Hello, and welcome back. While this edition of the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show is less than exciting, it’s still all new… at least to me. Because it’s less than exciting, it should be an easy-breezy, quick-o read. There’s not much to see here. I’m not kidding. So let’s get this over with, shall we? Here we go…
DUNE PART TWO (Advance):
This poster and the three below it, were sent to me by friends. My friend Gillian’s husband Jason works for UPS. Now and again he gets shipments of movie posters from studios that are sent to a defunct movie theater. The instructions on the box apparently say to destroy contents if the addressee is undeliverable. But when Jason gets them, he saves some for me. This is the latest surprise batch I got earlier this week.They’re not great… Certainly not anything I would have purchased myself… But they were free and it was nice of them to send them to me. I never saw the new DUNE movie or the sequel. I know they were huge hits. This poster does nothing for me. Does it say anything to the DUNE fans? Whatever…
THE FALL GUY:
Another freebie. I’m not entirely sure, but I believe this movie was a huge flop when it came out. I didn’t bother to see it. I wasn’t really a fan of the original TV show it was spawned from either.
AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM:
Yet another free poster and another movie I never saw. I never even saw the original AQUAMAN. I’m not a superhero kind of guy. It didn’t appeal to me at all. I have no idea if this was a hit or not. I wasn’t even aware they were making AQUAMAN movies anymore.
FURIOSA:
This is the last of the posters that I was gifted with. I never saw this MAD MAX spinoff. Well, I have seen the original trilogy, and I believe I saw the one that came out a couple of years ago with Charlize Theron (FURY ROAD). I just had no interest in this one. Oh well. It was a free poster. I can’t complain.
SPELLCASTER (video):
This was an unexpected surprise. I’ve never seen this horror movie starring 80s popstar Adam Ant. One of my favorite boutique DVD companies, either Vinegar Syndrome or Severin, had made it available again, not too long ago. I don’t know if I have it and it’s in a pile somewhere to watch or if I didn’t bother to get it. I haven’t seen it either way. This is just a curio. It was cheap, under $10 and with free shipping.. It’s just a video of poster. I don’t think there was a theatrical release for it. I’m not sure. The poster looks like it has some permanent roles in it. I’m hoping that, if I frame it, the plexiglass pushing on, it will remove the rolls. If not, like I said, it was cheap. Whoopie do.
IT’S ALIVE (International):
The next few posters are posters I picked up to pad out shipping from an overseas seller. I believe I already have a copy of this poster. I’m not sure if I like this poster or the alternate one featuring a baby carriage with this claw arm hanging out of it better. The title alone, in its bloody font, makes this poster worthwhile. I haven’t seen the IT’S ALIVE movies in a long time. I wonder if they’re worth a revisit? Hmm…
WILLOW (International):
I’m sure I saw this movie, but I don’t remember it. When I decided to grab this…to pad out the postage… I didn’t think I’d seen this poster before. An international poster? It seemed that way. When I decided to buy this, I mistook WILLOW for LEGEND. Oops! You’re probably wondering how I could do that. Well, Just like I’m not into superheroes,I’m not much of a fantasy person either.
ANDY WARHOL’S FRANKENSTEIN (German
):I actually already have a copy of this poster. I picked it up, not only to help pad out the cost of postage, but with the thought of reselling it at some point. The copy I’ve got seemed to have been kind of pricey, but I’m not quite sure. I hope I didn’t spend too much on buying this copy. Oops.
PHANTASM (French):
Another poster padding out postage. I dig the original. PHANTASM. I picked up this French copy as an investment. Hopefully…. The image really doesn’t work for me, but it wasn’t very expensive. Hopefully someone will dig it if and when I ever sell it.
DOOMED TO DIE (aka EATEN ALIVE) (French):
This is the poster I wanted most of all… But at the moment I have no idea why I wanted it so badly. EATEN ALIVE (better known here as DOOMED TO DIE) came in the middle of the cannibal sub genre frenzy of the 1970s and 1980s. Unfortunately, it is one of the least interesting. The US poster is so lame, I never bothered to get it. I do have a British quad though. I like that one much better. The quad, like this French poster, makes it look as if the movie is more shocking and graphic than it is. Directed by Umberto Lenzi (who kicked off the cannibal craze with THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER aka SACRIFICE! in 1972), this 1980 flick is rather cannibal lite. The cast features Ivan Rassimov and Me Me Lai.who appeared together in MAN FROM DEEP RIVER. Mel Ferrer is also along for a paycheck. The most interesting casting is that of lead Robert Kerman. Kerman appeared in two other cannibal shockers; the infamous CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and CANNIBAL FEROX aka MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY. But it’s not his appearance in these gut munchers that makes Kerman’s appearance so notable. Kerman, under the name R. Bolla as well as several others, appeared in many, many adult movies while trying to carve out a career as a “legitimate “ actor. He appeared in such adult fare as DEBBIE DOES DALLAS, CORPORATE ASSETS, and SOCIETY AFFAIRS. Once word of his porno side hustle got out, it was bye bye acting career… Yes, even the Italian sleaze meisters wanted him gone!
Did I need this poster? No. Am I glad I got it? Not really. I don’t know why I fixated on this one. It’s nothing I need. I will never hang it.Oh well.
And that my friend is 10. Short, simple, and over with. I already have a good start on the next entry and may already have enough posters to fill it. However, I don’t think I’m all that much better after my surgery. Although I no longer have chemo, I still have immunotherapy. I don’t know what it is, but I have very little energy and am finding myself in bed more often than not. That helped contribute to the blood clot that I was recently diagnosed with. I had to go on blood thinners for it. I’m just not doing well. I think I will soon end my collecting days. As I stated, the next post is pretty much done, except for the laying out and the writing of it. I think I have the posters for it. There is an auction coming up that has several bucket list items in it. I can’t afford them. But if I can somehow get them, I think I’ll be done. I’m still going through my rolls and boxes and pulling out posters. I’m framing, throwing others in portfolios, and deciding which ones I can part with. My house is such a mess right now with posters everywhere. I just don’t have a whole lot of strength to deal with it at the moment.
Blah blah blah. I’ll shut up now. Thanks for visiting the page. Cheers.
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