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The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show 2019 #19


Hello and oh my stars! It's another Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. How did this happen? I'm not quite sure... Hmm. I really tried to avoid poster shopping and what I have is not that great, but...it IS another Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. Amazing but true!


Okay, the lights are dimming and the show is starting. Shhh! No talking...and please silence your cell phones. Thank you.




MURDER ON CAMPUS:

 This is an obscure title---at least, I had never heard of it before. I had never seen the poster before either. It was cheap--so I bought it. What a cheap poster design. It looks like, instead of art, they just decided to use lobby cards (which they probably didn't bother to run on their own). Why did I want this then? The little bit on the bottom was what sold me. There's a bad drawing of a woman (Is that long hair or sideburns?) screaming, the cheesy horror lettering of the title, the fake review ("A thriller-chiller!" **** )  that is attributed to no one, and the company logo (A Colorama Features Release) that I do not recall ever hearing of again were the true elements that attracted me to this one. Ha!






AROUND THE WORLD WITH JOHN HOLMES:

I don't buy many posters for adult (porn) movies. I have noticed now and again that some titles go for a good price. They are usually those from the pre-porn nudies/roughies era, from certain directors (Doris Wishman, Michael and Roberta Findlay, etc.), hit movies (DEEP THROAT, BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR, etc.) or featuring certain stars. I stumbled on this John Holmes poster for a mere $13 and snatched it up. It will sit in a box, but I thought $13 was pretty cheap.






MONSOON:

I had seen this poster come and go just a few times. I know nothing about the flick, but it sounds like it is a big romantic drama with disaster elements towards the end (a monsoon). I dig my disaster flicks and thought I'd add this one. It was cheap. ($10)




THE STRANGERS:

I'm not sure if I ever saw this or not, but I did see the sequel...and that impressed me. CREEPY. There is another home invasion thriller I liked called YOU'RE NEXT, which is also worth checking out.






HELL FEST:

I already have this poster. However...  The other day I (stupidly) purchased 2 poster-sized frames. They were 27x40 though. You can't find 27x41 any more anywhere. When I got home I looked through the last two years of my posts, looking for a newer (27x40) poster to frame. HELL FEST was one of the ones I decided deserved to be framed. However, I could NOT find my poster anywhere (and there are far too many rolls to dig through). So, late last night I went online and found another copy. Ha!    Since I have more than 200 framed posters using up all of my closet space, I don't know what I was thinking buying MORE frames. HELL FEST...if it ever does get framed...can sit in its own hell in closets with the other posters in there.




HELL FEST: 

No, I'm not having a brain fart and printing the same poster twice by accident. What happened was that the next two posters down were available fairly cheaply...and so was this. Alone this would have been $20 (with shipping), but as part of a larger order it was under $12 with shipping. SOLD!




SOLO (Advance Lando-style):

I've said many times I am no STAR WARS fan. But, at auction, I recognize the price of things. These character poster seem to sell well and this was fairly cheap. So...





SOLO (Advence Qi'ra style):

Ditto above.





STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI:

While looking at the two SOLO posters above, this one showed up as a suggestion on a lower portion of the screen. It, too, was lower priced than expected---so someone made a SALE!






INVISIBLE AGENT (3 sheet):

Earlier this year, I scored an INVISIBLE MAN'S REVENGE (1944) 3-sheet. I HATE 3-sheets, but have very little in the way of Universal horror...so I went for it. When I saw this earlier (1942) sequel 3-sheet up for sale, I was interested but not that interested. The seller didn't have any takers and the price came down a little week after week until I finally decided to go for it. It will probably never be displayed (I hate 3 sheets--they are in 2 pieces and I have no frames to fit them.), but maybe it will be worth something someday? Until then, it will remain an invisible purchase, stored away in a box, envelope or drawer somewhere...



Okay. That is all for tonight. It's bed time. Go snuggle up with your favorite dolly and head of to sweet dreams land. May your wildest nightmares come true! Ha!


Thanks for visiting. Good night and...

CHEERS!
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