Hi there! Welcome to another posting of new-to-me poster in the SHOCK-O-RAMA POSTER SHOW! There is some fun stuff here, but nothing all that exciting...except I am pretty wild/pumped about the last title in the pile.YOWZA! I am super thrilled to have that.
I hope you are well---and thank you for stopping by.
Now let's look at the posters:
THE SENTINEL:
This movie should have been better than it was. Interesting idea---lousy execution. (Whatever happened to???) Cristina Raines stars in this quasi-ROSEMARY"S BABY (without the baby) knock-off. This poster isn't that interesting. It was a bonus poster for another poster I bought. I already have at least one of these already.
SEXY SUSAN SINS AGAIN:
I had NO IDEA what this was when I bought it...but it was cheap, so I decided to go for it. Apparently it is a German historical sex comedy about a plot to stop an assassination attempt on Napoleon. The only name actor (as far as anyone in the US would be aware of anyway) is JEFFREY HUNTER, who was the original choice to play the Captain in the pilot for the original "STAR TREK"series. Whatever...
FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (Advance):
I probably already have this--I know I have the regular one sheet--but was not sure about this advance. Hmm. So I got it. This sixth was NOT the end of the series (Duh!)---and it was kind anti-climactic anyway. The 3-D finale was a great gimmick I would have rushed out to see---had I not already planned on seeing this (I'd seen all of the ELM STREET flicks in the theater to that point). The finale was STUPID (despite the 3D). Oh well. Freddy is an amazing character---and trying to explain why he is the way he is was not necessarily a good idea. The following entry, "Wes Craven's New Nightmare", would be the last in the series....and that was followed by a lackluster remake of the original (the only one I didn't bother seeing in the theaters).
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (Style C):
I have ALL of the posters for the PLANET OF THE APES films (from the original to present day), even though some of the movies (like this one) just didn't do it for me. (Yawn). I already have a WAR poster---but it is a close up of the lead ape on horseback (at the very center of this larger scale poster). I may have this poster as well (probably do), but wasn't sure. The tagline reads "witness the end"--is this the last one? We shall see.
SISTERS:
Another poster I already have a previous copy (or two) of. Pre-SUPERMAN Margot Kidder and Jennifer ("Soap" and producer on "American Horror Story") Salt star as grown separated siamese twins. It sounds like a cool flick--but alas I have never seen it (yet). Written and directed by Brian DePalma!
SLAVEGIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY:
I think I already have a copy of this, but am not sure. I remember actually seeing this with something called CREEPAZOIDS many years ago (late 1980s). The movies were NOT memorable at all--but the experience was. The theater where this was shown was downtown and had, just a few days/weeks earlier, been a Pussycat Theater showing porn! Ha! This new theater (I think it was called The Lyric Theater?) apparently did ZERO renovations, as the place screamed porn theater when I was inside. Red velvety curtains along the walls, red seats, red-painted walls in the lobby. Even the outside marquees still had the Pussycat Theater logo on them. It was weird being in a "porn theater" watching "regular" movies. After seeing the flicks, I kept my eye out for other obscure stuff to play there I'd like to see (SLAVEGIRLS and CREEPAZOIDS played nowhere else in town). Alas, almost as soon as it opened, the Lyric closed. I don't think it was even open a month. I never got back to it and it has been shuttered ever since. The movies may have been forgettable, but the poster art on this one is cheesy cool.
THE SEX MACHINE:
I have one of these somewhere. The poster is the best thing about this flick, which used to air on Cinemax back in the day. It is some lame European sex comedy that isn't very sexy or funny. Whatever. I do remember when it played in my town though, back in the 70s (?). The ads in the newspaper called it "The Love Machine" (NOT to be confused with the Jacqueline Susann movie/book of the same name).
WILD, WILD PLANET:
I've never seen the flick, but have long admired the poster. Now it is MINE, baby! Whoo hoo!
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD:
Do I have this already? I know I have the poster for VAN NUYS BLVD, but this one? Hmm. Filmed in Superama 185...whatever that might have been. With a great exploitation cast including Candice Rialson, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Dick Miller and "Godzilla"! Ha! Cool poster, too.
KISS OF THE VAMPIRE:
Pucker up...here is the great Hammer classic, KISS OF THE VAMPIRE. You have to love this cool poster. I do. I have long wanted one of these as well...and now it is mine. Whoo hoo! Fantastic artwork!
That is all for now. I hope you will call again soon. THANK YOU for your visit.
CHEERS!
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