Hello! Welcome back! Yes, it has been a while since we were last here together. As you know, my buying power has been significantly cut in recent years and what funds I do have left are getting exhausted. Quickly. I tell you that to prepare you for another less-than-stellar edition of the SHOCK-O-RAMA POSTER SHOW. O' there are a few pieces I am really pumped about. The rest are sort of... eh, you'll see. (It's not like I haven't posted poster turds before...) Come, grab a seat and take a look if you'd like. The show is beginning now...
AMITYVILLE (video series posters):
The following four images I am lumping together as "one poster". They're all 11x17 (a size I don't usually bother sharing). They are also for some of the lowest-budgeted "films" (ahem!) you will ever see. Yes, they are all AMITYVILLE movies. As Amityville is a town and cannot be copyrighted, anyone can make an AMITYVILLE movie--and several non-talented bozos have given it a shot and shat them out. I've seen almost all of them. I feel compelled to--even though it is torture getting through most of them. (Of the four direct to video AMITYVILLE posters below, I have seen one, have two more, and am cointemplating buying the fourth.) I got this group of posters though, just for curiousity's sake. I'd never seen any posters (of any size) for the non-theatrical (apart from "AMITYVILLE 1992: IT'S ABOUT TIME and AMITYVILLE: NEXT GENERATION back in the VHS days) "movies" before.
AMITYVILLE KAREN (11x17):
This one is one of the ones I have, but have not seen yet. I'm sure it is utter crap--as the glut of these recent AMITYVILLE flicks are. Micro-micro-budgeted, I have to pace myself and only watch one every few months or so... (But by then, another half a dozen or so will have popped up!)
AMITYVILLE DEATH TOILET (11x17)
:This may be one of the worst "films" in the AMITYVILLE series. (The worst that I've seen so far would have to be AMITYVILLE HEX.) This one is truly about a killer toilet...and also has a JAWS-inspired plot. This was soooooo hard to get through. (But AMITYVILLE OUTHOUSE--Yes, one really exists-- was even worse...)
AMITYVILLE THANKSGIVING (11x17):
I haven't seen this turkey yet. I think I am thankful for that. Hmm.
AMITYVILLE BIGFOOT (11x17):
This is the one I am thinking of buyung and is the poster that got me to purchase this set. I'm sure it's just as much dreck as the others. What stupidity will they dream up next? Does it matter? Slap AMITYVILLE on the title and I'll be compelled to see it. Blah!
THE STEWARDESSES (Special Edition):
ARGH! I am sooooo mad at myself for buying this. Why? BECAUSE I already had a poster for the film--the colorful original release poster. When I bid on this, I wasn't sure I had one. Drat! This one is a different style, though. But still... I did NOT need it. The film, for those who do not know, had a very unusual release. It did not go out of release for years, but was continually changed over the course of the time it was in theaters. Things were added (This appears to be the X-rated version with insert shots added.) or removed (3D) throughout its run. It made a mint and launched the sub genre of sexy stewardess movies.
THE NIGHT RUNNER:
"Are mental parients turned loose too soon?" I'd never heard of this 1957 melodrama until I came across this poster. The tagline was fun. The poster not so much. Guessing the film isn't all that great either.
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SPINAL TAP: This is a very funny movie. I've been passively looking for a copy for years. I'll never hang it up, but I wanted to add it to my collection. Unfortunately it is folded (There were rolled copies as well) and has an extra fold line. Grrr. It was inexpensive, so... SOLD.
HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON:
Hooray! I've been passively looking for this one sheet for the 1970 Mario Bava flick for years as well. It's not that hard to find, but for some reason I keep "missing" it. It's not the greatest poster ever, but--it's for an Italian giallo classic. Another title off of the list...
THE CONQUEROR WORM:
This has nothing to do with Edgar Allen Poe despite saying it's his story, quoted bit on the poster, and using his title. Filmed as and released elsewhere as WITCHFINDER GENERAL, AIP slappped the Poe stuff on to fool theatergoers into thinking it was another of their Poe adaptations (which also usually starred Vincent Price).Not the case. Although the knock-off movie, MARK OF THE DEVIL, that came 2 years later is probably more well known (mostly because of it's marvelously exploitative ad campaign, stating the movie was the "first film rated V for violence" and the vomit bags that were handed out to all theater patrons), WITCHFINDER GENERAL, er...THE CONQUEROR WORM is the superior movie. I am fairly certain I already had one of these, but in the moment this was available, I wasn't sure. I snagged it just in case.
THE INVISIBLE BOY (1973 re-release):
I have one of these already, but when a cheap one comes your way--why not another? I have no idea if these posters are worth anything or not. It is a re-release, but it also features Robby the Robot! I've never seen the flick. It's probably horrendous, I'm guessing. Whatever...
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL:
I'm pretty sure I have/had one of these at one time,. However, as I recall, it was pretty sun faded when I got it and , in the back of my mind, I've been watching for a better copy. I didn't really need this and know I'll probably never display it, but... it's E.T.!!!
ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN (aka
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN) (French re-release)
:While not as nice as the British quad version, this French poster for the film is head and boobies, er...shoulders better than
either the original or 80s re-release posters for the US release. Although 3-D is not mentioned, the image of the impaled Udo Kier and the guy reaching in through the window allude to 3-D.
FROM HELL IT CAME (3-sheet)
:WOW-zer! I've been after a one sheet for this flick for ages. They have just always slipped my grasp and gotten too expensive. When this 3-sheet came along, I was thrilled. I'm not really a fan of the size, but I do have a few. They tend to be more reasonable, price-wise--and I had tried to get others in the past. This one, while not perfect, became mine! YOWZA!
And that is my 10 for this post. Nothing too exciting, as I said, but I thank you for joining me once again.
Until next time, whenever that may be...
Oh wait! I keep forgetting... If you'd like a gander ar the latest batch o' my movie poster-inspired mail art envelopes, the link is
HERE. The image below is a sample.
CHEERS!!!
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