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“It is reality which has changed horror; the real horror of the reality which surrounds us has been substituted in horror cinema for the desire to dream …” --- Michele Soavi ::::::::::: MY CRITERIA FOR DISCUSSION ENCOMPASSES THE HORROR GENRE AND BEYOND, SO I USE THE TERM "NIGHTMARE MOVIES". SPOILERS CAN OCCUR WITH OR WITHOUT WARNING. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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POSTER GALLERY 19

August 12th 2011 04:23
A Virgin Among the Living Dead poster art
Still on the deep trash exploitation tip ... and gearing up to Horrorphile's 5th birthday weekender! It's gonna be bloody good! There's a touch, or should I say, a probe of high art to be found, but mostly it's good old fashioned sleaze, filth, kitsch and cult rubbish from the 60s, 70s and 80s. The kind the itches all night long.

In case you're wondering, H. R. Giger was commissioned to design the poster art for Future-Kill (1985), but he wasn't involved in the production design of the movie.


Future Kill movie poster

Forbidden World movie poster

The Awakening movie poster

Cemetary Man movie poster

Die Sister Die movie poster

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde movie poster

Dracula Has Risen From the Grave movie poster

Great White movie poster

The Kindred movie poster

Kingdom of the Spiders

Night of Bloody Horror movie poster

The Shiver of Vampires movie poster

Vampire at Midnight movie poster

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POSTER GALLERY 18

August 8th 2011 00:00
Shock Festival movie poster
I've taken a lurid leaf from the pages of a colleague's blog, to indulge in the vivid B-movie trash that glitters and gleams from the dirty foyer corners of those decrepit grindhouse cinemas of yesteryear. Usually they'd be double-billed, the popcorn would be stale, the chocolate bar wrappers already split, the floors sticky, maybe even the chairs, and sometimes even stains on the big screen (I mean who the fuck was throwing shit, huh?)

I've seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (and it wasn't strictly a B-movie, but the original was) and The Fly (1950) ... I hope I can find some of the other movies. But maybe they're best left and enjoyed as the poster art.

Horror Castle

Tomb of Ligeia

Night of the Lepus

Please Don't Eat My Mother

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

The Killer Shrews

Astro Zombies

Attack of the Giant Leeches

Battle Beyond the Sun

Night of the Blood Monster

The Deathhead Virgin

The Deathmaster

The Fly
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POSTER GALLERY 17 - SILVERFEROX

February 3rd 2011 00:04
Silverferox blog banner
Through my acquaintance with another dedicated horrorphile, Stephen Thrower, my attention was recently brought to the graphic artwork of an Irish dude called Jeremy who has an impressive web-shrine called SILVERFEROX devoted to his love of cult movies and memorabilia, in particular horror and exploitation.

Jeremy is a qualified artist with experience in drawing, painting, writing, photography, digital imaging, and music, who has turned his hand to creating his own versions of 70s and 80s horror/exploitation movie posters, approaching much of the same retro-styling as the originals, but with his own inspired vision.

“For my initial mock-ups/draft versions I have used screen captures from DVD/BD/scans from original stills/lobby sets for the images and, in some instances, cut and pasted the credit billing block and/or the title fonts from the original posters for the text until I find the time to add my own lettering to the versions I wish to see through to completion.”

I’ve selected a clutch of my favourites from his poster design portfolio. But please check out his site and peruse the many pages featuring lots more of his cool poster mock-ups, plus interviews and articles, multi-media projects, soundtracks, an extensive archive, and dozens of links to other like-minded sites and blogs.

A Nightmare On Elm Street Silverferox mock-up movie poster

Deep Red Silverferox mock-up movie poster

Dellamorte Dellamore Silverferox mock-up movie poster

Hellbound: Hellraiser II Silverferox mock-up movie poster

Phenomena Silverferox mock-up movie poster

Strip Nude for Your Killer Silverferox mock-up movie poster

Tenebre Silverferox mock-up movie poster

The Beyond Silverferox mock-up movie pster

The Driller Killer Silverferox mock-up movie poster

The Night Porter Silverferox mock-up movie poster

Vampyros Lesbos Silverferox mock-up movie poster

Xtro Silverferox mock-up movie poster

Zombi Holocaust Silverferox mock-up movie poster



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POSTER GALLERY 16 - ZOMBIE WARS

December 15th 2009 01:28
My good mate, Captain, over at the Sci-Fi Channel gave me the (severed) heads up on a post he’d done featuring the artwork of Matt Busch. In a hilarious zombification of the seminal George Lucas saga the original poster art for all six movies have been given the undead makeover and a suitably putrid title adjustment.

Seems all you need to do is peel back the gums, flash a little a bone, glaze over the eyes, and wahey! Zombie Star Wars! I always thought Mark Hamill and Ewan McGregor were wooden actors, in these re-envisionings their performances will be utterly inspired


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POSTER GALLERY 15

October 12th 2009 22:04
Hisss
Goodness gracias me, it’s been way too long! Nine months in fact! Long enough to have a damn baby! IT’S ALIVE!!!

So to kick the Horrorphile gallery exhibitions back off with a bit of contemporary va-va-voom, I thought I’d put some current releases in the limelight (I like that word, “limelight”, reminds me of what one throws on dead bodies to stop them from rotting …) So here are a selection of flicks that have either just been released overseas or will be in coming months (and a few that are still in production, such as Cannibals and Let Me In). I can’t vouch for any of these movie’s calibre since I haven’t seen any of them of course, but I have strong hopes for many, and I certainly don’t mind the artwork (actually I'll be honest, the Hissss poster is not that great, but I'm so excited about the movie


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POSTER GALLERY 14

January 13th 2009 23:01
The Dark Knight teaser poster 2008
Yes, it’s been a long while. Several months in fact, since my last Poster Gallery posting, which was meant to be a monthly endeavour, but you know how these things are, sometimes you can’t find the material for a while, and then the next thing you know, time has slipped away on you like plastic soles skidding in a pool of congealing blood …

So here is a selection that mixes the high art with the deep trash, which is one of my fetishes, as you know. A couple of the movies represented in this selection I wouldn’t touch with a sharpened barge pole, as they are utterly dreadful, but the poster design rocks


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POSTER GALLERY 13

August 12th 2008 23:11
Martin (1977)
Lucky thirteen! It’s somewhat pertinent that this month’s poster gallery is #13, since today is the 13th and tomorrow is Horrorphile’s 2nd birthday. And as you know when making lists 13 is my Horrorphile rule of (severed) thumb.

I’ve bannered the post with George Romero’s take on the vampire genre, since he was visiting Australia in the last month as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival. I didn’t get to meet him (I shed a tear or two), but I tip my hat to the man, he’s in the directors’ pantheon of modern horror


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POSTER GALLERY 12

July 2nd 2008 06:03
Bit of a mixed bag this post. Yes, I’ll admit there are some ripe ones, including a poster to my very first Pleasure of Nightmares movie review which I thought was very disappointing. The poster’s good though: Silent Hill

Another dreadful movie is the remake of Day of the Dead. The poster’s quite good though. My tongue is lodged in my cheek though; Silent Night, Deadly Night. And I’m speaking in a foreign tongue too; Lo Squartatore Di New York (Lucio Fulci’s nasty New York Ripper
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POSTER GALLERY 11

May 8th 2008 05:19
Here’s a splash of old with a soaking of the new; from Cronenberg’s tale of maternal rage to one of the many early 80s slasher remakes that are beginning to emerge and will continue to do so over the next couple of years. Still, the art work rocks, so I’m cool with it.

The Brood (1979)

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POSTER GALLERY 10

April 7th 2008 03:55
The good, the bad and the ugly; I got ‘em all. Oogle and smirk and nod yer head with approval.

The Birds (1963)

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POSTER GALLERY 9

February 25th 2008 00:52
I have nothing to say ... except scream with dark artistic delight!

Gojira (1954)

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POSTER GALLERY 8

January 11th 2008 05:16
I’m going old school this time around. I’ve selected only Golden Age classics, with a hint of fromage. From a time when illustration was paramount, vivid colour was king, and bold typeset was de rigueur.

I love the old art deco style graphic designs, there’s something undeniably creepy about them. But enough from me, bring on the glamour horror


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POSTER GALLERY 7

November 30th 2007 02:16
The Brain Eaters
Nearly missed my monthly post on horror movie posters! Sheeesh, can’t have that. Especially since Cibbuano, Orble’s veteran movie critic, plugged last month’s poster post so wonderfully. Thanks Cibby!

So here they are in their fabulous grotesque glory, thirteen (horrorphile’s list rule of thumb) movie posters for past, present and very-near-future releases. I tend to gravitate toward the retro styling, simply because they look more interesting than so many of the contemporary ones


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POSTER GALLERY 6

October 17th 2007 00:11
I’m feeling in a trashy, exploitative mood today. So my movie poster selection is reflecting this. Not all the way to the hilt, but some of the way. I’m plunging deep, but I’m not getting the gloves covered in gore.

I’ve included aliens and zombies, vampires and werewolves, monsters and robots, ultra-violent gangs, homicidal sex-fiends and witchcraft … something for everyone. But of course, they’re not high brow, well, there might be a couple of middle brow movies in there. Or even middle brow that is lying in the gutter staring up at the stars


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POSTER GALLERY 5

September 16th 2007 23:49
It’s exhibition time again: thirteen examples of cool, stylish, trashy, enigmatic, outlandish, and altogether striking poster art exhibiting a horror movie. More often than not it’s the graphic design and artwork that I’m putting the spotlight on, than the actual movie itself. But I’ve seen all but two of these movies below, and there’s only two or three whose poster outshines the movie by a long shot.

My Poster Galleries are ultimately about the celebration of the artwork


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POSTER GALLERY 4

August 20th 2007 23:55
Another monthly cycle has come full circle; it’s time to unleash another thirteen movie posters which represent what I love about the horror genre, graphic design and the imaginative interplay between words and imagery.

I feature predominantly posters from the scarlet age of horror (70s and 80s), but I like to throw a few modern posters into the witches' cauldron for have a little context. On the whole the retro posters always seem to command so much more chutzpah than the contemporary ones. I guess I’m old fashioned at (dark) heart


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POSTER GALLERY 3

July 19th 2007 02:00
It’s that time of month again, where I select thirteen movie posters that tickle my dark fancy; artwork that features striking and imaginative, sometimes unconventional, use of graphics, imagery, layout, thematic content. I very much admire cinematic iconography that is vivid and memorable, sometimes with a subversive intent lurking beyond a glossy façade.

I haven’t actually seen a couple of these, but I like the poster art, regardless of whether the film is any good. But you probably know me by now, I love to mix my high art with my deep trash, and I separate my motion picture aesthetics from my graphic design aesthetics


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POSTER GALLERY 2

June 12th 2007 23:32
Movie poster art is a very cool thing. I used to collect them when I was a student, but over the years, moving out of home and into my first shared-accommodation, then into another flat, then into an apartment block, back to a house, then the move overseas, many of the posters have inexplicably vanished from my possession.

I had some particularly stylish original 1970s editions that I bought at a local cinema sale. The owners (who had sold the business) filled the auditorium with these original posters, all lying spread out over the seats and in boxes in the aisles. All the hard core collectors were there. It was a shit fight. I scored some gems though; giant posters of Jaws (1975) and Dressed to Kill (1980), and I remember the glee of securing a Suspiria (1977) poster, before I’d even seen the movie, but knowing I’d struck dark gold


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POSTER GALLERY 1

May 17th 2007 01:50
I’m a huge fan of stylish and imaginative graphic art; the clever use of imagery taken from the movie (or in some cases shot specifically for the poster) and manipulated into something striking, even different, the inventive use of lettering and fonts, and not forgetting the indelible tagline.

Here is the first selection of movie posters (in an ongoing gallery series) that for me conjure up the high art or deep trash essence of the movie itself, or in some way capture a potent element of terror or horror, otherwise missing or less obvious in the actual movie


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