I can still remember the first time I saw the poster for Maniac. The killer's legs and crotch, his hand holding a severed head, his other holding a knife with the tagline of 'I WARNED YOU NOT TO GO OUT TONIGHT' in the deranged scrawl of a psychopath. What was not to like for a …
William Friedkin tells a great story in his autobiography about Warner Bros' marketing department and how they wanted to market The Exorcist on it's completion. The idea they came up with was a drawing of Regan's bloodied hand holding a crucifix (referencing the infamous masturbation scene) with the tagline 'For God's sake, somebody help her!' …
This week's Poster of the Week is for the double bill of Enter The Dragon and Death Race 2000. Double bills were very popular at cinemas in the UK in the 70's and 80's and seemingly the more lurid films the better with horror, kung-fu and cult films being selected for these billings which were …
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This week's Poster of the Week is for the 1970 Beryl Reid shocker The Beast in the Cellar. Ms Reid deserves an article regarding her stellar output all of it's own and one day that will happen. This movie was actually released not just on it's own in the UK but also as a double …
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This weeks Poster of the Week goes to the classic sci-fi nightmare that is Westworld from 1973. There are so many brilliant images here that sum up the movie- the iconic image of Brynner's demented robot gunslinger, the technician sat in front of a bank of monitors and control panels, the technological font used for …
This week's chosen poster is the UK quad for The Terminator. An absolute classic and I'm loving the artist's representation of part man/part robot Arnie. When I found the above quad on the internet I saw that there were so many great posters for this film from different countries that deserve to be seen. Below …
I was 14 and the exact right age to watch Taxi Driver for the first time. The perfect movie about alienation being watched by a moody teenager who felt completely alienated. I would regularly venture from my hometown of York to the bustling neighbouring city of Leeds and it was on my next excursion after …
Poster of the week goes to this gorgeous Italian artwork for the Steve McQueen film Nevada Smith from 1966. This is rugged, masculine and just a tad homoerotic.
New feature! Every week I'll be presenting one of my favourite film posters. I actually think of film art as art in it's own right. I'm sure visitors to this website feel the same way. This first poster is the iconic UK poster for Brian De Palma's classic horror movie Carrie from 1976. The …
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