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Monster A GoGo's Shock-A-Rama Poster Show Retro Flashback: Top 25 Poster Purchases of 2016

Every year on a movie collecting forum website I am a member of, AllPosterForum.com (or just APF) they put up a post inviting members to list their favorite purchases for the year. Here is my contribution to the post from 2016. Because I had written about the posters when I had originally gotten them, there is no description or information about them shown on the page. I've added a link to the pages each poster was originally discussed. Just click the title of the poster and the link should be in place to take you to that page:






Hmm. Last year another member started a post asking us to show our favorite poster purchases of the year. He posted it in early December...and I've been waiting for it to reappear this year. Unless I'm blind and/or he posted it in a different section, I do NOT see it anywhere. So I thought I'd start it (sorry if I'm stepping on any toes) as the year is about to expire.  Last year I only posted 10. Others had a lot more than 10...so, using their examples (and because I had such a good year, I really couldn't narrow it down), here are my 25 favorite purchases from 2016.


25. HOUSE OF WAX:





24. BLOOD-SPATTERED BRIDE (Italian 4f):




23. BLACK SABBATH:





22. ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE:




21. THE BOWERY BOYS MEET THE MONSTERS:




20. SCREAMING SKULL:





19. NOT OF THIS EARTH (linen):





18. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (Studio style):




17. BEACH GIRLS AND THE MONSTER:




16. INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN:





15. FREAKS (re-release, linen):





14. FEMALE TROUBLE (French affiche small):




13. MUNSTER GO HOME:





12. TARZAN'S HIDDEN JUNGLE (linen):






11. TARZAN TRIUMPHS and TARZAN'S DESERT MYSTERY (linen re-release combo):




10. THIS NIGHT I'LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE (Brazilian):






9. ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.:





8. FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (style B):





7. THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE:





6. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE:





5. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (lenticular):





4. PSYCHO (linen):




3. CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (three sheet):



2. THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US:




1. WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST:





What were YOUR favorite purchases of last year?

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