Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. This installment is shaping up to be a real cure for insomnia...so I hope you are reading this at bed time, or at least you have a pillow with you. As I write this, the first 4 posters are in place and even I am falling asleep. Zzzzz. Let's hope the remaining 6 to come will be far more entertaining. (Don't hold your breath...)
Okay, ready or not, let's get this edition going... I'll probably want to run and hide before the criticism of these current offerings gets too out of control and they start air bombing my butt. Yikes! (I don't know what that means either. I'm just trying to tie in the gif below...). Here we go-go...
CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE MONK and I WAS A MALE CALL GIRL (Canadian one sheet):
I have seen this Canadian combo poster a few times, but have never been able to scoop one up until now. This Canadian double feature seems to feature re-titled movies, but I can't seem to find any information on just what CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE MONK and/or I WAS A MALE CALL GIRL were originally called. There is certainly nothing on IMDB about them. Hmm. They are probably lame anyway. Oh well. The poster still has some fun verbiage ("When the girls called...'Big Boy' was available". Ha!) and graphics. Whatever...
SHAZAM:
If you've followed my poster buying habits at all, you would realize that I am NOT a fan of the modern super hero movies. So what is up with this SHAZAM poster? Well, believe it or not. I gave this one a shot...and I actually enjoyed it somewhat. It got a little bogged down and superhero heavy towards the end, but this flick had lots of fun and humor in it. It didn't take itself THAT seriously. And I really liked the idea of some 12/13-year-old kid suddenly finding himself in a musclebound grownup body (and getting to do all of those grownup things kids only dream of doing). Fun.
CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE MONK and I WAS A MALE CALL GIRL (Canadian one sheet):
I know what you are thinking....that I've accidentally repeated myself. Right? Sort of--but not really. You see, I found another copy of the poster much cheaper than the price I paid for the earlier one. Oops! Sold!
ST. HELENS: KILLER VOLCANO (Australian daybill):
Normally I would not have bothered with an Australian daybill for an American TV movie. However, it's a disaster flick (and one I have NOT seen). I'd have preferred a one sheet. Was this any good? Not the best art work, but I dig my disaster flicks...especially those made before the current glut of direct to video/TV flicks of late that have been CGI-ed to death.
THE DEAD DON'T DIE:
The one sheet is not that interesting and the movie itself is kind of ho-hum. It does have an interesting cast, though.
Okay, it is intermission time. Grab someone to munch on and/or run to the bathroom. The last half is about to begin. (And let's hope it is better than the snore-inducing first half...)
The lights are dimming. Quick, get back to your seat...
DR. CYCLOPS (Military re-release):
Although it's not in the best condition and it is just a military re-release poster, I know I will never be able to afford an original DR. CYCLOPS one sheet. While not the best fantasy flick ever, it is interesting and was the forerunner to such things as "Attack of the Puppet People" and the "Dr. Shrinker" segment of "The Kroft Super Show" from TV back in the 1970s.
THE CATMAN OF PARIS and VALLEY OF THE ZOMBIES (re-release combo):
Speaking of re-releases for film posters I can't afford, here's a cheap-looking double feature re-release combo poster. I've not seen either film, but would like to. I'd also like their original release one sheets---but that's not gonna happen. Still, as cheap-looking as this combo poster is, there is something about its cheesiness and hastily slapped together look that appeals to me. (It may look cheap---but it wasn't that "cheap" to buy. Ha!)
BARRACUDA (French large format):
I love my JAWS ripoffs...for the most part. Although there were some stinkers ("Tentacles", "Tintorera", "Jaws of Death", etc.), there were some cheesy gems as well. "Barracuda" was NOT a winner, by any means. But something about it resonated with me. I have the US one sheet, some Italian posters (different art), ans a British quad combo (paired up with the original, pre-Tarantino and spelled correctly INGLORIOUS BASTARDS). I've known about this French poster for years---just never was able to get one. The artwork is downright awful,,,but still... Gotta have it. And ultimately I DID snag it. Hooray!
THE MOLE PEOPLE:
I have been after a MOLE PEOPLE poster since I came in 2nd place for one on a Heritage Auction a few years back. I vowed to myself that I would break down and buy this one if I didn't win any of the auctions I had bids on in a cluster of big poster auctions at various auction houses I had bids on this past weekend. Yep--I lost every single auction I bid on...and thus, this one became mine. Ha! Classic 50's Universal horror--and co-starring Beaver Cleaver's dad and Batman's Alfred the butler. Zowie!
And that's it. Wait a minute, you say. That is only 9...and you usually have 10 posters per post. That is true. However, I have had some health issues of late (Nothing too serious---I HOPE!) and so I have re-evaluated some things and decided to (gasp!) STOP buying movie posters. This resolution may be short-lived. We will see. But as of now, THE MOLE PEOPLE is my last movie poster. (And that is certainly a fab-o-rama poster to sign off on.)
Thank you for visiting the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. Keep an eye out. It may be back (if I don't drop dead first). You never know when I'll unearth some of my older posters (purchased before the internet days) and share them or perhaps post a few things I've decided to send to auction. I may break down and go on a poster buying binge again. You never know.
Anyway, thank you for visiting. Now, it is time to go. QUICKLY!!!!
CHEERS!!!!
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