Hi there. This is just a quick PS or update. NOT a whole new post.
But first:
rockabilly777: Zowie! "An incredible feat of accurate measurement"? Ha! Do NOT look too closely. It is far from accurate---but what do I care? No one has to see it but me. LOVE SEEING THEM ALL OVER. Whoo hoo!
Matt: I hope you have regained your equilibrium by now. I'm glad you the walls though. CHEERS!
Back to where I left off... I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: I forgot to mention that in the recent documentary on the film, I GREW UP WITH 'I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE', reveals that when the Jerry Gross Organization bought the distribution rights and changed the title and ad campaign, they used a then-unknown model for the poster. Her name was (gasp!) Demi Moore! Ha!
THE KILLER SHREWS: Okay--back to the hallway. The PIECES poster below THE RATS ARE COMING, THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE just didn't work for me. So I framed my KILLER SHREWS poster (with it's giant rat-like tail dragging over a shoe near a big blood stain) and decided to pop that up. THE KILLER SHREWS is a lame old flick...with small dogs in killer shrew drag. Ha! The poster isn't all that fab either---but it has it's enigmatic charm, I guess. There was a fairly recent sequel to the film, RETURN OF THE KILLER SHREWS. I never saw it...but now that the DVD is out of print, you can't touch a copy for less that $50 or so. CRAZY! Whatever... I think the SHREWS poster works better with THE RATS ARE COMING... than PIECES did.
What's this? ANOTHER episode of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show? But I thought it was over with, you say. Well, it is...more or less. (For now...??) However, I had a few situations pop up (I'll mention them below) that caused me to need to shop and, well... that led to a few purchases. To make up a whole post, that required a few more half-hearted purchases and... the results (such as they are) are below.
LASERBLAST (Italian locandia):
I did not need this. At all. It was cheap. ($6?) and featured different images than the US one sheet, but I did NOT need this.
SAM WHISKEY:
I did NOT need this either. I had never heard of a SAM WHISKEY movie (with Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker and Angie Dickinson? I'm guessing it must be crap, then...). Curiosity made me bid.Oops.
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE:
Okay...this one I did kind of want. No, it is not the I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE from the 70's about the woman who has just broken, cut, chopped and burned 5 men (actually 4 men) beyond recognition... However, as a film with the same name, it is only understandable to be curious about it. No, I have not seen it...but I think it would be good, early 60s sleazy fun.
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER / GREASE (re-release combo):
I sooooo did NOT need this. (I actually may/probably already have a copy...) What was I thinking (aside from the fact it was cheap)?
CAPTAIN SINDBAD (Italian 2 F):
This is why I felt the need to go poster shopping. A while back I got another copy of this poster in amazing condition. In shipping, something happened to the container it was in. Something jammed into it....and so the poster (which was folded down into 8 rectangles) was torn...in 8 places, ruining the poster. I had to have another and I got this one---although it is not nearly as nice as the previous one had been. Waaaagh!
THE LOVE-THRILL MURDERS (re-release of SWEET SAVIOR):
I have no idea why I felt the need to own this re-release poster. Aside from being inexpensive, the mask thing on the right kind of reminded me of the mask thing on the one sheet for THE FUN HOUSE (the first release of LAST HOUSE ON DEAD END STREET). I do see that this release is X-rated. With an aging Troy Donahue? I wonder if the original release, SWEET SAVIOR, was also an X.
CANNIBAL FEROX (Italian 2F):
I already have one or two of these...but when shopping for the SINBAD poster, I came across this---so why not?
SINGLE ROOM FURNISHED:
As bad as an actor as she could be, there was something about Jayne Mansfield I have always dug. I've been trying to track down her posters. Although i MIGHT have one of these already, I was not sure. This final film of hers is a low budget affair, but she is really good in it. She died before it was completed. She was playing various characters in the flick and her death is obvious as there is this whole LONG segment without her.
THE ELECTRONIC MONSTER:
This poster is not that amazing. As I recall (I saw this flick years and YEARS ago), this flick is not that fab either. However, there is something about the poster that has made it on my "want" list for a long while. It's in great shape.
CHILD'S PLAY:
This was something else I actively pursued. I don't know exactly how or why I saw this come available...but when i did see that it was up for sale, I decided I needed it. I have all of the posters for the theatrical sequels...but (Gasp!) did NOT have the original's poster. (I did NOT bother with the recent remake's poster...). Not the best poster---but whatever. It is the first.
And that is it. Nothing special. Nothing exciting. I actually have a couple of other posters...but I really don't want to buy any more for a while. I have been framing more...maybe i'll do another post with new posters and newly framed posters. We will wait and see...
There is a sucker born every minute. You may have not been born yesterday, but you've just been suckered into today's edition of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. How suckered? Well, as I've said, I'm taking a break, more or less, from buying posters (TRYING to, anyway) for a number of personal reasons. So, if you were expecting posters....there are not many to see. There are 10 entries as usual, but only 4 posters. (Gasp!) But this post has a gimmick to get you to stay until (hopefully) the bitter end.... It's in (partial) 3D, baby! Why the in-your-face gimmick-a-go-go? You'll see. It just HAPPENED that way. Dig out a pair of red and blue 3D glasses if you got 'em. There won't be a lot of 3D thrills, but hopefully you'll have fun along the way anyway.
Glasses on. Let's GO....
BWANA DEVIL (3D glasses):
BWANA DEVIL was the first full-length feature film in 3D. It started the craze back in 1953. I already had a pair of these BWANA DEVIL 3D glasses and was preparing to mount them in a display to hang next to the one sheet. I thought they were super rare. I mean, who saves 3D glasses for 66 years? Apparently several people did. When looking on eBay to see if there were other assorted 3D glasses from other vintage 3D films, I found several more pairs of BWANA DEVIL glasses...like this pair. I decided to snatch them up.
BWANA DEVIL (3D glasses):
Okay! I got this pair as well (and, I might add, what remarkable condition these seem to be in! Zowie!
PARADISO (3D glasses):
Aside from BWANA DEVIL glasses, I stumbled upon these vintage red and blue 3D glasses. I have no idea what film the 3D Space Goggles were for, but I am aware of PARADISO, an early 3D nudie. I may have the one sheet for it as well. They were cheap. Why not?
COMIN' AT YA (3D glasses):
Hot diggity! This was an unexpected BONUS find. This is a pair of glasses to the 1981 film COMIN' AT YA, which re-ignited the 3D craze for a brief time in the 80s. I have a collection of glasses for MOST of the 80's 3D flicks (JAWS 3D, ROTTWEILER, PARASITE, TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS, etc.). Somewhere I have my original FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 3D glasses (I saw it twice and somewhere have those two pairs of glasses tucked away). Did they have glasses for AMITYVILLE 3D? I've never seen any. (We had generic glasses when I saw it at the movies back in the day...) I had never seen a COMIN AT YA pair before---and didn't know that title specific pairs actually existed. Whoo hoo! I have glasses for the first 3D movie ever (BWANA DEVIL above) and now the first 3D flick of the 80s revival.
FLINSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS (prop):
Although I saw THE FLINSTONES with John Goodman in the lead, I did not bother to see the follow-up prequel THE FLINSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS. I still have NOT seen it. But, while looking for documentation for a movie prop I bought a while back and am about to display, I stumbled on an auction for this item. A $20 casino chip (20 clams--very clever) from the film. I bid a modest amount and for less than 20 clams ($10 or, with premium, about $13), this little forgettable piece of cinematic history is mine, baby! Yabba Dabba Doo! (Well, I'm NOT that excited. It just seemed like the appropriate thing to say...).
THE NIGHT THE SCREAMING STOPPED (Vomit bag promo):
I probably already have one of these...but who couldn't use another vomit bag, right? I wish gimmicks like these were still around. Sigh...
BOOBY TRAP:
"The book no one had the guts to publish, Harry Novak now makes into the year's most sensational film!" Ha! Was there really an unpublished book this was based on? Was the book ever published? Who knows? Who cares? The film has a great exploitive title. I've not seen the film, but I'm sure it's sleazy grindhouse fun.
I DISMEMBER MAMA (aka POOR ALBERT AND LITTLE ANNIE):
This is a rather crappy flick. Why bother with the one sheet? Several reasons. Although I have seen this image before, I am not sure I have this poster. I do have the poster for this film under it's original (and lame) title (POOR ALBERT AND LITTLE ANNIE) and, of course, the double bill poster (teamed with BLOOD-SPATTERED BRIDE) with the great "up-chuck cup" gimmick. The ONLY reason this title is on my radar is because for a brief while I sort of knew Geri Reischl, who played the little girl "Annie". Geri is most famous (infamous?) for playing (FAKE) Jan Brady on the miserable jaw-dropping bomb THE BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR/THE BRADY HOUR when the real Jan, Eve Plumb, declined to do the show. For years and years after making it, Geri never saw the completed film. She looked for it, but could not find it. It was only after she was in her late 20s or probably early 30s that she discovered the title had been changed to the creepy cool I DISMEMBER MAMA that she saw it. I did give her a copy of the one sheet for it---I think the double bill version, but I'm not sure now...
DRUMS OF TAHITI (3D):
I already have this, but I am a sucker for gimmicks...especially vintage 1950s 3D posters. SOLD!
STAR WARS - THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (International Advance):
I am no STAR WARS fan, but recognize how crazy the prices for STAR WARS stuff gets. I saw this and thought I should grab it before things got too insane. I paid far too much for it (well, more than I'd have like to pay), but the prices have already gotten higher and higher than I shelled out. Possible Spoiler: I'm no fan, but it seems that the poster may be giving away a huge plot point.
Okay...glasses off! That's it for this time. I will have another post soon, I think...but it will be a special one---NOT posters, but stuff I've done with them (and other movie stuff) around the house. Snore, huh? It's a toss up... Fewer posters but more posting/content. Eh!
Watch out for sharks in your face, strange men playing with paddle balls, or things comin' at ya! Your 3D glasses may be off, but don't forget you live in a 3D world.
THREEE DEEEEE! I'm definitely down with posters for 3D movies. For my own collecting, I've tried to stay with 50's 3D titles, and have a long way to go to be a completist. Hopefully you're still planning on framing and displaying a pair or pairs of glasses. Be sure to include it in a future post if you do. Well curated, Schlockmaster Shawn! (I'm sure that must be your hip hop name)
Hello. Guess what. You are back for MORE posters. But I must warn you. I think I must be under the spell of an evil witch doctor or something. My poster mojo is on the fritz. We will get through this Poster Show quickly. There's nothing interesting to see, really. Recently eMovie had another "lot" auction. I bid on several and got stuck with one...a dull turd of a lot, too. It's my own damn fault for bidding on it in the first place. There were actually 12 posters in this lot, but 2 were just so beyond lame that I'm never going to bother to mention them. The 10 below are stretching things thin as it is... Oh well.
Rockabilly777: Oh man... You've found out my hip hop name. There's no hiding now. (Although i wish I could hide THIS POST!) Yes, I am working on my displays of 3D glasses and other stuff. I'll share them as they become ready. Thanks for the note.
Rick: Thank you---this time, not so much...
Okay--let's go knock this out and be DONE with it.
BUDDY BUDDY:
Never saw this. Never cared to. Snore...
THE FRONT PAGE:
Ditto above.
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS (two styles):
I saw the film years ago...but that is all of the enthusiasm I can muster for these.
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CLASS REUNION:
This is a forgotten spoof of 80s horror movies from National Lampoon. It is largely forgotten because...it just wasn't that good. Still it is an interesting curiosity. Maybe.
PRIVATE SCHOOL:
80s sex comedy with Phoebe Cates, Sylvia Kristel, and Ray Walston...featuring a deliberate ripoff of SOME LIKE IT HOT or TV's BOSOM BUDDIES with three guys attending the school in drag. Hardee-har-har. Hijinks ensue.
METALSTORM: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED SYN:
80s 3D...Aside from the 3D craze at the time, i have no idea why anyone bothered to make this film. It is silly and makes little sense--and has no ending. BUT---I am a sucker for 3D/gimmicks...
TIDAL WAVE:
I'm also a sucker for old disaster movies. Hence, the poster for TIDAL WAVE (and another below). If you've never seen TIDAL WAVE, you really are not missing much. It was a longer Japanese film (THE SINKING OF JAPAN...or something like that) that was edited down and had scenes with Lorne Greene (a la Raymond Burr in GODZILLA) added in for American audiences. Forgettable.
AVALANCHE:
Another disaster flick... You can almost feel the careers of stars Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow falling as quickly as the avalanching snow pack in this one. Zzzzz,
TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000:
Another forgettable horror comedy. The best thing about it is the song it was based on. Ha!
Okay---that was quick and relatively painless...and you'll forget all about it minutes from now.
Thanks for the visit. I'm sorry it wasn't more interesting...or at least interesting at all.
My luck seems to go from bad to worse lately. I'm gonna sign off before something bizarre and improbable happens, like I get hit by a runaway piano or something.
Welcome back! Today is NOT another haul of new posters. No. It's an update on what I've been doing at my house. There are new things on the walls and other things in the works. Lucky YOU get to be among the first to see what is going on. Whoo hoo!
MATT: Come on over... The spare room is yours for the night. (No guarantees you'll survive until morning, though...)
Okay, enough dawdling. Get inside and get a seat. The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show is about to begin again.
My hallway is pretty much filled up with a double row (top and bottom). There are things like light switches, thermostats and doorbell chimes that have prevented me from adding in posters here and there...but they've left some pretty big gaps. Hmm.
I had plans for those gaps--shadow boxes filled with some of the props, costumes, and gimmick premiums I have gathered over the years. In working out how I could incorporate those shadow boxes in, it occurred to me that, if I moved a few things, I could squeeze in three more posters! I dug through one (of 3) of my closets of framed posters and pulled the three below out:
I had been working on a BWANA DEVIL project, so of course that had to come out.
I have posters for all of THE EVIL DEAD films, but none of them are on display. I stumbled on the poster for the first film and up it went (where I had previously hung THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US).
Finally, I opted for ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA to occupy one of the newly created poster spaces. It's not a great movie by any means, but the poster art work is fabulous.
But it is my projects I am working on (I have several going at once) that I was focusing on. My first was finished and ready to go-go. A little while back, I shared that I scored 2 pairs of BWANA DEVIL 3D glasses to go with a pair I already had. BWANA DEVIL was the FIRST full-length movie in 3D, back in 1953. I have the one sheet and planned to make a display to hang near it. Here it is:
I didn't want to use tape or any sort of adhesive that might damage the 66-year-old glasses. So they and everything in the display are just laid in there with the backing holding them in place. I found a huge roll of rolled black acid-free paper at Michael's to also help preserve them. Anyway, since they are not glued down, they are a bit uneven. I tried several times to make it look straight.. but clearly it's "orientation" is not for me to enforce (bad joke) and I left it as best I could get it. Yes, it's an amateur mounting...but I don't do this for a living. Ha!
Here it is on the wall above the BWANA DEVIL one sheet. I moved the RATS ARE COMING THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE and KILLER SHREWS posters over and made room for the one sheet. You can also see THE EVIL DEAD in its new home.:
It may be hard to make out, but the hall light kind of ruins the space I stuck it in. I may move the BWANA DEVIL stuff eventually when/if I have a bigger display to go there. But for now--yippie! My BWANA DEVIL glasses are out (and proud) (bad "not straight" joke again. Sorry. It was just THERE).
The rest of this post is not that exciting...just posters in two newly created spaces.
By moving THE HEADLESS GHOST and NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST over, I created a space to hang ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA. The space above has objects I can't move...but it also has space for another future display or two.
I relocated my CREATURE WALKS AMONG US to the wall between my bedroom and the linen closet. The light switch there has always been problematic for posters. When I lived in the house originally (before my 6-year stint in the Shack-O-Rama while I went to nursing school and got the first few years of work under my belt), I had settled for a half sheet hanging there. But with the double-row of one sheets, I realized I could hang a poster below the light switch. I couldn't hang one above the light though as it would throw the rest of the hallway off balance. Instead, I will use the space for still other future displays.
And that's really it for this update. Stay tuned for more!
Welcome back! Today, instead of new posters, we have a bunch of projects to share. Nothing exciting. I'm no pro and this is strictly amateur hour...but I am glad more of my artifacts are coming out of the closets and boxes and being put on display---so I can enjoy having them and so can anyone who comes to the house.
Take a look or don't...
Newly framed:
Nothing exciting here. I picked up 2 new frames. Of course, they are only 27x40 as it is impossible to find 27x41 frames any more. One of the frames, as I was unwrapping it I realized the plexiglass was broken in the corner and it will have to go back. That is okay as I have not been able to locate a poster I was planning to put in it. With the other one I opted to put in FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD. No, it's not the best of the series and I have other posters from throughout the series I could use. However, I have a project I hope to do in the coming weeks that has to do with FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 7 and I thought I'd just go ahead and get it framed now. This is not hanging anywhere yet. Stay tuned for more on this project as it happens...
1980's 3D Glasses display:
After completing and hanging my display of 3D glasses from the first 3D movie ever, BWANA DEVIL from 1953, I got to work on a simple, but more jam-packed display of 3D glasses from the 3D revival in the 198_s. I recently found/bought a set of 3D glasses for the movie that put 3D back on the map in 1981, COMIN’ AT YA. However, I already had a pair of glasses for the film—but they were completely different.
In addition to the two COMIN’ AT YA pairs of 3D glasses, I have glasses for TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS, JAWS 3D, the 1982 re-release of 1973’s ANDY WARHOL’S FRANKENSTEIN, PARASITE and that is it. I have a generic pair from the era as well, which I will eventually replace with my FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 3D glasses. I saw the film TWICE back in the day in the theater, and kept BOTH pairs of glasses. They are somewhere.
I ‘ve seen but am still lacking a pair of ROTTWEILER 3D glasses. Does anyone know if glasses were made for AMITYVILLE 3D, THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE, SPACEHUNTER, or METALSTORM: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED SYN? How about the re-release of HOUSE OF WAX or DIAL M FOR MURDER? I’ve never seen any.
Halloween II [prop book]:
I got this prop book from the Rob Zombie remake sequel a while back. While I am not a big fan of the Rob Zombie remakes—especially Part II [What was with the big white ghost horse anyway?]—I am a fan of the HALLOWEEN series as a whole. Getting a piece of it—even from Rob Zombie’s remake sequel—was quite exciting for me.
In the film, Dr Loomis [played by Malcolm McDowell in the Zombie films], out to make a buck, has written a sensationalist account of Michael Myers and his murder spree. He is doing a book signing in Haddonfield [where the crimes were committed] at a book store. Several copies of the book are on display. The book is only as real as its dust jacket. Underneath, it is a James Patterson novel. But it is still neato mosquito to own it.
For the shadow box, I added some shots from the movie that show the book [from the book signing scene and another from a talk show]. It’s no the most exciting thing ever, but I am thrilled to own it and have it up on my walls at home.
The Monster A GoGo Fan Club?
As a joke. a fellow poster collector who enjoys my posts on another poster forum site saw a fairly recent one and commented: I want to join your fan club so I can receive the official Monster A-Go Go member button! Sign me up!
The picture of the button he had seen was on the bottom of my post.
He wanted to receive the "official Monster A-Go Go member button"? Ha! But the thing was, I had that button, several of them in fact. It's not nearly as big as the picture, but it is still a Monster A-Go Go button as shown. So, I played along.
After a few weeks, I got the "fan club" kit together. It started off with a certificate of membership:
Had I thought about it, I'd have made the certificate horizontal...but whatever. I didn't want to spend too much time on a silly lark. This would do.
There was also a welcome letter that inventoried all of the fabulous crap...er, membership surprises that were included in the fan club member kit:
I realized after it was sent off that I forgot to "sign" it. Oops! Ha!
As noted in the letter, he gets 3 (count 'em, THREE!) buttons.
In addition to the buttons (you can see how small they truly are below), I also included a box of gummy Boogers and a weird lenticular postcard.
The Freddy's Dead 3D glasses, Jumanji ticket, lubricant, hand sanitizer, box of Beaver Buddies cookies, melting face woman sticker and Bucket of Blood swizzle stick were also included.
I was going to send it all in a large padded envelope...but then I got worried the cookies would be crushed and the BEAST OF BLOOD swizzle stick would get broken. Hmm.
I found an old Amazon box and covered one end of it with paper. I threw everything in and sealed it. I then made the box front below. The recipient's address and my return address were added in later, but you get the general idea of what it looked like.
Of course, once it was all sealed up and decorated, I realized that I had more room inside than an envelope could have carried. I could have thrown in more junk...er, valuable membership merchandise. I had some new horror CD soundtracks and DVDs I could have added. Heck, I could have maybe fit a folded up one sheet in there as well. Oh well. The meager silliness I did send should be fun unto itself. Especially since the whole thing was just a JOKE to begin with.
He should have gotten it Monday. i don't even know if he liked it or not yet. He said he was going out of town and would get it when he returned. I hope he digs it for what it is...
The prop displays look great, and now that the MAGG fan club cat is outta the bag, you're certain to be flooded with more requests. I'm certainly jealous of the craptastic goodness that membership has provided that one lucky individual! Neato mosquito indeed!
Hello and oh my stars! It's another Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. How did this happen? I'm not quite sure... Hmm. I really tried to avoid poster shopping and what I have is not that great, but...it IS another Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. Amazing but true!
Rockabilly777: Hi there. Glad you liked my amateur displays. Hmm. If you really want a Fan Club kit (it will be different than the first one), okay. Just shoot me a mailing address and in a while (October is super full for me---probably won't happen this month) you'll get a fan club kit of your very own. Oh my!
Sven: Zowie! I thought the fan club thing was going to seem super lame. You liked it too, though. Huh? Okay--ditto what I wrote to Rockabilly777 above. PM me an address and I'll send you a "fan club kit" of your own eventually.
Okay, the lights are dimming and the show is starting. Shhh! No talking...and please silence your cell phones. Thank you.
MURDER ON CAMPUS:
This is an obscure title---at least, I had never heard of it before. I had never seen the poster before either. It was cheap--so I bought it. What a cheap poster design. It looks like, instead of art, they just decided to use lobby cards (which they probably didn't bother to run on their own). Why did I want this then? The little bit on the bottom was what sold me. There's a bad drawing of a woman (Is that long hair or sideburns?) screaming, the cheesy horror lettering of the title, the fake review ("A thriller-chiller!" **** ) that is attributed to no one, and the company logo (A Colorama Features Release) that I do not recall ever hearing of again were the true elements that attracted me to this one. Ha!
AROUND THE WORLD WITH JOHN HOLMES:
I don't buy many posters for adult (porn) movies. I have noticed now and again that some titles go for a good price. They are usually those from the pre-porn nudies/roughies era, from certain directors (Doris Wishman, Michael and Roberta Findlay, etc.), hit movies (DEEP THROAT, BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR, etc.) or featuring certain stars. I stumbled on this John Holmes poster for a mere $13 and snatched it up. It will sit in a box, but I thought $13 was pretty cheap.
MONSOON:
I had seen this poster come and go just a few times. I know nothing about the flick, but it sounds like it is a big romantic drama with disaster elements towards the end (a monsoon). I dig my disaster flicks and thought I'd add this one. It was cheap. ($10)
THE STRANGERS:
I'm not sure if I ever saw this or not, but I did see the sequel...and that impressed me. CREEPY. There is another home invasion thriller I liked called YOU'RE NEXT, which is also worth checking out.
HELL FEST:
I already have this poster. However... The other day I (stupidly) purchased 2 poster-sized frames. They were 27x40 though. You can't find 27x41 any more anywhere. When I got home I looked through the last two years of my posts, looking for a newer (27x40) poster to frame. HELL FEST was one of the ones I decided deserved to be framed. However, I could NOT find my poster anywhere (and there are far too many rolls to dig through). So, late last night I went online and found another copy. Ha! Since I have more than 200 framed posters using up all of my closet space, I don't know what I was thinking buying MORE frames. HELL FEST...if it ever does get framed...can sit in its own hell in closets with the other posters in there.
HELL FEST:
No, I'm not having a brain fart and printing the same poster twice by accident. What happened was that the next two posters down were available fairly cheaply...and so was this. Alone this would have been $20 (with shipping), but as part of a larger order it was under $12 with shipping. SOLD!
SOLO (Advance Lando-style):
I've said many times I am no STAR WARS fan. But, at auction, I recognize the price of things. These character poster seem to sell well and this was fairly cheap. So...
SOLO (Advence Qi'ra style):
Ditto above.
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI:
While looking at the two SOLO posters above, this one showed up as a suggestion on a lower portion of the screen. It, too, was lower priced than expected---so someone made a SALE!
INVISIBLE AGENT (3 sheet):
Earlier this year, I scored an INVISIBLE MAN'S REVENGE (1944) 3-sheet. I HATE 3-sheets, but have very little in the way of Universal horror...so I went for it. When I saw this earlier (1942) sequel 3-sheet up for sale, I was interested but not that interested. The seller didn't have any takers and the price came down a little week after week until I finally decided to go for it. It will probably never be displayed (I hate 3 sheets--they are in 2 pieces and I have no frames to fit them.), but maybe it will be worth something someday? Until then, it will remain an invisible purchase, stored away in a box, envelope or drawer somewhere...
Okay. That is all for tonight. It's bed time. Go snuggle up with your favorite dolly and head of to sweet dreams land. May your wildest nightmares come true! Ha!
You! Fellow movie poster collector or aficionado, I am talking to YOU. You are “the coolest people in town†and I THANK YOU for visiting my humble post.
Today’s post will be a little on the crappy side, I’m afraid. For one thing, it is rushed. I’m visiting the L.A. area at the moment and am using my tablet—-which I’m not a fan of using (I like my old-fashioned desktop computer at home. Also—and probably most importantly—the posters presented today are NOTHING special and, in several cases, repeats o things I already have [SNORE!]. To try to make things a tad better (or possibly bore you to tears faster), there is a BONUS 11th poster thrown into the mix. oh boy... If you want your money back, go now. If you feel so bored at any time, please feel free to leave. Hopefully you’ll give me other chances and come back again in the future, though?
Help yourself to goodies. I may have crappy posters today, but at least I am a good host. Ooo... there’s the flickering lights. The show is about to start. Grab your seats now...
DIRTIESTGIRLIEVERMET:
No, I’ve NEVER seen this flick, nor will I bother probably. Why get the poster? Well, sucker for gimmicks that I am, I totally dug the bogus “Conditions of admission†notice on the top of the poster. Yeah, right. They aren’t gonna turn anyone with cash away from the theater. Ha! Also, if I am not mistaken, the ad art was used (in newspapers—-not on one sheets] for the showings of POOR WHITE TRASH (aka BAYOU] and the “sequel†in name only POOR WHITE TRASH 2 [aka SCUM OF THE EARTH].
THE HEARSE:
Not an exciting poster. Not an exciting movie either. This was cheap...but I didn't need it at all. I already have a few---in better shape.
TORSO:
This poster came with THE HEARSE--and, again, I already have several copies.... I remember when this flick came out, hot on the heels of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. I wanted to see either of them so badly. Of course, I wasn't even 10 yet and did NOT get to go. TORSO is a British flick--and as I write this, I still have NOT seen it (but it is in my pile o' DVDs and should be viewed very soon...like by Thanksgiving if not earlier. If I could just bother to stay home for a while instead of running all over the place, I'll get to it... Ha!)
How is the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show going so far?
Crickets....
Okay. Moving along...
TERROR TRAIN:
Something else I didn't need and already have. What is wrong with me? WHY do I do that? GRR! Anyway, I have always liked TERROR TRAIN. But another copy of the poster I did NOT need. (It was cheap...of course).
THE BEAST MUST DIE:
This one I actually DID need. This poster isn't rare at all---I've just never been able to snag one. Although it was not intended to be a blaxploitation film (Actor Robert Quarry was going to be the lead), the producers decided to capitalize on the hit blaxploitation film phenomenon, especially the blaxploitation horror flicks (BLACULA, SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM, BLACKENSTEIN, & ABBEY) and make this into a pseudo blaxploitation werewolf flick and cast Calvin Lockhart as the lead. Peter Cushing and Charles Gray are also in it. Plus, the flick has a giimmick mentioned on the poster. In the movie there is a "Werewolf Break"--where the audience has time to decide who they think the werewolf is. That's it. It does not affect the movie's outcome at all and there is no prize for correctly guessing--it's just a little recap to guess who the werewolf is. Ha! So, blaxploitation werewolf movie AND a gimmick? I had to have it.
47 METERS DOWN:
I like my JAWS knockoffs. I saw this flick and hated the ending. It was an okay thriller, but the film (and the poster) weren't so fabulously awesome/cheesy as say TINTORERA or GREAT WHITE, so I delayed buying the poster. I saw it listed cheap and thought why not? I have not seen the recent sequel yet. Any good?
DOCTOR SLEEP (Teaser):
Except for certain franchises I dig (such as HALLOWEEN or FRIDAY THE 13TH or James Bond flicks), I generally avoid posters for sequels. I read DOCTOR SLEEP and it is nothing like THE SHINING, but seeing "REDRUM" on this teaser made me excited to see it. The poster was not very expensive, so...
DOCTOR SLEEP (Advance):
As I was looking for the poster above, I was made aware of this new poster. It is not that exciting either...actually kind of lame...but it was not expensive, so I decided to get it too. I do have to say that I am so glad the makers of this film apparently decided to make it a sequel to the classic Kubrick version of THE SHINING (that Stephen King does not like) instead of that TV mini-series version (that King does like--but no one else cares about) or a sequel to a version that was never filmed (i.e. the film makes up its own version for the back story). I want to see this now because of the way they seem to have weaved in Kubrick's film.
How is the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show going so far? Has it gotten any better? Is it as bad as I thought it would be?
Oh my...
SUSPIRIA:
I did not need this either...I already have one and in better shape. Ha! I do NOT know why I bid on this---and so intensely. I was outbid several times and finally got it, paying way too much for it, I believe. Still it is SUSPIRIA, Dario Argento's masterpiece. I do remember the TV commercial for it that had nothing to do with the film...with a woman (back to the camera) brushing her hair, repeating a rhyme from the film. On the last line, she turns around and she's a skeleton. Then the name SUSPIRIA (as shown on the poster) appears and the letters seem organic and alive, pulsating and breathing. Wonderfully creepy.
GHOST STORIES (Yellow style):
I know nothing about this flick---never heard of it. Never saw it. Nothing. But the poster was so wildly cool looking, I had to have it.
GHOST STORIES (Pink style):
This one was also up for auction as at the same time as the one above. This was even more hallucinogenic and bizarre. Wowzer! Has anyone seen this flick? Do i need to track it down and see it? It looks very cool.
That's it for now. Thanks for visiting, but I've got to dash. I'm off to get a pedicure from Kathy Bates. James Caan recommends her highly.
See you soon, I hope? Hello? Did anyone make it all of the way through? Hello? Hmm.
Including the last post, which I missed somehow, you're rocking Universal stuff to John Holmes to Star Wars and lots of schlocky horror! Woo hoo! As always, nicely curated. Two bags of microwave popcorn, a handful of cans of diet dew and at least one intermission for a potty break and I made it through both posts! I'm probably forever changed, I just don't know exactly how yet.
Oh my stars! October has already ended (I sort of 'missed" Halloween this year. Waaagh!) and November is already being whittled away. Soon it will be December and the holiday season will be in full swing. O' the horror of it all. Because I didn't give you a Halloween post this year, I'll throw in an extra poster (11 posters instead of the usual 10) this time as a special post-Halloween treat (or maybe to give you a little pre-Thanksgiving gluttony?).
MATT: I am so glad you found the last post entertaining. It was quite a chore trying to make that crap I had interesting. (Not that this post is any more interesting, but...) Ha!
Rockabilly777: Thanks for visiting and leaving a note. You ARE forever changed. After spending 10 minutes reading those two posts--with an intermission--you have AGED! Zowie! You will never get those 10 minutes back. I'm so sorry to have robbed your life of them with my fodder. CHEERS!
Okay---get to your seat. The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show is beginning now!
THREE DIMENSIONS OF GRETA:
I probably have this...but I am just NOT sure. I had to get one (just in case) just for the 3D element. I'm such a sucker for a gimmick!!!
ALMOST HUMAN:
Oh my stars! Major senior moment. I had NO RECOLLECTION of winning this poster (or two others on this posting), until I went to pay for things on eMovie Thursday night following their final Halloween auction for the season. When I went to pay, there were some things already sitting in the Pay & Hold area. There were the two different cool GHOST STORY posters I shared in my previous poster post from October 17th. But I had won this with the GHOST STORY posters on October 10th. It should have been the first poster slapped on to this new post...but wasn't. I had completely forgotten about it. (Well, it is a rather forgettable poster for what is probably a forgettable movie as well. Anyone see this?) But that's not the worst of it. Also in my Pay & Hold were two other posters (below somewhere) I had won on eMovie on October 8th. Oops! To my defense, October was a rather busy month for me. I did a lot of traveling. I was in San Diego for a week, Los Angeles for several days and then went off to Oregon for another week. I was home only long enough to work a few days and get to a doctor's appointment or two. But WOW! Forgetting three posters entirely? CRAZY!
THE HUMAN DUPLICATORS:
I've never seen this, but think it has somewhat of a cult following. Although he is not listed on the poster, I believe RICHARD "JAWS" KIEL is in this flick, too. It was fairly cheap... Why not?
THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Italian fotobusta):
This is one of the "forgotten" posters mentioned above that I "won" on October 8th. I was completely oblivious (although I had paid for it already, thank goodness.) I've never seen this. I have no idea if this is some R-rated titillating retelling of the classic tale or a full blown porn opus -- nor do I care. She's not listed on the credits of the fotobusta, but according to the eMovie listing, Uschi Digard is in this.
ADDAMS FAMILY (2019 Advance):
This movie looks fun and I am surprised I have not seen it (yet). I am a bit disappointed though that Thing is portrayed as a disembodied hand as he was in the live action flicks with Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia. I always thought the way it was portrayed on the TV series was creepier. You never knew what THING was attached to. Oh well. This still looks like a hoot and I couldn't resist the poster.
ZOMBIELAND DOUBLE TAP:
With few exceptions, I usually do not buy posters for sequels. However, as pedestrian as this poster is (snore), I did enjoy the first film tremendously and thought the sequel was pretty fun, too. Still, i had no interest in buying this...until i saw it listed super cheap with postage included. Sold!
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (Final):
I decided to score one of these before they went crazy high and were totally out of reach. As I've said before, I am no STAR WARS fan. I'll probably see this (weeks after it comes out). The poster does have me curious as to how they handle Leia (she is pictured on the poster and in the trailers) and Lando Calrissian (I spy Billy Dee on the poster as well) and Luke (Hmm...No sign of him on the poster). I'm glad this series is FINALLY ending (but you know it will NOT be the last STAR WARS film ever).
FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER and THE KEEP ( combo Japanese B2):
This is the other poster I completely forgot "winning" not too long back. Hooray! I believe I own the Japanese B2 posters for FRIDAY THE 13TH parts 1-3 as well.
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FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING (Japanese B2):
When I won this on Thursday night, I remember thinking to myself that I knew I had the B2s for FRIDAY THE 13TH 1-3...I just needed one for PART 4 mow. Imagine my surprise when I logged on to pay for this and saw that I DID have a Part 4, but had just forgotten about it. Ha! Now that I have all five of them, what am I going to do with them? Ha!
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (aka ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN) (British Quad):
Oh my stars! I can NOT believe I landed this. I've always preferred the British title (especially when paired with BLOOD FOR DRACULA/ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA) and the British artwork. Zowie! I'll have to track down a BLOOD FOR DRACULA quad now (although the one sheet for the original release of ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA is AWESOME!) so I can have the pair together. Zowie! Truly awesome!
SHE FREAK:
I was bidding on this on eMovie's Halloween auction...and lost it within minutes of the auction's close. (I wasn't watching it for the last few minutes...ARGH!) However, I looked and found this copy (described as in "excellent condition". We will see...) on eBay not long after for just a few dollars more than I lost it for. The picture isn't that good and normally I might wait for a copy I was sure was in ":excellent condition". However, after starring at the one on eMovie for a long while over the last week, I knew I had to have this NOW! Aside from the cool art, the poster is hilarious. Aside from the top blurb ("Behind the tents and tinsel of a Monster Midway something barbaric occurs on the Alley of Nightmares"), the other verbage made me laugh out loud. "All the more appalling in color" and (my favorite) "Filmed on the actual locations where it COULD have happened" sold me. HA! The film itself is fun anyway. It is kind of an unauthorized remake of FREAKS, right down to the shock ending. Whoo hoo!
Okay gang, the show is over (for now). No more tricks up my sleeve tonight. In fact, this MIGHT be my last new poster post of the year. We will see.
Have a great holiday season and thank you so much for visiting.
Okay, I know that when I slapped up my last post, I said it was possibly the last one for the year. Now, 2 days later, here I am. WTF, right? Well, it's called an OOPS! Yesterday morning, I kept getting text after text after text telling me that such and such an auction was about to close. Huh? Oh---it was a bunch of auctions from Excalibur Auctions in England. I had totally forgotten about them. But I bid such low-ball bids on a ton of stuff, I was sure I wouldn't get any of it. Well, I forget how stupid I can be, because, when I got home, I discovered I had won several lots (Groan...). Zowie! Together they cost way too much money...and I still have to pay for/arrange for shipping. UGH!!!
This posting is ALL of the auction winnings--such as they are. WHY did I buy this crap? GRRR...
Take a look or DON'T. Here we go-go!
THE SIGN OF ZORRO:
Snore! This (and the six just below it) was part of a single lot. This poster is the dullest of the seven. This was NOT the poster I wanted in the lot. It's just here to share the tragedy of my stupidity.
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN:
Double snore! I saw this movie in the theater and I suppose you could say it is a good movie---but it's not my kind of movie (Hello?! Where are the zombies? The franchised serial killers? Anything remotely spooky at all?). Part of that lot o' seven...
AUDREY ROSE (British quad):
I've never cared for the AUDREY ROSE poster art (and I am fairly certain (I have the one sheet). To add to my disappointment, there are tape stains on the corners. Groan... Lot poster, of course.
TOOTSIE:
Another lot purchase... TOOTSIE? Fun little movie, but in my collection? UGH!
THE REBEL GLADIATORS (British Quad):
This is a lot posters and the one I placed a bid on the lot in the first place for. THE REBEL GLADIATORS is one of the peplum/sword & sandal flicks that were the rage (briefly) and churned out (mostly from Italy) in the late 50s through the mid-60s. I dig my "Hercules" movies (as I call them...even though Hercules is only in a handful of them (and not this one). Of course, it looks like there is a paper lift on Dan Vadis' nipple. Ha! Well, that ruins it. Blah...
THE ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD:
Another from the same poster lot... This, at least, has decent art. But I bid on this? Purposely? Hmm... I've seen the flick (twice) and never liked it.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS:
This is the 7th and final poster from that one bulk lot. Don't I have this already? Hmm. What was I thinking?
HOUSE OF EXORCISM:
This is an ugly poster. Why did I bid on it? Because I love my EXORCIST ripoffs. Stupid me...
RISE AND FALL OF IDI AMIN (British quad):
This sleaze epic's poster I am kind of excited to have. Idi Amin was a terrible man--but this movie is a jaw-dropping, shocking hoot. I don't think it was ever actually released here (but it may have been. i have a one sheet but I think it may be Australian?). I have a bootleg DVD.
CARRIE (double crowns and British quads):
All of these CARRIE posters were in one lot. These seem to be fairly rare. I've only seen them a few times before. I have most of these already, but there is one or two I know I don't have...like the one that says "AFTER THRILL"---whatever that is about. Despite the clothes and hair being stuck in the 70's, I think CARRIE is a classic. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie both deserved their Oscar nominations for it.
THE STRANGE DOOR:
This was one of the ones I really wanted, but bid low (because I didn't want to deal with the shipping) and was surprised to win (I've never been able to score one before)--until i noticed the nasty tape stain on the bottom center. GRR!!!!
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 and HALLOWEEN (British quad combo):
I was also surprised I won this, knowing how rabid people get for anything featuring the original HALLOWEEN. This seems to have a bit of fold wear, but it's kind of a fun surprise pick up I had not expected.
That's it. A bunch of JUNK. (Is it my imagination, or have Excalibur's poster lots turned to crap?) Oh well... Maybe I'll learn my lesson. (Yeah, RIGHT!) Next time when I say "Look at your own risk," know that I'm NOT kidding.
Happy holidays. I know this is a busy time for everyone, but DON'T PANIC... I'm NOT going to take up that much time. In fact, there are fewer posters (just 5) in today's post than the usual 10. Why? Because due to financial issues (those way too expensive Excalibur Auction purchases last time DID NOT help situations) and health situations, I think that...unless something really awesome comes along...these will be my final poster purchases. Forever? Hopefully not...but for a long, long time, any way. (Although, I still intend to post updates on projects I'm working on around the house, etc.) So let's take a gander at my last (for now) set.
BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019):
I soooooo did NOT need this. However, I have the poster for the original (under the SILENT NIGHT, EVIL NIGHT title) and the first remake (which wasn't all that long ago...or was it?). Why not the new remake? It was cheap---but what a dull poster.
DRACULA AND SON (Italian 2F):
I've never seen this and normally I'd have passed on this...but it was surprisingly cheap. Christopher Lee in a non-Hammer Why not?
THOR: THE CONQUEROR (Italian 2F):
Another Italian poster I didn't need, but this CONAN rip-off from the 80s has always intrigued me. (I'm sure it is awful, but I have yet to see it.) I am almost certain I have a different (better) poster for this same movie. Hmm.
GHOST CATCHERS:
From 1944 comes this poster for a funny fright flick (so I read...it's supposed to be a comedy). I should have passed on this--but I thought why not? It is in remarkably good condition for being 75 years old. I have no idea who Olsen & Johnson are/were, but Lon Chaney Jr, Andy Devine and Morton Downey (Sr.) also star and have their names on the poster. "They got hants in their dance!" Okay... whatever.
THE BLOB:
Oh my stars! Even though I paid far, FAR more than I ever wanted to pay for this (YIKES!!!!), I have been after an original THE BLOB poster ALL of my life (well, since I started collecting posters back when I was 11 or so). I have both versions of the sequel poster and the remake poster...but the original? Never...until now. Zowie! This film starred a young Steve McQueen and Aneta Corseaut (or Corsaut) (better known as Helen Crump on "The Andy Griffith Show"). The scene in the movie theater must have freaked movie goers out big time back in 1958. Ha! How BLOB-eriffic!
Zowie! I'm so excited. Here is the original trailer:
And that is all for now...and for the rest of the year (and possibly then some), I imagine. Thanks for visiting. Have a super holiday season. I hope Santa brings you all of the coolest posters on your wish list and that 2020 is beyond amazing for all of us.
CHEERS!
PS Don't forget you can find me lurking in these other venues:
It is the holiday season and I am waist deep in the Christmas card thang. If you would like a Christmas card (seriously) from me, just send me a private message with your address and I will send you one. REALLY.
Monster, what you don't know is that us admins use to be super involved in that other movie poster site (APF - right?)... Several of us had a spat with Thierry/Holiday and I actually got banned. They only person, I think, to have ever gotten banned at the time. Holiday and I chatted on facebook and he let me rejoin... We've since made peace of course. Cordial but I have never been treated the same there since leaving. Erik does not like me and would ban me not for Holiday/Thierry. Its a whole new rotation over there. I even forget some folks from time to time.
Would you mind explaining the main reason(s) to start up the new forum...
With all due respect to H and T. For me personally, it all had to do with the constant threats to shut down APF... And being told not to participate if I didn't like the situation. I was on APF everyday. I think I averaged 4.6 or something posts per day... The forum had become part of my everyday life going on 3 years... When the landlord of the house your living in threatens to burn the house down, you start thinking there may be a better place to live. When he tells you if you don't like it leave or not to come home if you don't like that fact, it only further confirms the urgency to find a better place.
One of the reasons I pushed Holiday was because the threats all seemed more of a measure than a reality. Burn your own house down? I won't dare assume to know what either would actually do or will do. But I know now I am in a position to make this threat, but won't because I know that some of us really love this community - not just a site or forum. The people we converse with and share with. Sure we don't all know each other from Adam. We are not the text book definition of 'friends', but I care for people here/there even if I haven't shaken your hand or seen your face...
But I needed a place to to meet, one with a solid foundation. Do we technically need a new forum? No.
Hi there. I'm back with a a non-poster (but somehow poster-related) post. If you bother to read it, you may understand what I mean. If not, feel free to skip this entry.
CHARLIE: I know some of what you've mentioned. I've been a member of that other site since April 2015. I used to visit it daily. Now I only visit it when I have something new to post and usually only visit my own personal thread to do it on. It was great fun when I first joined...but since then almost everyone I used to talk to on there has abandoned ship. I was aware of many of the problems there--but not all. I never had an issue myself---but the dynamics of the place changed considerably. I actually THINK I recognize you from over there. I remember seeing "CHARLIE" comment here and there at one time.
I took up my small residence here at the urging over another former member of that other site. However, by then, I had already started my little poster blog of my own and I never really explored this site fully. I used to be more vocal and outgoing on the other site---but since that site seemed to whither, I've become somewhat of a loner on both sites.
I appreciate the details of the problems you shared about the other site. I also want to thank you for the BEST OF 2019 post you started for me. CHEERS!
RICK: Happy holidays and thank you for visiting. CHEERS!
The MONSTER-A-GOGO FAN CLUB Update:
Remember the whole joke thing about a Monster A GoGo Fan Club (You can read about it HERE)---and how I sent it off to my "fan"? Here he is with his official Monster A GoGo Fan Club crap-o-rama! Ha! I've sent a few other "fan club" things his way---a postcard or two and something hastily slapped together for Halloween.
I decided to carry the joke on further. After I sent my "fan" (who shall remain anonymous unless he says otherwise) that last-minute Halloween thang (whatever it was--I've totally forgotten what it might have been), I realized Christmas was about to roll around. Hmm. I had to do something...but what?
My first thought was a Christmas card...so he got an official Monster A GoGo Christmas card:
And...eek! Since the card was homemade, I had no envelope for it. So....I made an envelope.
This is the front:
And here is the back:
I was super broke this Christmas season. After several trips this year (including one to Europe) and a ton of medical bills (Oooo... NOT pretty.), I was freaking about the holidays. BUT---it was Christmas after all. SO, I assembled a package of crap--some DVDs, candy (?), and other sh...er, valuable merchandise. I did manage to throw in a movie poster....for Lucio Fulci's BLACK CAT (the first poster I came across that was in decent shape and that I knew I had more than one copy of).
The box wasn't that exciting (no time to spend on it), but...
Off it went... Ho ho ho. It wasn't that exciting, but I hope my "Fan" appreciates his fan club freebies.
Anyway, although he sent me a note that he was sending something my way, in the holiday blur it was forgotten...until I went by my mailbox place and picked it up today.
Oh my stars! The box was HUGE!
Inside, buried beneath the Styrofoam packing peanuts and wrapped in newspaper was an amazing tiki-esque surprise. In addition to vintage movie posters, I also happen to be a huge fan of all things tiki. I love to seek out and explore new (to me) tiki bars. There have been some amazing places I've come across (some of which you can see should you chose to visit my new-ish tiki blog HERE then scroll down). I must have mentioned this to Mr. "Fan" at some point, because clearly he was attune to this. Here is what he sent:
A tiki-esque (sort of) necklace.
Two sets of wooden bowls, one slightly larger than the other:
A pea pod-shaped serving bowl and a wooden pineapple without a top---that may be a candle holder?
A small, wooden tiki idol.
Pineapple-shaped serving dishes.
A three-tiered serving plate with tiki-esque designs carved into it, like palm trees and grass huts.
There was also a baggie filled with other wonders...
There was a little flyer from "TikiFez Comics" advertising upcoming comic releases.
There was a nifty reusable bamboo straw with cleaning brush.
And finally, there was this cool vintage picture of some lady with a hula guy somewhere somewhere in the 60s or early 70s.
I know this has nothing to do with movie posters really---but it sprang from my "fan's" and my appreciation for movie posters. Sure, these things aren't worth much, but what an amazing gesture. I totally dig it all. I need to have a luau or something. Golly.
THANK YOU so much, Mr. "Fan"! Zowie! What a wonderful surprise-a-gogo!
I hope your Christmas was filled with wonderful surprises as well.
Great to see someone else who appreciates the cheesiness of the 80s 3D glasses. I, too, have been looking for Amityville 3D glasses with zero luck for years now. Given that most films in the early 80s period had specially designed glasses, it makes sense that Amityville would have too - but they must be pretty damn rare! All the best with your hunt!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone. I hope your holiday season was festive and fabulous. To kick off the new year I have some new (to me) posters, Whoo hoo!
CHARLIE: Yes, it IS fun getting surprises in the mail from poster buddies---or just anyone at all. (But it is more special with friends you only know online...)
PANCHO: I'm glad you appreciate my 3D glasses collection. Here's to BOTH of us scoring AMITYVILLE 3D glasses (should they exist) this year. Getting glasses in 2020 sounds strangely RIGHT. Ha!
And now, here's the countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
Happy new posters!!!!
Have some champagne and let's take a look:
NEW YEAR'S EVIL:
I already have a couple of copies of this and didn't need another. However, what better way to start off a new poster year than with a New Year's-themed movie poster? NEW YEAR'S EVIL was an early holiday horror flick, cashing in on the success of HALLOWEEN, hot on the heels of PROM NIGHT, MOTHER'S DAY, and FRIDAY THE 13TH (all from 1980). Roz Kellyis best known for playing Fonzie's girlfriend Pinky Tuscadero on HAPPY DAYS for a couple of episodes. She has since sunk into obscurity (much like this film). Spoiler alert (but not really, as his face is there peeking through the calendar): Kip Niven is the killer. Niven was a contract player for Universal in the 70s and can be seen in EARTHQUAKE, AIRPORT 75 and THE HINDENBURG.But this flick is one of the lesser titles made during the 80's slasher craze. Zowie, this flick is now 40 years old and I remember when it came out. WHERE did the time go???
GHOST STORIES (Yellow title style):
I got both styles of this poster not too long ago...and thought I'd try for another pair when I saw them recently again. I bid on both styles, but the one with the pink titles I was outbid on. No big loss. I still haven't seen this flick...
GHOST SHIP:
Speaking of "ghosts"... When I first saw this poster, I thought it might be a re-release of the 1943 flick of the same name. I have the original one sheet for that, so I wasn't going to bother with this. But it kept popping up in my face. I looked into it further and realized it was a poster for a 1953 film that was completely different. It's probably a crappy flick, but the poster was cheap-ish... Why not?
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2019):
I didn't see this, but might track it down eventually. I was a fan of the original TV series and I do like the creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and altogether ooky things in life in general. So why not? I do have to say I prefer THING in the series as opposed to the 90s version or how it looks as if it will be in the current version. Having THING attached to an arm was fascinating...as you were never sure what the arm was attached to. YIKES! Oh well. No one asked me...
HELLBENT:
This was a cheap one...but yikes! Look at the art of that sharp knife point right at that guy's eyeball? Yowza! Does that happen on the movie? It freaks me out just looking at it and it was only like $7, so why not?
CEMETERY MAN:
I already have a copy of this somewhere...but I'm thrilled to score another. This is an unusual and kind of fun--but also kind of different and off of the radar--zombie flick of sorts. I saw it in the theater back in the day...and need to see it again.
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (International Advance):
I have said many times that I am no STAR WARS fan boy. I've seen most of the films and will probably see the new RISE OF THE SKYWALKER flick eventually (Haven't seen it yet...), but I have been buying the posters as an investment when they are cheap enough. This international version of THE LAST JEDI was cheap enough...and one I don't think I had seen before. Hmm.
STAR WARS: RISE OF THE SKYWALKER (Teaser):
This has got to be the most boring poster ever created for a STAR WARS flick, but it was cheap...and I'll just tuck it away and hopefully there will still be a market for it. Ha!
ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS:
This poster has always gone for big bucks---and I really do not know why. The film is silly and watchable, but is no classic. But I dig it and have wanted one for a long, long while. Paul Mantee stars along with Mona the woolly monkey! TV's BATMAN Adam West is also in this in the beginning section. Fun and cheesy and "scientifically authentic". Yowza!!!
THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL:
Hooray! I finally have one of these. Despite the fact that it is impossible that the grand house and extensive yards featured in the film are on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco as they are supposed to be (although I wish they were), the film is kind of fun and the poster is beautiful.
That's it for now. I hope your 2020 brings you much joy, health, happiness, and great movie posters!
CHEERS!
PS NOT poster related, but happy belated Fake Jan Day (Jan. 2nd)
Welcome back! No new poster purchases today, just updates on my projects. Let's take a look, shall we?
Newly framed:
HELL FEST:
I purchased some cheap frames at Target. They only had 27x40, of course. I opted to frame the recent HELL FEST and I dig it. (I doubt it will ever appear on the walls, but you never know...)
CEMETERY MAN:
Within the second cheap-o Target frame, I slapped this cool-ish poster. Zombies, Guns and Sex, Oh my!
HELLBENT:
Swapping out one of the old 80s/90s BATMAN posters (that my nephew had previously had up in his room--thanks to me), I put in this shocking knife-to-the-eyeball poster for a movie I had never heard of before.
SHE FREAK:
Swapping out a James Bond poster for this colorful schlock horror one sheet was a groovy idea, I think.
A Bad Luck Year?
2020 is only a few weeks old, but already I'm growing weary of it. There have been a string of poster disappoints so far this year.
First, a while back I won a ZOMBIELAND DOUBLE TAP poster. I wasn't that thrilled, but it was super cheap...so why not? But--ugh! When it finally showed up, I was shocked. It was very damaged. The idiot who sold it to me put it in a short triangularly shaped tube that was too short. How do you fix that? By taping a padded envelope around the top and sending it on its way. It was RUINED!
Then, I thought I scored a sought-after treasure. It was a 1980s re-release quad for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. O' joy! I've wanted one for so long.
It came and...I didn't even pull it out of the plastic sleeve it came in. Why? There was something suspicious about it. There was a line of text on the side and it was blurry and the white space around it wasn't white...but also looked like it was grainy, like a photo that had been blown up. Hmm. I suspected it was a fake.
The seller, who I believe sold it to me as an original in good faith, told me that he had bought it from another seller on eBay, tloceposters. UGH! The infamous TLoce strikes again---and this time from one of his victims. Fortunately the seller let me return it for a refund.
If you saw my last post about my first posters for 2020, you would have seen this poster:
Wow! Wow! WOW! I was soooooo thrilled to FINALLY score a HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL poster and in such swell condition. It's a beauty. It arrived today and I immediately set about framing it. I pulled it from the plastic bag, put it in the frame and went to look at it. There was a hole right below the house. Not just a separation at the fold line, but a missing hunk of paper. I had noticed a gap when I was putting it in the frame, but I had thought it was just a small fold split. It's far more than that.
OH MY STARS! What happened? I looked at the poster carefully---there is not piece of paper folded over behind it. There is no small piece of paper on my floor or in the bag it was shipped in. There is just a hole. I am soooo BUMMED. $177 for this? I sent a note to eMovie earlier, but I doubt they'll be able to do anything. Jeepers... Just my luck.
Anyway, that's my updates for now. Hopefully 2020 will get itself together and work out better for me. (I'm NOT gonna hold my breath though...).
eMovie did get back to me about this. I had this note this morning:
This is Bruce. Obviously, that small piece became detached after it was photographed, and since I am sure you are telling the truth, it must have fallen off AFTER it was condition graded here, but BEFORE it was put in your package.
That is very sad, but as we guarantee all we auction, you can now return it for a full refund, including return shipping (see those instructions below). I will re-photograph it and re-auction it as my consignment, and I will take the loss.
That is so very kind of them. I am surprised that Bruce is doing this. But, Yippie! Now I can search for that poster in better condition. Yahoo!!! Perhaps 2020 won't be as bad as it initially seemed.
Comments
Hi there. This is just a quick PS or update. NOT a whole new post.
But first:
rockabilly777: Zowie! "An incredible feat of accurate measurement"? Ha! Do NOT look too closely. It is far from accurate---but what do I care? No one has to see it but me. LOVE SEEING THEM ALL OVER. Whoo hoo!
Matt: I hope you have regained your equilibrium by now. I'm glad you the walls though. CHEERS!
Back to where I left off... I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: I forgot to mention that in the recent documentary on the film, I GREW UP WITH 'I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE', reveals that when the Jerry Gross Organization bought the distribution rights and changed the title and ad campaign, they used a then-unknown model for the poster. Her name was (gasp!) Demi Moore! Ha!
THE KILLER SHREWS: Okay--back to the hallway. The PIECES poster below THE RATS ARE COMING, THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE just didn't work for me. So I framed my KILLER SHREWS poster (with it's giant rat-like tail dragging over a shoe near a big blood stain) and decided to pop that up. THE KILLER SHREWS is a lame old flick...with small dogs in killer shrew drag. Ha! The poster isn't all that fab either---but it has it's enigmatic charm, I guess. There was a fairly recent sequel to the film, RETURN OF THE KILLER SHREWS. I never saw it...but now that the DVD is out of print, you can't touch a copy for less that $50 or so. CRAZY! Whatever... I think the SHREWS poster works better with THE RATS ARE COMING... than PIECES did.
And that is it, really.
CHEERS!
What's this? ANOTHER episode of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show? But I thought it was over with, you say. Well, it is...more or less. (For now...??) However, I had a few situations pop up (I'll mention them below) that caused me to need to shop and, well... that led to a few purchases. To make up a whole post, that required a few more half-hearted purchases and... the results (such as they are) are below.
LASERBLAST (Italian locandia):
I did not need this. At all. It was cheap. ($6?) and featured different images than the US one sheet, but I did NOT need this.
SAM WHISKEY:
I did NOT need this either. I had never heard of a SAM WHISKEY movie (with Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker and Angie Dickinson? I'm guessing it must be crap, then...). Curiosity made me bid.Oops.
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE:
Okay...this one I did kind of want. No, it is not the I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE from the 70's about the woman who has just broken, cut, chopped and burned 5 men (actually 4 men) beyond recognition... However, as a film with the same name, it is only understandable to be curious about it. No, I have not seen it...but I think it would be good, early 60s sleazy fun.
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER / GREASE (re-release combo):
I sooooo did NOT need this. (I actually may/probably already have a copy...) What was I thinking (aside from the fact it was cheap)?
CAPTAIN SINDBAD (Italian 2 F):
This is why I felt the need to go poster shopping. A while back I got another copy of this poster in amazing condition. In shipping, something happened to the container it was in. Something jammed into it....and so the poster (which was folded down into 8 rectangles) was torn...in 8 places, ruining the poster. I had to have another and I got this one---although it is not nearly as nice as the previous one had been. Waaaagh!
THE LOVE-THRILL MURDERS (re-release of SWEET SAVIOR):
I have no idea why I felt the need to own this re-release poster. Aside from being inexpensive, the mask thing on the right kind of reminded me of the mask thing on the one sheet for THE FUN HOUSE (the first release of LAST HOUSE ON DEAD END STREET). I do see that this release is X-rated. With an aging Troy Donahue? I wonder if the original release, SWEET SAVIOR, was also an X.
CANNIBAL FEROX (Italian 2F):
I already have one or two of these...but when shopping for the SINBAD poster, I came across this---so why not?
SINGLE ROOM FURNISHED:
As bad as an actor as she could be, there was something about Jayne Mansfield I have always dug. I've been trying to track down her posters. Although i MIGHT have one of these already, I was not sure. This final film of hers is a low budget affair, but she is really good in it. She died before it was completed. She was playing various characters in the flick and her death is obvious as there is this whole LONG segment without her.
THE ELECTRONIC MONSTER:
This poster is not that amazing. As I recall (I saw this flick years and YEARS ago), this flick is not that fab either. However, there is something about the poster that has made it on my "want" list for a long while. It's in great shape.
CHILD'S PLAY:
This was something else I actively pursued. I don't know exactly how or why I saw this come available...but when i did see that it was up for sale, I decided I needed it. I have all of the posters for the theatrical sequels...but (Gasp!) did NOT have the original's poster. (I did NOT bother with the recent remake's poster...). Not the best poster---but whatever. It is the first.
And that is it. Nothing special. Nothing exciting. I actually have a couple of other posters...but I really don't want to buy any more for a while. I have been framing more...maybe i'll do another post with new posters and newly framed posters. We will wait and see...
Thanks for visiting.
CHEERS!
There is a sucker born every minute. You may have not been born yesterday, but you've just been suckered into today's edition of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. How suckered? Well, as I've said, I'm taking a break, more or less, from buying posters (TRYING to, anyway) for a number of personal reasons. So, if you were expecting posters....there are not many to see. There are 10 entries as usual, but only 4 posters. (Gasp!) But this post has a gimmick to get you to stay until (hopefully) the bitter end.... It's in (partial) 3D, baby! Why the in-your-face gimmick-a-go-go? You'll see. It just HAPPENED that way. Dig out a pair of red and blue 3D glasses if you got 'em. There won't be a lot of 3D thrills, but hopefully you'll have fun along the way anyway.
Glasses on. Let's GO....
BWANA DEVIL (3D glasses):
BWANA DEVIL was the first full-length feature film in 3D. It started the craze back in 1953. I already had a pair of these BWANA DEVIL 3D glasses and was preparing to mount them in a display to hang next to the one sheet. I thought they were super rare. I mean, who saves 3D glasses for 66 years? Apparently several people did. When looking on eBay to see if there were other assorted 3D glasses from other vintage 3D films, I found several more pairs of BWANA DEVIL glasses...like this pair. I decided to snatch them up.
BWANA DEVIL (3D glasses):
Okay! I got this pair as well (and, I might add, what remarkable condition these seem to be in! Zowie!
PARADISO (3D glasses):
Aside from BWANA DEVIL glasses, I stumbled upon these vintage red and blue 3D glasses. I have no idea what film the 3D Space Goggles were for, but I am aware of PARADISO, an early 3D nudie. I may have the one sheet for it as well. They were cheap. Why not?
COMIN' AT YA (3D glasses):
Hot diggity! This was an unexpected BONUS find. This is a pair of glasses to the 1981 film COMIN' AT YA, which re-ignited the 3D craze for a brief time in the 80s. I have a collection of glasses for MOST of the 80's 3D flicks (JAWS 3D, ROTTWEILER, PARASITE, TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS, etc.). Somewhere I have my original FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 3D glasses (I saw it twice and somewhere have those two pairs of glasses tucked away). Did they have glasses for AMITYVILLE 3D? I've never seen any. (We had generic glasses when I saw it at the movies back in the day...) I had never seen a COMIN AT YA pair before---and didn't know that title specific pairs actually existed. Whoo hoo! I have glasses for the first 3D movie ever (BWANA DEVIL above) and now the first 3D flick of the 80s revival.
FLINSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS (prop):
Although I saw THE FLINSTONES with John Goodman in the lead, I did not bother to see the follow-up prequel THE FLINSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS. I still have NOT seen it. But, while looking for documentation for a movie prop I bought a while back and am about to display, I stumbled on an auction for this item. A $20 casino chip (20 clams--very clever) from the film. I bid a modest amount and for less than 20 clams ($10 or, with premium, about $13), this little forgettable piece of cinematic history is mine, baby! Yabba Dabba Doo! (Well, I'm NOT that excited. It just seemed like the appropriate thing to say...).
THE NIGHT THE SCREAMING STOPPED (Vomit bag promo):
I probably already have one of these...but who couldn't use another vomit bag, right? I wish gimmicks like these were still around. Sigh...
BOOBY TRAP:
"The book no one had the guts to publish, Harry Novak now makes into the year's most sensational film!" Ha! Was there really an unpublished book this was based on? Was the book ever published? Who knows? Who cares? The film has a great exploitive title. I've not seen the film, but I'm sure it's sleazy grindhouse fun.
I DISMEMBER MAMA (aka POOR ALBERT AND LITTLE ANNIE):
This is a rather crappy flick. Why bother with the one sheet? Several reasons. Although I have seen this image before, I am not sure I have this poster. I do have the poster for this film under it's original (and lame) title (POOR ALBERT AND LITTLE ANNIE) and, of course, the double bill poster (teamed with BLOOD-SPATTERED BRIDE) with the great "up-chuck cup" gimmick. The ONLY reason this title is on my radar is because for a brief while I sort of knew Geri Reischl, who played the little girl "Annie". Geri is most famous (infamous?) for playing (FAKE) Jan Brady on the miserable jaw-dropping bomb THE BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR/THE BRADY HOUR when the real Jan, Eve Plumb, declined to do the show. For years and years after making it, Geri never saw the completed film. She looked for it, but could not find it. It was only after she was in her late 20s or probably early 30s that she discovered the title had been changed to the creepy cool I DISMEMBER MAMA that she saw it. I did give her a copy of the one sheet for it---I think the double bill version, but I'm not sure now...
DRUMS OF TAHITI (3D):
I already have this, but I am a sucker for gimmicks...especially vintage 1950s 3D posters. SOLD!
STAR WARS - THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (International Advance):
I am no STAR WARS fan, but recognize how crazy the prices for STAR WARS stuff gets. I saw this and thought I should grab it before things got too insane. I paid far too much for it (well, more than I'd have like to pay), but the prices have already gotten higher and higher than I shelled out. Possible Spoiler: I'm no fan, but it seems that the poster may be giving away a huge plot point.
Okay...glasses off! That's it for this time. I will have another post soon, I think...but it will be a special one---NOT posters, but stuff I've done with them (and other movie stuff) around the house. Snore, huh? It's a toss up... Fewer posters but more posting/content. Eh!
Watch out for sharks in your face, strange men playing with paddle balls, or things comin' at ya! Your 3D glasses may be off, but don't forget you live in a 3D world.
Thank you, as always, for visiting. CHEERS!
Hello. Guess what. You are back for MORE posters. But I must warn you. I think I must be under the spell of an evil witch doctor or something. My poster mojo is on the fritz. We will get through this Poster Show quickly. There's nothing interesting to see, really. Recently eMovie had another "lot" auction. I bid on several and got stuck with one...a dull turd of a lot, too. It's my own damn fault for bidding on it in the first place. There were actually 12 posters in this lot, but 2 were just so beyond lame that I'm never going to bother to mention them. The 10 below are stretching things thin as it is... Oh well.
Rockabilly777: Oh man... You've found out my hip hop name. There's no hiding now. (Although i wish I could hide THIS POST!) Yes, I am working on my displays of 3D glasses and other stuff. I'll share them as they become ready. Thanks for the note.
Rick: Thank you---this time, not so much...
Okay--let's go knock this out and be DONE with it.
BUDDY BUDDY:
Never saw this. Never cared to. Snore...
THE FRONT PAGE:
Ditto above.
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS (two styles):
I saw the film years ago...but that is all of the enthusiasm I can muster for these.
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CLASS REUNION:
This is a forgotten spoof of 80s horror movies from National Lampoon. It is largely forgotten because...it just wasn't that good. Still it is an interesting curiosity. Maybe.
PRIVATE SCHOOL:
80s sex comedy with Phoebe Cates, Sylvia Kristel, and Ray Walston...featuring a deliberate ripoff of SOME LIKE IT HOT or TV's BOSOM BUDDIES with three guys attending the school in drag. Hardee-har-har. Hijinks ensue.
METALSTORM: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED SYN:
80s 3D...Aside from the 3D craze at the time, i have no idea why anyone bothered to make this film. It is silly and makes little sense--and has no ending. BUT---I am a sucker for 3D/gimmicks...
TIDAL WAVE:
I'm also a sucker for old disaster movies. Hence, the poster for TIDAL WAVE (and another below). If you've never seen TIDAL WAVE, you really are not missing much. It was a longer Japanese film (THE SINKING OF JAPAN...or something like that) that was edited down and had scenes with Lorne Greene (a la Raymond Burr in GODZILLA) added in for American audiences. Forgettable.
AVALANCHE:
Another disaster flick... You can almost feel the careers of stars Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow falling as quickly as the avalanching snow pack in this one. Zzzzz,
TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000:
Another forgettable horror comedy. The best thing about it is the song it was based on. Ha!
Okay---that was quick and relatively painless...and you'll forget all about it minutes from now.
Thanks for the visit. I'm sorry it wasn't more interesting...or at least interesting at all.
My luck seems to go from bad to worse lately. I'm gonna sign off before something bizarre and improbable happens, like I get hit by a runaway piano or something.
Stay groovy.
CHEERS!
Welcome back! Today is NOT another haul of new posters. No. It's an update on what I've been doing at my house. There are new things on the walls and other things in the works. Lucky YOU get to be among the first to see what is going on. Whoo hoo!
MATT: Come on over... The spare room is yours for the night. (No guarantees you'll survive until morning, though...)
Okay, enough dawdling. Get inside and get a seat. The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show is about to begin again.
My hallway is pretty much filled up with a double row (top and bottom). There are things like light switches, thermostats and doorbell chimes that have prevented me from adding in posters here and there...but they've left some pretty big gaps. Hmm.
I had plans for those gaps--shadow boxes filled with some of the props, costumes, and gimmick premiums I have gathered over the years. In working out how I could incorporate those shadow boxes in, it occurred to me that, if I moved a few things, I could squeeze in three more posters! I dug through one (of 3) of my closets of framed posters and pulled the three below out:
I had been working on a BWANA DEVIL project, so of course that had to come out.
I have posters for all of THE EVIL DEAD films, but none of them are on display. I stumbled on the poster for the first film and up it went (where I had previously hung THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US).
Finally, I opted for ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA to occupy one of the newly created poster spaces. It's not a great movie by any means, but the poster art work is fabulous.
But it is my projects I am working on (I have several going at once) that I was focusing on. My first was finished and ready to go-go. A little while back, I shared that I scored 2 pairs of BWANA DEVIL 3D glasses to go with a pair I already had. BWANA DEVIL was the FIRST full-length movie in 3D, back in 1953. I have the one sheet and planned to make a display to hang near it. Here it is:
I didn't want to use tape or any sort of adhesive that might damage the 66-year-old glasses. So they and everything in the display are just laid in there with the backing holding them in place. I found a huge roll of rolled black acid-free paper at Michael's to also help preserve them. Anyway, since they are not glued down, they are a bit uneven. I tried several times to make it look straight.. but clearly it's "orientation" is not for me to enforce (bad joke) and I left it as best I could get it. Yes, it's an amateur mounting...but I don't do this for a living. Ha!
Here it is on the wall above the BWANA DEVIL one sheet. I moved the RATS ARE COMING THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE and KILLER SHREWS posters over and made room for the one sheet. You can also see THE EVIL DEAD in its new home.:
It may be hard to make out, but the hall light kind of ruins the space I stuck it in. I may move the BWANA DEVIL stuff eventually when/if I have a bigger display to go there. But for now--yippie! My BWANA DEVIL glasses are out (and proud) (bad "not straight" joke again. Sorry. It was just THERE).
The rest of this post is not that exciting...just posters in two newly created spaces.
By moving THE HEADLESS GHOST and NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST over, I created a space to hang ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA. The space above has objects I can't move...but it also has space for another future display or two.
I relocated my CREATURE WALKS AMONG US to the wall between my bedroom and the linen closet. The light switch there has always been problematic for posters. When I lived in the house originally (before my 6-year stint in the Shack-O-Rama while I went to nursing school and got the first few years of work under my belt), I had settled for a half sheet hanging there. But with the double-row of one sheets, I realized I could hang a poster below the light switch. I couldn't hang one above the light though as it would throw the rest of the hallway off balance. Instead, I will use the space for still other future displays.
And that's really it for this update. Stay tuned for more!
Thank you for visiting.
CHEERS!
Welcome back! Today, instead of new posters, we have a bunch of projects to share. Nothing exciting. I'm no pro and this is strictly amateur hour...but I am glad more of my artifacts are coming out of the closets and boxes and being put on display---so I can enjoy having them and so can anyone who comes to the house.
Take a look or don't...
Newly framed:
Nothing exciting here. I picked up 2 new frames. Of course, they are only 27x40 as it is impossible to find 27x41 frames any more. One of the frames, as I was unwrapping it I realized the plexiglass was broken in the corner and it will have to go back. That is okay as I have not been able to locate a poster I was planning to put in it. With the other one I opted to put in FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD. No, it's not the best of the series and I have other posters from throughout the series I could use. However, I have a project I hope to do in the coming weeks that has to do with FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 7 and I thought I'd just go ahead and get it framed now. This is not hanging anywhere yet. Stay tuned for more on this project as it happens...
1980's 3D Glasses display:
After completing and hanging my display of 3D glasses from the first 3D movie ever, BWANA DEVIL from 1953, I got to work on a simple, but more jam-packed display of 3D glasses from the 3D revival in the 198_s. I recently found/bought a set of 3D glasses for the movie that put 3D back on the map in 1981, COMIN’ AT YA. However, I already had a pair of glasses for the film—but they were completely different.
In addition to the two COMIN’ AT YA pairs of 3D glasses, I have glasses for TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS, JAWS 3D, the 1982 re-release of 1973’s ANDY WARHOL’S FRANKENSTEIN, PARASITE and that is it. I have a generic pair from the era as well, which I will eventually replace with my FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 3D glasses. I saw the film TWICE back in the day in the theater, and kept BOTH pairs of glasses. They are somewhere.
I ‘ve seen but am still lacking a pair of ROTTWEILER 3D glasses. Does anyone know if glasses were made for AMITYVILLE 3D, THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE, SPACEHUNTER, or METALSTORM: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED SYN? How about the re-release of HOUSE OF WAX or DIAL M FOR MURDER? I’ve never seen any.
Halloween II [prop book]:
I got this prop book from the Rob Zombie remake sequel a while back. While I am not a big fan of the Rob Zombie remakes—especially Part II [What was with the big white ghost horse anyway?]—I am a fan of the HALLOWEEN series as a whole. Getting a piece of it—even from Rob Zombie’s remake sequel—was quite exciting for me.
In the film, Dr Loomis [played by Malcolm McDowell in the Zombie films], out to make a buck, has written a sensationalist account of Michael Myers and his murder spree. He is doing a book signing in Haddonfield [where the crimes were committed] at a book store. Several copies of the book are on display. The book is only as real as its dust jacket. Underneath, it is a James Patterson novel. But it is still neato mosquito to own it.
For the shadow box, I added some shots from the movie that show the book [from the book signing scene and another from a talk show]. It’s no the most exciting thing ever, but I am thrilled to own it and have it up on my walls at home.
The Monster A GoGo Fan Club?
As a joke. a fellow poster collector who enjoys my posts on another poster forum site saw a fairly recent one and commented: I want to join your fan club so I can receive the official Monster A-Go Go member button! Sign me up!
The picture of the button he had seen was on the bottom of my post.
He wanted to receive the "official Monster A-Go Go member button"? Ha! But the thing was, I had that button, several of them in fact. It's not nearly as big as the picture, but it is still a Monster A-Go Go button as shown. So, I played along.
After a few weeks, I got the "fan club" kit together. It started off with a certificate of membership:
Had I thought about it, I'd have made the certificate horizontal...but whatever. I didn't want to spend too much time on a silly lark. This would do.
There was also a welcome letter that inventoried all of the fabulous crap...er, membership surprises that were included in the fan club member kit:
I realized after it was sent off that I forgot to "sign" it. Oops! Ha!
As noted in the letter, he gets 3 (count 'em, THREE!) buttons.
In addition to the buttons (you can see how small they truly are below), I also included a box of gummy Boogers and a weird lenticular postcard.
The Freddy's Dead 3D glasses, Jumanji ticket, lubricant, hand sanitizer, box of Beaver Buddies cookies, melting face woman sticker and Bucket of Blood swizzle stick were also included.
I was going to send it all in a large padded envelope...but then I got worried the cookies would be crushed and the BEAST OF BLOOD swizzle stick would get broken. Hmm.
I found an old Amazon box and covered one end of it with paper. I threw everything in and sealed it. I then made the box front below. The recipient's address and my return address were added in later, but you get the general idea of what it looked like.
Of course, once it was all sealed up and decorated, I realized that I had more room inside than an envelope could have carried. I could have thrown in more junk...er, valuable membership merchandise. I had some new horror CD soundtracks and DVDs I could have added. Heck, I could have maybe fit a folded up one sheet in there as well. Oh well. The meager silliness I did send should be fun unto itself. Especially since the whole thing was just a JOKE to begin with.
He should have gotten it Monday. i don't even know if he liked it or not yet. He said he was going out of town and would get it when he returned. I hope he digs it for what it is...
That's it for now.
CHEERS!
Hello and oh my stars! It's another Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. How did this happen? I'm not quite sure... Hmm. I really tried to avoid poster shopping and what I have is not that great, but...it IS another Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. Amazing but true!
Rockabilly777: Hi there. Glad you liked my amateur displays. Hmm. If you really want a Fan Club kit (it will be different than the first one), okay. Just shoot me a mailing address and in a while (October is super full for me---probably won't happen this month) you'll get a fan club kit of your very own. Oh my!
Sven: Zowie! I thought the fan club thing was going to seem super lame. You liked it too, though. Huh? Okay--ditto what I wrote to Rockabilly777 above. PM me an address and I'll send you a "fan club kit" of your own eventually.
Okay, the lights are dimming and the show is starting. Shhh! No talking...and please silence your cell phones. Thank you.
MURDER ON CAMPUS:
This is an obscure title---at least, I had never heard of it before. I had never seen the poster before either. It was cheap--so I bought it. What a cheap poster design. It looks like, instead of art, they just decided to use lobby cards (which they probably didn't bother to run on their own). Why did I want this then? The little bit on the bottom was what sold me. There's a bad drawing of a woman (Is that long hair or sideburns?) screaming, the cheesy horror lettering of the title, the fake review ("A thriller-chiller!" **** ) that is attributed to no one, and the company logo (A Colorama Features Release) that I do not recall ever hearing of again were the true elements that attracted me to this one. Ha!
AROUND THE WORLD WITH JOHN HOLMES:
I don't buy many posters for adult (porn) movies. I have noticed now and again that some titles go for a good price. They are usually those from the pre-porn nudies/roughies era, from certain directors (Doris Wishman, Michael and Roberta Findlay, etc.), hit movies (DEEP THROAT, BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR, etc.) or featuring certain stars. I stumbled on this John Holmes poster for a mere $13 and snatched it up. It will sit in a box, but I thought $13 was pretty cheap.
MONSOON:
I had seen this poster come and go just a few times. I know nothing about the flick, but it sounds like it is a big romantic drama with disaster elements towards the end (a monsoon). I dig my disaster flicks and thought I'd add this one. It was cheap. ($10)
THE STRANGERS:
I'm not sure if I ever saw this or not, but I did see the sequel...and that impressed me. CREEPY. There is another home invasion thriller I liked called YOU'RE NEXT, which is also worth checking out.
HELL FEST:
I already have this poster. However... The other day I (stupidly) purchased 2 poster-sized frames. They were 27x40 though. You can't find 27x41 any more anywhere. When I got home I looked through the last two years of my posts, looking for a newer (27x40) poster to frame. HELL FEST was one of the ones I decided deserved to be framed. However, I could NOT find my poster anywhere (and there are far too many rolls to dig through). So, late last night I went online and found another copy. Ha! Since I have more than 200 framed posters using up all of my closet space, I don't know what I was thinking buying MORE frames. HELL FEST...if it ever does get framed...can sit in its own hell in closets with the other posters in there.
HELL FEST:
No, I'm not having a brain fart and printing the same poster twice by accident. What happened was that the next two posters down were available fairly cheaply...and so was this. Alone this would have been $20 (with shipping), but as part of a larger order it was under $12 with shipping. SOLD!
SOLO (Advance Lando-style):
I've said many times I am no STAR WARS fan. But, at auction, I recognize the price of things. These character poster seem to sell well and this was fairly cheap. So...
SOLO (Advence Qi'ra style):
Ditto above.
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI:
While looking at the two SOLO posters above, this one showed up as a suggestion on a lower portion of the screen. It, too, was lower priced than expected---so someone made a SALE!
INVISIBLE AGENT (3 sheet):
Earlier this year, I scored an INVISIBLE MAN'S REVENGE (1944) 3-sheet. I HATE 3-sheets, but have very little in the way of Universal horror...so I went for it. When I saw this earlier (1942) sequel 3-sheet up for sale, I was interested but not that interested. The seller didn't have any takers and the price came down a little week after week until I finally decided to go for it. It will probably never be displayed (I hate 3 sheets--they are in 2 pieces and I have no frames to fit them.), but maybe it will be worth something someday? Until then, it will remain an invisible purchase, stored away in a box, envelope or drawer somewhere...
Okay. That is all for tonight. It's bed time. Go snuggle up with your favorite dolly and head of to sweet dreams land. May your wildest nightmares come true! Ha!
Thanks for visiting. Good night and...
CHEERS!
You! Fellow movie poster collector or aficionado, I am talking to YOU. You are “the coolest people in town†and I THANK YOU for visiting my humble post.
Today’s post will be a little on the crappy side, I’m afraid. For one thing, it is rushed. I’m visiting the L.A. area at the moment and am using my tablet—-which I’m not a fan of using (I like my old-fashioned desktop computer at home. Also—and probably most importantly—the posters presented today are NOTHING special and, in several cases, repeats o things I already have [SNORE!]. To try to make things a tad better (or possibly bore you to tears faster), there is a BONUS 11th poster thrown into the mix. oh boy... If you want your money back, go now. If you feel so bored at any time, please feel free to leave. Hopefully you’ll give me other chances and come back again in the future, though?
Help yourself to goodies. I may have crappy posters today, but at least I am a good host. Ooo... there’s the flickering lights. The show is about to start. Grab your seats now...
DIRTIEST GIRL I EVER MET:
No, I’ve NEVER seen this flick, nor will I bother probably. Why get the poster? Well, sucker for gimmicks that I am, I totally dug the bogus “Conditions of admission†notice on the top of the poster. Yeah, right. They aren’t gonna turn anyone with cash away from the theater. Ha! Also, if I am not mistaken, the ad art was used (in newspapers—-not on one sheets] for the showings of POOR WHITE TRASH (aka BAYOU] and the “sequel†in name only POOR WHITE TRASH 2 [aka SCUM OF THE EARTH].
THE HEARSE:
Not an exciting poster. Not an exciting movie either. This was cheap...but I didn't need it at all. I already have a few---in better shape.
TORSO:
This poster came with THE HEARSE--and, again, I already have several copies.... I remember when this flick came out, hot on the heels of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. I wanted to see either of them so badly. Of course, I wasn't even 10 yet and did NOT get to go. TORSO is a British flick--and as I write this, I still have NOT seen it (but it is in my pile o' DVDs and should be viewed very soon...like by Thanksgiving if not earlier. If I could just bother to stay home for a while instead of running all over the place, I'll get to it... Ha!)
How is the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show going so far?
Crickets....
Okay. Moving along...
TERROR TRAIN:
Something else I didn't need and already have. What is wrong with me? WHY do I do that? GRR! Anyway, I have always liked TERROR TRAIN. But another copy of the poster I did NOT need. (It was cheap...of course).
THE BEAST MUST DIE:
This one I actually DID need. This poster isn't rare at all---I've just never been able to snag one. Although it was not intended to be a blaxploitation film (Actor Robert Quarry was going to be the lead), the producers decided to capitalize on the hit blaxploitation film phenomenon, especially the blaxploitation horror flicks (BLACULA, SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM, BLACKENSTEIN, & ABBEY) and make this into a pseudo blaxploitation werewolf flick and cast Calvin Lockhart as the lead. Peter Cushing and Charles Gray are also in it. Plus, the flick has a giimmick mentioned on the poster. In the movie there is a "Werewolf Break"--where the audience has time to decide who they think the werewolf is. That's it. It does not affect the movie's outcome at all and there is no prize for correctly guessing--it's just a little recap to guess who the werewolf is. Ha! So, blaxploitation werewolf movie AND a gimmick? I had to have it.
47 METERS DOWN:
I like my JAWS knockoffs. I saw this flick and hated the ending. It was an okay thriller, but the film (and the poster) weren't so fabulously awesome/cheesy as say TINTORERA or GREAT WHITE, so I delayed buying the poster. I saw it listed cheap and thought why not? I have not seen the recent sequel yet. Any good?
DOCTOR SLEEP (Teaser):
Except for certain franchises I dig (such as HALLOWEEN or FRIDAY THE 13TH or James Bond flicks), I generally avoid posters for sequels. I read DOCTOR SLEEP and it is nothing like THE SHINING, but seeing "REDRUM" on this teaser made me excited to see it. The poster was not very expensive, so...
DOCTOR SLEEP (Advance):
As I was looking for the poster above, I was made aware of this new poster. It is not that exciting either...actually kind of lame...but it was not expensive, so I decided to get it too. I do have to say that I am so glad the makers of this film apparently decided to make it a sequel to the classic Kubrick version of THE SHINING (that Stephen King does not like) instead of that TV mini-series version (that King does like--but no one else cares about) or a sequel to a version that was never filmed (i.e. the film makes up its own version for the back story). I want to see this now because of the way they seem to have weaved in Kubrick's film.
How is the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show going so far? Has it gotten any better? Is it as bad as I thought it would be?
Oh my...
SUSPIRIA:
I did not need this either...I already have one and in better shape. Ha! I do NOT know why I bid on this---and so intensely. I was outbid several times and finally got it, paying way too much for it, I believe. Still it is SUSPIRIA, Dario Argento's masterpiece. I do remember the TV commercial for it that had nothing to do with the film...with a woman (back to the camera) brushing her hair, repeating a rhyme from the film. On the last line, she turns around and she's a skeleton. Then the name SUSPIRIA (as shown on the poster) appears and the letters seem organic and alive, pulsating and breathing. Wonderfully creepy.
GHOST STORIES (Yellow style):
I know nothing about this flick---never heard of it. Never saw it. Nothing. But the poster was so wildly cool looking, I had to have it.
GHOST STORIES (Pink style):
This one was also up for auction as at the same time as the one above. This was even more hallucinogenic and bizarre. Wowzer! Has anyone seen this flick? Do i need to track it down and see it? It looks very cool.
That's it for now. Thanks for visiting, but I've got to dash. I'm off to get a pedicure from Kathy Bates. James Caan recommends her highly.
See you soon, I hope? Hello? Did anyone make it all of the way through? Hello? Hmm.
CHEERS!
Oh my stars! October has already ended (I sort of 'missed" Halloween this year. Waaagh!) and November is already being whittled away. Soon it will be December and the holiday season will be in full swing. O' the horror of it all. Because I didn't give you a Halloween post this year, I'll throw in an extra poster (11 posters instead of the usual 10) this time as a special post-Halloween treat (or maybe to give you a little pre-Thanksgiving gluttony?).
MATT: I am so glad you found the last post entertaining. It was quite a chore trying to make that crap I had interesting. (Not that this post is any more interesting, but...) Ha!
Rockabilly777: Thanks for visiting and leaving a note. You ARE forever changed. After spending 10 minutes reading those two posts--with an intermission--you have AGED! Zowie! You will never get those 10 minutes back. I'm so sorry to have robbed your life of them with my fodder. CHEERS!
Okay---get to your seat. The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show is beginning now!
THREE DIMENSIONS OF GRETA:
I probably have this...but I am just NOT sure. I had to get one (just in case) just for the 3D element. I'm such a sucker for a gimmick!!!
ALMOST HUMAN:
Oh my stars! Major senior moment. I had NO RECOLLECTION of winning this poster (or two others on this posting), until I went to pay for things on eMovie Thursday night following their final Halloween auction for the season. When I went to pay, there were some things already sitting in the Pay & Hold area. There were the two different cool GHOST STORY posters I shared in my previous poster post from October 17th. But I had won this with the GHOST STORY posters on October 10th. It should have been the first poster slapped on to this new post...but wasn't. I had completely forgotten about it. (Well, it is a rather forgettable poster for what is probably a forgettable movie as well. Anyone see this?) But that's not the worst of it. Also in my Pay & Hold were two other posters (below somewhere) I had won on eMovie on October 8th. Oops! To my defense, October was a rather busy month for me. I did a lot of traveling. I was in San Diego for a week, Los Angeles for several days and then went off to Oregon for another week. I was home only long enough to work a few days and get to a doctor's appointment or two. But WOW! Forgetting three posters entirely? CRAZY!
THE HUMAN DUPLICATORS:
I've never seen this, but think it has somewhat of a cult following. Although he is not listed on the poster, I believe RICHARD "JAWS" KIEL is in this flick, too. It was fairly cheap... Why not?
THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Italian fotobusta):
This is one of the "forgotten" posters mentioned above that I "won" on October 8th. I was completely oblivious (although I had paid for it already, thank goodness.) I've never seen this. I have no idea if this is some R-rated titillating retelling of the classic tale or a full blown porn opus -- nor do I care. She's not listed on the credits of the fotobusta, but according to the eMovie listing, Uschi Digard is in this.
ADDAMS FAMILY (2019 Advance):
This movie looks fun and I am surprised I have not seen it (yet). I am a bit disappointed though that Thing is portrayed as a disembodied hand as he was in the live action flicks with Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia. I always thought the way it was portrayed on the TV series was creepier. You never knew what THING was attached to. Oh well. This still looks like a hoot and I couldn't resist the poster.
ZOMBIELAND DOUBLE TAP:
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (Final):
I decided to score one of these before they went crazy high and were totally out of reach. As I've said before, I am no STAR WARS fan. I'll probably see this (weeks after it comes out). The poster does have me curious as to how they handle Leia (she is pictured on the poster and in the trailers) and Lando Calrissian (I spy Billy Dee on the poster as well) and Luke (Hmm...No sign of him on the poster). I'm glad this series is FINALLY ending (but you know it will NOT be the last STAR WARS film ever).
FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER and THE KEEP ( combo Japanese B2):
This is the other poster I completely forgot "winning" not too long back. Hooray! I believe I own the Japanese B2 posters for FRIDAY THE 13TH parts 1-3 as well.
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FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING (Japanese B2):
When I won this on Thursday night, I remember thinking to myself that I knew I had the B2s for FRIDAY THE 13TH 1-3...I just needed one for PART 4 mow. Imagine my surprise when I logged on to pay for this and saw that I DID have a Part 4, but had just forgotten about it. Ha! Now that I have all five of them, what am I going to do with them? Ha!
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (aka ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN) (British Quad):
Oh my stars! I can NOT believe I landed this. I've always preferred the British title (especially when paired with BLOOD FOR DRACULA/ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA) and the British artwork. Zowie! I'll have to track down a BLOOD FOR DRACULA quad now (although the one sheet for the original release of ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA is AWESOME!) so I can have the pair together. Zowie! Truly awesome!
SHE FREAK:
I was bidding on this on eMovie's Halloween auction...and lost it within minutes of the auction's close. (I wasn't watching it for the last few minutes...ARGH!) However, I looked and found this copy (described as in "excellent condition". We will see...) on eBay not long after for just a few dollars more than I lost it for. The picture isn't that good and normally I might wait for a copy I was sure was in ":excellent condition". However, after starring at the one on eMovie for a long while over the last week, I knew I had to have this NOW! Aside from the cool art, the poster is hilarious. Aside from the top blurb ("Behind the tents and tinsel of a Monster Midway something barbaric occurs on the Alley of Nightmares"), the other verbage made me laugh out loud. "All the more appalling in color" and (my favorite) "Filmed on the actual locations where it COULD have happened" sold me. HA! The film itself is fun anyway. It is kind of an unauthorized remake of FREAKS, right down to the shock ending. Whoo hoo!
Okay gang, the show is over (for now). No more tricks up my sleeve tonight. In fact, this MIGHT be my last new poster post of the year. We will see.
Have a great holiday season and thank you so much for visiting.
Until next time...
CHEERS!
Okay, I know that when I slapped up my last post, I said it was possibly the last one for the year. Now, 2 days later, here I am. WTF, right? Well, it's called an OOPS! Yesterday morning, I kept getting text after text after text telling me that such and such an auction was about to close. Huh? Oh---it was a bunch of auctions from Excalibur Auctions in England. I had totally forgotten about them. But I bid such low-ball bids on a ton of stuff, I was sure I wouldn't get any of it. Well, I forget how stupid I can be, because, when I got home, I discovered I had won several lots (Groan...). Zowie! Together they cost way too much money...and I still have to pay for/arrange for shipping. UGH!!!
This posting is ALL of the auction winnings--such as they are. WHY did I buy this crap? GRRR...
Take a look or DON'T. Here we go-go!
THE SIGN OF ZORRO:
Snore! This (and the six just below it) was part of a single lot. This poster is the dullest of the seven. This was NOT the poster I wanted in the lot. It's just here to share the tragedy of my stupidity.
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN:
Double snore! I saw this movie in the theater and I suppose you could say it is a good movie---but it's not my kind of movie (Hello?! Where are the zombies? The franchised serial killers? Anything remotely spooky at all?). Part of that lot o' seven...
AUDREY ROSE (British quad):
I've never cared for the AUDREY ROSE poster art (and I am fairly certain (I have the one sheet). To add to my disappointment, there are tape stains on the corners. Groan... Lot poster, of course.
TOOTSIE:
Another lot purchase... TOOTSIE? Fun little movie, but in my collection? UGH!
THE REBEL GLADIATORS (British Quad):
This is a lot posters and the one I placed a bid on the lot in the first place for. THE REBEL GLADIATORS is one of the peplum/sword & sandal flicks that were the rage (briefly) and churned out (mostly from Italy) in the late 50s through the mid-60s. I dig my "Hercules" movies (as I call them...even though Hercules is only in a handful of them (and not this one). Of course, it looks like there is a paper lift on Dan Vadis' nipple. Ha! Well, that ruins it. Blah...
THE ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD:
Another from the same poster lot... This, at least, has decent art. But I bid on this? Purposely? Hmm... I've seen the flick (twice) and never liked it.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS:
This is the 7th and final poster from that one bulk lot. Don't I have this already? Hmm. What was I thinking?
HOUSE OF EXORCISM:
This is an ugly poster. Why did I bid on it? Because I love my EXORCIST ripoffs. Stupid me...
RISE AND FALL OF IDI AMIN (British quad):
This sleaze epic's poster I am kind of excited to have. Idi Amin was a terrible man--but this movie is a jaw-dropping, shocking hoot. I don't think it was ever actually released here (but it may have been. i have a one sheet but I think it may be Australian?). I have a bootleg DVD.
CARRIE (double crowns and British quads):
All of these CARRIE posters were in one lot. These seem to be fairly rare. I've only seen them a few times before. I have most of these already, but there is one or two I know I don't have...like the one that says "AFTER THRILL"---whatever that is about. Despite the clothes and hair being stuck in the 70's, I think CARRIE is a classic. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie both deserved their Oscar nominations for it.
THE STRANGE DOOR:
This was one of the ones I really wanted, but bid low (because I didn't want to deal with the shipping) and was surprised to win (I've never been able to score one before)--until i noticed the nasty tape stain on the bottom center. GRR!!!!
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 and HALLOWEEN (British quad combo):
I was also surprised I won this, knowing how rabid people get for anything featuring the original HALLOWEEN. This seems to have a bit of fold wear, but it's kind of a fun surprise pick up I had not expected.
That's it. A bunch of JUNK. (Is it my imagination, or have Excalibur's poster lots turned to crap?) Oh well... Maybe I'll learn my lesson. (Yeah, RIGHT!) Next time when I say "Look at your own risk," know that I'm NOT kidding.
CHEERS!
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Happy holidays. I know this is a busy time for everyone, but DON'T PANIC... I'm NOT going to take up that much time. In fact, there are fewer posters (just 5) in today's post than the usual 10. Why? Because due to financial issues (those way too expensive Excalibur Auction purchases last time DID NOT help situations) and health situations, I think that...unless something really awesome comes along...these will be my final poster purchases. Forever? Hopefully not...but for a long, long time, any way. (Although, I still intend to post updates on projects I'm working on around the house, etc.) So let's take a gander at my last (for now) set.
BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019):
I soooooo did NOT need this. However, I have the poster for the original (under the SILENT NIGHT, EVIL NIGHT title) and the first remake (which wasn't all that long ago...or was it?). Why not the new remake? It was cheap---but what a dull poster.
DRACULA AND SON (Italian 2F):
I've never seen this and normally I'd have passed on this...but it was surprisingly cheap. Christopher Lee in a non-Hammer Why not?
THOR: THE CONQUEROR (Italian 2F):
Another Italian poster I didn't need, but this CONAN rip-off from the 80s has always intrigued me. (I'm sure it is awful, but I have yet to see it.) I am almost certain I have a different (better) poster for this same movie. Hmm.
GHOST CATCHERS:
From 1944 comes this poster for a funny fright flick (so I read...it's supposed to be a comedy). I should have passed on this--but I thought why not? It is in remarkably good condition for being 75 years old. I have no idea who Olsen & Johnson are/were, but Lon Chaney Jr, Andy Devine and Morton Downey (Sr.) also star and have their names on the poster. "They got hants in their dance!" Okay... whatever.
THE BLOB:
Oh my stars! Even though I paid far, FAR more than I ever wanted to pay for this (YIKES!!!!), I have been after an original THE BLOB poster ALL of my life (well, since I started collecting posters back when I was 11 or so). I have both versions of the sequel poster and the remake poster...but the original? Never...until now. Zowie! This film starred a young Steve McQueen and Aneta Corseaut (or Corsaut) (better known as Helen Crump on "The Andy Griffith Show"). The scene in the movie theater must have freaked movie goers out big time back in 1958. Ha! How BLOB-eriffic!
Zowie! I'm so excited. Here is the original trailer:
And that is all for now...and for the rest of the year (and possibly then some), I imagine. Thanks for visiting. Have a super holiday season. I hope Santa brings you all of the coolest posters on your wish list and that 2020 is beyond amazing for all of us.
CHEERS!
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It is the holiday season and I am waist deep in the Christmas card thang. If you would like a Christmas card (seriously) from me, just send me a private message with your address and I will send you one. REALLY.
Ho Ho Ho and CHEERS!
Monster, what you don't know is that us admins use to be super involved in that other movie poster site (APF - right?)... Several of us had a spat with Thierry/Holiday and I actually got banned. They only person, I think, to have ever gotten banned at the time. Holiday and I chatted on facebook and he let me rejoin... We've since made peace of course. Cordial but I have never been treated the same there since leaving. Erik does not like me and would ban me not for Holiday/Thierry. Its a whole new rotation over there. I even forget some folks from time to time.
https://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,7994.325.html
Thanks Monster for taking me down memory Lane @Matt @David
With all due respect to H and T. For me personally, it all had to do with the constant threats to shut down APF... And being told not to participate if I didn't like the situation. I was on APF everyday. I think I averaged 4.6 or something posts per day... The forum had become part of my everyday life going on 3 years... When the landlord of the house your living in threatens to burn the house down, you start thinking there may be a better place to live. When he tells you if you don't like it leave or not to come home if you don't like that fact, it only further confirms the urgency to find a better place.
One of the reasons I pushed Holiday was because the threats all seemed more of a measure than a reality. Burn your own house down? I won't dare assume to know what either would actually do or will do. But I know now I am in a position to make this threat, but won't because I know that some of us really love this community - not just a site or forum. The people we converse with and share with. Sure we don't all know each other from Adam. We are not the text book definition of 'friends', but I care for people here/there even if I haven't shaken your hand or seen your face...
But I needed a place to to meet, one with a solid foundation. Do we technically need a new forum? No.
I can't speak for the other two knuckle heads...
Hi there. I'm back with a a non-poster (but somehow poster-related) post. If you bother to read it, you may understand what I mean. If not, feel free to skip this entry.
CHARLIE: I know some of what you've mentioned. I've been a member of that other site since April 2015. I used to visit it daily. Now I only visit it when I have something new to post and usually only visit my own personal thread to do it on. It was great fun when I first joined...but since then almost everyone I used to talk to on there has abandoned ship. I was aware of many of the problems there--but not all. I never had an issue myself---but the dynamics of the place changed considerably. I actually THINK I recognize you from over there. I remember seeing "CHARLIE" comment here and there at one time.
I took up my small residence here at the urging over another former member of that other site. However, by then, I had already started my little poster blog of my own and I never really explored this site fully. I used to be more vocal and outgoing on the other site---but since that site seemed to whither, I've become somewhat of a loner on both sites.
I appreciate the details of the problems you shared about the other site. I also want to thank you for the BEST OF 2019 post you started for me. CHEERS!
RICK: Happy holidays and thank you for visiting. CHEERS!
The MONSTER-A-GOGO FAN CLUB Update:
Remember the whole joke thing about a Monster A GoGo Fan Club (You can read about it HERE)---and how I sent it off to my "fan"? Here he is with his official Monster A GoGo Fan Club crap-o-rama! Ha! I've sent a few other "fan club" things his way---a postcard or two and something hastily slapped together for Halloween.
I decided to carry the joke on further. After I sent my "fan" (who shall remain anonymous unless he says otherwise) that last-minute Halloween thang (whatever it was--I've totally forgotten what it might have been), I realized Christmas was about to roll around. Hmm. I had to do something...but what?
My first thought was a Christmas card...so he got an official Monster A GoGo Christmas card:
And...eek! Since the card was homemade, I had no envelope for it. So....I made an envelope.
This is the front:
And here is the back:
I was super broke this Christmas season. After several trips this year (including one to Europe) and a ton of medical bills (Oooo... NOT pretty.), I was freaking about the holidays. BUT---it was Christmas after all. SO, I assembled a package of crap--some DVDs, candy (?), and other sh...er, valuable merchandise. I did manage to throw in a movie poster....for Lucio Fulci's BLACK CAT (the first poster I came across that was in decent shape and that I knew I had more than one copy of).
The box wasn't that exciting (no time to spend on it), but...
Off it went... Ho ho ho. It wasn't that exciting, but I hope my "Fan" appreciates his fan club freebies.
Anyway, although he sent me a note that he was sending something my way, in the holiday blur it was forgotten...until I went by my mailbox place and picked it up today.
Oh my stars! The box was HUGE!
Inside, buried beneath the Styrofoam packing peanuts and wrapped in newspaper was an amazing tiki-esque surprise. In addition to vintage movie posters, I also happen to be a huge fan of all things tiki. I love to seek out and explore new (to me) tiki bars. There have been some amazing places I've come across (some of which you can see should you chose to visit my new-ish tiki blog HERE then scroll down). I must have mentioned this to Mr. "Fan" at some point, because clearly he was attune to this. Here is what he sent:
A tiki-esque (sort of) necklace.
Two sets of wooden bowls, one slightly larger than the other:
A pea pod-shaped serving bowl and a wooden pineapple without a top---that may be a candle holder?
A small, wooden tiki idol.
Pineapple-shaped serving dishes.
A three-tiered serving plate with tiki-esque designs carved into it, like palm trees and grass huts.
There was also a baggie filled with other wonders...
There was a little flyer from "TikiFez Comics" advertising upcoming comic releases.
There was a nifty reusable bamboo straw with cleaning brush.
And finally, there was this cool vintage picture of some lady with a hula guy somewhere somewhere in the 60s or early 70s.
I know this has nothing to do with movie posters really---but it sprang from my "fan's" and my appreciation for movie posters. Sure, these things aren't worth much, but what an amazing gesture. I totally dig it all. I need to have a luau or something. Golly.
THANK YOU so much, Mr. "Fan"! Zowie! What a wonderful surprise-a-gogo!
I hope your Christmas was filled with wonderful surprises as well.
CHEERS!!!
Great to see someone else who appreciates the cheesiness of the 80s 3D glasses. I, too, have been looking for Amityville 3D glasses with zero luck for years now. Given that most films in the early 80s period had specially designed glasses, it makes sense that Amityville would have too - but they must be pretty damn rare! All the best with your hunt!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone. I hope your holiday season was festive and fabulous. To kick off the new year I have some new (to me) posters, Whoo hoo!
CHARLIE: Yes, it IS fun getting surprises in the mail from poster buddies---or just anyone at all. (But it is more special with friends you only know online...)
PANCHO: I'm glad you appreciate my 3D glasses collection. Here's to BOTH of us scoring AMITYVILLE 3D glasses (should they exist) this year. Getting glasses in 2020 sounds strangely RIGHT. Ha!
And now, here's the countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
Happy new posters!!!!
Have some champagne and let's take a look:
NEW YEAR'S EVIL:
I already have a couple of copies of this and didn't need another. However, what better way to start off a new poster year than with a New Year's-themed movie poster? NEW YEAR'S EVIL was an early holiday horror flick, cashing in on the success of HALLOWEEN, hot on the heels of PROM NIGHT, MOTHER'S DAY, and FRIDAY THE 13TH (all from 1980). Roz Kellyis best known for playing Fonzie's girlfriend Pinky Tuscadero on HAPPY DAYS for a couple of episodes. She has since sunk into obscurity (much like this film). Spoiler alert (but not really, as his face is there peeking through the calendar): Kip Niven is the killer. Niven was a contract player for Universal in the 70s and can be seen in EARTHQUAKE, AIRPORT 75 and THE HINDENBURG.But this flick is one of the lesser titles made during the 80's slasher craze. Zowie, this flick is now 40 years old and I remember when it came out. WHERE did the time go???
GHOST STORIES (Yellow title style):
I got both styles of this poster not too long ago...and thought I'd try for another pair when I saw them recently again. I bid on both styles, but the one with the pink titles I was outbid on. No big loss. I still haven't seen this flick...
GHOST SHIP:
Speaking of "ghosts"... When I first saw this poster, I thought it might be a re-release of the 1943 flick of the same name. I have the original one sheet for that, so I wasn't going to bother with this. But it kept popping up in my face. I looked into it further and realized it was a poster for a 1953 film that was completely different. It's probably a crappy flick, but the poster was cheap-ish... Why not?
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2019):
I didn't see this, but might track it down eventually. I was a fan of the original TV series and I do like the creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and altogether ooky things in life in general. So why not? I do have to say I prefer THING in the series as opposed to the 90s version or how it looks as if it will be in the current version. Having THING attached to an arm was fascinating...as you were never sure what the arm was attached to. YIKES! Oh well. No one asked me...
HELLBENT:
This was a cheap one...but yikes! Look at the art of that sharp knife point right at that guy's eyeball? Yowza! Does that happen on the movie? It freaks me out just looking at it and it was only like $7, so why not?
CEMETERY MAN:
I already have a copy of this somewhere...but I'm thrilled to score another. This is an unusual and kind of fun--but also kind of different and off of the radar--zombie flick of sorts. I saw it in the theater back in the day...and need to see it again.
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (International Advance):
I have said many times that I am no STAR WARS fan boy. I've seen most of the films and will probably see the new RISE OF THE SKYWALKER flick eventually (Haven't seen it yet...), but I have been buying the posters as an investment when they are cheap enough. This international version of THE LAST JEDI was cheap enough...and one I don't think I had seen before. Hmm.
STAR WARS: RISE OF THE SKYWALKER (Teaser):
This has got to be the most boring poster ever created for a STAR WARS flick, but it was cheap...and I'll just tuck it away and hopefully there will still be a market for it. Ha!
ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS:
This poster has always gone for big bucks---and I really do not know why. The film is silly and watchable, but is no classic. But I dig it and have wanted one for a long, long while. Paul Mantee stars along with Mona the woolly monkey! TV's BATMAN Adam West is also in this in the beginning section. Fun and cheesy and "scientifically authentic". Yowza!!!
THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL:
Hooray! I finally have one of these. Despite the fact that it is impossible that the grand house and extensive yards featured in the film are on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco as they are supposed to be (although I wish they were), the film is kind of fun and the poster is beautiful.
That's it for now. I hope your 2020 brings you much joy, health, happiness, and great movie posters!
CHEERS!
PS NOT poster related, but happy belated Fake Jan Day (Jan. 2nd)
https://youtu.be/5tFoXlHkPnc
Welcome back! No new poster purchases today, just updates on my projects. Let's take a look, shall we?
Newly framed:
HELL FEST:
I purchased some cheap frames at Target. They only had 27x40, of course. I opted to frame the recent HELL FEST and I dig it. (I doubt it will ever appear on the walls, but you never know...)
CEMETERY MAN:
Within the second cheap-o Target frame, I slapped this cool-ish poster. Zombies, Guns and Sex, Oh my!
HELLBENT:
Swapping out one of the old 80s/90s BATMAN posters (that my nephew had previously had up in his room--thanks to me), I put in this shocking knife-to-the-eyeball poster for a movie I had never heard of before.
SHE FREAK:
Swapping out a James Bond poster for this colorful schlock horror one sheet was a groovy idea, I think.
A Bad Luck Year?
2020 is only a few weeks old, but already I'm growing weary of it. There have been a string of poster disappoints so far this year.
First, a while back I won a ZOMBIELAND DOUBLE TAP poster. I wasn't that thrilled, but it was super cheap...so why not? But--ugh! When it finally showed up, I was shocked. It was very damaged. The idiot who sold it to me put it in a short triangularly shaped tube that was too short. How do you fix that? By taping a padded envelope around the top and sending it on its way. It was RUINED!
Then, I thought I scored a sought-after treasure. It was a 1980s re-release quad for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. O' joy! I've wanted one for so long.
It came and...I didn't even pull it out of the plastic sleeve it came in. Why? There was something suspicious about it. There was a line of text on the side and it was blurry and the white space around it wasn't white...but also looked like it was grainy, like a photo that had been blown up. Hmm. I suspected it was a fake.
The seller, who I believe sold it to me as an original in good faith, told me that he had bought it from another seller on eBay, tloceposters. UGH! The infamous TLoce strikes again---and this time from one of his victims. Fortunately the seller let me return it for a refund.
If you saw my last post about my first posters for 2020, you would have seen this poster:
Wow! Wow! WOW! I was soooooo thrilled to FINALLY score a HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL poster and in such swell condition. It's a beauty. It arrived today and I immediately set about framing it. I pulled it from the plastic bag, put it in the frame and went to look at it. There was a hole right below the house. Not just a separation at the fold line, but a missing hunk of paper. I had noticed a gap when I was putting it in the frame, but I had thought it was just a small fold split. It's far more than that.
OH MY STARS! What happened? I looked at the poster carefully---there is not piece of paper folded over behind it. There is no small piece of paper on my floor or in the bag it was shipped in. There is just a hole. I am soooo BUMMED. $177 for this? I sent a note to eMovie earlier, but I doubt they'll be able to do anything. Jeepers... Just my luck.
Anyway, that's my updates for now. Hopefully 2020 will get itself together and work out better for me. (I'm NOT gonna hold my breath though...).
CHEERS!
Super quick update-a-go-go:
eMovie did get back to me about this. I had this note this morning:
This is Bruce. Obviously, that small piece became detached after it was photographed, and since I am sure you are telling the truth, it must have fallen off AFTER it was condition graded here, but BEFORE it was put in your package.
That is very sad, but as we guarantee all we auction, you can now return it for a full refund, including return shipping (see those instructions below). I will re-photograph it and re-auction it as my consignment, and I will take the loss.
That is so very kind of them. I am surprised that Bruce is doing this. But, Yippie! Now I can search for that poster in better condition. Yahoo!!! Perhaps 2020 won't be as bad as it initially seemed.
CHEERS!