one of these. It’s not a great poster [and certainly is NOT a great movie], but it is colorful and has some interesting stuff going on within it. I mean, who doesn't dig a head bouncing down a staircase? Zowie! I remember when this film was re-released during or just after high school. They were calling it BEYOND THE FOG, trying to cash in on the success of John Carpenter’s THE FOG. It’s a British flick and stars Robin Askwith, the star of those dreadful CONFESSIONS OF... [CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER, for example] sex comedies of the 1970s.
TERROR OF THE TONGS:
I already have one of these and normally would not bother buying another. However, my original copy has some pink crayon [or something] on it that I had not noticed before buying it. Although I know I’ll never bother displaying it, I obviously needed an inexpensive replacement for the soiled first poster.
THE TOUCH OF SATAN:
I already have one of these posters, I think. I bid big and snagged this...relatively cheaply. And then, of course, I noticed the snipe on the ratings box AFTER I bid (it was not in the description. Grrr.) Why did I want this so badly? If I did not have one, I needed one as this may be the movie that got me started on my love of horror films.Originally released in 1972 as A TOUCH OF MELISSA, this 1974 re-release was obviously trying to cash in on the EXORCIST craze. I'd have gone for A TOUCH OF MELISSA one sheet...as, if this is the movie I am thinking about, the MELISSA release would have been the flick I am remembering. No---wait a minute. That CAN'T be right. Whatever the movie was had to have been from 1971 or maybe 1970. I never saw the flick, but I remember distinctly as a kid watching TV and a commercial came on advertising some horror flick. My mom wanted me to close my eyes...but I peeked! I was fascinated by this movie being advertised that looked so scary. I don't remember much---other than it took place in a rural setting. But it would have to have been pre-1972 as we moved just before Christmas 1971. Hmm. Another mystery opens for me. What film was it? What poster do I need now? Ha!
SCUM OF THE EARTH:
I may have this already, but I do not believe I do. For the longest time these were so easily found, too. SCUM OF THE EARTH is a flick by SF Brownrigg (The regional filmmaker responsible for DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT and KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN). Not a horror flick, but it has horror elements. It also feels like a filmed stage play in a lot of ways. It is interesting that the distributors splattered "See the real poor white trash" all over the poster, because it was later bought and re-packaged as "Poor White Trash 2" (a bogus, in-name-only sequel to "Poor White Trash", which was actually a slightly re-edited re-titling of BAYOU). It is more or less what you think it is. It may also be the first-ever movie with a filmed "okie blow" scene.
STEP DOWN TO TERROR:
I have no idea what this flick is---STEP DOWN TO TERROR? Never heard of it!--but I found the artwork wonderful, albeit very old school. It went fairly cheaply, so I couldn't pass it up.
THE BRIDES OF DRACULA [French]:
A few years ago, I scored the poster for the French release of CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF with art by Guy Gerard Noel. Although this is not by Noel, it is similar in style and is by Joseph Koutachy. I paid too much for it, but whatever.
TAXI DRIVER:
Although I have yet to see the movie [Shocking true confession—I know], I do have the blu-ray and will give it a watch soon. Even though I’ve not seen the film just yet, I have noticed the one sheet selling very well over the years. This one may not be pristine, but its flaws I can live with. I was thrilled to get this, even though I paid more than I wanted to for it. It seemed like a fairly decent bargain. (That is, if it is a legit copy. You never know...)
HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER:
This, to me, is the prize of the batch. Speaking of paying too much, that’s what I did to get this. But it seems to be in great condition. Who hoo! Another 50’s/60’s horror title snagged.
Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show! Yep, be they what they are, here are my 10 newest movie poster purchases (to add to the thousands of other posters I have tucked away and never see...). They may not be much (Are they ever?), but I think you'll find some gems in this batch. Take a gander....if you DARE!
But first...
RICK: I'm glad you liked the posters. As for the WICKER MAN, someone suggested the director's cut...so i bought a copy and will watch it eventually. We'll see if it really is any good or is as slow as I remember it being.
MATT: Hi there. I'm glad you like the STEP DOWN poster as well.
theartofmovies: Thank you for your kind words and your visit. I hope you like my new post as well.
And now...
FIGHTING THE RACKETEERS and CRIMINALS OF THE UNDERWORLD (aka BIG TOWN CZAR and EYES OF THE UNDERWORLD re-release combo):
I have no idea what either of these movies is about or anything about them, but I loved the old double bill poster with old school layout. It was cheap. Why not?
HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER:
I've not seen this flick, but I wanted to. It looked fun. Aside from that, as far removed from her pinup days as she is, I've been slowly trying to collect Raquel Welch posters over the last decade or so. It's been slow going. I've already got my prize---Fantastic Voyage (as dull of a poster as it is), but I have many more to go-go before I finish my collection.
ALL WOMEN ARE BAD:
I know nothing about this pre-porn "adult" motion picture for the raincoat crowd. I got it because the title, "ALL WOMEN ARE BAD", instantly put the song of the same title by THE CRAMPS in my head. "They got groovy, wiggly tails. They got horns on their head. All women are bad. All women are bad." Any one? Any one? Okay. Never mind...
HELLFEST (advance):
I already have a copy (several, actually) of this poster--and the final release version. Why another one? I thought the movie was good and I think it may catch on with others over time, driving the price up. I got this for $5 or something like that. Too cheap to not get.
CRAWL (advance):
I'm a sucker for JAWS movies and JAWS ripoffs. This looks like a fun (i.e. stupid in a hilarious way) ripoff, about some people trapped in a cellar of a house in Florida during a Category 5 hurricane with a giant alligator(s?) in the basement with them. Merriment and carnage ensue. Why is it called "Crawl" though? Alligators don't "crawl", do they? Hmm.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D:
I have one already, but I decided to pick up another copy of the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D poster because you just do NOT see them anywhere really. I know the remake was a limited release. (I got to see it--although it was not that good.) I'm guessing the poster run was limited as well.
EYEBALL:
I already have a copy of this. What I need is a copy of the alternate style of poster for this flick, the one with the grim reaper like guy holding a bikini-clad girl in one arm and holding out her eyeball in the other. Those always escape my grasp. This one was cheap, so again...why not?
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (French small):
I already have the small French PLANET OF THE APES and BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES. Now I have the third title for my collection, ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES. Oo la la! I may stop this collection here though. The French poster for CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is snore-a-rama BORING and the one for the 5th flick, BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, looks almost like the US one sheet---which I already have a couple of copies of. I'm glad to have this, although it is not the most exciting of posters.
I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF:
Awesomeness! At last, I have one. I have been wanting one of these for ages, especially after I picked up my I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN poster not too long back. I loved this movie as a kid when it would play on TV occasionally on Saturday mornings. It's a good thing Michael Landon got over his hairy affliction so he could star in BONANZA and LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE. I should give this a re-watch as an adult and see if it is still fun.
THE UNDEAD:
Ooooo! This is my prize of the post. Even though I have never seen this movie, I have wanted one of these for DECADES! I just dig the artwork by Albert Callis. I am beyond thrilled that this is now mine, Mine, MINE!!!! Whoo hoo! This WILL be framed and hung.
And that's it for now, kiddies. Again, not the most impressive post ever, but I am pleased with it. And now, i must be off. Thank you for visiting and I'll see you next time.
Great batch, Shawn! The Undead (Allison Hayes - woo hoo!) is fantastic, as is IWATW. I saw the All Women Are Bad poster and seriously considered getting it for exactly the same reason. Lux is proud of you from beyond the grave. I'm glad it went to a good home. Older double feature posters are always fun. Good call on that one as well. All nicely curated.
Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. Here are 10 new (to me) posters for your perusal / approval...just in time for the 4th of July (barely). Let's take a look
But first...
MATT: THANK YOU! I am thrilled with my UNDEAD poster---finally!
rockabilly777: Zowie! Thanks for the round of applause (in a sense). I am delighted to know the ALL WOMEN ARE BAD poster does the same thing for you as it does for me. Ha!
Sven: THANK YOU for visiting.
Okay--poster time! Happy Independence Day!
HOW TO FRAME A FIGG:
Amazingly, this is the only (??) one of Don Knotts' '60s flicks I have not seen yet. But I have several of the posters for the other titles and eventually I'll see this one too. Besides, it also co-stars Yvonne "Batgirl" Craig! Wait...do I already have this poster? Hmm.
ALPHA:
I liked this movie and the poster was inexpensive...$4...so why not?
THE MANIAC:
I paid way, way, WAY too much for this...and I already have one. GRR! It was something I was adding to help pad out the steep $25 shipping fee to go with another poster I intended to win--but did not. OOPS!
PRIMEVAL:
I had never heard of this movie about "the most prolific serial killer in history"...or so I thought. The poster was pretty dang gruesome though. Why not get it? It wasn't that expensive. Imagine my surprise when I goggled it and found out it was about a giant crocodile. Ha! I HAVE seen that movie after all.
JOKER (Advance):
By now you know I am not a big fan of superheroes or super hero movies. UGH! But the previews for this arch villain origin movie make it actually look like it might be good. Hmm. The poster was not that pricey. Why not?
THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED:
I scored one of these a while back...but it turned out to be on linen. UGH! In fact, that other poster was the one I lost my linen virginity too. I'm NO fan of linen backing, so now I can happily dump that other copy. Hooray! I've never seen this flick. Is it any good?
PANIC IN THE YEAR ZERO:
I've never been a fan of Ray Milland. But this is one movie of his I like--despite his having starred in it...and directing it. This is a pretty nifty post-apocalyptic thriller (on the cheap) from the early 1960s. Not realistic, but still a good little thriller. I may have this poster already, but wasn't sure. This went for far cheaper than i thought it would...like only $20. Zowie!
GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTER (India):
I saw this and did not like it. It was kind of a remake/ripoff of DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and CGI-ed to death. I miss the original Godzilla in the rubber suit, squashing miniatures, etc. I will see the heavily teased upcoming KING KONG VS GODZILLA, but I was not a fan of this flick. Oh well... I DID dig the art on this Indian poster. It is the same art as the bus shelter poster here, but not nearly as expensive. I'm fine with this copy, especially since I was no fan of the flick.
GHOST SHIP:
I know nothing about the 1943 RKO flick...except I've wanted it for quite some time. I'm hoping it's an early spooky flick as the title suggests. I was second place winner (aka LOSER) on one of these on one of HA's major auctions...and have been trying to get one ever since. This one cost me a pretty penny, but I believe it was cheaper when I got it than it would have been in one of the major auctions. Ha! Starring Richard Dix (Who?). (Isn't his name kind of redundant?) Cool artwork, baby!
THE INVISIBLE MAN'S REVENGE (3-sheet):
I don't like 3-sheets and this poster is not that interesting. (Zzzzz) However, it is classic Universal Horror, so I scooped it up (because I have very little of it). Last billed Gale Sondergaard was, as everyone probably knows by now, the first choice to play the Wicked Witch of the West in MGM's "Wizard of Oz" before Victor Fleming came on board and deemed her far too glamorous for the part.
Okay, that is it. Thanks for visiting. I'll see you next time, but for now I need to dash off.
Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. This installment is shaping up to be a real cure for insomnia...so I hope you are reading this at bed time, or at least you have a pillow with you. As I write this, the first 4 posters are in place and even I am falling asleep. Zzzzz. Let's hope the remaining 6 to come will be far more entertaining. (Don't hold your breath...)
Rockabilly777: Thanks for another nice comment. It's always a pleasure to see a note from you.
theartofmovieposters: Hey, thanks for the tip on GHOST SHIP. I hope I get to see it some day. Thanks for the comment.
Okay, ready or not, let's get this edition going... I'll probably want to run and hide before the criticism of these current offerings gets too out of control and they start air bombing my butt. Yikes! (I don't know what that means either. I'm just trying to tie in the gif below...). Here we go-go...
CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE MONK and I WAS A MALE CALL GIRL (Canadian one sheet):
I have seen this Canadian combo poster a few times, but have never been able to scoop one up until now. This Canadian double feature seems to feature re-titled movies, but I can't seem to find any information on just what CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE MONK and/or I WAS A MALE CALL GIRL were originally called. There is certainly nothing on IMDB about them. Hmm. They are probably lame anyway. Oh well. The poster still has some fun verbiage ("When the girls called...'Big Boy' was available". Ha!) and graphics. Whatever...
SHAZAM:
If you've followed my poster buying habits at all, you would realize that I am NOT a fan of the modern super hero movies. So what is up with this SHAZAM poster? Well, believe it or not. I gave this one a shot...and I actually enjoyed it somewhat. It got a little bogged down and superhero heavy towards the end, but this flick had lots of fun and humor in it. It didn't take itself THAT seriously. And I really liked the idea of some 12/13-year-old kid suddenly finding himself in a musclebound grownup body (and getting to do all of those grownup things kids only dream of doing). Fun.
CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE MONK and I WAS A MALE CALL GIRL (Canadian one sheet):
I know what you are thinking....that I've accidentally repeated myself. Right? Sort of--but not really. You see, I found another copy of the poster much cheaper than the price I paid for the earlier one. Oops! Sold!
ST. HELENS: KILLER VOLCANO (Australian daybill):
Normally I would not have bothered with an Australian daybill for an American TV movie. However, it's a disaster flick (and one I have NOT seen). I'd have preferred a one sheet. Was this any good? Not the best art work, but I dig my disaster flicks...especially those made before the current glut of direct to video/TV flicks of late that have been CGI-ed to death.
THE DEAD DON'T DIE:
The one sheet is not that interesting and the movie itself is kind of ho-hum. It does have an interesting cast, though.
Okay, it is intermission time. Grab someone to munch on and/or run to the bathroom. The last half is about to begin. (And let's hope it is better than the snore-inducing first half...)
The lights are dimming. Quick, get back to your seat...
DR. CYCLOPS (Military re-release):
Although it's not in the best condition and it is just a military re-release poster, I know I will never be able to afford an original DR. CYCLOPS one sheet. While not the best fantasy flick ever, it is interesting and was the forerunner to such things as "Attack of the Puppet People" and the "Dr. Shrinker" segment of "The Kroft Super Show" from TV back in the 1970s.
THE CATMAN OF PARIS and VALLEY OF THE ZOMBIES (re-release combo):
Speaking of re-releases for film posters I can't afford, here's a cheap-looking double feature re-release combo poster. I've not seen either film, but would like to. I'd also like their original release one sheets---but that's not gonna happen. Still, as cheap-looking as this combo poster is, there is something about its cheesiness and hastily slapped together look that appeals to me. (It may look cheap---but it wasn't that "cheap" to buy. Ha!)
BARRACUDA (French large format):
I love my JAWS ripoffs...for the most part. Although there were some stinkers ("Tentacles", "Tintorera", "Jaws of Death", etc.), there were some cheesy gems as well. "Barracuda" was NOT a winner, by any means. But something about it resonated with me. I have the US one sheet, some Italian posters (different art), ans a British quad combo (paired up with the original, pre-Tarantino and spelled correctly INGLORIOUS BASTARDS). I've known about this French poster for years---just never was able to get one. The artwork is downright awful,,,but still... Gotta have it. And ultimately I DID snag it. Hooray!
THE MOLE PEOPLE:
I have been after a MOLE PEOPLE poster since I came in 2nd place for one on a Heritage Auction a few years back. I vowed to myself that I would break down and buy this one if I didn't win any of the auctions I had bids on is a cluster of big poster auctions I had bids on this past weekend. Yep--I lost every single auction I bid on...and thus this one became mine. Ha! Classic 50's Universal horror--and co-starring Beaver Cleaver's dad and Batman's Alfred the butler. Zowie!
And that's it. Wait a minute, you say. That is only 9...and you usually have 10 posters per post. That is true. However, I have had some health issues of late (Nothing too serious---I HOPE!) and so I have re-evaluated some things and decided to (gasp!) STOP buying movie posters. This resolution may be short-lived. We will see. But as of now, THE MOLE PEOPLE is my last movie poster. (And that is certainly a fab-o-rama poster to sign off on.)
Thank you for visiting the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. Keep an eye out. It may be back (if I don't drop dead first). You never know when I'll unearth some of my older posters (purchased before the internet days) and share them or perhaps post a few things I've decided to send to auction. I may break down and go on a poster buying binge again. You never know.
Anyway, thank you for visiting. Now, it is time to go. QUICKLY!!!!
Hi there. I am B-A-C-K!!! No, there is nothing new to share with you. Instead, I thought I would show off some of the posters of mine (most of them more recent purchases) that I just framed and hung over the last few days. I also wanted to respond to the comments that were left here. So...
SVEN: I am always delighted to see your comments when i visit. MOLE PEOPLE is my fave from that last bunch as well.
MATT: I am equally delighted when you visit as well. I know I have "missing" posters somewhere. I distinctly remember that I had some stuff like SNUFF and MANIAC and probably several others that I have not yet been able to locate in all of my crap. I've since purchased replacements of those remembered posters, but I wonder what else was with them...and where they might be. Hmm...
Now back to the posters. The photography is terrible (glares and reflections on the plexiglass and bad lighting), but I am excited about them...and certainly LOVE looking at them.
Speaking of looking at them, let's take a peek. Shall we?
THE MOLE PEOPLE: This is possibly the last poster I'll ever purchase --- and was the first poster I framed when I decided to do this. LOVE it!
THE UNDEAD: I love this poster and had been wanting it so long. I was planning on placing this somewhere near the poster for THE SCREAMING SKULL. However, I like the grouping THE SCREAMING SKULL is in, sandwiched between the posters for BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE and CURSE OF THE UNDEAD. Fortunately, I was able to find a suitable home for it...and not break up the trio on the one living room wall.
Here are the pair on the back wall of my living room. MOLE PEOPLE is replacing the Lon Chaney Jr poster for INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN. THE UNDEAD replaces the 1954 re-release of KING KONG (which moved down a spot, where THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN poster was). BLOOD OF DRACULA I framed a while back, but never hung. I pulled it out of the closet and it is replacing X THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES.
I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF: I really like aspects of this poster. The hairy, clawed hand tearing bloody red tears into the image of a teenage werewolf terrorizing a young woman is great. It's almost as if the poster is being torn open and bleeding. Wow! But as a whole, I wish there was more in the poster to look at. Oh well. I had LONG sought this poster---and now it is mine, framed and up on my walls! Hooray!
I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN: I had a crazy hard time trying to dig this poster out of the pile of unopened posters. (Yes, I have not had time to mess with my posters, so for the last year or so...probably longer...I've just been stacking them up in their envelopes and packaging, unopened. Shocking, but TRUE!) I had given up hope of finding this when, earlier tonight, I decided to open the rest of the unopened parcels...and there it was. The odd thing about it was that I had purchased it in February of this year. It was postmarked (somehow) in January. How that was possible, I do not know. I'm just GLAD I came across it. I apologize for the reflection of my arms and phone. Oops!
And here are the I WAS A TEENAGE.... duo, on the wall of my living room between two windows (THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN and WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST graced the spot earlier).
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN: I got this re-release poster last year some time, I believe (and it was already unwrapped, out of the envelope. Ha!). I have it hanging in my bedroom between the window and the bathroom. My military-style GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (which, even though it is only a military style poster, I am thrilled to own) is also in my bedroom.
THE GHOST SHIP: This poster doesn't have super scary graphics or anything, but it does have that very old school look to it. I thought it would be a swell addition to the pre-1950s posters in my dining room. The poster is from 1943.
Here it is on my dining room wall. It replaces the poster for the Boris Karloff flick BEDLAM, but BEDLAM was only moved down a few spaces and it is occupying the place where THE UNKNOWN was hanging.
And that is it really. Nothing exciting...but something to tide me over until I ever decide to get back in the collecting game again. I really need to get back to sorting and storing my posters properly. My poster room is a disaster area. SOMEDAY I will get to it...
Thank you for visiting. Keep looking over your shoulder. You never know when I may sneak up on you and visit again.
Oh myh. It's like a poster treasure trove! I love seeing this sort of passion!!!!!!!! Wolf me up and wolf me down.....it's total bedlam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi there! Welcome back. NO, I still have not purchased any posters (well...). However, I have framed a few more and have been busy, busy, BUSY hanging them. Except for the guest bedrooms, my house pretty much has all available walls occupied with movie paper. My closets are filled with framed posters and I have a zillion folded or rolled posters in boxes and / or tubes. I wish I had MORE walls!
A poster collector friend has frequently shared photos of the walls of his apartments. He has beautiful stuff. We have different tastes, obviously, but both dig having our posters on display. Mel (He has an account here as HereComesMongo )has always had a double row of posters on his walls. When he shared the photo below of his new apartment, I decided to use him for inspiration and double up on (most of) MY walls. Zowie!
I've also been trying to properly store some posters in my flat file. I've been digging through boxes, envelopes and tubes of posters purchased over the years but (gasp!) never opened. My house is pretty torn up at the moment...but I also came across some poster treasures I had forgotten I had. Some of these I framed. (I do apologize for the bad lighting, glare and awkward angels--especially in the hallway.)
Wait! Before we get to that, I must say hello to those who stopped by to visit:
rockabilly777: Thank you for your visit. I'm glad you liked what you saw...and you spied some of my tiki collection (the piece of furniture it is sitting on is STUFFED with tiki mugs. Tiki is my OTHER addiction. Ha!
Sven: How nice of you to visit and comment. Nothing new to see---just the walls of a bachelor's house. (And I'll probably remain a bachelor because of what is on my walls. Ha!)
Matt: Thanks for the note and get ready for more "poster passion". Ha!
theartofmovieposters: Hi there. More walls coming your way. CHEERS!
Okay--POSTER TIME!!!!!
HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER: I've never seen this flick (although it is in my DVD pile and will be viewed very soon). I've heard many people refer to it as an unofficial follow up to I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN as the monster make ups for both are used in the film. I know Gary Conway (IWATF) is back....but someone else is filling in for Michael Landon. Anyway, as I was adding more posters to the walls, I thought I should group this with the TEENAGE duo. I dug X-THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES out of the closet to finish off the space.
KISS OF THE VAMPIRE: Another flick I've never seen (???), but one with a gorgeous poster. I was looking for this one when I was framing stuff last time, but had not come across it yet. I opened it today---so into a frame it went. I didn't know where to put it. Maybe replace one of the trio behind the cabinet in the living room? I really like that grouping of BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, SCREAMING SKULL and CURSE OF THE UNDEAD. But then I thought, if I move the chest down a bit (so it is centered beneath two of the posters instead of all three), I could add KISS OF THE VAMPIRE in. I thought about raising the SCREAMING SKULL and CURSE OF THE UNDEAD to be on the same level as BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, but I think the gap between the bottom of the posters and the top of the chest will be too big. I may leave it like it is. Too weird--or do you think it will be okay??
The back wall of the living room had so much potential. There is no furniture against it, so i had no problem making a 4-poster wall into an 8-poster wall. I removed BLOOD OF DRACULA (for use elsewhere--you'll see it later) and pulled my MIGHTY JOE YOUNG re-release, INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN and WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST out of the closets and slapped them on the wall. (That boxy thing on the far left is my NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET pinball machine, which I have still NOT gotten up on its legs and working yet. Grrr!!)
In the dining room I have a bunch of pre-1950s posters. In one little space behind a cupboard, I had the poster for THE BRIDE AND THE BEAST--the silly gorilla loves woman movie penned by ED "Plan 9" WOOD. I came across my 1948 re-release of THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII and SHE and slapped that up in its place. On the wall next to the refrigerator in the kitchen, I bumped up the ABBOT T AND COSTELLO MEET DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE poster and squeezed in the silly BRIDE AND THE BEAST below it.
THE CATMAN OF PARIS/VALLEY OF THE ZOMBIES: The cheap-looking and cheesy poster for this re-release double feature needed to be framed. I thought it would pair nicely with my REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES poster on the other side of the fridge.
I tackled the hallway next. The five posters that were hanging there could easily become 10. Whoo hoo! I went to work. Pulling THE HEADLESS GHOST out of the closet, I paired it with NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST.
Further down the hallway was my FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER with CURSE OF THE VOODOO poster. I LOVE this poster. What should I pair it with? What goes with Frankenstein? Dracula, of course. So here is where BLOOD OF DRACULA was relocated.
On the other side of the hallway, my NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and CREATURE WALKS AMONG US bumped up the wall...but also needed companions to hang with them. While I am not sure that the ones I chose will last long, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (which is really too dark of a poster to see and appreciate in the hallway) and SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD (love the art!) filled the bill for the moment and were rescued from the closet.
At the end of the hall, my all-time favorite Andy Milligan poster, THE RATS ARE COMING, THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE, moved up the wall to make room for...what? Although i am not sure it really works there, I grabbed the PIECES poster that I had recently removed from my bedroom to make way for the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN re-release poster. PIECES is a fun movie....but I am thinking I need to frame and put THE KILLER SHREWS or WILLARD there instead. Hmm...
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN poster had been on the wall between the window and the bathroom door in my bedroom. While there isn't really room in my bedroom to add more posters to most of the walls due to furniture being in the way, I decided to add an extra poster in the space BRIDE had been in --- and to the space directly opposite it behind my bedroom door. I moved BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN next to the military style for GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (replacing the poster for the original release of ASTRO ZOMBIES ).
The re-release of ASTRO ZOMBIES was already on the wall behind my bedroom door. It got a boost up and the original poster for the film found a home below the re-release (next to another Andy Milligan gem---the outlandishly so-bad-it's-amazing poster for THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS). Fun fact about ASTRO ZOMBIES--it was co-written by Wayne Rogers, which I recently found out was the Wayne Rogers who starred as Trapper John on the first season(s?) of the MASH television series. Ha!
On the wall next to the bathroom that was formerly occupied by THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (and before that, PIECES), I slapped up JAWS and I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE--both re-discovered as I was digging through the closets. Will they stay there forever? Who knows? But I dig having them up for now.
Dong! Dong! Dong! Uh oh... The Monster A GoGo alarm clock is ringing. I am afraid it is time to go, boils and ghouls. Thanks as always for visiting. I will hopefully be back soon.
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Welcome back! Believe it or not, I have another Shock-O-Rama Poster Show ready to share with you already...just days after posting the last one. It is not the most exciting batch ever, but there are a few trinkets you may like.
But first...
SVEN: Hi there. Thanks for the note. I am glad you enjoyed my last post.
ROCKABILLY777: Thank you for your kind words as always. I'm glad I made it back safely as well. I HATE FLYING!!!
MATT: Wow! Such thunderous applause. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
EISENHOWER: I'm glad you dig GHETTO WARRIORS/BLACK GESTAPO and THE THING WITH TWO HEADS. They are some of my faves too. Thanks for stopping by.
Okay. Grab your popcorn, your Coke and your hot dog and make your way to your seat. The show is about to begin...
THE LAST WAVE (BLACK RAIN re-release?):
I always meant to see THE LAST WAVE, but I always had the feeling I would be bored by it and feel ripped off after all of the "It will scare the hell out of you" hype. This alternate title (re-release?) poster came to me in a lot. If anything, it re-awakened the interest in seeing the film. But will I follow through? Hmm...
IT'S NOT THE SIZE THAT COUNTS:
Vincent Price is in this? What??? Elke Sommer is as well, but she probably needed the work. This was also part of a lot purchase. If the film is called IT'S NOT THE SIZE THAT COUNTS, that implies it is about the size of the male lead's...personality. I wonder what his life was like AFTER the film. Did everyone just assume, based on the movie, he was diminutive in a certain area? (That is, of course, assuming anyone saw the movie). Ha!
THE BLACK CAT:
I already have (several) copies of this Lucio Fulci poster. It was also part of a lot purchase, but it's a Fulci...so hopefully there will be a resale value down the road (if i bother to list it myself on eBay or wherever),
THE SLASHER:
Another poster I already have...but one for a film I am curious about. Farley Granger and Sylva Koscina star. I've never seen it. To further add to the fascination with this flick, it was later re-released under the title "Penetration" with new porno inserts and other inserts. I haven't seen that either. But I wondered how Farley Granger felt being in a (SURPRISE!!!) porno flick. Ha!
MORTUARY:
There was, for whatever reason, a string of graveyard-themed flicks in the 80s. MAUSOLEUM, FUNERAL HOME and this one, MORTUARY. Surprisingly (I just realized) I have never seen any of them. I tracked down the MAUSOLEUM and FUNERAL HOME posters easily...but MORTUARY? It always eluded me...until i FINALLY snagged one. Now they just seem to land in my lap quite often. Ha! Yes, this is another lot purchase. (Don't worry...there are NON-lot purchases coming up as well...)
DEMON WITCH CHILD:
I LOVE my EXORCIST knock-offs. DEMON WITCH CHILD is no exception. I finally got a non-bootleg DVD to watch a few years back. The bootleg was such awful quality. Oddly, I have NOT watched the (hopefully better) DVD yet. Ha! I have purchased this poster several times. It is a dull poster. However, every time I'd buy one, there'd be some flaw with it I didn't like and I'd need to buy another. I have since gotten a good enough copy...but the posters keep coming my way. EEK! This was, of course, part of a lot purchase, too.
STAR WARS - THE LAST JEDI:
I know what you are thinking... Another lot purchase. Right? Right. Sorry. No, actually this was NOT a lot purchase. I do NOT know what I was thinking with this one. I'm always interested in picking up STAR WARS crap if it is cheap enough. I'm just not a fan. I couldn't tell you the names of any of the characters on this poster except those that appeared in the original trilogy (parts 4-6). It was going cheaply, so i bid on it....and then was outbid. I was online at the time (at work. Shh!), and got in a minor bidding war....and before I knew it, I paid way the @%#$& too much for this. UGH!!!!! I so thought I was over doing stupid things like that. Oh well.
PELVIS:
I have never seen this movie, but I love this idiotic poster...and have purchased it many times (I('m stupid that way). I know this film was later re-released as TOGA PARTY (after the success of ANIMAL HOUSE), but I never saw that either. The songs listed on the poster sound funny: "Nazi Lady", "All Dressed Up in Rubber with No Place to Go", and "If That Isn't Love It's Emphysema". (What!?! Ha!). The movie probably sucks---but the poster I find fun. Not to be confused with any person living, dead, or immortalized.
FANTASTIC VOYAGE:
I LOVE this cool old sci fi flick with Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence. The sets in the body are amazing. Too bad the poster isn't nearly as cool as the movie. The poster is a snoozer (Zzzzz), Yet, for YEARS I have tried to snag one. I finally scored one. Hooray!
HEADLESS EYES and THE GHASTLY ONES (combo re-release):
I know this may not look like much (and really...there isn't much to look at here. Ha!), but to me, this is my prize this batch. I've also been trying to snag this for years. I've never seen THE HEADLESS EYES, but the co-feature THE GHASTLY ONES is why I am interested in this poster. THE GHASTLY ONES is a trash epic by Andy Milligan. Milligan was a low-budget (no budget) auteur (more like auturd) who made a string of nudie films (like THE FILTHY FIVE, GUTTER TRASH, THE PROMISCUOUS SEX, FLESHPOT ON 42ND STREET, etc.), most of which are lost, as the producer (the notoriously cheap William Mishkin) melted all of the prints down for their silver value. Milligan is also notorious for his craptastic horror epics such as THE RATS ARE COMING THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE, BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS, TORTURE DUNGEON, etc. His films truly are dreadful and hard to watch (zzzzz), yet (especially the horror flicks) they were continuously re-released to drive ins for years. The best thing about them are the posters.(and I have a good many of them). This poster is not that fab...and GHASTLY ONES only takes up a small percentage of the poster, but I am thrilled to have one more Milligan piece in my collection. Hooray!
Okay gang. That's it today. Be sure to hang your speakers up before you head home. Check back in a few days as our next presentation is being readied now. Thank you for visiting.
CHEERS!
Step right up, ladies and gents. Step right up and be prepared to see the most shocking cavalcade of perversions and horror ever seen. Can your heart stand such endless terror? Can your mind tolerate a non-stop assault on the senses? This is not for the faint at heart, the feeble minded or those who are sexually inexperienced. Be prepared to go beyond the limits of your imagination and beyond the limits of taste or morality. Get ready to experience the impossible and the unimaginable.
Don't I wish. Actually, it's just another so-so edition of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. But take a look-see if you like. It's cheap (FREE) and you might see something you've never seen before. (That's doubtful, but we can all hope. Right?)
ROCKABILLY777: Glad to have had your stamp of approval on the last batch. CHEERS!
Okay, the show is starting. But before we dim the lights and begin, let me remind you that there are no refunds. View at your own risk!
BEYOND EROTICA:
This was in a lot purchase. I wasn't even going to bother posting it...and then I looked at it more closely. David Hemmings and Alida Valli are in this? And it's rated R? The climax is only the beginning---clever tag line...but what is BEYOND EROTICA? Hmm. Lame poster though.
THE HUNTED:
I am guessing that this flick isn't that good. I've never heard of it--and I'm old(-ish). If it were some great flick, i'm sure it would have been picked up on my radar at some point... but it hasn't. But the poster makes it look like it should be good. It's a lot purchase. And while it's not a great poster, it's interesting. It got me wondering about the flick...I did find it's alternate title is TOUCH ME NOT and it was from 1974...but even though it has a 5.6 rating on IMDB, there are no reviews for it. Hmm.
SCORE:
I've seen this poster (which is as dull as they come) sell for quite a decent amount of money (and i have no idea why). So I was super surprised when I spotted this in my lot purchase. I think i may have purchased this on DVD a long while back...but I haven't bothered with it yet. It just doesn't look that interesting.But what do I know?
TERROR AT RED WOLF INN:
I think I may have this already--but I'm not sure. But if I do have one already, what the heck? No big deal. I could swear I have seen this flick... After reading the description on IMDB, scenes are flashing in my head. But where would I have seen this? Hmm.
TORSO:
I remember when this came out. I wanted to see it so bad. Of course, to my little 9 year old mind at the time, I thought it was going to be utterly gruesome. It's a 1973 Euro film but was released here in September 1974 (according to IMDB). TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE came out a month later. The success of TCM probably helped TORSO's business. (In my memory, TORSO came out AFTER TCM....and that may be the case in my home town. Back then, movies were not all released nationwide at the same time. They played an area for a while, then moved to another area and played there, before moving on again.) I've still never seen the flick. The poster is just a cheap photo collage. The saw and the tagline with the word psychosexual were probably enough to get 1974 audiences in. Oh well. i'm not dead yet. Maybe I'll see it some day.
THE CREATURES/FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE/THE CREATURES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE:
I thought this title was a little fishy. I wasn't sure if I had this poster already or not. But the cast looked familiar and, yep...THE CREATURES and FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE are the same movie. It has even been issued as THE CREATURES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE according to IMDB. Not a great poster--but okay-ish. Whatever...
NEW HOUSE ON THE LEFT / NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS/LAST STOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN/LAST HOUSE - PART II/SECOND HOUSE ON THE LEFT/CHRISTMAS MASSACRE:
I love the fact that the US distributors tried to pawn this off on the public as a sequel to LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. In fact, it was released with several different titles to make it seem like a sequel (LAST HOUSE - PART II and SECOND HOUSE ON THE LEFT). The movie IS a ripoff of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, but it takes place on a train---not in a house. I love how the poster makes it appear as if the girl is in a chair near the living room window, when she is actually on a train seat. Nothing shown in the window is ever in the movie. Still, LAST STOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN is a gritty little movie on its own--despite being a LAST HOUSE knock off.
KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN:
S.F. Brownrigg made a string of regional films back in the 70s that were almost good. Of the four flicks he is known (DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT, DON'T OPEN THE DOOR, SCUM OF THE EARTH and KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN), I prefer SCUM OF THE EARTH. That flick was later re-titled POOR WHITE TRASH 2 and features the only filmed "okie blow" (blowing snot out of your nose onto the ground) I've ever seen on film. There are no okie blows in KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN---but it might have helped. The film is about a woman who lives in a run down old mansion somewhere in Texas and who may or may not be crazy. It starts off well, but falls apart by the end. Still, it is a shame that Brownrigg didn't make more films. There really is promise in his low-rent thrillers from the 70s. He made one silly comedy in the mid-80s and that was it. He died in the mid-90s at age 58.
HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW:
I've seen the remake, but never the original...which is odd because it seemed like I was always at the movies in the 80s...and yet somehow I missed a lot of the lower-tiered 80s slasher classics. Any good? Worth the bother?
CORPSE EATERS:
I love this poster even though the film (which is super hard to track down) is kind of a dud. I have a coupe of copies of it already, but why not one more? The amazing thing about this poster is that there seem to be a lot of them floating around out there...and yet the film never really had much of a theatrical run. Why were so many posters made? I'm just glad I got to see the flick and have a few of these cool beauties myself. Are there any other post-NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD/pre-DAWN OF THE DEAD zombie flicks I still need posters for? Hmm...
Okay--that was short and not too filling. Do you still have room for more cheese and sleaze? Stay tuned because another installment of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show is coming VERY soon. BEWARE!!!
CHEERS!
Welcome back to yet another cheap edition of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. It's a sleaze & schlock bonanza day, as we display posters for films that played over and over in drive-ins and grindhouses across the country in the '70's and '80's. As you look for a seat that isn't broken or too badly worn, be sure to look out for casually discarded syringes. Try not to pay too much attention to the sticky residue on the floors or the mystery stains that may be on your seat's fabric. Be sure to visit out snack bar where we are having a big sale on Hershey's Bar None chocolate bars. I know they've been out of production since 1993, but we recently found boxes of them in out basement.
And now, sit back and relax and let your eyes get used to the dim light. The show is about to begin...
SWEET SIXTEEN:
I saw this flick with it's cast of Hollywood stars on their way down, down, down. Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg, Patrick Macnee, Don Stroud, Larry Storch, Michael Pataki, and Sharon Farrell are all in it, as is the female lead from "Friday the 13th Part 3 3D", Dana Kimmell. Despite the cast, the movie was b-o-r-i-n-g. I saw this in the theater---and back then you didn't walk out of a movie. Snore. Another 80's flick from the lower tier of slasher films and part of a lot purchase.
CARNIVAL MAGIC:
What is this doing in the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show? A story of a magician (who really can read minds and levitate objects) and his talking monkey sounds like a kids flick...and it may be that. But it is from the demented mind of Al Adamson (the man responsible for HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS, BLOOD OF GHASTLY HORROR, DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN and many others). Weird trash that has to be seen to be believed. And it IS trash--most would find awful but other would find gleefully wonderful.
ELIMINATORS:
When this film came out in the VHS era and I saw it on display, the first thing that came to mind was that it was a film about a rag-tag team that battled constipation. I don't know why, but it did. Of course, I realized it had nothing to do with that. But in my silly mind it did. Ha! Too this day, I still think of that when I see this. The TERMINATOR rip-off character MANDROID had his own movie as well, if I am not mistaken.
PRANKS/ THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD:
I remember reading about this in the pages of Fangoria when it was still going to be called PRANKS. Similar (but different?) artwork for the film graced the cover of that particular issue, as I recall. Aha! I found it online. Here it is:
Anyway, the film sounded cool and I kept waiting and waiting and WAITING for it to come out. It never did (in my town anyway). I'm not entirely sure but I think the film was re-titled before it was released as THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD and all of these PRANKS posters got scrapped (which may account for them being so plentiful). I missed THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD in the '80's, but caught it on disk not long back. I really had NOT missed anything back in the '80's after all. Oh well. (Another lot purchase item).
THE WICKER MAN (re-release):
I know this film is highly regarded, but I do not think I've ever properly seen it (or the remake). For some reason the poster usually fetches a nice price---even the re-release usually goes for more than i would pay for a re-release. Hmm. I think I did rent it back in the VHS era....but watched it on fast forward mode, waiting for something interesting to happen. (I was young...) Is it worth tracking down and watching?
HAUNTED:
Another lot purchase. I have this poster...but I like it, so do not mind another. I have always wanted to see this, but I am sure it is crap. I may have seen it in the VHS era, but think i might be confusing it with something called HAUNTS from the same era. Whichever I saw was CRAP---but I do NOT remember a phone booth in the cemetery. Hmm. Just found a copy on eBay and ordered it. I'll probably never get around to watching it though. Ha!
BEYOND THE DOOR 2 / SHOCK:
I remember when this came out. Oh man, I wanted to see it. I love EXORCIST knockoffs. At this point I had NOT see THE EXORCIST or the first BEYOND THE DOOR ---but I knew what they were about. BEYOND THE DOOR 2 was billed as more of the same. Zowie! I had to see it. The ad in the newspaper also made me desperately want the one sheet. The only trouble is, the newspaper ad and the one sheet are different.
I just thought there were two versions of the one sheet and I kept looking, and looking and looking. No deal. There's just the one. The one sheet is okay, but I like the creepiness of the boy becoming possessed in the newspaper ad better.
BEYOND THE DOOR 2 is a sequel in name only. It is actually a re-titling of Mario Bava's last film, SHOCK. After BEYOND THE DOOR was a big hit, Film Ventures International were hot to release a follow up. Since this film and BEYOND THE DOOR both featured the same child actor (David Colin Jr), why NOT say it is a sequel?
NECROPOLIS:
I dig this poster but as I recall the movie (which I also saw back in the VHS days), the movie is rather weak. Still it has a great title and a poster with a sexy motorcycle girl AND zombies can't be all bad. Right?
EYE OF THE EVIL DEAD:
No relation to the Sam Raimi EVIL DEAD series, this bizarre mess (but it's still kind of interesting) is a product of Lucio Fulci, the man behind ZOMBIE and GATES OF HELL.
PIECES:
I already have a copy or two of this poster. There is one hanging up in my bedroom, actually. REALLY! This is a grindhouse mainstay. This has it all---blood, gore, horrible dubbing, a whodunit, bad acting, nudity, and a decent B-movie cast featuring Christopher George as the cop on the case, Linda Day George as the former tennis star turned undercover cop, Edmund Purdon as the university dean and Paul Smith as the campus groundskeeper. Sleazy cheezy 80's Euro-horror goodness!
Okay---that's it for today. Nothing to fabulous....just fun, old grindhouse fare. Mmm Mmm! I love me some good, old fashion horror and exploitation. Okay. You can unstick yourself from the floor now. Have a nice evening and I'll see you next time.
CHEERS!
In answer to your question above...NO.
RUN while you still can. NOW! I'm NOT kidding. While I hoped to pick up a few auctions wins over the last few days, I have found I have lost everything I've bid on. That is no big deal, really...except I was hoping any newly one poster would disguise or pull focus away from the bottom-of-the-barrel dreck I was including. Lots are designed to get rid of the trash by adding them to some semi-interesting but nothing-really-great posters as an enticement. Oh, there are always those lots that contain posters you will never post in a zillion years ("Nureyev's Don Quixote" or "Musical Passage" or "The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2", etc. any one?). My most recent lot and other lots before that have left me with dozens of posters I will never bother to share. Instead of waiting for better posters to come my way, I wanted to dispose of, er... post those few posters that are even slightly interesting. In lieu of the hoped for better posters, I've had to break into the lot purchase closet of shame to round out the posting. So, instead of pulling out the super snore-inducing "Lovers and Other Strangers" or "Visit To A Chief's Son" or "Trenchcoat", I've gone for the out and out laughable worst of the worst. You have been WARNED!!!!
theartofmovieposters: THANK YOU for your candid and resounding NO. You saved me time and disappointment and the cost of a DVD (which I probably would have purchased but not gotten around to watching for years). But let me tell you, you really should consider high-tailing it out of here now and skipping this post. Just an FYI and NOT an exaggeration.
FORCED ENTRY:
From 1975, future CHARLIE'S ANGEL and BOND Girl Tanya Roberts stars alongside a pre-CARRIE Nancy Allen in what apparently is a 2-years later remake of a 1973 porn "roughie" of the same name that starred Harry Reems (acting under a different name). From what I've read on IMDB, the results were awful. Tanya Roberts' career has always boggled my mind. I never thought she was all that good as an actress, and yet she keep moving up the ladder from low-budget crap like this (and the wonderful TOURIST TRAP) to being an Angel and Bond girl.
ON THE RIGHT TRACK:
Ugh. Yes, I hang my head in shame and freely admit that I own this poster. Ha! It was in a lot purchase a long while back. Did anyone ever actually see this flick? I sure never did. I remember when it came out, though. I was already over the whole Gary Coleman thang. Why bother seeing him at the movies when you could watch him on DIFF'RENT STROKES every week on TV for free?
HEIDI'S SONG:
If you though ON THE RIGHT TRACK was awful... O' the horror! It's HEIDI'S SONG? Lorne Greene was apparently one of the voice actors. Eek! I can't imagine him in a MUSICAL? (This IS a musical, right? It sounds painful...)
ZAPPED:
Yes, I am the lucky owner of the poster for the Scott Baio/Willie Aames comedy ZAPPED. I know you are all jealous. Just get over it. (Although, alas... I do NOT have the one sheet for the I'm-sure-you've-forgotten sequel, ZAPPED AGAIN. Oh well, there'll be other lots in my future, I'm sure. Maybe I'll get (un)lucky again???
BOOGIE VISION:
I have this on DVD (Believe it or not, it was issued on a triple-feature disk Media Blasters put out several years ago that I still have not bothered to watch yet)...but really? Did I need the poster, too? Actually I already HAVE another copy (from another previously purchased lot, no doubt). According to IMDB, it's about a struggling filmmaker who learns his girlfriend's father is a movie producer. He throws together a bad sci-fi flick in 3 days to give to the producer---only he doesn't realize the producer is an adult film producer. Hilarity ensues (or is supposed to, I'm sure). Whatever...
HOT AND DEADLY:
This looks like some sort of horror movie or some sort of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE revenge flick at the very least. Apparently (IMDB again), this film is about a guy (not a girl, as featured on the poster) who gets recruited to be some sort of assassin...but he won't kill. So he becomes the target. I'd rather it was an I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE knock-off. Oh well...
MAN FROM DEEP RIVER:
Also known as SACRIFICE, this is the Umberto Lenzi flick that started the whole cannibal subgenre in the 70s. I have a copy or two of this poster, plus a better, full-color version with additional art work. This film is rather cannibal-light, but it did usher in the hard-to-watch gorier CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY among others.
MUTANT:
This is a fun (well... more like okay) little monster movie with a terrible one sheet. Wanna be action star WINGS HAUSER (who? He's still working...so be kind) stars alongside Bo Hopkins and a grownup Lee Harcourt Montgomery (from BEN, BURNT OFFERINGS and THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK).
THE ALCHEMIST:
It's another benign Charles Band flick (But Band is hiding under an alias as he sits in the directors chair. Hmm. I guess he didn't have much faith in the final product? The poster could have been better...)
CRITTERS:
Speaking of posters that could have/should have been better, I give you CRITTERS. CRITTERS was a popular low-budget hit about these small large-mouthed aliens that come to Earth...to eat us! Followed by several sequels as well as a new (2019) sequel movie and TV series, the poster for the film that started it all is a loser. It could have been so much better. Oh well...it is what it is.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! If you made it this far, you've survived what was possibly/probably the lamest post ever! Phew! I know it was touch and go there for a while. But you made it through. You deserve a l-o-n-g smoke break after that (Even if you are not a smoker!) I'm kidding (and DON'T smoke). I was just trying to figure out a way to work in this FLINTSTONES gif of Fred and Wilma puffing away. SHOCKING! But--go! You are free! You deserve a gold star for reaching this point. Hooray! It's all over. (At least until NEXT time. Hee hee!)
CHEERS!
I was like you...alot of waiting for something good to happen.
Just not my cup o tea!
Welcome back. Just when I thought I wouldn't have another post until June at the earliest, I'm B-A-C-K with another one in May...with only days to spare! While certainly better than my last post (which was just filled with CRAP), this one is still not the most exciting of posts---but there are a few choice nuggets to be found (if you DARE to scroll down).
But first...
theartofmovieposters: Hi! Thanks for the visit and note. I am dreading it, but someone somewhere suggested I try the director's cut. So I ordered a copy of that. We will see if, in my maturity, I can appreciate the flick. We will see... CHEERS!
And now, let the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show begin....
DOCTOR DEATH:
This is a no-big-deal poster that is easy to find and not very exciting. Why bother? Believe it or not, even though I have thousands of posters [most of them crap], I don’t think I had this poster yet. I’ve never seen the film and it probably is a turd....but it’s a vintage [70s] horror flick, so you have to give it some points. It was cheap—-and the seller who I bought several other things from was offering it—so why not?
HEAVY METAL:
I remember when this came out—and I did see it back in the day in the theater. I remember that it was being touted as the ultimate cult film based on a [then] popular magazine [Is it still around?] of the same name. It was okay but I think a lot of people were disappointed. All I really remember is that it was an anthology of sorts...but that’s it. Why buy the poster? It was cheap (which is beginning to sound like it should be my middle name... and why not?
HORROR ON SNAPE ISLAND:
I already have one of these. It’s not a great poster [and certainly is NOT a great movie], but it is colorful and has some interesting stuff going on within it. I mean, who doesn't dig a head bouncing down a staircase? Zowie! I remember when this film was re-released during or just after high school. They were calling it BEYOND THE FOG, trying to cash in on the success of John Carpenter’s THE FOG. It’s a British flick and stars Robin Askwith, the star of those dreadful CONFESSIONS OF... [CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER, for example] sex comedies of the 1970s.
TERROR OF THE TONGS:
I already have one of these and normally would not bother buying another. However, my original copy has some pink crayon [or something] on it that I had not noticed before buying it. Although I know I’ll never bother displaying it, I obviously needed an inexpensive replacement for the soiled first poster.
THE TOUCH OF SATAN:
I already have one of these posters, I think. I bid big and snagged this...relatively cheaply. And then, of course, I noticed the snipe on the ratings box AFTER I bid (it was not in the description. Grrr.) Why did I want this so badly? If I did not have one, I needed one as this may be the movie that got me started on my love of horror films.Originally released in 1972 as A TOUCH OF MELISSA, this 1974 re-release was obviously trying to cash in on the EXORCIST craze. I'd have gone for A TOUCH OF MELISSA one sheet...as, if this is the movie I am thinking about, the MELISSA release would have been the flick I am remembering. No---wait a minute. That CAN'T be right. Whatever the movie was had to have been from 1971 or maybe 1970. I never saw the flick, but I remember distinctly as a kid watching TV and a commercial came on advertising some horror flick. My mom wanted me to close my eyes...but I peeked! I was fascinated by this movie being advertised that looked so scary. I don't remember much---other than it took place in a rural setting. But it would have to have been pre-1972 as we moved just before Christmas 1971. Hmm. Another mystery opens for me. What film was it? What poster do I need now? Ha!
SCUM OF THE EARTH:
I may have this already, but I do not believe I do. For the longest time these were so easily found, too. SCUM OF THE EARTH is a flick by SF Brownrigg (The regional filmmaker responsible for DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT and KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN). Not a horror flick, but it has horror elements. It also feels like a filmed stage play in a lot of ways. It is interesting that the distributors splattered "See the real poor white trash" all over the poster, because it was later bought and re-packaged as "Poor White Trash 2" (a bogus, in-name-only sequel to "Poor White Trash", which was actually a slightly re-edited re-titling of BAYOU). It is more or less what you think it is. It may also be the first-ever movie with a filmed "okie blow" scene.
STEP DOWN TO TERROR:
I have no idea what this flick is---STEP DOWN TO TERROR? Never heard of it!--but I found the artwork wonderful, albeit very old school. It went fairly cheaply, so I couldn't pass it up.
THE BRIDES OF DRACULA [French]:
A few years ago, I scored the poster for the French release of CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF with art by Guy Gerard Noel. Although this is not by Noel, it is similar in style and is by Joseph Koutachy. I paid too much for it, but whatever.
TAXI DRIVER:
Although I have yet to see the movie [Shocking true confession—I know], I do have the blu-ray and will give it a watch soon. Even though I’ve not seen the film just yet, I have noticed the one sheet selling very well over the years. This one may not be pristine, but its flaws I can live with. I was thrilled to get this, even though I paid more than I wanted to for it. It seemed like a fairly decent bargain. (That is, if it is a legit copy. You never know...)
HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER:
This, to me, is the prize of the batch. Speaking of paying too much, that’s what I did to get this. But it seems to be in great condition. Who hoo! Another 50’s/60’s horror title snagged.
And that is all I have for you to see this time.
Thanks for visiting.
CHEERS!
Great stuff!
Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show! Yep, be they what they are, here are my 10 newest movie poster purchases (to add to the thousands of other posters I have tucked away and never see...). They may not be much (Are they ever?), but I think you'll find some gems in this batch. Take a gander....if you DARE!
But first...
RICK: I'm glad you liked the posters. As for the WICKER MAN, someone suggested the director's cut...so i bought a copy and will watch it eventually. We'll see if it really is any good or is as slow as I remember it being.
MATT: Hi there. I'm glad you like the STEP DOWN poster as well.
theartofmovies: Thank you for your kind words and your visit. I hope you like my new post as well.
And now...
FIGHTING THE RACKETEERS and CRIMINALS OF THE UNDERWORLD (aka BIG TOWN CZAR and EYES OF THE UNDERWORLD re-release combo):
I have no idea what either of these movies is about or anything about them, but I loved the old double bill poster with old school layout. It was cheap. Why not?
HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER:
I've not seen this flick, but I wanted to. It looked fun. Aside from that, as far removed from her pinup days as she is, I've been slowly trying to collect Raquel Welch posters over the last decade or so. It's been slow going. I've already got my prize---Fantastic Voyage (as dull of a poster as it is), but I have many more to go-go before I finish my collection.
ALL WOMEN ARE BAD:
I know nothing about this pre-porn "adult" motion picture for the raincoat crowd. I got it because the title, "ALL WOMEN ARE BAD", instantly put the song of the same title by THE CRAMPS in my head. "They got groovy, wiggly tails. They got horns on their head. All women are bad. All women are bad." Any one? Any one? Okay. Never mind...
HELLFEST (advance):
I already have a copy (several, actually) of this poster--and the final release version. Why another one? I thought the movie was good and I think it may catch on with others over time, driving the price up. I got this for $5 or something like that. Too cheap to not get.
CRAWL (advance):
I'm a sucker for JAWS movies and JAWS ripoffs. This looks like a fun (i.e. stupid in a hilarious way) ripoff, about some people trapped in a cellar of a house in Florida during a Category 5 hurricane with a giant alligator(s?) in the basement with them. Merriment and carnage ensue. Why is it called "Crawl" though? Alligators don't "crawl", do they? Hmm.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D:
I have one already, but I decided to pick up another copy of the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D poster because you just do NOT see them anywhere really. I know the remake was a limited release. (I got to see it--although it was not that good.) I'm guessing the poster run was limited as well.
EYEBALL:
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (French small):
I already have the small French PLANET OF THE APES and BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES. Now I have the third title for my collection, ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES. Oo la la! I may stop this collection here though. The French poster for CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is snore-a-rama BORING and the one for the 5th flick, BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, looks almost like the US one sheet---which I already have a couple of copies of. I'm glad to have this, although it is not the most exciting of posters.
I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF:
Awesomeness! At last, I have one. I have been wanting one of these for ages, especially after I picked up my I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN poster not too long back. I loved this movie as a kid when it would play on TV occasionally on Saturday mornings. It's a good thing Michael Landon got over his hairy affliction so he could star in BONANZA and LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE. I should give this a re-watch as an adult and see if it is still fun.
THE UNDEAD:
Ooooo! This is my prize of the post. Even though I have never seen this movie, I have wanted one of these for DECADES! I just dig the artwork by Albert Callis. I am beyond thrilled that this is now mine, Mine, MINE!!!! Whoo hoo! This WILL be framed and hung.
And that's it for now, kiddies. Again, not the most impressive post ever, but I am pleased with it. And now, i must be off. Thank you for visiting and I'll see you next time.
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Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. Here are 10 new (to me) posters for your perusal / approval...just in time for the 4th of July (barely). Let's take a look
But first...
MATT: THANK YOU! I am thrilled with my UNDEAD poster---finally!
rockabilly777: Zowie! Thanks for the round of applause (in a sense). I am delighted to know the ALL WOMEN ARE BAD poster does the same thing for you as it does for me. Ha!
Sven: THANK YOU for visiting.
Okay--poster time! Happy Independence Day!
HOW TO FRAME A FIGG:
Amazingly, this is the only (??) one of Don Knotts' '60s flicks I have not seen yet. But I have several of the posters for the other titles and eventually I'll see this one too. Besides, it also co-stars Yvonne "Batgirl" Craig! Wait...do I already have this poster? Hmm.
ALPHA:
I liked this movie and the poster was inexpensive...$4...so why not?
THE MANIAC:
I paid way, way, WAY too much for this...and I already have one. GRR! It was something I was adding to help pad out the steep $25 shipping fee to go with another poster I intended to win--but did not. OOPS!
PRIMEVAL:
I had never heard of this movie about "the most prolific serial killer in history"...or so I thought. The poster was pretty dang gruesome though. Why not get it? It wasn't that expensive. Imagine my surprise when I goggled it and found out it was about a giant crocodile. Ha! I HAVE seen that movie after all.
JOKER (Advance):
By now you know I am not a big fan of superheroes or super hero movies. UGH! But the previews for this arch villain origin movie make it actually look like it might be good. Hmm. The poster was not that pricey. Why not?
THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED:
I scored one of these a while back...but it turned out to be on linen. UGH! In fact, that other poster was the one I lost my linen virginity too. I'm NO fan of linen backing, so now I can happily dump that other copy. Hooray! I've never seen this flick. Is it any good?
PANIC IN THE YEAR ZERO:
I've never been a fan of Ray Milland. But this is one movie of his I like--despite his having starred in it...and directing it. This is a pretty nifty post-apocalyptic thriller (on the cheap) from the early 1960s. Not realistic, but still a good little thriller. I may have this poster already, but wasn't sure. This went for far cheaper than i thought it would...like only $20. Zowie!
GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTER (India):
I saw this and did not like it. It was kind of a remake/ripoff of DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and CGI-ed to death. I miss the original Godzilla in the rubber suit, squashing miniatures, etc. I will see the heavily teased upcoming KING KONG VS GODZILLA, but I was not a fan of this flick. Oh well... I DID dig the art on this Indian poster. It is the same art as the bus shelter poster here, but not nearly as expensive. I'm fine with this copy, especially since I was no fan of the flick.
GHOST SHIP:
I know nothing about the 1943 RKO flick...except I've wanted it for quite some time. I'm hoping it's an early spooky flick as the title suggests. I was second place winner (aka LOSER) on one of these on one of HA's major auctions...and have been trying to get one ever since. This one cost me a pretty penny, but I believe it was cheaper when I got it than it would have been in one of the major auctions. Ha! Starring Richard Dix (Who?). (Isn't his name kind of redundant?) Cool artwork, baby!
THE INVISIBLE MAN'S REVENGE (3-sheet):
I don't like 3-sheets and this poster is not that interesting. (Zzzzz) However, it is classic Universal Horror, so I scooped it up (because I have very little of it). Last billed Gale Sondergaard was, as everyone probably knows by now, the first choice to play the Wicked Witch of the West in MGM's "Wizard of Oz" before Victor Fleming came on board and deemed her far too glamorous for the part.
Okay, that is it. Thanks for visiting. I'll see you next time, but for now I need to dash off.
CHEERS!
Big fan of Joaquin in most things, so I am glad to hear that the trailer is looking good.
LOVE Ghost Ship. You should definately seek out that film.
It's not really my genre but I am a huge fan of both the film and the posters.
CONGRATS!
Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. This installment is shaping up to be a real cure for insomnia...so I hope you are reading this at bed time, or at least you have a pillow with you. As I write this, the first 4 posters are in place and even I am falling asleep. Zzzzz. Let's hope the remaining 6 to come will be far more entertaining. (Don't hold your breath...)
Rockabilly777: Thanks for another nice comment. It's always a pleasure to see a note from you.
theartofmovieposters: Hey, thanks for the tip on GHOST SHIP. I hope I get to see it some day. Thanks for the comment.
Okay, ready or not, let's get this edition going... I'll probably want to run and hide before the criticism of these current offerings gets too out of control and they start air bombing my butt. Yikes! (I don't know what that means either. I'm just trying to tie in the gif below...). Here we go-go...
CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE MONK and I WAS A MALE CALL GIRL (Canadian one sheet):
I have seen this Canadian combo poster a few times, but have never been able to scoop one up until now. This Canadian double feature seems to feature re-titled movies, but I can't seem to find any information on just what CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE MONK and/or I WAS A MALE CALL GIRL were originally called. There is certainly nothing on IMDB about them. Hmm. They are probably lame anyway. Oh well. The poster still has some fun verbiage ("When the girls called...'Big Boy' was available". Ha!) and graphics. Whatever...
SHAZAM:
If you've followed my poster buying habits at all, you would realize that I am NOT a fan of the modern super hero movies. So what is up with this SHAZAM poster? Well, believe it or not. I gave this one a shot...and I actually enjoyed it somewhat. It got a little bogged down and superhero heavy towards the end, but this flick had lots of fun and humor in it. It didn't take itself THAT seriously. And I really liked the idea of some 12/13-year-old kid suddenly finding himself in a musclebound grownup body (and getting to do all of those grownup things kids only dream of doing). Fun.
CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE MONK and I WAS A MALE CALL GIRL (Canadian one sheet):
I know what you are thinking....that I've accidentally repeated myself. Right? Sort of--but not really. You see, I found another copy of the poster much cheaper than the price I paid for the earlier one. Oops! Sold!
ST. HELENS: KILLER VOLCANO (Australian daybill):
Normally I would not have bothered with an Australian daybill for an American TV movie. However, it's a disaster flick (and one I have NOT seen). I'd have preferred a one sheet. Was this any good? Not the best art work, but I dig my disaster flicks...especially those made before the current glut of direct to video/TV flicks of late that have been CGI-ed to death.
THE DEAD DON'T DIE:
The one sheet is not that interesting and the movie itself is kind of ho-hum. It does have an interesting cast, though.
Okay, it is intermission time. Grab someone to munch on and/or run to the bathroom. The last half is about to begin. (And let's hope it is better than the snore-inducing first half...)
The lights are dimming. Quick, get back to your seat...
DR. CYCLOPS (Military re-release):
Although it's not in the best condition and it is just a military re-release poster, I know I will never be able to afford an original DR. CYCLOPS one sheet. While not the best fantasy flick ever, it is interesting and was the forerunner to such things as "Attack of the Puppet People" and the "Dr. Shrinker" segment of "The Kroft Super Show" from TV back in the 1970s.
THE CATMAN OF PARIS and VALLEY OF THE ZOMBIES (re-release combo):
Speaking of re-releases for film posters I can't afford, here's a cheap-looking double feature re-release combo poster. I've not seen either film, but would like to. I'd also like their original release one sheets---but that's not gonna happen. Still, as cheap-looking as this combo poster is, there is something about its cheesiness and hastily slapped together look that appeals to me. (It may look cheap---but it wasn't that "cheap" to buy. Ha!)
BARRACUDA (French large format):
I love my JAWS ripoffs...for the most part. Although there were some stinkers ("Tentacles", "Tintorera", "Jaws of Death", etc.), there were some cheesy gems as well. "Barracuda" was NOT a winner, by any means. But something about it resonated with me. I have the US one sheet, some Italian posters (different art), ans a British quad combo (paired up with the original, pre-Tarantino and spelled correctly INGLORIOUS BASTARDS). I've known about this French poster for years---just never was able to get one. The artwork is downright awful,,,but still... Gotta have it. And ultimately I DID snag it. Hooray!
THE MOLE PEOPLE:
I have been after a MOLE PEOPLE poster since I came in 2nd place for one on a Heritage Auction a few years back. I vowed to myself that I would break down and buy this one if I didn't win any of the auctions I had bids on is a cluster of big poster auctions I had bids on this past weekend. Yep--I lost every single auction I bid on...and thus this one became mine. Ha! Classic 50's Universal horror--and co-starring Beaver Cleaver's dad and Batman's Alfred the butler. Zowie!
And that's it. Wait a minute, you say. That is only 9...and you usually have 10 posters per post. That is true. However, I have had some health issues of late (Nothing too serious---I HOPE!) and so I have re-evaluated some things and decided to (gasp!) STOP buying movie posters. This resolution may be short-lived. We will see. But as of now, THE MOLE PEOPLE is my last movie poster. (And that is certainly a fab-o-rama poster to sign off on.)
Thank you for visiting the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. Keep an eye out. It may be back (if I don't drop dead first). You never know when I'll unearth some of my older posters (purchased before the internet days) and share them or perhaps post a few things I've decided to send to auction. I may break down and go on a poster buying binge again. You never know.
Anyway, thank you for visiting. Now, it is time to go. QUICKLY!!!!
CHEERS!!!!
Hi there. I am B-A-C-K!!! No, there is nothing new to share with you. Instead, I thought I would show off some of the posters of mine (most of them more recent purchases) that I just framed and hung over the last few days. I also wanted to respond to the comments that were left here. So...
SVEN: I am always delighted to see your comments when i visit. MOLE PEOPLE is my fave from that last bunch as well.
MATT: I am equally delighted when you visit as well. I know I have "missing" posters somewhere. I distinctly remember that I had some stuff like SNUFF and MANIAC and probably several others that I have not yet been able to locate in all of my crap. I've since purchased replacements of those remembered posters, but I wonder what else was with them...and where they might be. Hmm...
Now back to the posters. The photography is terrible (glares and reflections on the plexiglass and bad lighting), but I am excited about them...and certainly LOVE looking at them.
Speaking of looking at them, let's take a peek. Shall we?
THE MOLE PEOPLE: This is possibly the last poster I'll ever purchase --- and was the first poster I framed when I decided to do this. LOVE it!
THE UNDEAD: I love this poster and had been wanting it so long. I was planning on placing this somewhere near the poster for THE SCREAMING SKULL. However, I like the grouping THE SCREAMING SKULL is in, sandwiched between the posters for BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE and CURSE OF THE UNDEAD. Fortunately, I was able to find a suitable home for it...and not break up the trio on the one living room wall.
Here are the pair on the back wall of my living room. MOLE PEOPLE is replacing the Lon Chaney Jr poster for INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN. THE UNDEAD replaces the 1954 re-release of KING KONG (which moved down a spot, where THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN poster was). BLOOD OF DRACULA I framed a while back, but never hung. I pulled it out of the closet and it is replacing X THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES.
I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF: I really like aspects of this poster. The hairy, clawed hand tearing bloody red tears into the image of a teenage werewolf terrorizing a young woman is great. It's almost as if the poster is being torn open and bleeding. Wow! But as a whole, I wish there was more in the poster to look at. Oh well. I had LONG sought this poster---and now it is mine, framed and up on my walls! Hooray!
I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN: I had a crazy hard time trying to dig this poster out of the pile of unopened posters. (Yes, I have not had time to mess with my posters, so for the last year or so...probably longer...I've just been stacking them up in their envelopes and packaging, unopened. Shocking, but TRUE!) I had given up hope of finding this when, earlier tonight, I decided to open the rest of the unopened parcels...and there it was. The odd thing about it was that I had purchased it in February of this year. It was postmarked (somehow) in January. How that was possible, I do not know. I'm just GLAD I came across it. I apologize for the reflection of my arms and phone. Oops!
And here are the I WAS A TEENAGE.... duo, on the wall of my living room between two windows (THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN and WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST graced the spot earlier).
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN: I got this re-release poster last year some time, I believe (and it was already unwrapped, out of the envelope. Ha!). I have it hanging in my bedroom between the window and the bathroom. My military-style GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (which, even though it is only a military style poster, I am thrilled to own) is also in my bedroom.
THE GHOST SHIP: This poster doesn't have super scary graphics or anything, but it does have that very old school look to it. I thought it would be a swell addition to the pre-1950s posters in my dining room. The poster is from 1943.
Here it is on my dining room wall. It replaces the poster for the Boris Karloff flick BEDLAM, but BEDLAM was only moved down a few spaces and it is occupying the place where THE UNKNOWN was hanging.
And that is it really. Nothing exciting...but something to tide me over until I ever decide to get back in the collecting game again. I really need to get back to sorting and storing my posters properly. My poster room is a disaster area. SOMEDAY I will get to it...
Thank you for visiting. Keep looking over your shoulder. You never know when I may sneak up on you and visit again.
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Hi there! Welcome back. NO, I still have not purchased any posters (well...). However, I have framed a few more and have been busy, busy, BUSY hanging them. Except for the guest bedrooms, my house pretty much has all available walls occupied with movie paper. My closets are filled with framed posters and I have a zillion folded or rolled posters in boxes and / or tubes. I wish I had MORE walls!
A poster collector friend has frequently shared photos of the walls of his apartments. He has beautiful stuff. We have different tastes, obviously, but both dig having our posters on display. Mel (He has an account here as HereComesMongo )has always had a double row of posters on his walls. When he shared the photo below of his new apartment, I decided to use him for inspiration and double up on (most of) MY walls. Zowie!
I've also been trying to properly store some posters in my flat file. I've been digging through boxes, envelopes and tubes of posters purchased over the years but (gasp!) never opened. My house is pretty torn up at the moment...but I also came across some poster treasures I had forgotten I had. Some of these I framed. (I do apologize for the bad lighting, glare and awkward angels--especially in the hallway.)
Wait! Before we get to that, I must say hello to those who stopped by to visit:
rockabilly777: Thank you for your visit. I'm glad you liked what you saw...and you spied some of my tiki collection (the piece of furniture it is sitting on is STUFFED with tiki mugs. Tiki is my OTHER addiction. Ha!
Sven: How nice of you to visit and comment. Nothing new to see---just the walls of a bachelor's house. (And I'll probably remain a bachelor because of what is on my walls. Ha!)
Matt: Thanks for the note and get ready for more "poster passion". Ha!
theartofmovieposters: Hi there. More walls coming your way. CHEERS!
Okay--POSTER TIME!!!!!
HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER: I've never seen this flick (although it is in my DVD pile and will be viewed very soon). I've heard many people refer to it as an unofficial follow up to I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN as the monster make ups for both are used in the film. I know Gary Conway (IWATF) is back....but someone else is filling in for Michael Landon. Anyway, as I was adding more posters to the walls, I thought I should group this with the TEENAGE duo. I dug X-THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES out of the closet to finish off the space.
KISS OF THE VAMPIRE: Another flick I've never seen (???), but one with a gorgeous poster. I was looking for this one when I was framing stuff last time, but had not come across it yet. I opened it today---so into a frame it went. I didn't know where to put it. Maybe replace one of the trio behind the cabinet in the living room? I really like that grouping of BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, SCREAMING SKULL and CURSE OF THE UNDEAD. But then I thought, if I move the chest down a bit (so it is centered beneath two of the posters instead of all three), I could add KISS OF THE VAMPIRE in. I thought about raising the SCREAMING SKULL and CURSE OF THE UNDEAD to be on the same level as BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, but I think the gap between the bottom of the posters and the top of the chest will be too big. I may leave it like it is. Too weird--or do you think it will be okay??
The back wall of the living room had so much potential. There is no furniture against it, so i had no problem making a 4-poster wall into an 8-poster wall. I removed BLOOD OF DRACULA (for use elsewhere--you'll see it later) and pulled my MIGHTY JOE YOUNG re-release, INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN and WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST out of the closets and slapped them on the wall. (That boxy thing on the far left is my NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET pinball machine, which I have still NOT gotten up on its legs and working yet. Grrr!!)
In the dining room I have a bunch of pre-1950s posters. In one little space behind a cupboard, I had the poster for THE BRIDE AND THE BEAST--the silly gorilla loves woman movie penned by ED "Plan 9" WOOD. I came across my 1948 re-release of THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII and SHE and slapped that up in its place. On the wall next to the refrigerator in the kitchen, I bumped up the ABBOT T AND COSTELLO MEET DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE poster and squeezed in the silly BRIDE AND THE BEAST below it.
THE CATMAN OF PARIS/VALLEY OF THE ZOMBIES: The cheap-looking and cheesy poster for this re-release double feature needed to be framed. I thought it would pair nicely with my REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES poster on the other side of the fridge.
I tackled the hallway next. The five posters that were hanging there could easily become 10. Whoo hoo! I went to work. Pulling THE HEADLESS GHOST out of the closet, I paired it with NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST.
Further down the hallway was my FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER with CURSE OF THE VOODOO poster. I LOVE this poster. What should I pair it with? What goes with Frankenstein? Dracula, of course. So here is where BLOOD OF DRACULA was relocated.
On the other side of the hallway, my NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and CREATURE WALKS AMONG US bumped up the wall...but also needed companions to hang with them. While I am not sure that the ones I chose will last long, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (which is really too dark of a poster to see and appreciate in the hallway) and SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD (love the art!) filled the bill for the moment and were rescued from the closet.
At the end of the hall, my all-time favorite Andy Milligan poster, THE RATS ARE COMING, THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE, moved up the wall to make room for...what? Although i am not sure it really works there, I grabbed the PIECES poster that I had recently removed from my bedroom to make way for the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN re-release poster. PIECES is a fun movie....but I am thinking I need to frame and put THE KILLER SHREWS or WILLARD there instead. Hmm...
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN poster had been on the wall between the window and the bathroom door in my bedroom. While there isn't really room in my bedroom to add more posters to most of the walls due to furniture being in the way, I decided to add an extra poster in the space BRIDE had been in --- and to the space directly opposite it behind my bedroom door. I moved BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN next to the military style for GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (replacing the poster for the original release of ASTRO ZOMBIES ).
The re-release of ASTRO ZOMBIES was already on the wall behind my bedroom door. It got a boost up and the original poster for the film found a home below the re-release (next to another Andy Milligan gem---the outlandishly so-bad-it's-amazing poster for THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS). Fun fact about ASTRO ZOMBIES--it was co-written by Wayne Rogers, which I recently found out was the Wayne Rogers who starred as Trapper John on the first season(s?) of the MASH television series. Ha!
On the wall next to the bathroom that was formerly occupied by THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (and before that, PIECES), I slapped up JAWS and I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE--both re-discovered as I was digging through the closets. Will they stay there forever? Who knows? But I dig having them up for now.
Dong! Dong! Dong! Uh oh... The Monster A GoGo alarm clock is ringing. I am afraid it is time to go, boils and ghouls. Thanks as always for visiting. I will hopefully be back soon.
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