Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show...and happy new year! I have a few new purchases to share--but only a few. You see, I've been busy. Since moving in early November, I've been living in a house with bare walls. O' the HORROR of it all. That will never do. So, I've been busy framing. But we'll get to that momentarily. In the meantime, here is a short yet sweet look at my new acquisitions. O' the joy:
THE LAST REMAKE OF BEAU GESTE:
My first purchase--on New Year's Day--of the year...and it's a dud I didn't need. I already have one of these. Why I bid on it (on some obscure online auction), I have no idea. I bid on about a dozen other things as well, all of which I was outbid on (of course!). The reason I even bothered with this poster is because, as a kid, I loved this silly film. I haven't seen it in decades though and, like I said, I have a copy of the poster already. Oh well. $5 plus shipping is not the worst thing I've ever wasted money on.
BLACK HOOKER:
Oh my stars! I just got one of these a short time back...after trying to get one for YEARS! And here I end up with a second copy. Actually, a friend of mine was just gaga over my BLACK HOOKER poster and wanted one for himself. I spotted this one on eBay. It has a few issues--but I got it for a decent price...and now I have his birthday present covered for this year. Hooray!
TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL:
Wow! I love this Lex Barker (Talking Tarzan #2 after Johnny Weissmuller) Tarzan poster. Barker was a decent Tarzan, it's just that his movies were part of the Sol Lesser output---ultra cheapos that were slapped together. They were not nearly as engaging as others in the series. The poster itself has a few issues...but I think it adds to the pulp-iness aspect of it. Co-starring Raymond (PERRY MASON) Burr and Monique (ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN) Von Vooren as the She-Devil! Ha!
And that's it. Really! What, you ask? Just THREE? Where are the usual 10 per update? Well, I have not been shopping anywhere near as much as I used to. I am broke, in declining health and I just moved. I have too much on my plate to buy a lot of new posters. However, following my recent move, I've started framing some of my old posters again. Those I DO have to share with you. This time, with the exception of a few classic titles I'm always going to display, I've decided to frame posters I've not had up previously. Here is a look at what I've gotten framed so far:
DOOR TO DOOR MANIAC:
This really is such a wonderfully simple-yet-cool poster. Yet, you rarely ever see it posted anywhere or talked about. And music legend Johnny Cash is the killer? Too awesome not to frame. (And--surprise! This cool poster is actually a re-release/re-titling. It was originally released as FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE. Despite the fact this is a re-release, I find this poster far superior to the original.)
EYEBALL:
I have the other style of poster for this title, but had long wanted this superior one. It was one of the first things I framed. Yowza! The movie is klind of fun, too...but it's a giallo instead of a true horror film.
ORGY OF THE LIVING DEAD (triple feature):
I don't know why I never framed this amazing poster for this re-titled re-release triple avalanche of unrelated Euro horror movies. It's awesome.
GURU THE MAD MONK:
Her is another Andy Milligan title, one I've never displayed before. What a great poster. I guess I never bothered before because it is just in black and white and red. Sure, Milligan's movies are crap. I still enjoy them (if that is the right term), although often times (as in this case) the posters are often better than the films themselves.
I DISMEMBER MAMA and THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE (combo re-release):
I have toyed with the idea of framing this poster off and on for years. While I have the one sheet for I DISMEMBER MAMA (and also the one for its original release title, POOR ALBERT AND LITTLE ANNIE), this re-release double feature has the cool gimmick of the Up-Chuck Cup mentioned. Ooooo! I so wish I had one of those (Unused, of course.)
IT HAPPENED AT NIGHTMARE INN and THINGS FROM THE GRAVE (re-release combo):
Speaking of re-release combo posters, I framed this one as well...but I'm not sure I'm all that happy with it. I framed it because it is kind of a rarer poster, but it's not that exciting. THINGS FROM THE GRAVE is actually a retitling of CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS (which I also have the one sheet for). Perhaps this one will get swapped out first. I might want to go back to the wonderful I DRINK YOUR BLOOD/I EAT YOUR SKIN combo poster. THAT one is classic!
CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS:
I dig the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD / DAWN OF THE DEAD knockoffs before the age of video...especially the ones from the early 70s. This flick doesn't really get going until near the end, but the poster is kind of fun. It's also getting harder and harder to find. Glad I've got one.
Here's a fun, old poster from from the mid-1940s that featured Lon Chaney Jr, Andy Devine, and Morton Downey Sr. I've not seen it, but read about it. It's described as a screwball comedy with music (but not a "musical"). Fun graphics and a pink ghost! Ha! "They've got hants in their dance." (Anyone know what "hants" are?)
HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL:
At last I've got my copy framed. Wow! Wow! Wow!
INVASION OF THE ANIMAL PEOPLE with TERROR OF THE BLOODHUNTERS (combo):
Wow--gotta love the cheesiness of this one. I believe this was the film that was originally called TERROR OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN, about a yeti-like creature in Scandinavia someplace.
MAN IN THE DARK (2D style):
I was not going to frame this, but as I was going through my posters, a friend who is visiting saw this and liked it and wanted it hung up in "his" room. He isn't here now, but--okay. I can hang it in "his" room. No problem.
MAN IN THE DARK (3D style):
Since I am framing the 2D MAN IN THE DARK, I might as well and frame the 3D style.
HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS:
The charge an arm and a leg. (That tag line alone earned this poster's framing.)
MIDNIGHT MOVIE MASSACRE:
I didn't even know I had this when I was digging through my boxes of posters. I've certainly never seen it. But, wow! Look at those cheesy graphics. I LOVE it. This flick from 1989 is a throwback to old 50s-stly sci-fi flicks and stars 50s sci-fi movie vets Robert (THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON) Clarke and Ann (WAR OF THE WORLDS) Robinson. Released on video as ATTACK FROM MARS.
INVASION OF THE BLOOD FARMERS:
On the day I started framing my posters, I happened to watch INVASION OF THE BLOOD FARMERS. The movie is awful...but the poster is awesome! In fact, the poster is better than the movie...by a LOT! No where in the film does the scene that is central to this poster (the farmer with the pitchfork slamming it down into the girl victim) happen. Ha!
This is not the best poster ever---but it is super rare and hard to find. My understanding about this poster is that it was printed for a release of the film in 1982 that never materialized. Another company finally released the movie in the US in 1985--but without a new/different poster.
CREEPSHOW:
This advance CREEPSHOW poster also has some studio-juggling history. This poster was issued by the United Film Distribution Company, the company that released George Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD, DAY OF THE DEAD, KNIGHTRIDERS, and other films (such as SLEEPAWAY CAMP). Warner Brothers bought the distribution rights and the poster was changed for the Warner release (to that of the Creep selling tickets in an old-fashioned movie theater box office.) This poster, in my opinion, is way more fun.
MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND and BLOOD DEMON (Combo):
It's the infamous 2nd film in the BLOOD ISLAND trilogy (or 3rd if you count TERROR IS A MAN). It features very cool art of a bloodied zombie thing attacking Angelique Pettyjohn. The co-feature BLOOD DEMON is actually a retitling of THE TORTURE CHAMBER OF DR SADISM.
BEAST OF BLOOD and CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES (combo):
The third and final film in the BLOOD ISLAND trilogy. You've gotta love the image of the zombie-thing ripping off its own head. Zowie! B-movie filmmaker Brian Yuzna is trying to revive the series with a series of comic books prior to committing to filming. The image below was the inspiration for some of the comic art as well as a series of tiki mugs put together for the Kickstarter account to get the comic book up and running. CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES is a low-budget vampire story...set in the Philippines. Filipino vampires are so NOT the Transylvanian variety.
BRAIN OF BLOOD and VAMPIRE PEOPLE (combo):
When the BLOOD ISLAND series dried up, distributor Hemisphere Entertainment hoped to keep milking BLOOD cow with a series of unrelated movies with BLOOD in the title. BRAIN OF BLOOD is an Al Adamson mess that stars Regina Carrol (aka Mrs Al Adamson) and Zandor Vorkov (aka Roger Engel, a stock broker who financed some of Adamson's films and who starred in two of them. The first one being in the role of Dracula in DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN). VAMPIRE PEOPLE is a retitling of THE BLOOD DRINKERS, the first Filipino horror film shot in color.
SPOOKIES:
I saw this flick years ago in the VHS era and hated it. Years later, after several people convinced me to give it another chance, I have it on BluRay and I find that it's not bad--if you like bad movies (which I do). Wonderfully cheesy practical effects in it. The poster is kind of fun--so I am delighted to have picked it up and have it framed now.
SPOOK CHASERS:
I had never heard of the Bowery Boys until I got my first Bowery Boys poster. And even then, I had no idea just how many Bowery Boys films were made (48, not counting earlier incarnations as the Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys and the East Side Kids) until later still. SPOOK CHASERS appeared near the end of the series. It has fun, vintage graphics. I totally dig it.
THE BOWERY BOYS MEET THE MONSTERS:
I have had this one for a while. Did I ever frame it? I don't remember, but don't think so. It makes a great companion to the other Bowery Boys poster, SPOOK CHASERS, even though this one is 10 films earlier.
THE GIANT LEECHES:
I almost didn't fame this poster. It's such a cool classic and I paid enough for it. And then I noticed (Duh! Read the descriptions better, dummy!) that it had a Canadian censor stamp on it...and it killed it for me. Now that I know it is there, it's pretty much all that I see when I look at it. But, I framed it because I may never have another (without the stamp). Hmm.
RETURN OF THE FLY:
I love this poster---such great graphics and the whole hyped verbiage ("Scream At..."). How marvelous! This was my favorite poster purchase of last year and arguably the best of the three original FLY posters.
DRACULA-PRINCE OF DARKNESS and PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (re-release combo):
I know this is kind of a dull combo poster, although I do like the gimmick at the top. That gimmick is why this got framed. I actually have a pair of the "Zombie Eyes" glasses I intend to frame and display next to this poster. (I wonder if the "Dracula Fangs" were any different than the plastic ones you could buy in any store at Halloween time when I was a kid.)
THE AMAZING TRANSPLANT:
How excited am I to have this poster? VERY! It's kind of hard to find/rare. But that's not why I am thrilled to own it. THE AMAZING TRANSPLANT was the very first Doris Wishman movie I ever saw. My jaw just dropped to the floor when her camera would focus on an ashtray or a clock or a painting---anything but the actors who are talking because all of the dialogue was added later and by focusing on a coffee cup or a pack of cigarettes, there was no need to worry about matching the dialogue to the actors' mouths. Pure bad movie genius!
Here is yet another example of a poster being better than the movie itself. Don't get me wrong. As bad as it is, I like the film... But this poster promises a movie that is soooo much more than the actual movie delivers.
THE HORROR SHOW:
This poster, in English and in a standard one-sheet size, is so very hard to find. Although made by Universal in the early 80s as a TV documentary on the history of horror movies, it seems to rely heavily on Universal's horror library (understandable) instead of the horror genre at large. But even so, there are lots of iconic horror images in this poster. I'm delighted to have it.
BLACULA:
I'm sure this is not considered p.c. today -- but it's NOT from today. This BLACULA poster hails from the early 70s blaxploitation era and was from that rare subgenre of blaxploitation horror films. Zowie! It was a toss up between this poster and its sequel. And while SCREAM, BLACULA, SCREAM might be a more interesting poster, BLACULA is a far better movie. I love it.
SUGAR HILL:
More Blaxploitation horror fun! SUGAR HILL is a movie with voodoo AND zombies! Yowza!
BASKET CASE:
What a wonderfully weird little film this is...and surprisingly seems to be falling off of the horror radar. I have three copies of the one sheet--each one is slightly different than the others. This was the best copy of the three so it won its place in a frame. This is low-budget filmmaking at it's finest. (I really dig this film. The sequels though... eh!)
TALES OF THE THIRD DIMENSION:
TALES OF THE THIRD DIMENSION is a seldom-seen regional rarity from the early 80s from producer Earl Owensby. Owensby had a string of 3D flicks in the 80s, with other such titles as ROTTWEILER, HOT HEIR, CHAIN GANG, etc. I've never seen this--or any of Owensby's 3D movies. But I have tried my best to collect the posters for them (as rare as they are). This one, based on what I read online, is a series of three short stories, held together by a talking skeleton host named Igor in a TALES FROM THE CRYPT/CREEPSHOW manner. The poster was too interesting to keep tucked away.
DEMENTIA 13:
There are a lot of reasons to like this poster. The artwork is fun and there is mention of a gimmick (the "D-13 Test"). It's also a film directed by a young Francis Coppola before his middle name, Ford, popped into credits and before THE GODFATHER was ever published. I almost didn't frame this, though. The movie, while deliciously atmospheric and kind of creepy, just never really did it for me. Every time I watch it, I want to like it...but by the end, I just feel dissatisfied. I wonder how Coppola got from this to THE GODFATHER.
BLOOD FEAST:
Although I have posters for all of Hershel Gordon Lewis' horror films, if I was going to frame any of them, of course it would be for his first one, BLOOD FEAST, the very first "gore" horror movie ever. Have you ever had an Egyptian feast? Ha! I'm thrilled to have this poster.
TOURIST TRAP:
I LOVE this little film. I was lucky enough to see it when it first came out (on a double bill with DOMINIQUE, a.k.a. DOMINIQUE IS DEAD) when I was a 14-year-old kid. It was so wonderfully odd at the end. The poster is just creepy as well. Chuck Connors stars along with a young Tanya Roberts.
I was also lucky enough to see this in the theater when it came out. Although it was made in 1980, it didn't open here until 1983...just after I turned 18, so I didn't have to worry about whether its self-imposed X-rating would be treated as an X or an R (as some theaters did for films like DAWN OF THE DEAD, ZOMBIE, PIECES, etc.). Although better known today as CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, I had no idea what I was walking into when I went to see this. I knew it was by Lucio Fulci, who had done ZOMBIE. Based on the awesome artwork, I was expecting more of the same. But ZOMBIE this was not. This was wildly different in a good way.
THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND CATS:
I love this cheesy poster for a seriously dumb movie. The cats are actually secondary to the plot of the film, but who cares when you've got such an exploitive title and such kitschy cool (in an awesomely bad way) artwork?
THE REDEEMER:
I love this poster. It has ZERO to do with the movie---and everything with marketing. I remember when the ads for this movie popped up in the newspapers using the same fantastic image as featured here on the poster. WOW! It looked sooooo creepy, spooky cool. I wanted to see it very badly. This movie is better known as CLASS REUNION MASSACRE--a sort of an early slasher film (shot in 1976, but released around the same time as the original HALLOWEEN in October of 1978.). Clearly trying to ride the wave of THE OMEN (The tag line reads: "First THE OMEN...Now THE REDEEMER") and the subtitle reads "Son of Satan". The kid pictured has creepy glowing red eyes---and what is with the diabolical figure behind him? Well, there is nothing supernatural or diabolical or eye glowing about this film. It's just the picked on former teen getting revenge on the popular kids who, years earlier, gave him grief. When I finally saw the flick, you can imagine how disappointed I was. However, I still dig the poster. It got me to track down the film decades later. That is effective marketing.
BLUEBEARD'S 10 HONEYMOONS:
While this poster looks like the film is about as pedestrian as an old William Castle flick, I really dig the poster art. The line of skeleton brides behind the living bride coupled with the list of the ways the 10 brides met their ends is very fun and clever...in a 50s sort of way.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN:
Yes, this is a comedy...but the look of the film and the poster art really do convey the feeling of the old Universal horror flicks that the film so wonderfully spoofs. This is a classic poster.
OLD DRACULA:
I have had this poster framed in the past--but decided to give it a second lease on framed life because A) I really dig it (especially the skeleton in the coffin wearing cat-eye glasses) and although it has nothing to do with YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, I thought pairing them together would be fun. This film started off life under the title VAMPIRA, but had a pre-US release title change to OLD DRACULA to cash in on the success of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, hoping audiences would think the films were related. I remember seeing this when it opened in a double feature with FOOD OF THE GODS when I was a kid.
SNUFF:
As I've been reframing my posters, I've been sending pictures of them to my mother. She actually really likes my collection and is glad I am framing them again. Except earlier this evening she called and told me that while she liked all of the pictures of posters I had sent her, there was one she didn't like. It was this one for SNUFF. "That really happens, you know," she told me. I asked her if she knew the significance of this poster and why I would include it (because, after all, it's not a great image). She said she didn't. So I told her about how when this film came out, there was such an outcry from the public and people picketed theaters because they thought it was a real snuff film. But it wasn't. I also told her that those first angry outbursts and protests were all staged by the film's producers/distributors to whip up publicity. And it worked. I was 10 when this came out in 1975 and I do remember all of the outrage and discussion about it on the news. Anyone seeing the film would know that the title and what all of the poster's verbiage are alluding to are totally bogus. The movie is actually pretty lame--and the tacked on "snuff" footage is clearly bogus. But what great marketing. That's what the film is remembered for today--the controversy--NOT for the film itself.
NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIES:
Better known today as HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD, I remember skipping school and going to see this about 1984 or so. It wasn't DAWN OF THE DEAD or ZOMBIE, but it was okay. After getting in my car and driving away, the very next place I stopped at, my car broke down. If it had broken down at the theater, I'd have been soooooo busted. The movie is one of the cheaper-made zombie flicks from Italy with a lot of stock footage. But the poster art is pretty nifty.
THE LOCH NESS HORROR:
Years ago, there was an online movie poster store (I don't remember it's name. Is it still around? Does anyone know?) that used this poster image as their logo. I had never heard of the film before, but thought the art was fantastic. Years went by and I finally tracked the film down. Yeah, it was a big turd as you might expect. Oh well. Then, from out of the blue, the poster showed up and I snatched it up. The movie may suck but the poster is a piece of wonderful exploitation art.
That's all of the posters I've gotten framed so far. I have not even started working my way through my tubes of rolled posters yet (and I have far more tubes of posters than I have boxes of folded ones). And, of course, nothing is on the walls yet. As you can see, I also have plenty of boxes of general crap to sort through post move. I've got my work cut out for me.
Thanks for visiting, though. I'll see you next time.
It's a framed poster palooza! WOW! They look great! Do you have enough wall space to get them all up, or are you just getting them framed so that they can eventually be in rotation to get up on a wall?
It's a framed poster palooza! WOW! They look great! Do you have enough wall space to get them all up, or are you just getting them framed so that they can eventually be in rotation to get up on a wall?
HONDO: I'm glad the post introduced you to a few new movies you were unaware of. But be warned...if you didn't know about them, that's probably because they are B-A-D. Thanks for pointing out the similarities in the art for DEMENTIA 13 and DOOR TO DOOR MANIAC. Someone else had pointed that out to me before a while back---and I had totally seen the similarities...but had totally forgotten about it. Sharp eyes you've got, pal. Thank you also for posting the still from DOOR TO DOOR MANIAC. Yes, I knew it had originally been released in 1961 as FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE.
ROCKABILLY777: I have a lot of wall space---but not sure how many I'll hang. But yes, I'll have them ready to change out---as I did in my previous house.
Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show! Today I have a mixed bag for you---something (well, a LOT of things...) old and something new. It may not be the most exciting batch I've ever presented---but it's not the worst. Take a look....if you DARE!
THE BIRDS (Promo mask):
Yes--ANOTHER one. This one was surprisingly the cheapest of the three I now own. Crazy. I didn't need it but I bid anyway (thinking I would NOT get it.) Of the previous two, one was just not up to the standards I had hoped it would be....so I have this to replace it. Hopefully it is in better shape.
MURDER ON THE CAMPUS:
This is a nothing poster. I had one of these before. When I was getting ready to move, I sent it (with a zillion other posters--thanks/sorry Bruce!) to eMovieposter.com to auction. I never dreamed they'd auction this title separately. But they did and it sold for a resounding $8...of which I got a staggering 25%. ($2) Ha! Oh well. But there was something inherently lame about this poster and I regretted selling it. This popped up on Movie Poster Exchange. I bid...and found out I won more than a week later. It's a lot rougher than the previous one. (My bad...I should have checked it out more thoroughly.) and now that it's "mine" again...yeah, I'm over it. To the bottom of the boxes it will go...
BEST IN SHOW:
Not a horror movie, I know. However, I just rewatched this with friends over the holidays. It is hilarious and a minor classic. It was also cheap. Why not?
THE HILLS HAVE EYES (Remake):
While going through my posters and starting to reframe them, I was having a text conversation with my friends Ashley and Sai. (They're married.) Ashley has seen my posters on the walls, but Sai has not. However, he has heard about them. He asked me if I had this poster or that poster. He asked about THE HILLS HAVE EYES. I had just come across my original 1977 poster and sent him a photo. He was pleased but kind of confused at the same time. Then I realized his age and realized he meant the remake. I asked and, yep...the remake. He didn't even know there was an earlier one from the 70s (or its sequel). I am sure I have one of these already, but if not I picked this up cheap. If/when they come visit, I can have this up in their room hanging. (The film was great, but the poster image leaves a lot to be desired.)
I have a few others---but none of them are in the shape I'd like them to be. Fingers crossed this one is. We'll see...
METROPOLIS (2002 rerelease):
METROPOLIS is, without a doubt, a classic. Although there have been several rereleases of the film in my lifetime, I had never gotten a poster. This one came along. It was less than $30. Sold.
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (video):
Yes, this is just a video poster...smaller size than a one sheet. BUT--I have long wanted a CARNIVAL OF SOULS poster. The one sheets are just black and red. This video poster is the same art ---and in full color (unlike the movie itself). Sure, I'll still look for a one sheet. I am delighted, though, with this. (And, hello? It was crazy cheap...like $15 or so.)
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE:
This isn't the most exciting poster ever---but how can you resist a tag line like "Thrill-crazed space kids blasting the flesh off humans"? Beaming in from 1959 is this drive in sci-fi classic. Sci-fi isn't usually my thing...but a lot of what I buy isn't either. I spent too much on this. I was kind of licking my wounds after losing a couple of other items I really wanted--and doing some rage (well...not exactly "rage", but terribly frustrated and upset) bidding, I guess you could call it. Oh well--I'm sure the consigner was pleased. (And apologies to whoever was trying to get it...)
SCREAM (2022 Advance):
With a few exceptions (James Bond, Halloween and the other big horror series, etc.), I rarely buy posters for sequels. SCREAM is a pretty big enough franchise that, I guess, I should have been buying posters of all along. I think I have SCREAM 1 and that's it. With the new version out now (which I am anxious to see!), while I'm not a fan of the final one sheet (with the extensive cast all featured), this advance poster really works for me. It's just a simple shot of Ghostface and a bloody knife, but it is suitably scary/creepy. EEEK! (I am NOT wild about the scan thing in the lower lefthand corner though...)
HALLOWEEN II:
I have a copy of this poster already. However, when I was packing to move, I tore a bit of the border. ARGH! It's not bad, but... I've been wanting to get another to replace it. This one came up. Although it apparently has some discoloration on the lower border, the poster is unfolded. What?!? I had no idea any HALLOWEEN II posters escaped being machine folded. So, even though I paid too much for it, I am happy to have this. Hooray!
And that is it for this time. I'll be posting an update on my framing progress very soon (like, probably tomorrow?). Come back if you can stomach it. Thanks for visiting. CHEERS!
The framing frenzy has continued. Below is a whole new crop of newly framed posters I am anxious to get up on my walls. Take a peek if you like. There's no extra charge!
CRY OF THE WEREWOLF:
I only got this poster a few months ago--not long before my move. I had never seen this poster before or heard of this flick. I still have not seen the film, but am thrilled to have this poster and was frantic to find it when I started framing things. It's not the most exciting poster--but it's an older, obscure horror title and that makes it exciting to me.
MESSIAH OF EVIL:
What a delight to have this rare-ish poster for the obscure MESSIAH OF EVIL. From what I read, the producers of AMERICAN GRAFITTI were making the film and ran out of money--leaving it unfinished. Some enterprising person came along, bought the footage, and assembled what there was of it. The movie doesn't make a whole lot of sense--but it is fascinating to watch anyway. Marianna Hill is a totally underrated part of scream queen horror history. To me, she's like a B-movie Racquel Welch.
THE TERRORNAUTS:
I wasn't going to frame anything that wasn't a horror movie. This is clearly sci-fi, but it's simply a stunning poster. (It looks so much better in real life.) Wow! I'd have totally gone to see this back in the day based on the poster alone. (I've never seen this flick---it's apparently not even on disc in my region.)
MOTHRA:
I am still lacking (and will probably never have) an original GODZILLA poster. But this MOTHRA is stunning. I totally dig Mothra's big, creepy, angry-looking face peering over the title. Zowie!!!
I had previously framed BLOOD FEAST--the first "gore" movie. The rest of my HG Lewis collection I was going to leave unframed--as I have too many other posters that have never been displayed. However, while talking with some guy online about posters on Instagram, he convinced me to frame at least Lewis' 2nd and 3rd horror flick posters as well, to complete the "Blood Trilogy" and because both are so rare. Thank you Fangoria for, back in the day, introducing me to Lewis and his films!
COLOR ME BLOOD RED:
The third film in HG Lewis' unrelated "Blood Trilogy" (I guess his later horror films like THE WIZARD OF GORE or THE GORE-GORE GIRLS don't count?) was COLOR ME BLOOD RED. Although of the three movies, I like this one the least, I must say that I think the poster is much better than BLOOD FEAST or TWO THOUSAND MANIACS. This is the rarest of the three, I believe...and was the hardest for me to track down.
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE:
When I started my post-move framing project, I was not going to frame anything that had been framed before. However, you just can't ignore the classics. Besides, while I know I had this framed before, I don't think I ever had it hung on display. It's only a New Line re-release poster---but that's okay. It is the same art as the original Bryanston poster and, unless you are aware of that (Most people aren't.), you'd never know the difference. I am completely fine with this one.
THE CORPSE GRINDERS:
Another classic (albeit a low rent one) poster I couldn't resist giving a reframe, Bone-crushing terror! Spine-tingling chills! Craptastic movie. Ha!
ZOMBIE:
Yet another classic reframing. ZOMBIE!!!! "We are going to eat you!" Love it.
I finally got around to actually hanging some posters in the new place. There is a small hallway into my bedroom--the perfect place to slap up EIGHT one sheets! Ha!
The hall was too narrow to get the best photo of my efforts---but you get the gist of it.
And here is a final panorama shot that kind of captures it all. From left to right on the top: THE REDEEMER, EYEBALL, ORGY OF THE LIVING DEAD, INVASION OF THE BLOOD FARMERS. (Bottom): ZOMBIE, TOURIST TRAP, BASKET CASE, THE GATES OF HELL.
I added some of my framed collections to walls.
The top one is a presentation of some of the gimmicks I've collected, The top is an unused pair of ZOMBIE EYES glasses given out during the showing of PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES. Below that are two Witch Deflector coins (showing both front and back sides) used for the 1964 double bill of WITCHCRAFT and THE HORROR OF IT ALL. Next is a pair of hand-help 3D glasses for the nudie cutie flick PARADISO. I can't imagine having to hold a pair of glasses up for the entire run of a movie. It says to hold in your right hand, which I guess left the left hand free. Hmm. Below that is the Death Certificate given out with the double bill of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and BLOOD AND BLACK LACE. Finally there are the front and back of the 3D glasses handed out for THE MASK.
This is the display for my HALLOWEEN II remake prop book. I just reconfigured it---having the case be horizontal instead of vertical. I did not like the Rob Zombie HALLOWEEN films, with part II being the worst (imho). However, as a fan of the series in general, I am just pleased to have a part of its amazing history.
My BWANA DEVIL (the very FIRST full-length 3D movie) 3D glasses display is unchanged. I'm just glad to have it up again.
My 80s 3D glasses display is also back up. The only change is that I've swapped out the lesser/plain pair of COMIN' AT YA glasses for the FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 3D glasses. I'm still searching for AMITYVILLE 3D glasses. Do they exist? There are other 80s 3D films (ROTTWEILER, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, HOT HEIR, 3D TALES OF TERROR, SILENT MADNESS, etc.) whose glasses I'd also like to find (if they exist.)
In the corner of my bedroom, near the bathroom door, I had room for three more posters. I chose to hang YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, which I had never had up before. To complement it, I added OLD DRACULA. Then, to complement both of those colorful posters, I added the first CREEPSHOW one sheet on the adjacent wall.
Finally, for now at least, here is a small display of gimmicks from William Castle. First it is one of the Ghost Viewers given out for the 13 GHOSTS "Illusion-O" gimmick. Below that is a Lucky Ghost Card for 13 GHOSTS. To the left is a ZOTZ coin from the movie of the same name. The space on the right is for some smaller, different 13 GHOSTS tickets I have somewhere.
Just in case you may not have seen it before, an image of a rare Australian daybill that used the original U.S.A, artwork Blood is shown but it is only displayed in black and not red, which makes it less effective..
Monstrously awesome! Sleeze-tastically spectacular! An avalanche of B movie confectionary! Props and masks and posters on walls - oh my!! Well curated and displayed! Build more walls! Hang more stuff! POST MORE PICS!!
Just in case you may not have seen it before, an image of a rare Australian daybill that used the original U.S.A, artwork Blood is shown but it is only displayed in black and not red, which makes it less effective..
HONDO: Hey, thanks for sharing that. I'm glad they used the same cheesy poster art, but too bad it wasn't in full color. It loses a lot not being in color. Thanks for visiting the thread. CHEERS!
Monstrously awesome! Sleeze-tastically spectacular! An avalanche of B movie confectionary! Props and masks and posters on walls - oh my!! Well curated and displayed! Build more walls! Hang more stuff! POST MORE PICS!!
rockabilly777: Ha! Thank you for such an enthusiastic response. Jeepers! So far, all of this that I've posted is just within the confines of my bedroom. Ha! There's a LOT more wall space available. Stay tuned. CHEERS!
And you don't suffer any nightmares from having all those horror images in the same room that you sleep in?
Well, the hallway in from my bedroom door I cannot see from my bed. But even when I was living in my other house--with THE MUTILATOR, ASTRO ZOMBIES, CORPSE EATERS, etc. posters staring back at me, I didn't mind. I loved seeing them upon waking. To me, they are art. Beautiful! I'd rather stare at the poster for FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER than the Mona Lisa any day!
Just in case you may not have seen it before, an image of a rare Australian daybill that used the original U.S.A, artwork Blood is shown but it is only displayed in black and not red, which makes it less effective..
The Australian video poster was better! I'm going through some of my posters at the moment - when it pops up I'll post an image. Here's the VHS cover:
Yes, this is just a video poster...smaller size than a one sheet. BUT--I have long wanted a CARNIVAL OF SOULS poster. The one sheets are just black and red. This video poster is the same art ---and in full color (unlike the movie itself). Sure, I'll still look for a one sheet. I am delighted, though, with this. (And, hello? It was crazy cheap...like $15 or so.)
Not that anyone has noticed my absence of late, but the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show has come to a close. What, you say? How can this be? I've come up against so much in the last few years. My neuro-muscular disease is incurable and unstoppable and degenerative. That's the main thing robbing me of my fun and my passions. Now that social security has officially deemed me "disabled" I can just sit back and collect the checks. Is that what you are thinking? Those monthly checks are, for some reason, almost nothing. Yep, somehow I am supposed to live on less than $1,000 a month. Crazy, huh? I've worked hard all my life, get a disease and am screwed the rest of my days.
But while I live out my bad TV Movie of the Week life (Tonight, a nice man gets a mysterious neuro-muscular disease and his life slowly starts falling apart [all before the first commercial] before dying in the final act!), it looks like I've gotta close down the show. It's hard for my physically ---and I just can't afford it.
But, even though it has been 4 months since I was last here---I do have some new posters to share one last time. Almost all of them are cheap crap. Many of them I'm sure you have seen before. But I do save my one final (?) prize for the end. Shall we begin this last journey? Here we go...
WITCHCRAFT III (Video poster):
This was a cheap-o-rama purchase....just to buy something to fill up this post. The WITCHCRAFT films, as far as I know, all went directly to video. There are at least 16 movies in the series. I've never seen any of them. I've heard they are really bad...and I wish someone would release the full series...I'd actually watch it I think. (I like trash anyway...) I may actually have another WITCHCRAFT poster or two. I'm not sure... NOBODY else bid on this. Ha!
ROBOT WARS (Video poster):
Another cheapo... I've never heard of it. I needed to add something to this post and it looks quasi-interesting, so...
I have never seen this flick, but someone I used to know had three or four movie posters framed and up on his walls. One was PSYCHO. I can't remember the others at the moment. Poster junkie that I am wanted all of them. I tracked each of them down and got me a copy...with the exception of SCORCHY. As I said, I've never seen it. It looks fab in a cheesy, sleazy, exploitation kind of way. Now I finally have this poster as well. I'll never hang it though. Ha! I have to wonder why I bought it now.
FRIDAY THE 13TH (Remake):
I have this already, but it was inexpensive and why not? I wasn't a fan of the remake. For my money, it played just like another sequel instead of a retelling. The poster is good, though.
HALLOWEEN KILLS (Canadian):
I scored this from an eMovie auction not too long back. It was fairly inexpensive (compared to another US version I got a while back). The same auction had a US version and it went for more than this one did. Canadian. Big deal. I can't tell the difference, really. I'll tuck it away and resell it down the road a piece...
KING KONG (1952 rerelease promotional newspaper):
Here's a nifty promo item for the 1952 re-release of the original KING KONG. The little newspaper will make another nice display piece to add to my other assorted movie junk (3D glasses, Odorama cards, and other gimmicks). Whoo hoo. I dig it.
This is from an Egyptian re-release in the 2000s sometime. I didn't need it, but it is kind of nice having a poster for this old flick (that pre-dates THE WOLF MAN). I have a few other Egyptian re-release posters...DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, etc. While not original releases (I'd never be able to afford them) and they do have Egyptian characters on them I'm not wild about...they still are theatrical posters---and not just prints.
MARY, MARY, BLOODY MARY:
I will admit that I'm not the biggest fan of this movie, BUT... I am a fan of the director, Juan Lopez Moctezuma. Although he only directed a handful of movies (and I admit that I have not seen them all), of the three I've seen (He only directed six.), two have been visually very interesting, with one (ALUCARDA) being a pretty remarkable film. Moctezuma was also a producer on Alejandro Jodorowsky's incredible EL TOPO. But this film, MARY, MARY, BLOODY MARY doesn't really work for me. It's the story of a modern artist woman who also may or may not be a sort of vampire. The lack of atmospheric sets (which contributed greatly to ALUCARDA and MANSION OF MADNESS) were sorely missed. Oh well. The poster IS fun.
OLGA'S HOUSE OF SHAME:
I dig the cheesy, ultra-low budget OLGA series---they are so bad. While my favorite movie in the series is OLGA'S DANCE HALL GIRLS (even though it has a fake Olga), this one has the best title--OLGA'S HOUSE OF SHAME! Ha! I love it. I had a copy of this poster YEARS before tracking down the flick. As low-rent as the poster is---it probably cost much more than the actual film. I already have a copy or two--but I just couldn't resist another...
HOMICIDAL (Coward's Corner gimmick):
Oh my STARS!!!! Am I ever so stoked (Do people still say that?) about this! It's a bona fide William Castle gimmick. It's the Coward's Corner used for showings of HOMICIDAL. The movie came with a money back guarantee if you were too scared to see the rest of the movie. If you've ever seen a William Castle flick, you know how pedestrian they are. Too scared to watch the ending? No way. But, to ensure that the film made money and not many refunds were given, this gimmick, the Coward's Corner, was devised. Sure, you could get your money back, but, during the "Fright Break" (when the action of the film stops for 60 seconds), you had to walk down in front of the entire audience and go stand in the Coward's Corner (it has a little window in it as well--so you could be seen while in there.), while everyone in the theater pointed and laughed and knew who the wimp was. Needless to say, not many refunds were given.
I never thought I'd ever see one of these. I have never seen one for sale. I got this relatively cheaply as it is not complete. The panels on the sides are not included. That's okay. I'd never set up a Coward's Corner (It kind of resembled a voting booth---open at the back.) anyway. (Plus, by being incomplete, it kept the price down and within my grasp!) Having jest this section (the front) is enough. But I also get 10 arrow cards (a sample of which is below) and the instruction kit. I sooooo want to get this puppy framed. It comes in two section, much like a 3 sheet. (The separation is just visible at the bed frame.)
For me, the lover of gimmicks and huge William Castle fan, this is a most incredible find.
And that is about it for the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. I do hope to pop up from time to time with Special Editions (i.e. framing stuff or putting posters out on display) and there may be a new acquisition post once in a blue moon. But the time of my monthly, weekly, or sometimes daily posts has come to an end. Thanks for joining me. I always appreciated your visits. Happy poster hunting. CHEERS!
MrPaisley! How nice of you to visit. Yes, I am so thrilled with The Coward's Corner ---even though it is missing the side panels. Like you, I never thought I'd see one. Thank you for your comment. Cheers!
Werewolves, Kong and Scorchy (to name but a few) are all typically MAGGAWESOME, but the COWARDS CORNER?? Wha? What kind of cinematic wonderment is this? With accessories and instructions as well? WOW!! It's the find of the year, to be sure! Congratulations! If it is indeed your ephemera buying swan song, and I hope it's not, what a way to exit stage left!!
Sorry to hear about your health challenges, Monster. But I doubt you'll star in a bad TV movie of the week - I'm sure your film is more likely one involving sketchy scientists, experimental treatments and a bunch of drunk, horny teenagers trespassing somewhere after dark...
Always enjoyed your posts, mate. Even if your collecting is wrapping up, please don't be a stranger :-)
Werewolves, Kong and Scorchy (to name but a few) are all typically MAGGAWESOME, but the COWARDS CORNER?? Wha? What kind of cinematic wonderment is this? With accessories and instructions as well? WOW!! It's the find of the year, to be sure! Congratulations! If it is indeed your ephemera buying swan song, and I hope it's not, what a way to exit stage left!!
Hi ya, Pal! Thanks for stopping by. I am so glad you dig some of my recent/last haul. I am ga-ga for the HOMICIDAL Coward's Corner remnant. I NEVER thought I'd actually ever see one. Yes, this seems to be the last of my collecting. I still LOOK, but buying? Probably not gonna happen. But, oh... how I look forward to seeing your new posts. CHEERS!
Sorry to hear about your health challenges, Monster. But I doubt you'll star in a bad TV movie of the week - I'm sure your film is more likely one involving sketchy scientists, experimental treatments and a bunch of drunk, horny teenagers trespassing somewhere after dark...
Always enjoyed your posts, mate. Even if your collecting is wrapping up, please don't be a stranger :-)
Pancho! Hi there. Thanks for the note...and I like YOUR version of my Movie of the Week MUCH better! Bravo!!! Thank you for the kind words. I'll keep an eye out (and maybe a spleen or a kidney) for your future posts. CHEERS!
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THE LAST REMAKE OF BEAU GESTE:
My first purchase--on New Year's Day--of the year...and it's a dud I didn't need. I already have one of these. Why I bid on it (on some obscure online auction), I have no idea. I bid on about a dozen other things as well, all of which I was outbid on (of course!). The reason I even bothered with this poster is because, as a kid, I loved this silly film. I haven't seen it in decades though and, like I said, I have a copy of the poster already. Oh well. $5 plus shipping is not the worst thing I've ever wasted money on.
TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL:
Wow! I love this Lex Barker (Talking Tarzan #2 after Johnny Weissmuller) Tarzan poster. Barker was a decent Tarzan, it's just that his movies were part of the Sol Lesser output---ultra cheapos that were slapped together. They were not nearly as engaging as others in the series. The poster itself has a few issues...but I think it adds to the pulp-iness aspect of it. Co-starring Raymond (PERRY MASON) Burr and Monique (ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN) Von Vooren as the She-Devil! Ha!
And that's it. Really! What, you ask? Just THREE? Where are the usual 10 per update? Well, I have not been shopping anywhere near as much as I used to. I am broke, in declining health and I just moved. I have too much on my plate to buy a lot of new posters. However, following my recent move, I've started framing some of my old posters again. Those I DO have to share with you. This time, with the exception of a few classic titles I'm always going to display, I've decided to frame posters I've not had up previously. Here is a look at what I've gotten framed so far:
DOOR TO DOOR MANIAC:
This really is such a wonderfully simple-yet-cool poster. Yet, you rarely ever see it posted anywhere or talked about. And music legend Johnny Cash is the killer? Too awesome not to frame. (And--surprise! This cool poster is actually a re-release/re-titling. It was originally released as FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE. Despite the fact this is a re-release, I find this poster far superior to the original.)
GHOST CATCHERS:
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST:
THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION:
THE GATES OF HELL:
A little similar looking perhaps?
Little Ronnie Howard being menanced by the Johnny Cash character in Door To Door Maniac!. The film was originally titled Five Minutes To Live.
Thanks for pointing out the similarities in the art for DEMENTIA 13 and DOOR TO DOOR MANIAC. Someone else had pointed that out to me before a while back---and I had totally seen the similarities...but had totally forgotten about it. Sharp eyes you've got, pal.
Thank you also for posting the still from DOOR TO DOOR MANIAC. Yes, I knew it had originally been released in 1961 as FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE.
ROCKABILLY777: I have a lot of wall space---but not sure how many I'll hang. But yes, I'll have them ready to change out---as I did in my previous house.
Thank you both for visiting the thread. CHEERS!
THE BIRDS (Promo mask):
Yes--ANOTHER one. This one was surprisingly the cheapest of the three I now own. Crazy. I didn't need it but I bid anyway (thinking I would NOT get it.) Of the previous two, one was just not up to the standards I had hoped it would be....so I have this to replace it. Hopefully it is in better shape.
MURDER ON THE CAMPUS:
This is a nothing poster. I had one of these before. When I was getting ready to move, I sent it (with a zillion other posters--thanks/sorry Bruce!) to eMovieposter.com to auction. I never dreamed they'd auction this title separately. But they did and it sold for a resounding $8...of which I got a staggering 25%. ($2) Ha! Oh well. But there was something inherently lame about this poster and I regretted selling it. This popped up on Movie Poster Exchange. I bid...and found out I won more than a week later. It's a lot rougher than the previous one. (My bad...I should have checked it out more thoroughly.) and now that it's "mine" again...yeah, I'm over it. To the bottom of the boxes it will go...
BEST IN SHOW:
Not a horror movie, I know. However, I just rewatched this with friends over the holidays. It is hilarious and a minor classic. It was also cheap. Why not?
THE HILLS HAVE EYES (Remake):
While going through my posters and starting to reframe them, I was having a text conversation with my friends Ashley and Sai. (They're married.) Ashley has seen my posters on the walls, but Sai has not. However, he has heard about them. He asked me if I had this poster or that poster. He asked about THE HILLS HAVE EYES. I had just come across my original 1977 poster and sent him a photo. He was pleased but kind of confused at the same time. Then I realized his age and realized he meant the remake. I asked and, yep...the remake. He didn't even know there was an earlier one from the 70s (or its sequel). I am sure I have one of these already, but if not I picked this up cheap. If/when they come visit, I can have this up in their room hanging. (The film was great, but the poster image leaves a lot to be desired.)
End of Part 1
FUTUREWORLD:
I have a few others---but none of them are in the shape I'd like them to be. Fingers crossed this one is. We'll see...
METROPOLIS (2002 rerelease):
METROPOLIS is, without a doubt, a classic. Although there have been several rereleases of the film in my lifetime, I had never gotten a poster. This one came along. It was less than $30. Sold.
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (video):
Yes, this is just a video poster...smaller size than a one sheet. BUT--I have long wanted a CARNIVAL OF SOULS poster. The one sheets are just black and red. This video poster is the same art ---and in full color (unlike the movie itself). Sure, I'll still look for a one sheet. I am delighted, though, with this. (And, hello? It was crazy cheap...like $15 or so.)
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE:
This isn't the most exciting poster ever---but how can you resist a tag line like "Thrill-crazed space kids blasting the flesh off humans"? Beaming in from 1959 is this drive in sci-fi classic. Sci-fi isn't usually my thing...but a lot of what I buy isn't either. I spent too much on this. I was kind of licking my wounds after losing a couple of other items I really wanted--and doing some rage (well...not exactly "rage", but terribly frustrated and upset) bidding, I guess you could call it. Oh well--I'm sure the consigner was pleased. (And apologies to whoever was trying to get it...)
SCREAM (2022 Advance):
With a few exceptions (James Bond, Halloween and the other big horror series, etc.), I rarely buy posters for sequels. SCREAM is a pretty big enough franchise that, I guess, I should have been buying posters of all along. I think I have SCREAM 1 and that's it. With the new version out now (which I am anxious to see!), while I'm not a fan of the final one sheet (with the extensive cast all featured), this advance poster really works for me. It's just a simple shot of Ghostface and a bloody knife, but it is suitably scary/creepy. EEEK! (I am NOT wild about the scan thing in the lower lefthand corner though...)
HALLOWEEN II:
I have a copy of this poster already. However, when I was packing to move, I tore a bit of the border. ARGH! It's not bad, but... I've been wanting to get another to replace it. This one came up. Although it apparently has some discoloration on the lower border, the poster is unfolded. What?!? I had no idea any HALLOWEEN II posters escaped being machine folded. So, even though I paid too much for it, I am happy to have this. Hooray!
And that is it for this time. I'll be posting an update on my framing progress very soon (like, probably tomorrow?). Come back if you can stomach it. Thanks for visiting. CHEERS!
UPDATE-A-GO-GO:
The framing frenzy has continued. Below is a whole new crop of newly framed posters I am anxious to get up on my walls. Take a peek if you like. There's no extra charge!
CRY OF THE WEREWOLF:
I only got this poster a few months ago--not long before my move. I had never seen this poster before or heard of this flick. I still have not seen the film, but am thrilled to have this poster and was frantic to find it when I started framing things. It's not the most exciting poster--but it's an older, obscure horror title and that makes it exciting to me.
Finally, for now at least, here is a small display of gimmicks from William Castle. First it is one of the Ghost Viewers given out for the 13 GHOSTS "Illusion-O" gimmick. Below that is a Lucky Ghost Card for 13 GHOSTS. To the left is a ZOTZ coin from the movie of the same name. The space on the right is for some smaller, different 13 GHOSTS tickets I have somewhere.
That's it for now, but I am far from done.
Thanks for visiting.
CHEERS!
Just in case you may not have seen it before, an image of a rare Australian daybill that used the original U.S.A, artwork Blood is shown but it is only displayed in black and not red, which makes it less effective..
rockabilly777: Ha! Thank you for such an enthusiastic response. Jeepers! So far, all of this that I've posted is just within the confines of my bedroom. Ha! There's a LOT more wall space available. Stay tuned. CHEERS!
This one is amazing!
Not that anyone has noticed my absence of late, but the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show has come to a close. What, you say? How can this be? I've come up against so much in the last few years. My neuro-muscular disease is incurable and unstoppable and degenerative. That's the main thing robbing me of my fun and my passions. Now that social security has officially deemed me "disabled" I can just sit back and collect the checks. Is that what you are thinking? Those monthly checks are, for some reason, almost nothing. Yep, somehow I am supposed to live on less than $1,000 a month. Crazy, huh? I've worked hard all my life, get a disease and am screwed the rest of my days.
But while I live out my bad TV Movie of the Week life (Tonight, a nice man gets a mysterious neuro-muscular disease and his life slowly starts falling apart [all before the first commercial] before dying in the final act!), it looks like I've gotta close down the show. It's hard for my physically ---and I just can't afford it.
But, even though it has been 4 months since I was last here---I do have some new posters to share one last time. Almost all of them are cheap crap. Many of them I'm sure you have seen before. But I do save my one final (?) prize for the end. Shall we begin this last journey? Here we go...
WITCHCRAFT III (Video poster):
This was a cheap-o-rama purchase....just to buy something to fill up this post. The WITCHCRAFT films, as far as I know, all went directly to video. There are at least 16 movies in the series. I've never seen any of them. I've heard they are really bad...and I wish someone would release the full series...I'd actually watch it I think. (I like trash anyway...) I may actually have another WITCHCRAFT poster or two. I'm not sure... NOBODY else bid on this. Ha!
ROBOT WARS (Video poster):
Another cheapo... I've never heard of it. I needed to add something to this post and it looks quasi-interesting, so...
End of Part 1
PART 2:
SCORCHY:
I have never seen this flick, but someone I used to know had three or four movie posters framed and up on his walls. One was PSYCHO. I can't remember the others at the moment. Poster junkie that I am wanted all of them. I tracked each of them down and got me a copy...with the exception of SCORCHY. As I said, I've never seen it. It looks fab in a cheesy, sleazy, exploitation kind of way. Now I finally have this poster as well. I'll never hang it though. Ha! I have to wonder why I bought it now.
FRIDAY THE 13TH (Remake):
I have this already, but it was inexpensive and why not? I wasn't a fan of the remake. For my money, it played just like another sequel instead of a retelling. The poster is good, though.
HALLOWEEN KILLS (Canadian):
I scored this from an eMovie auction not too long back. It was fairly inexpensive (compared to another US version I got a while back). The same auction had a US version and it went for more than this one did. Canadian. Big deal. I can't tell the difference, really. I'll tuck it away and resell it down the road a piece...
Here's a nifty promo item for the 1952 re-release of the original KING KONG. The little newspaper will make another nice display piece to add to my other assorted movie junk (3D glasses, Odorama cards, and other gimmicks). Whoo hoo. I dig it.
MARY, MARY, BLOODY MARY:
I will admit that I'm not the biggest fan of this movie, BUT... I am a fan of the director, Juan Lopez Moctezuma. Although he only directed a handful of movies (and I admit that I have not seen them all), of the three I've seen (He only directed six.), two have been visually very interesting, with one (ALUCARDA) being a pretty remarkable film. Moctezuma was also a producer on Alejandro Jodorowsky's incredible EL TOPO. But this film, MARY, MARY, BLOODY MARY doesn't really work for me. It's the story of a modern artist woman who also may or may not be a sort of vampire. The lack of atmospheric sets (which contributed greatly to ALUCARDA and MANSION OF MADNESS) were sorely missed. Oh well. The poster IS fun.
OLGA'S HOUSE OF SHAME:
I dig the cheesy, ultra-low budget OLGA series---they are so bad. While my favorite movie in the series is OLGA'S DANCE HALL GIRLS (even though it has a fake Olga), this one has the best title--OLGA'S HOUSE OF SHAME! Ha! I love it. I had a copy of this poster YEARS before tracking down the flick. As low-rent as the poster is---it probably cost much more than the actual film. I already have a copy or two--but I just couldn't resist another...
HOMICIDAL (Coward's Corner gimmick):
Oh my STARS!!!! Am I ever so stoked (Do people still say that?) about this! It's a bona fide William Castle gimmick. It's the Coward's Corner used for showings of HOMICIDAL. The movie came with a money back guarantee if you were too scared to see the rest of the movie. If you've ever seen a William Castle flick, you know how pedestrian they are. Too scared to watch the ending? No way. But, to ensure that the film made money and not many refunds were given, this gimmick, the Coward's Corner, was devised. Sure, you could get your money back, but, during the "Fright Break" (when the action of the film stops for 60 seconds), you had to walk down in front of the entire audience and go stand in the Coward's Corner (it has a little window in it as well--so you could be seen while in there.), while everyone in the theater pointed and laughed and knew who the wimp was. Needless to say, not many refunds were given.
I never thought I'd ever see one of these. I have never seen one for sale. I got this relatively cheaply as it is not complete. The panels on the sides are not included. That's okay. I'd never set up a Coward's Corner (It kind of resembled a voting booth---open at the back.) anyway. (Plus, by being incomplete, it kept the price down and within my grasp!) Having jest this section (the front) is enough. But I also get 10 arrow cards (a sample of which is below) and the instruction kit. I sooooo want to get this puppy framed. It comes in two section, much like a 3 sheet. (The separation is just visible at the bed frame.)
For me, the lover of gimmicks and huge William Castle fan, this is a most incredible find.
And that is about it for the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. I do hope to pop up from time to time with Special Editions (i.e. framing stuff or putting posters out on display) and there may be a new acquisition post once in a blue moon. But the time of my monthly, weekly, or sometimes daily posts has come to an end. Thanks for joining me. I always appreciated your visits. Happy poster hunting. CHEERS!
Always enjoyed your posts, mate. Even if your collecting is wrapping up, please don't be a stranger :-)
CHEERS!
Hi there. Thanks for the note...and I like YOUR version of my Movie of the Week MUCH better! Bravo!!!
Thank you for the kind words. I'll keep an eye out (and maybe a spleen or a kidney) for your future posts.
CHEERS!