And...we are B-A-C-K!!! It's only taken 1 1/2 months, but here we are. I need to remind you that I am o' so poor these days. My offerings today may not be of much interest, but they are all I have to share at the moment. I'll tell you what. You've been a kind and loyal audience all of these years. Because the posters are not going to knock anyone out of the park (or even off a bleacher), tonight's poster show is on me. NO COST! Totally FREE! Deal? (The snack bar is a whole other story though. You are on your own there.) Okie dokie, let's get this show going...
AFTER MEIN KAMPF:
I'm not sure why I decided to get the poster, other than than it was cheap--and the listing was pulled by eBay. I got this from a dealer in South America. I'd been watching the listing (as well as others). It expired. It was relisted, but ended shortly there after. I guess eBay censored it? The seller didnt know why it happened, but he relisted it again-- but listed it in Spanish. I am no Nazi sympathist, and am appalled by the actions of the fascists of WWII. This poster is for a documentary about the atrocities the Nazis committed. I have never seen the film and don't intend to. But I had also never seen the poster before, either. Nazisploitation films (LOVE CAMP 7, SS GIRLS, ILSA: SHE-WOLF OF THE SS, etc) I can differentiate from the real horrors of the war. But censoring the poster for a documentary? Wow! I guess that, even though it has been nearly 80 years since WWII, it won't matter if it's been 80 or 800 years, the horrible stain on history that the atrocities of Hitler's regime have left will forever make it a sensitive and taboo subject for many. I don't know if finding this poster (which seems to be a rarity. I had never seen one before.) was a good, historical find or an abomination. Ultimately it is just a piece of paper. I mean no harm or disrespect in sharing it.
HALLOWEEN ENDS (Advance)
:I got this before the feeding frenzy drove the prices up briefly (BEFORE the final release poster was unveiled), but I must say... This has to be the WORST poster of the series. And really? The movie is HALLOWEEN ENDS, not ENDS. Hopefully there will be a better, final poster (I thought at the time. There is, but...).
HALLOWEEN ENDS (International Advance)
:This is the same, uninspired poster, but this International version at least has the full title. That is the only reason I bought it.
HALLOWEEN ENDS (Australian Advance):
After the disappointment of the previous advance poster, seeing this one (which is still boring, but better) made me jump and grab it. When I saw this, I still saw NO INDICATION that there would be any further posters for HALLOWEEN ENDS in the US. (There wasn't any for HALLOWEEN KILLS--unlkess I wanted a bus shelter-size.) Note that the film came out the 13th down under instead of the 14th like it did here.
HALLOWEEN ENDS:So, of course, there IS another poster. It figures. I spotted this the day AFTER buying the similar Australian poster. That also figures. Oh well. I actually accidentally bid against myself for this poster using two different accounts. Ha! OOPS! These will be cheaper in a few weeks/months. (I've seen the poster for the previous flick in the series, HALLOWEEN KILLS, for about $15 recently. There was a feeding frenzy to get one before the movie opened!) I've heard not-so-great things about the flick, but haven't seen it yet. I spent too much for the poster--but that's okay. I don't have to "worry" about getting one later.
PET SEMATARY (remake)
:I didn't like the remake and, here we are a few years removed from it, it is already largely forgotten. But what I DID like about it was this final poster. (The advance was kind of nifty, too.) It wasn't all that expensive either.
TWO LOST WORLDS:Yes, this poster has a few rough patches, but it in overall good shape...and was cheap. I have another copy already. I just picked this up because it is one I rarely see, I think I've seen the two I now own and maybe one other in all of the decades I've been collecting. I've never seen the flick. I'm guessing it must be awful or certainly it would have turned up somewhere over the years on TV or DVD. Or maybe I just missed it?
BARBARIAN:
Lucky me! Though I have not seen the film yet, I do want to. I've heard decent things about it. The poster's not much but...it was FREE. Hooray for that. I got it when seeing a 3D movie (listed further down) when I asked if they had any old posters. They gave me a box to dig through. In fact, I didn't notice it at the time, but there are actually TWO copies of it rolled together. Double bonus!
BEAST (Advance)
:I actually saw this flick. It was good, but it reminded me of CUJO, set in Africa, with a killer lion instead of a Saint Bernard. Why did I get the poster? At the theater mentioned above, this was in the box. I snagged it. It was also, I later found out, double rolled with a second copy inside. Bonus Again! WHOO HOO!
THE INVITATION (Advance)
:I did see this as well and am pleased to have scored the poster--also for free from that same theater. However, this one was only a single. That's okay. I'm poor. I'll happily, HAPPILY take it.
STRANGE WORLD (Advance A):
When I first saw this poster hanging in a theater, I was immediately drawn to it and knew I wanted a copy. From the creature with the curled-up tail, the color scheme, and just the whole bizarreness of the landscape, it looks interesting...and like a possible return to traditional animation? (Or will these be Pixar computer animation?) Bonus attraction for me is the faux vintage look given to the poster (fake fold lines on this rolled poster).The movie--at least what I can see of it here--looks interesting to me. We shall see...
DELUSION:I have been after one of these for years! I've never seen the flick, but the artwork is clearly riffing (or ripping off) the C. Allan Gilbert 1892 painting ALL IS VANITY. That is why I was attracted to this poster. Apparently others are, too. I have tried and tried to get this over the years and am always outbid or it has gone far higher than I wanted to pay. This one was shockingly inexpensive and I was the only bidder. Ha! FINALLY!!
JAWS (2022 re-release)
:I have an original JAWS already, but the original JAWS now in 3D!?! Hello???!!! Gimmick! Gotta get it...and gotta SEE it! I saw it at the last (only) showing of the last day it was playing. According to the usher, no one had been to see it since the weekend. WHAT!?! I realize it's 47 years old, but come on! It's a great classic and on the big screen! And in 3D!! Unfortunately, I didn't get to see it in IMAX, but the 3D added some great depth. The overall film looked great, too. And, man... there truly are some amazing shots in the flick. The best part? Before the movie, there was a preview for a special 3D version of George Romero's 1979 zombie epic, DAWN OF THE DEAD this Halloween. Yowza! I am so there...and looking for the poster already. Ha!
CRUEL JAWS:Oh my stars! This poster is not in perfect shape, but YOWZA! I had NEVER seen a poster for this God-awful (yet, oddly fun) JAWS ripoff, CRUEL JAWS! And it is in English. Zowie! I had to get it.
And that's it for the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show this time. It sometimes amazes me that it still somehow continues to keep limping along. Up next--and hopefully fairly soon--is an "update" post. It won't be new posters. Instead it will be showing things I've recently framed, etc. I hope to have it up before Halloween.
Thank you for visiting.
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