Movie posters are probably my first collecting love, and my real passion. Like my masks, about 10 years ago I sold off my collection and recently started back into the hobby.
I also love seeing what other people have and would enjoy looking at what the folks here have.
Here are my recent additions;
This poster for Maniac is one of the best posters for 80's horror. Truly a cool piece.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/5619/5Ur0j3.jpg)
Like so many vintage posters, the poster for Teh Werewolf vs. Vampire Woman is waaaay cooler than the film. The movie is a definite slow burn early 70's grindhouse pic, but it does have Paul NaschY!! Even thought they spelled his name wrong on the poster...he's listed as Paul Nash.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/2205/uWt0mx.jpg)
This poster is a recent silk screen work done by Rhys Cooper. It was limited to 150 and simply beautiful. I really love the new trend (started by Mondo) of artists reimagining movie posters from the past.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2469/0flvG1.jpg)
Creepy, great thread and nice collection of posters.
I have the Werewolf Shadow Belgian poster. Here's a net pic.
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That's a cool poster. Naschy did some bonkers Werewolf films.
Quote from: Creepy on May 13, 2017, 01:25:34 PM
That's a cool poster. Naschy did some bonkers Werewolf films.
Werewolf Shadow is the original Spanish uncut version of the cut U.S. release retitled
The Werewolf Vs. The Vampire Woman. It made Naschy an international star. He's credited as "Paul Nash" on your poster because the film was made as
Americanized as possible for the U.S. release.
Check out the uncut version on the BCI DVD release of
Werewolf Shadow. It's OOP and a little pricey, but worth it. I expected it to come out on Blu Ray with the many Naschy BDs being released this year but no word yet. It's his flagship film and my favorite. I'm a big Naschy fan.
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 13, 2017, 01:44:38 PM
Werewolf Shadow is the original Spanish uncut version of the cut U.S. release retitled The Werewolf Vs. The Vampire Woman. It made Naschy an international star. He's credited as "Paul Nash" on your poster because the film was made as Americanized as possible for the U.S. release.
Check out the uncut version on the BCI DVD release of Werewolf Shadow. It's OOP and a little pricey, but worth it. I expected it to come out on Blu Ray with the many Naschy BDs being released this year but no word yet. It's his flagship film and my favorite. I'm a big Naschy fan.
I have a Synergy Entertainment version that appears to be burned from a crappy VHS. At parts the print is so dark that it is near unwatchable.
Get this, unless you want to be patient and wait for a Blu ray release.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/9186gON%2Bb4L._SL600_.jpg) (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1e3UJ3vjdL._SL600_.jpg)
The double feature is around the same price as just the BCI Werewolf Shadow, so you may as well get Curse Of The Devil thrown in. Uncut, good prints and transfers, and special features.
The BCIs have Naschy intros, and Werewolf Shadow includes the best copy of The Werewolf Vs. The Vampire Woman you're likely to find as a bonus. It's better than many of the PD set copies and boots floating around.
My lordy, those are beautiful!
More, more, more! Please!
Here are a few posters that I cleaned up and color-corrected (okay I kicked the color WAY up) in Photoshop. On some of them the colors are totally modified, so they are basically one-of-a-kind. Then I had them professionally printed at a print show that I go to every year.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2330/HVt0XC.jpg)
Quote from: BRICK on June 22, 2017, 04:50:15 PM
Here are a few posters that I cleaned up and color-corrected (okay I kicked the color WAY up) in Photoshop. On some of them the colors are totally modified, so they are basically one-of-a-kind. Then I had them professionally printed at a print show that I go to every year.
Those are really cool!! I love the color.
Quote from: BRICK on June 22, 2017, 04:50:15 PM
(okay I kicked the color WAY up)
You sure did, but I like it! What's a "print show"? Did you mean "shop"?
QuoteWhat's a "print show"? Did you mean "shop"?
No, not a print shop. A print show is where manufacturers demonstrate large scale printers and plotters, and hand out free printed samples. If you come in with a flash drive, most of the time they will print stuff out for you.
Quote from: BRICK on June 22, 2017, 08:34:11 PM
If you come in with a flash drive, most of the time they will print stuff out for you.
Nothin' wrong with free! ;D
Quote from: Creepy on May 13, 2017, 08:34:32 AM
Movie posters are probably my first collecting love, and my real passion. Like my masks, about 10 years ago I sold off my collection and recently started back into the hobby.
I also love seeing what other people have and would enjoy looking at what the folks here have.
Here are my recent additions;
This poster for Maniac is one of the best posters for 80's horror. Truly a cool piece.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/5619/5Ur0j3.jpg)
Like so many vintage posters, the poster for Teh Werewolf vs. Vampire Woman is waaaay cooler than the film. The movie is a definite slow burn early 70's grindhouse pic, but it does have Paul NaschY!! Even thought they spelled his name wrong on the poster...he's listed as Paul Nash.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/2205/uWt0mx.jpg)
This poster is a recent silk screen work done by Rhys Cooper. It was limited to 150 and simply beautiful. I really love the new trend (started by Mondo) of artists reimagining movie posters from the past.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2469/0flvG1.jpg)
That Maniac poster is awesome.
thm
Here is a beautiful German Phantom of the Opera poster that I cleaned up and translated (mostly) into english. I really liked this poster design, it looks like it should be for a Dario Argento film!
(http://imageshack.com/a/img922/6684/imee71.jpg)
Very nice art!
Actually, it's a Belgian poster.
QuoteActually, it's a Belgian poster.
Thanks for clearing that up. Even so, I won't hold that against it. ;D
Quote from: BRICK on July 21, 2017, 07:09:48 PM
Here is a beautiful German Phantom of the Opera poster that I cleaned up and translated (mostly) into english. I really liked this poster design, it looks like it should be for a Dario Argento film!
(http://imageshack.com/a/img922/6684/imee71.jpg)
Wunderschöne Kunst
QuoteWunderschöne Kunst
Thanks (I think).
Just got this at auction. Its cool Gray Morrow artwork. Gray was the creator of Marvel Comics The Man-Thing.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img923/9673/kNRoRH.jpg)
Just got the frame for this, and its ready to hang. It is an amazing piece!!
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4301/7ReXWr.jpg)
I get my frames from Sue at https://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/ (https://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/). I can't recommend them enough.
Quote from: Creepy on August 22, 2017, 09:13:48 PM
Just got the frame for this.
Beautiful! Who's the artist?
Quote from: Creepy on August 09, 2017, 04:20:15 PM
Just got this at auction. Its cool Gray Morrow artwork. Gray was the creator of Marvel Comics The Man-Thing.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img923/9673/kNRoRH.jpg)
Bad A**!
I LOVE PRINT SHOWS!!! Here is the eclectic mix of posters I got printed this year!
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/2553/cTGT3t.jpg)
I was able to get these final two posters printed on the last day of the print show. I LOVE PRINT SHOWS!!!
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4290/uccHfC.jpg)
Here's another from my collection. This is a recent addition.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/3168/JZiUR1.jpg)
With my home theater remodel nearly done, I was able to get some of my posters up. I love 60's-70's drive-in/horror/exploitation stuff. Here's some of my collection.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/4882/keaEmh.jpg)
Very nice!
Finally got this on the wall. This is a rare, U.S. 30x40 one sheet poster for Asylum
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/3528/ZbgecN.jpg)
30x40 posters were used until about 1980. They were printed on card stock and shipped rolled to theaters. There were not as many of these as compared to a typical one sheet poster making them hard to find.
I found these weird window cards the other day and had to grab them. They were produced by Capital Film & Radio in Richmond. This was a small film distribution company back in the 60's & 70's that supplied films for theaters in rural areas of W.V. and the Carolinas. They also printed these "Coming Attraction" window cards to be displayed in metal frames at the theaters. These are roughly 5"x14" and really cool.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/9284/fhcdr2.jpg)
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Poster - Window Card - (10⅞" x 4" - Coming Attractions)
Got this smaller Monolith Monsters coming attractions card for $12.00 some time back.
Quote from: Creepy on April 07, 2018, 10:46:57 AM
I found these weird window cards the other day and had to grab them. They were produced by Capital Film & Radio in Richmond. This was a small film distribution company back in the 60's & 70's that supplied films for theaters in rural areas of W.V. and the Carolinas. They also printed these "Coming Attraction" window cards to be displayed in metal frames at the theaters. These are roughly 5"x14" and really cool.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/9284/fhcdr2.jpg)
Gotta love that HOD stars Lon Chaney as Dracula (?!?!); at least they didn't advertise it as starring Bela Lugosi ;D
Quote from: BRICK on April 07, 2018, 12:37:25 PM
Gotta love that HOD stars Lon Chaney as Dracula (?!?!); at least they didn't advertise it as starring Bela Lugosi ;D
I didn't even notice that. ;D
Quote from: BRICK on April 07, 2018, 12:37:25 PM
at least they didn't advertise it as starring Bela Lugosi ;D
They
almost do, with that drawing of Lugosi (with Dracula's trademark bottle of poison and bloody knife).
Quote from: Mike Scott on April 07, 2018, 01:21:03 PM
They almost do, with that drawing of Lugosi (with Dracula's trademark bottle of poison and bloody knife).
You know that Vampires have to have their options for dispatching a victim.
Here are some of my latest gets.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/8103/Dr1ypx.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/4303/QWoyi9.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/4219/Rnnd1U.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/9736/9rWnUN.jpg)
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Man...That poster doesn't look like the Dracula vs. Frankenstein I saw!
Quote from: BRICK on May 15, 2018, 06:16:58 AM
Man...That poster doesn't look like the Dracula vs. Frankenstein I saw!
What? You mean there were no "Love Tramps" being seduced by creatures from the grave?
The thought is that this is a 2nd release poster issued maybe late 1971 early 1972 after the initial run of the film flopped. This poster tries to gin up interest by "sexing it up".
Quote from: Creepy on May 14, 2018, 06:42:47 AM
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/4219/Rnnd1U.jpg)
(https://funkhundd.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/requiem_for_vampire_poster_02.jpg)
;)
I just added this to my collection. I love this style of poster art.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/7970/euRIAJ.jpg)
This is one of my favorites in my collection. I love the DayGlo look.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img921/7943/OgsRSp.jpg)
Next week is the printshow, and I am busily cleaning up posters to get printed out; I thought I would give a bit of a sneak peek of some of the items I am working on. Basically, I try to find the cleanest, highest resolution copy of the poster I am interested in. I not only attempt to clean up any creases or imperfections in the artwork, I usually kick up the color saturation and contrast, as well. Because many of these poster's color schemes are a bit limited, I will sometimes expand them a bit; or modify the color scheme, altogether. I realize that this may seem like heresy to some purists, but I am making these specifically for myself and not others. Most people aren't really aware of how much of an overhaul these posters actually get, so I decided to include a side-by-side comparison of my work.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/3170/cHIALE.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img921/7776/Qw0O5K.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/4112/NZJ58X.jpg)
Print Shows Rule!!!
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(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/7089/Yf93ya.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/9922/x3XVrf.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/1301/IybiFc.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/2566/ZdHlLo.jpg)
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Beautiful posters, Brick.
Here are some of my latest acquistions.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/7935/amcQTW.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/1647/khaZha.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/9180/31q2do.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/3645/qlOw3L.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/827/M9pSaI.jpg)
Love the sensationalized graphics of these posters and many like them. Very shrewd marketing ploy. Too bad that usually but not always is that these movies usually were lame or totally sucked.
WL
Quote from: Wicked Lester on August 28, 2018, 03:57:26 PM
Love the sensationalized graphics of these posters and many like them. Very shrewd marketing ploy. Too bad that usually but not always is that these movies usually were lame or totally sucked.
WL
That's the best part. The Producers started with a title such as "Flesh Feast", and shopped it around. If Distributors showed interest, they generated an over the top poster (usually having nothing to do with the film), and when the Distributor bit...Bang! they made a movie.
The best example is
The Beast with a Million Eyes, talk about over-promising and under-delivering.
Quote from: Creepy on August 29, 2018, 04:38:19 PM
The Beast with a Million Eyes, talk about over-promising and under-delivering.
Well, it was kind of a cheat. They didn't
say that the beast,
himself, had a million eyes (though the poster hinted at it) and you had to take their word for it that he was using the eyes of a half million people. ;D
The hype is a huge part of the history and fabric of Horror/Monster movies and Exploitation films in general. I find the combination of overblown hype and cheezy delivery to be important to the core of the genre. It just adds to the charm of these films for most of us.
Sometimes the movie turned out to be of great quality and rivaled the spectacular poster, but usually it fell short to varying degrees. Most of us take the cheez with the high quality product and appreciate them all to a certain extent because of our love of the genre as a whole. In other words we cut "the stinkers" a lot of slack just because we love the genre of Monster Movies.
Quote from: horrorhunter on August 29, 2018, 06:05:36 PM
The hype is a huge part of the history and fabric of Horror/Monster movies and Exploitation films in general. I find the combination of overblown hype and cheezy delivery to be important to the core of the genre. It just adds to the charm of these films for most of us.
Sometimes the movie turned out to be of great quality and rivaled the spectacular poster, but usually it fell short to varying degrees. Most of us take the cheez with the high quality product and appreciate them all to a certain extent because of our love of the genre as a whole. In other words we cut "the stinkers" a lot of slack just because we love the genre of Monster Movies.
That's the reason I collect these poster gems. The art is usually great, and if the film is also good, it's like finding a toy in cracker jack.
Creepy. I dig that Astro Zombies posters. I had the pleasure in meeting Ted V. Mikels before his passing many years ago. He told me an interesting story about the title for Astro Zombies.
Quote from: marsattacks666 on August 30, 2018, 04:45:10 PM
He told me an interesting story about the title for Astro Zombies.
But, you didn't think we'd find it interesting, or . . .?
Quote from: Mike Scott on August 30, 2018, 05:02:37 PM
But, you didn't think we'd find it interesting, or . . .?
He sent it in PM's to me and every other member - well, except you.
Quote from: marsattacks666 on August 30, 2018, 04:45:10 PM
Creepy. I dig that Astro Zombies posters. I had the pleasure in meeting Ted V. Mikels before his passing many years ago. He told me an interesting story about the title for Astro Zombies.
I would have loved to meet him. Guys like him, Al Adamson, William Castle, Nicholson, and Arkoff really shaped the 60's and 70's drive-in culture.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on August 30, 2018, 05:39:45 PM
He sent it in PM's to me and every other member - well, except you.
:'(
Quote from: Mike Scott on August 30, 2018, 05:02:37 PM
But, you didn't think we'd find it interesting, or . . .?
Nope! I decided long ago, I will not share his story that he told me. It will be a secret.....FOREVER!!!!!!!! >:D
Now that we have established the secrecy between Mr. Mikels and...errr, Marsattacks666. I will now reveal the story and the mystery.
In 2006 there was a sort of Grindhouse revival( resurgence). Many theatres in Las Vegas were showing Grindhouse and Cult cinema films. Especially in the Dollar-type theatres. Which lead to very minimal Horror/Cult cinema conventions/expos. Which also lead to many apprearances from B-movie actors and directors.
Most of the apprearances were from Vegas residents. Liz Renay, Ray Dennis Steckler and Ted V. Mikels ( R.I.P., to all three).
So......One night during the showing of the Astro Zombies. Mr. Mikels and I had a conversation about the film and title. I asked him why there are two different titles to his film. One being the famliar title-The Astro Zombies. The other title called-The Space Zombies. I told him I had a VHS with the title The Space Zombies. He explained to me that the title was changed due to his partnership with a distributor of his film. Mr. Mikels never told me the name of the distributor. But, he did say that he was able to use his title The Astro Zombies for DVD distribution. Actually he did say the original title was to be The Space Zombies. But later changed to the now famous title. Mr. Mikels never went into detail about his involvement with Wayne Rogers.
Extremely nice Man, Mr. Ted V. Mikels.
Quote from: marsattacks666 on September 02, 2018, 08:13:46 AM
Mr. Mikels never went into detail about his involvement with Wayne Rogers.
The M*A*S*H guy?
Have some more posters but these 2 really are all my vintage monster posters.
Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1 sheet
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/3179/LkXl1j.jpg)
Rodan 1/2 sheet
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img923/7692/UFtpC7.jpg)
The print show is coming up, here are a couple of posters I'm working on to get printed out:
A beautiful Ghost of Frankenstein
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/3289/Ir07CO.jpg)
And the last film of The Creeper trilogy; I finally returned it to Universal!
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8903/Og3h9s.jpg)
Quote from: BRICK on July 30, 2019, 06:09:06 PM
The print show is coming up, here are a couple of posters I'm working on to get printed out:
A beautiful Ghost of Frankenstein
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/3289/Ir07CO.jpg)
And the last film of The Creeper trilogy; I finally returned it to Universal!
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8903/Og3h9s.jpg)
Extremely cool and beautiful.⚡
Quote from: BRICK on July 30, 2019, 06:09:06 PM
A beautiful Ghost of Frankenstein
If you stretch the height of the credits they will look more like the original poster.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/6949/R4cLGa.jpg)
Quote from: Mike Scott on July 30, 2019, 09:35:19 PM
If you stretch the height of the credits they will look more like the original poster.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/6949/R4cLGa.jpg)
Granted, the stretched type does look better, but (unfortunately) the original poster is a funky size/aspect ratio. In order to get it to fit in a regular 24x36 frame I had to adjust a few things; and, in my opinion, the artwork is MUCH more important to stay true to, as compared to the typeface credits. You notice I still had to extend some of the top artwork to get it to fit correctly.
Quote from: BRICK on July 30, 2019, 09:47:03 PM
In order to get it to fit in a regular 24x36 frame I had to adjust a few thingsy.
You should make it 22x28, like the original. Then it would fit perfectly. :)
Here is my booty from this year's print show! I swear, in a few years, I'm going to have a poster for EVERY Universal horror film!!!
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/1269/e26zD1.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/2691/qN8Tlp.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/1073/ahQMEp.jpg)
That Mummy 3 sheet is a beauty! :) Art by the great Karoly Grosz.
I wanted to re-do this particular poster because none of the publicity material for this movie really capture any of the macabre elements of the film, in my opinion. This may be due, in part, to the fact that Chaney forbade Universal to use any publicity photos of him in his Phantom make-up; but, just as likely, Horror hadn't really been established as a genre yet, and the publicity department didn't know how to market it properly.
In addition to cleaning up and modifying the artwork, I ended up adding the playbill information for its San Francisco world premiere, at the bottom; using actual wording and taglines from the film's release.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/2408/2ZUxwJ.jpg)
Quote from: BRICK on October 10, 2019, 04:57:42 PM
I wanted to re-do this particular poster
Looks snazzy! :)
Quote from: Gojirafan on September 14, 2018, 12:15:50 PMHave some more posters but these 2 really are all my vintage monster posters.
Rodan 1/2 sheet
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img923/7692/UFtpC7.jpg)
Wow! That Rodan 1/2 sheet by itself is cooler than whole stacks of posters produced in the last forty years.
8)
Quote from: Hepcat on October 12, 2019, 09:43:29 PM
That Rodan 1/2 sheet by itself is cooler than whole stacks of posters
Reynold Brown's running couple makes yet another appearance. :)
They lived for fear and therefore answered the call whenever needed.
;)
My German 1-sheet for Night Of The Seagulls (1975):
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50650647421_4c32ec1468_b.jpg)
The pic is a bit blurry partially due to poster frame reflection, and partially due to being in a hurry, but I love the poster. I managed to get a rolled one with no creases or damage from a German eBay seller before all of this pandemic crap started. Big Blind Dead fan here.
(https://i.imgur.com/BkQaqyg.jpg)
Dang, I have the hardest time posting images on this forum...lol
Your previous effort was fine. Just keep doing it the same way.
:)
Cool Dracula poster! Was that a commercial poster that you would buy in a store?
It's a Mondo litho.
Quote from: Hepcat on November 26, 2020, 11:23:15 PM
Your previous effort was fine. Just keep doing it the same way.
:)
I had more to post but they kept up showing as a broken link. I use Imgur and it worked for one but not the others.
Hmmmmm. Did the coding for your other efforts resemble this?
https://i.imgur.com/BkQaqyg.jpg
???
Quote from: Hepcat on December 06, 2020, 02:48:29 PM
Hmmmmm. Did the coding for your otherr efforts resemble this?
https://i.imgur.com/BkQaqyg.jpg
???
I believe so but I had two different links at two different stages which was weird. I'll look into it.
Quote from: Buzzybean on November 26, 2020, 11:02:22 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/BkQaqyg.jpg)
Beautiful poster Buzzybean. Totally bad ass.
Quote from: Buzzybean on November 26, 2020, 11:02:22 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/BkQaqyg.jpg)
Totally awesome poster
That's a perfect poster to frame and hang.
(https://i.imgur.com/qMyHHRb.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/Mz4AAOSwwSFfsr7r/s-l225.jpg)
Nurse Sherri one-sheet(1978)
Ebay purchase
My postman just dropped this off, autographed by writer/director Don Coscarelli. The shipping label lists the sender as The Tall Man, which made me chuckle.
(https://i.ibb.co/sV1VytP/phantasmii.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VqCq23N)
Quote from: Farley Flavors on July 12, 2022, 02:29:49 PM
My postman just dropped this off, autographed by writer/director Don Coscarelli. The shipping label lists the sender as The Tall Man, which made me chuckle.
(https://i.ibb.co/sV1VytP/phantasmii.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VqCq23N)
Great poster/Theatrical one-sheet. I met Don Coscarelli in 2007 at a Fangoria Weekend of Horrors.
Super nice guy.
Quote from: marsattacks666 on July 12, 2022, 06:44:20 PM
Great poster/Theatrical one-sheet. I met Don Coscarelli in 2007 at a Fangoria Weekend of Horrors.
Super nice guy.
He really is. I met Don at Scarefest 2015 and got a Phantasm reprint poster signed by him and Reggie Bannister. As nice as that poster is, I only picked it because because A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury and Kat Lester were also signing that weekend (though I ended up passing on them due to price). However, this Phantasm II poster was always my favorite from the series. I think seeing it on the VHS cover at the video store as a kid was my first awareness of these movies, so it's cool to finally own an original one-sheet.
Quote from: Farley Flavors on July 12, 2022, 07:11:16 PM
He really is. I met Don at Scarefest 2015 and got a Phantasm reprint poster signed by him and Reggie Bannister. As nice as that poster is, I only picked it because because A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury and Kat Lester were also signing that weekend (though I ended up passing on them due to price). However, this Phantasm II poster was always my favorite from the series. I think seeing it on the VHS cover at the video store as a kid was my first awareness of these movies, so it's cool to finally own an original one-sheet.
Very cool.
I finally got back to the vendors show, after a couple years absence. This was my haul this time. I have already framed The Mummy's Tomb; I just need to find frames (and space) for the rest of them. As usual, most of these have been restored and touched up by me. Over the years, I have acquired large posters for nearly every Universal horror film, in this way. So, if you happen to be hosting a monster/horror convention and need some extensive decor, please remember to look me up. :) :) :)
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Quote from: BRICK on August 26, 2022, 07:57:26 PM
As usual, most of these have been restored and touched up by me.
They look great! I don't see any fold lines, or anything!
Quote from: Mike Scott on August 26, 2022, 09:40:21 PM
They look great! I don't see any fold lines, or anything!
Thank you. I cleaned up all the fold lines, wear & tear, as well as any imperfections. And (in most cases) kicked the color up. I spend quite a while restoring each one of these; but the final product is really worth it!
Quote from: BRICK on August 26, 2022, 09:57:20 PM
And (in most cases)
Kicked the color up? Are we talking about original posters?
Quote from: Mike Scott on August 26, 2022, 11:17:07 PM
Kicked the color up? Are we talking about original posters?
I start with the best hi-res digital image I can find and clean it up from there. In some cases the original appears to have faded very severely (see WW of London below). I kicked the color up on that quite a bit. Being a child of FMOF, I really like the bright, saturated look similar to Basil Gogos' artwork. Not everyone is a fan of this technique (Cortlandt Hull, included), but I made them specifically for me.
It is not just the color & fold lines, BTW; I often overhaul the entire poster to suit my tastes; beveling the fonts, and adding halos and drop-shadows to make it more dramatic. On the House of Horrors, above, I replaced Rondo's painted face with a (scarier) photograph from a different poster. At first glance, the two This Island Earth posters, below, look pretty much the same; but upon closed inspection, you can see that I actually made dozens of changes to it. Some purists may not like it; but, as I said, I am making these strictly for myself.
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Very nice.
What was it, exactly, that you bought at the vender's show?
Quote from: Mike Scott on August 27, 2022, 12:27:11 PM
What was it, exactly, that you bought at the vender's show?
The vendor's show was not monster related, but actually for GIS/GPS equipment; which included large scale printer/plotter demos. Since we had purchased from HP a few years back, they were nice enough to print out some movie poster artwork I had cleaned up and brought in on a thumb drive. To clarify: they provide the equipment, I provide the art. The posters that I have shown are (at this point)
Not Available in Stores. :)
Now I get it. You took an image file and ran it through PS and then got somebody to print out some large posters for you.
I buy my posters from http://www.morbidmonster.com/ (http://www.morbidmonster.com/) They do all the retouching that needs to be done and print then to original size (one sheets and smaller posters).
Guess what; it's that time of year again! Here is my loot from this time!
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Quote from: BRICK on August 29, 2023, 04:57:57 PM
Guess what; it's that time of year again! Here is my loot from this time!
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I like the Frankenstein poster. It is the same one that can just be seen at ground level below "DRACULA" on the right side of this 1952 press photo of the Victory Theatre in New York City.
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The same Frank pose is used in the Cardboard cutout over the marquee above.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on August 29, 2023, 06:17:28 PM
I like the Frankenstein poster. It is the same one that can just be seen at ground level below "DRACULA" on the right side of this 1952 press photo of the Victory Theatre in New York City.
The same Frank pose is used in the Cardboard cutout over the marquee above.
I always liked that particular pose because that is the one I believe they used for the Aurora model! :)