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The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show 2019 #14




Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. Here are 10 new (to me) posters for your perusal / approval...just in time for the 4th of July (barely).


Happy Independence Day!




HOW TO FRAME A FIGG:

Amazingly, this is the only (??) one of Don Knotts' '60s flicks I have not seen yet. But I have several of the posters for the other titles and eventually I'll see this one too. Besides, it also co-stars Yvonne "Batgirl" Craig! Wait...do I already have this poster? Hmm.






ALPHA:

I liked this movie and the poster was inexpensive...$4...so why not?






THE MANIAC:

I paid way, way, WAY too much for this...and I already have one. GRR! It was something I was adding to help pad out the steep $25 shipping fee to go with another poster I intended to win--but did not. OOPS!






PRIMEVAL:

I had never heard of this movie about "the most prolific serial killer in history"...or so I thought. The poster was pretty dang gruesome though. Why not get it? It wasn't that expensive. Imagine my surprise when I goggled it and found out it was about a giant crocodile. Ha! I HAVE seen that movie after all.








JOKER (Advance):

By now you know I am not a big fan of superheroes or super hero movies. UGH! But the previews for this arch villain origin movie make it actually look like it might be good. Hmm. The poster was not that pricey. Why not?










THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED:

I scored one of these a while back...but it turned out to be on linen. UGH! In fact, that other poster was the one I lost my linen virginity too. I'm NO fan of linen backing, so now I can happily dump that other copy. Hooray! I've never seen this flick. Is it any good?







PANIC IN YEAR ZERO:

I've never been a fan of Ray Milland. But this is one movie of his I like--despite his having starred in it...and directing it. This is a pretty nifty post-apocalyptic thriller (on the cheap) from the early 1960s. Not realistic, but still a good little thriller.  I may have this poster already, but wasn't sure. This went for far cheaper than i thought it would...like only $20. Zowie!








GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTER (India):

I saw this and did not like it. It was kind of a remake/ripoff of DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and CGI-ed to death. I miss the original Godzilla in the rubber suit, squashing miniatures, etc. I will see the heavily teased upcoming KING KONG VS GODZILLA, but I was not a fan of this flick. Oh well... I DID dig the art on this Indian poster. It is the same art as the bus shelter poster here, but not nearly as expensive. I'm fine with this copy, especially since I was no fan of the flick.









GHOST SHIP:

I know nothing about the 1943 RKO flick...except I've wanted it for quite some time. I'm hoping it's an early spooky flick as the title suggests. I was second place winner (aka LOSER) on one of these on one of HA's major auctions...and have been trying to get one ever since. This one cost me a pretty penny, but I believe it was cheaper when I got it than it would have been in one of the major auctions. Ha! Starring Richard Dix (Who?). (Isn't his name kind of redundant?) Cool artwork, baby!










THE INVISIBLE MAN'S REVENGE (3-sheet):

I don't like 3-sheets and this poster is not that interesting. (Zzzzz) However, it is classic Universal Horror, so I scooped it up (because I have very little of it). Last billed Gale Sondergaard was, as everyone probably knows by now, the first choice to play the Wicked Witch of the West in MGM's "Wizard of Oz" before Victor Fleming came on board and deemed her far too glamorous for the part.





Okay, that is it. Thanks for visiting. I'll see you next time, but for now I need to dash off.

CHEERS!


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