Welcome back. As I write this, the very tail end of my recent poster-buying mania is coming to a close. Well, I still have to worry about auctions on Thursday of this week, it looks like I only have to worry about one poster. Whether or not I get it remains to be seen. However, at the moment, there are two posters in this post. I have one from recent auctions. One of them, the one that I am most displeased with winning, is fairly obvious. The other one, not so much. The one I may or may not win on Thursday? I think that will be obvious as well by what I intend to write about it should I win it, but we shall see. Can you figure out which posters I want in these last auctions before coming to my senses? Of the 10 title shown here two (or three) of them are from those final crazed auctions.
TEENAGE COWGIRLS:
What the hell was I thinking? On the tail end of my weird cancer buying spree (inspired by my seemingly surviving it—-although I’m not out of the woods yet—while two longtime friends succumbed to it within days of each other, with one of them having virtually the same cancer as me!), one of the final outstanding bids I had was…for this crap??? Again, all I can say is, what the hell was I thinking? Unlike star John Holmes, this will never be hung. Bad pun aside (And please, I had to say something to make this turd of a purchase somewhat worthwhile.), The really, really bad part is that at the peak of my mania, I was outbid on this thing. I don’t know what the hell I was thinking, but I bid again and I bid big. What the hell was I thinking? I bid on several things again as I was outbid before coming to my senses and yet, of course, this is the ONE thing that I didn’t need most of all that I ended up winning. Crap.
JACOB’S LADDER (video):
I saw this movie back in the day in the theater and it didn’t do much for me. This poster, though, was an unexpected surprise from a dealer. I’d purchase from a little while back. The posters I bought from him are in an earlier post. What I didn’t anticipate was receiving bonus free posters from the dealer, one for every poster I bought. This is the first of the three. While the movie isn’t my favorite… By far… The image is interesting enough. And it was free! Hello!?!
I saw the original
THE GATE when it played in theaters. I liked it. I thought it was original and interesting.For the sequel, I was a bit disappointed that it went straight to video. However, upon viewing, straight to video was where it needed to go. Despite liking the first movie, this one was lacking something. I don’t think I ever managed to score one sheet for the first film. Although it’s interesting, I never considered buying a poster for the second film because, at the time, I was a theatrical release poster snob. Video posters were beneath me. I’ve since learned my lesson. Even though this wasn’t my favorite movie, the image is still kind of creepy cool. I was thrilled to receive this as a free poster. Wow.
NAKED LUNCH (video):
i’ve only seen this film once and it was trippy. I’ve been trying to score the one sheet for years, but it’s always gone for more than I wanted to pay for it and I’ve let it go. This video poster is nothing like the original one sheet. However. In addition to showing the star of the film (
Peter Weller), it also shows the main creature thing. It has a name, but I don’t remember what its name is. Bizarre, hallucinogenic lunacy from the minds of
William S Burroughs and
David Cronenberg. It’s truly an experience. And I’m thrilled to receive this free poster.
This was inexpensive. I saw this back in the VHS days and I know there was a sequel. It’s about a vampire cab driver, as I recall. I don’t remember if it was good or not…I do remember that it was an interesting concept. I don’t think it played here theatrically…but I may be wrong. I don’t remember this being a great movie, but it sticks out in my mind for some reason. Perhaps it’s because it did have a sequel? I don’t recall…
I LOVE this cool old poster. Yes it is a rerelease…it’s also 78 years old. The sad thing about this poster is that this is the THIRD copy I’ve had to buy. The first one had this horrible offset printing error when it was being lithographed. I had it up on my wall and dealt with it begrudgingly… until I got a second copy. That gorgeous, printed correctly second copy got a bit smashed (EEK!) and had a corner torn off (ARGH!!!) somehow in my move. Good god… is this title cursed or will the third time be a charm? I’ll keep my fingers crossed until it actually arrives and I can get it safely in a frame.
I never saw this flick. It looks cute and I’m sure it’s good, but… nope—I know nothing about it. Why the poster? It was FREE… from my local theater. (I’ll take it. Thank you!)
I am overjoyed with this…or was. My mom actually bought this for me. What a wonderful surprise! I have the paper version…but really wanted the lenticular one. I have my lighted frames in my TV area and have four of my faves in them (including the original release A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS lenticular). (I love that
Sally has pulled off her arm to snag a piece of popcorn. Ha!) However, when this arrived and I put it in the light box, there was a nasty scratch down one side. Ugh!!! I complained and the seller, not wanting to pay return shipping, refunded my money and allowed me to keep it. That’s great except… I don’t want a scratched one. Waaaagh.
CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS:
I had gotten one of these before, but it had problems when it arrived (crushed in the mail… ugh!) When I saw this one, I snagged it. It wasn’t very expensive…and I think this poster is on the rarer side even though it’s a newer poster. I don’t think it had a wide release theatrically. It’s not a great movie. It’s from a spec script that was originally written to be a remake of SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT…with a renegade robot Santa! Ha!
HENRY— PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (banned version):
Wow! Wow! Wow! I paid too much for this (as I have for everything as of late), but wow! Wow! Wow!!! I am super pumped to have this rare original version of the HENRY one sheet that was later banned for being too extreme. Super creepy art for this disturbing (but amazingly gripping) movie—-so much better than the sequel, by the way... It has a few issues on the edges, but is super nice overall.
And that’s my 10 for this time. Thanks for visiting. I have one more (unexpected) batch ready to go. By and large though, I think my poster collecting days are done. I can’t live forever and I have all sorts of medical bills now… I’ll keep my eye out for a few special pieces, But I think that’s basically it. We shall see… but, for sure I’ll be back with at least one more thing of new purchases. And I’m working on another post about my collection overall. So, I’ll see you next time… Cheers!
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