And, what!?! We're B-A-C-K!!! That was...quick. (It just seems that way as I delayed the previous post until I finished my write up on my Something Weird Video adrventure, which I had linked to the page. I've already been working on this one for several weeks.) Truth be told, though, about half of these became mine in a 12 hour period. It is no secret that I am now disabled. I live on a VERY modest income with very little in the bank to fall back on. There is a saying, "You can't take it with you." There should also be a saying that says "You can't enjoy it if you don't have it." That seemed to have been my mindset during a recent eMovieposter auction. Despite the fact that everything was on linen--there were so many titles I wanted. Things were fairly cheap...until the very end. But... Geez! Dipping into my meager savings was... EXTREMELY STUPID and FOOLISH.
But, it happened. Let's take a look:
PRO BALL CHEERLEADERS:
What the hell is this? I was looking at my eMovie pay & holds, realizing my time was almost up...and I saw this title in there. Zowie! I have ZERO memory of buying this. It is the only thing I "won" the day it was auctioned off, so I can only imagine that it was either a frustration bid OR I was a sucker for this bit of description in the listing: "Note that we haven't auctioned an example of this poster since 2016!" OR BOTH!!!
THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER (International teaser):
I'm already NOT impressed. Who okayed this poster? BUT--it is an EXORCIST sequel (one of the few sequel posters I'll buy). I had to get one. I just hope that the final poster--should there be one--is better than this crap. (Of course, after the god-awful, rip-off, disappointment of HALLOWEEN ENDS--which was co-written and directed by David Gordan Green, the man responsible for co-writing/directing this legacy sequel--my hopes for a decent sequel have already been dashed. I'll still go though...)
HOW TO MURDER A RICH UNCLE (linen):
This isn't the most exciting poster ever...and it could use some color to jazz it up, but the artwork is by Charles Addams (creator of the original Addams Family drawings that led to the TV series and movies). How could I say no? I may already have one--but I'm not sure. I am no fan of linen--but this went cheaply.
HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS:
I saw this movie ages ago...and unfortunately it was not very good. (At least, I remember thinking it was lame...but have no memory of the film itself.) Although I may have this poster already, I don't recall seeing it in my collection. So, I have been looking to get one--but not in any drastic, I-NEED-IT-NOW kind of way. Why? The cast of course. You've got four horror legends altogether in one flick (and on one poster!); Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and John Carradine. I don't understand why the first three names are above the title and Carradine is below. Even more baffling is the other "star"--Desi Arnaz Jr. Huh!?! Oh well. The movie may not be much, but at least it has a good one sheet.
ALTERED STATES (International style):
How fun to finally have this....although I should have saved the moeny. Oh well. it was one of those days where you bid--hope to win other stuff and why not this, too--can't be present at the end of the auction and... you win only this. Wuh-wuhhh. Oh well. I do dig it and have been casually wanting one for years. (It's way better than the US one sheet.) But--I am poor. I should have saved my cash...
BURIED ALIVE (aka BUIO OMEGA and BEYOND THE DARKNESS):
Zowie! Here is one I totally did NOT expect to get. Yes, it looks like a crappy, low-rent poster. Well, Aquarius Releasing did distribute a lot of amazing sleaze (grindhouse-type stuff), but their motto was obviously keep it cheap. This is the Joe D'Amato flick (not some other BURIED ALIVE) and is pretty sick-yet-cheap Italian trash. I saw it on VHS back in the day as BEYOND THE DARKNESS. This poster isn't super rare--but is uncommon. I've been after one for YEARS, but I never wanted to pay $200 +/- for it.
THE COSMIC MAN (Linen):
I had never heard of this flick until another collector posted an insert for this flick (which I still haven't seen) on a poster website somewhere a few years back. What was this? The image and the obscurity of it (THE COSMIC MAN??? How had I never heard of this? It stars Bruce Bennett, who, under the name of Herman Brix, was one of the original TARZAN's way back in the day...) made me curious. So I became a tad obsessed in trying to get one. Several have either not been nice enough or just plain slipped through my fingers. Despite this being on linen (I'm still NOT a fan...but as I wind down my collecting days, I gotta get what I can get.), I was thrilled to snag one finally!
THE BIRDS (linen)
:Aha! This poster has been on my "want list" since I started collecting in the mid/late 1970s. I've bid many times---only to have it stolen away by someone else. I've seen the price rise and rise and rise over the decades, too. I remember seeing one for $50 once in beautiful shape (NOT on linen) years ago, but I just couldn't cough up the cash... STUPID ME! After years and years and years and YEARS of trying, F*#& it! I spent way more money on this than I can afford---and it was only "good to very good" before restoration. I have it now and I am thrilled. Normally I would have thought this would have landed at the end of my current list as the grand prize o' the day. In a way, it is ("LONGEST want list quest"), but in another way... Nah! I love the movie THE BIRDS--which is why I wanted the poster. However the poster itself... doesn't do it for me. I'll hang it (Hello!?! It's THE BIRDS!), but the art/style just isn't my cup o' tea.
ISLE OF THE DEAD (1953 rerelease linen):
Karloff!!!! I am always on the hunt for vintage Boris Karloff posters. I'll never have an original FRANKENSTEIN, and my dream Karloff poster is THE BODY SNATCHER (also soooo hard to get), but I do have a few others I am thrilled to have (BEDLAM, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN rerelease, THE BOOGIE MAN WILL GET YOU, etc.). Of the others that are still somewhat obtainable, ISLE OF THE DEAD has been near the top of my want list. And actually, this rerelease (which has completely different art than the original release one sheet) has always been my preferred choice of the two. Wow! Wow! Wow!
SHE GODS OF SHARK REEF (linen):
Hot damn! While THE BIRDS may have cost more and some of the other posters may be more interesting, it is THIS poster that I am most excited about in this batch. I have been after one for so long---and this would be perfect outside of my soon-to-be-finished basement tiki room/bar. (It's almost done! Whoo hoo!) I had to fight for this one. (And DAMN YOU, Tr723427, whoever you are, for jumping in at the last minute -- again and again and again -- and driving the price up.) I have no money, but I NEEDED this poster. It was awful. I'd be outbid and go to make another bid...and my internet would be down or my phone wouldn't connect. UGH! (This happened with another poster that I've long wanted and should have ended up being mine...I couldn't get a connection before it was too late!) But--whoo hoo! Linen or not, it is finally mine! I have a frame for it reserved already. Tiki on!
And that is 10 posters...which is my usual per post and all I have this time. I will add a few more links to my most recent faux movie poster mail art envelopes below. These are my most recent ones. Take a look or don't.
Link 1: https://monsterago-go.blogspot.com/2023/07/mail-art-26-it-came-from-mailbox.html
Link 2: https://monsterago-go.blogspot.com/2023/07/mail-art-27-it-came-creeping-in-from.html
And now I am going to lick my wounds and tally up the financial ruin I've left myself in. UGH!
Thank you for visiting.
CHEERS!
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