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The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show -- Classic Collection #2:




Hi there. It's time for another "Classic Collection" installment---looking at posters I have had BEFORE I started sharing online. Today I am going with more of my framed stuff (most of which sits in a closet). Let's see what I dug up today....




GODZILLA'S REVENGE / ISLAND OF THE BURNING DAMNED (combo):

 Believe it or not, NOT all of the original GODZILLA movies played in US theaters. GODZILLA'S REVENGE barely made it---as the top of a first-run double bill. This is one of the more silly ones---very kiddie friendly and features the SON of Godzilla (Minya---or something like that) as well as the Big G himself and a plethora of monsters. I never saw ISLAND OF THE BURNING DAMNED though...




THE HAUNTING:

It may be slow and old-fashioned, but this is my all-time favorite scary movie. Turn out the lights and watch this alone late at night. It's guaranteed to send chills up and down your spine. Great performances. Great scares. Great sets. Great story---based on a Shirley Jackson book. Forget the remake. It was crap. This original is still the best.





I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE:

Ah, the grindhouse classick! Originally released (and flopped) as DAY OF THE WOMAN in the mid-70s, Jerry Gross (distributor of ZOMBIE among other cool horror classics), slapped on the wonderfully exploitive title and came up with this new ad campaign to really sell it. "This woman has just cut, chopped, broken, and burned five men beyond recognition...But no jury in America would ever convict her!"  There are only FOUR men in the flick, but why not say five? it sounds bloodier. Ha!  I have often wondered who the model was for the poster as the photo is NOT from the film. Can you imagine the modeling gig assignment? You'll be nearly nude, bruised and bloody and you'll be carrying a knife by the blade. Yowza!  Sleaze at its best. Ha!




JAWS 2:

I was surprised to find JAWS 2 framed and stashed away...but then, I used to change out my posters frequently and I am sure I had all of my JAWS (and sequels---and knock-offs) up at least one month during the summer. I did not get to see JAWS or JAWS 2 when they first came out. However, i was there for the re-releases of both in the early 80s. 






CASINO ROYALE:

This movie is a MESS. Didn't it have something like 4 different directors? Either Peter Sellers or David Niven (I want to say Sellers, but...) quit before the production wrapped and the movie is just all over the place. Although there was only one James Bond (and a Jimmy Bond), seven people assume the identity of Bond. Original Bond gal Ursula Andress is in this, as is Woody Allen and Orson Welles is Le Chiffre. 





THE MASK:

Although I like the poster for the re-release (called "EYES OF HELL") better, I'm not passing up a gimmick film's poster---that clearly shows the gimmick (a cardboard "mask") that allows audiences to see the wild, hallucination-like sequences in 3D whenever the main character puts the cinematic mask on. Such a cool little film.





EYE OF THE EVIL DEAD:

No this movie does not make much (any?) sense---but who cares? Those wigged out Italians made some crazy ass horror movies back in the 80s and this is one of them. From director Lucio Fulci ("ZOMBIE", "GATES OF HELL", THE BEYOND", etc,)





A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET:

I have this hanging in my living room, right above my NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET pinball machine (which I still do NOT have up and running. Grrr.). Classic poster for a classic movie. Golly, I still remember going to see this with a group of friends at a little theater complex in town that no longer exists. 






PIECES:

I also have this poster hanging. I have it on my bedroom wall near the door to the bathroom. It's not the best layout ever---but the movie is a masterpiece of schlock and ineptitude. I LOVE it. I remember seeing this---being too young, but I am tall, so they didn't question me.




FRIDAY THE 13TH:

This hangs in my poster room (you may notice the stray tube in the lower corner. D'oh!). I have seen every "Friday the 13th" in the theater...Ha! Yes, as old as I am now, I'd still go see a new one if it came out tomorrow.  Of course, the same can be said for the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" series and "A Nightmare on Elm Street". (I missed "Halloween 3" in theaters, otherwise I'd count that one too.). I always thought this poster was brilliant and beautiful...unlike most of the other posters in the series which are just so awful and plain.





Stay tuned. I'm almost done with my next posting of new purchases...but I'll also be back with more blasts from my pre-online poster past soon.

Thanks for visiting.



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