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The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show 2018 #9


Hi there. Welcome to another snore-inducing, er...um, glamorous and exciting edition of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show! Happy late-spring!  Eek. Summer is just around the corner---with its blazing temperatures and zillions of kids out of school (making movie-going often unbearable). Are you ready for the summer? Hopefully so. In the mean time, thank you for popping in. Please help yourself to a gander at my latest acquisitions...

ALIEN SEED:
This is a video poster for a direct-to-video movie I have never seen. Yes, it looks like total crap (although having Erik Estrada featured is a wonderful campy bonus). This was part of a lot (with the poster below it---which was the one I was going after). I got the lot for $10 plus shipping. So, $5 each isn't bad...  I wonder if this is worth seeing--even for camp value?



ELVES:
The second poster in the lot---and the one I wanted, "ELVES." I never saw this---but I know it went right to video and gave Dan Haggerty a job (He is still anxiously awaiting a sequel, I am sure). The upper corner looks kind of bent--but not torn. It looks to be in okay shape aside from that. I was looking for Christmas horror and am still trying to find a "Don't Open 'Til Christmas" poster (which I know also only went to video back in the VHS days) to round out my collection. I have never seen this--and i am sure it is awful--but I just ordered a bootleg copy on DVD. Ha! Ho ho ho!




SPECTRE:
I already have a copy of this, but I am a big Bond fan and isn't it funny how relatively inexpensive this is now (mine for $31) than when it came out (when they were going for about $100+)? Ha! I'm looking forward to the next Bond (and the next and the next...)




MURDERER'S ROW:
As a Bond fan, one might correctly assume that I also dig some of the knock-offs that came in Bond's wake...such as the Dean Martin "Matt Helm" series. I believe I already have a copy of "Murderer's Row"--but it came as part of a lot that featured another Matt Helm poster (below) I was not so sure I had already or not.




THE SILENCERS:
I knew I had "MURDERER'S ROW" and "THE WRECKING CREW" posters, but I'm not so sure about "THE SILENCERS" or "THE AMBUSHERS". When I spotted this lot of Matt Helm posters moments before they were to close (How had I missed them earlier? Yikes!) and saw that "THE SILENCERS" was included, I went for it. I got them for $35, which is $17.50 each---not bad at all. Now I just need to figure out if I still need "THE AMBUSHERS" or not. I'll have to look...



THE FURY:
I already have several copies of this...and here I am, buying yet ANOTHER! Ha! I'm a sucker for "CARRIE" ripoffs. This one is unusual in that it was ripped off by "CARRIE" 's own director, Brian DePalma, and one of its stars, Amy Irving. Lame movie---but I dig it for some inexplicable reason. (Snore-A-Rama poster though...)



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME:
Here is another poster I already have several copies of. I never seem to learn...  This and the one above were two of several posters I bid on and then left to the fates to decide what I would win and what I would lose. I won two things I already have. Oh well. '80's holiday slasher horror!




THE EVIL DEAD 2 (Thai):
I already have one of these. However, as I am prone to doing, I saw this and put a bid on it anyway.  And won. It was actually much cheaper than the one I got originally. Hmm. 



SOLO-A STAR WARS STORY:
As I have said several times, I am not a "Star Wars" fan. I've seen most of the movies in the theater (After the Jar-Jar Binks #1 film, I skipped out on #2 and #3), but usually late in their runs. I'm not sure if this one will fly or not. The guy playing Han Solo looks NOTHING like a young Harrison Ford. Will it be a hit or go the way of the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special"? I have no idea. BUT...the way people go crazy over STAR WARS in general and noting how high priced the posters can get, I couldn't help but pick this up when it was reasonably priced. It the movie takes off---it will go up in value (hopefully). If it flops, well... That would be my luck.




HALLOWEEN (2018):
Speaking of things getting expensive at the time of their release (See the SPECTRE poster above), I jumped on this advance poster for the upcoming HALLOWEEN movie as soon as I realized what it was (I thought it was another Mondo poster at first). I'm sure it--and especially the final release poster--will get crazy high come release time. I'm curious about this movie--and anxious to experience it. The poster is...kind of dull, though. Oh well.




That's 10...so that is all for now. Thanks for stopping by to visit and taking a look. 

CHEERS!

PS Hey, I just realized---it's only 6 months until Christmas. You'd better get shopping. (Or the "ELVES" may get you... Ha!)





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