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The Shock-O-Rama Poster Show 2023 #2

 

Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. This edition is filled with disappointment and frustration--for you the viewer (Nothing much to see here) and, especially, for me--the buyer. Eh... let's just get on with it and get this post over with already...

SURVIVAL RUN:

Well, I did it…AGAIN! I stupidly visited a certain poster auction house that has crazy high fees, bid on a bunch of stuff (some things I really wanted, something’s I already had and/or didn’t really need), lost out on everything I really wanted (Waaaagh!) and got stuck holding the bag for a crazy sum of money for basically crap. Argh! Will I EVER learn?? So, here I am, stuck with more expensive paper I really don’t have a lot of use for… This one (and the one below it) I got for $1 (plus about $30 in fees….and all of the shipping and handling expenses. EEEk!). It appears to be (but I’m not entirely sure) a post-apocalyptic thriller, perhaps. I had never heard of SURVIVAL ZONE before. Whoopie…



THE ANNIHILATORS:

Something else I did NOT need. Or maybe I did? I just now looked this flick up as I was starting to write about the poster. Oh my stars! This sounds like a bad movie (about a returning Vietnam vet, who comes home to find the streets of his neighborhood like a war zone. He recruits some of his Vietnam vet buddies to help and it truly becomes war in the streets) I was told to seek out…but never did. Hmm. Maybe this was a lucky purchase after all? (I’m NOT holding my breath…)


THE MANIAC:

Another idiotic encounter with a certain auction house... This is a poster for the old Hammer non-period, non-gothic horror flick about a murderer, starring THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD’s Kerwin Matthews. It has been eclipsed and forgotten more or less in favor of Hammer’s more popular Dracula, Frankenstein, and Mummy flicks. I already had a copy of this. Perhaps I can resell it down the line to help recoup some of the $88 (total--after buyer's premium, shipping, etc.) I spent on the two lots I did win. But oh...the quality of this poster. Very good minus? Uh...more like minus, minus, minus! Blah.


THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN:

I already have a copy of this as well. (And somewhere I have a packet of “Satan Seeds”, given out to promote this movie…) As I recall, this wasn’t a bad movie. It features Strother Martin and L.Q. Jones star along with a very young Geri (“Fake Jan” from the BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR) Reischl in the child lead.


HOT SKIN:

I already had one of these. WHY get another? UGH! I’m a sucker for gimmicks, especially 3D…(and this is apparently in 3D AND “SeXurrounD”…whatever that might be. A knock-off of “Sensurround”, no doubt.) Vintage porn stars Serena, John Holmes, and the “Disco Dolls” (!?!) star! Ha!



KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS:

After YEARS of trying to score a copy of this, I got one a month or so back. Whoo hoo! And then, BOOM! This one shows up fairly cheap. Snag. What weird luck. I still dig the poster and am super happy to have one (now two)!!


PINK FLAMINGOS (Pink Phlegm-Ingo Barf Bag):

When I saw this item up for sale, I slapped down on the Buy It Now button and was super happy. I NEVER thought I’d score one of these. And then I paused… The bag certainly looks like it could be from the early 70s, but as I researched it (after my hasty, must-have-it-before-anyone-else snags-it purchase), I saw that (as far as I could tell) all of those bags were printed in pink lettering—not black. I also learned that Criterion, when it re-released PINK FLAMINGOS on Blu-ray, included a reprint of the bag (also in pink ink). So WHERE did my black-printed bag come from? Is it real or a cheap copy?Perhaps the ink faded due to light or some other type of damage? Dang it all! I hope I wasn’t ripped off (AGAIN). (I’m sure I was though… GRR!) But...it really DOES look old. Hmm.

EVIL DEAD RISE (Advance):

A new EVIL DEAD movie that is an actual sequel (and not a remake) to the originals? Yes, please! I have the posters for the other films (even the remake), so I needed this as well. And...I'll need to get another copy as the cheapo tube this was shipped in was broken, so there are now these odd tracks/wrinkles down one side of the poster. ARGH!!!!!! Dammit all!


SLAUGHTER HIGH (video poster)

I feel super lucky to have scored this one (although it was also damaged in shipping. GRRRRR!). Yes, this is a video release poster for this title. However, it is way better than the theatrical release poster (a silly skeleton bursting through a bright yellow background. Snore.)--which I actually might already have as well. I have the vaguest memory of this movie (from the VHS days). Doesn't it take place at a class reunion of sorts (with only a handful of students showing up) only to be picked off one by one by a slasher? (Not to be confused with THE REDEEMER aka CLASS REUNION MASSACRE.)



RENFIELD (Advance):

I'm not sure if I will see this movie or not. It looks like a comedic take on DRACULA but told through Renfield's perspective. While that could be fun, seeing Nicholas Cage portray Dracula has me the most interested. I have a feeling it will...suck. The poster was cheap. Depending on how the film is received, it will either go up in value or get cheaper. (I'm guessing the prices will drop as I already bought one. Whoopie. That would be par for the course.

And that's it--stuff I didn't need, poor quality stuff, possibly something bootlegged, and stuff damaged in the mails. Disappointment and frustration. I also got new that my poster blog has been CENSORED and deemed inapptptiate on one page. I don't get it/. Sure there are some posters for adult films--but NOTHINMG is shown. Ot maybe I'm missing something? That post is HERE. What did I do? Can you figure out what I am being punished for? I can't. Hmm... Anyway, we are done...and here is the show stopping finale to close the curtain with.

The show is mercifully over for today. Good night, and thank you for coming.

CHEERS!

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