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:
...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!
another great one:
...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!
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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):
Chris
Last edited by Earth 2 Chris; Mar 17, '08 at 10:14 AM.
Those are all awesome,I like that House on Haunted hill one.I like the Fright night poster
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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.
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This has always been a favorite of mine:
Alpha Centauri....OR DIE!
Solent green and the warriors come to mind, and anything with a monster/robot/alien with a sexy woman is super hot
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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.
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