Favorite Horror/Sci-Fi Posters?

[namtab29]

as a graphic artist, i am of course obsessed with great movie posters. there are a ton of 'em where the movie was a let-down, but the poster just kicks butt.

my all-time fav poster, hands-down, is this:
http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/The-Beast-From-20000-Fathoms-Poster-C10126112.jpeg

...the movie itself is fine, but it doesnt live up to the poster. but in my mind, no movie could! brilliantly conceived and executed. if i had seen this poster as a kid, i would've thought this was THE MOST EXCITING MOVIE EVER.

rob!

[namtab29]

another great one:

http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/swampthing.jpg

...i saw this and said I HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE. thanks to my Dad, i did.

plus it has Adrienne Barbeau topless, so bonus points for that.

rob!

[Mikey]

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/23/b70-11773

http://www.movieforum.com/movies/titles/houseonhauntedhill/images/1958poster.gif

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[Earth 2 Chris]

Those are some great posters! I remember seeing the Swamp Thing poster advertised in concurrent DC comics. Of course my parents wouldn't take me to the movies to see it, since I was such a weiner then about horror movies, but I did catch it's debut at HBO at my grandparents' house. I convinced them it was okay because it was a based on a comic. How it ever got a PG rating, I'll never know!

That House on Haunted Hill one is pretty disturbing really. you almost don't notice Vincent has a severed head in his hand!

Oh, and my favorite Trek poster (and one of my favorite Trek movies):
http://espectadores.net/wp-content/cartel-star-trek-vi.jpg

Chris

[toys2cool]

Those are all awesome,I like that House on Haunted hill one.I like the Fright night poster

[fallensaviour]

Those are all great I loved the swamp thing poster as well+ the forbidden planet.
But I think my all time fav has to be Army of Darkness.
It did not disappoint me everything on the poster happened in the film ,
it was just a classic 50's horror type poster simply cool in my opinion.



http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/fallensaviour/army_of_darkness.jpg

[Thadiun Okona II]

This has always been a favorite of mine:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f93/ThadiunOkonaII/Godzillamovieposter.jpg

[4NDR01D]

Solent green and the warriors come to mind, and anything with a monster/robot/alien with a sexy woman is super hot :)

[Meule]

Not so much a specific poster, but definitely a certain style for me, like most of the above examples: I love those old painted/drawn posters. I don't even care if it's for the worst movie ever, but I love those posters.

[monkey tennis]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1520000/images/_1524865_apes.jpg

[monkey tennis]

http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/images/geekhistory/june/conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.jpg

[monkey tennis]

http://www.impawards.com/1970/posters/beneath_the_planet_of_the_apes.jpg

[Seeker]

Not so much a specific poster, but definitely a certain style for me, like most of the above examples: I love those old painted/drawn posters. I don't even care if it's for the worst movie ever, but I love those posters.

I agree about the painted old style posters.

What everyone think about the Aqua Teen Huger force movie poster? I love the fact the animation looks like crap but the movie poster was done in the classic style.:smile:

[Seeker]

http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/images/geekhistory/june/conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.jpg



Ok the jumpsuits the gorillas are wearing still look orange to me :grin:

[monkey tennis]

http://home.blarg.net/~dr_z/Movie/Posters/Reproductions/KingKong_Rep.jpg

[Bo8a_Fett]

http://www.phys.uidaho.edu/webedit/sites/220/images/FACULTY-Berven/PHYS%20463/Alien%20poster%20modified.jpg
http://posterwire.com/wp-content/images/thumb-star_wars_style_d.jpg
http://www.weblogsky.com/works/them.jpg

[Bo8a_Fett]

http://posterwire.com/wp-content/images/thumb-when_worlds_collide.jpg
http://images.art.com/images/-/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Movie-Poster-C10077488.jpeg
http://thecia.com.au/reviews/s/images/shaun-of-the-dead-poster-2.jpg

[monkey tennis]

http://www.impawards.com/1975/posters/rocky_horror_picture_show.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/71073656_0a83eddebf.jpg
:grin:

[kinostadt]

I really like the style of stone lithograph posters. I have a few framed Australian daybills from some 60s sci-fi films. I like the layout, graphics and colors.

http://i26.tinypic.com/977ls4.jpg

[namtab29]

those look awesome! i want a close-up!!

rob!

[Bo8a_Fett]

http://perso.modulonet.fr/zombies/le%20commando%20des%20morts%20vivants.jpg

[kinostadt]

This was a mock up I did in order to figure out which posters to have framed. It shows some detail on the four daybills I ended up with.

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee158/kinobiz/Postersmockup.png


those look awesome! i want a close-up!!

rob!

[Mikey]

They're Aussie daybills ?

I'm suprised to learn Jouney To The Far Side of the Sun wasn't called "Doppleganger" in Australia.

I thought the title Journey was only used in North America...

Interesting....
You learn something new every day :)

[namtab29]

those are beeeauuutiful...

rob!

[Dr. Phibes]

I like the original Alien with the egg..."In Space No One Can Hear You Scream".

[apes3978]

Ok the jumpsuits the gorillas are wearing still look orange to me :grin:

And through it all, their jumpsuits still remain red.:yes:

But, going back to that other post where this was brought up, I suppose I could see where you'd think it. I just seen a prison show and while they were close up, you could see that their suits were definitely orange, but in outside shots, from a distance, in a way they looked reddish.

[monsterpants]

http://www.monsterpants.net/hal/revengcreat.jpg