Coming as no surprise to anyone, I really love movie posters. I really enjoy being reminded of some of my favorite, and not so favorite if it has a really cool poster, movies by seeing screenshots, or artwork, from the movies.
Unfortunately, and mostly for monetary and logistical reasons, most of my posters are reproductions and most of them are smaller, window card sized posters. Again, these are much cheaper for people on a budget, aka me, and also, it means that I can display a lot more posters in the small space available to me, as my wife does not like movie posters hanging up all over the place. Below is a video I threw together of most of the posters hanging up around my home office (man cave).
Many of my posters are horror or sci-fi themed. This is for two reasons. The first is that I really, really like horror and sci-fi movies. The second reason is that all of the small posters in plastic cases were purchased at Worcester’s own Rock and Shock Horror Convention that has been running every year in October since 2004. It is an awesome event that I have been lucky enough to attend every year and I buy too many posters each time. Two of the posters (Aliens and B.P.R.D.) were free posters from That’s Entertainment!, the best store in Worcester, hands down. Sandwiched between those two posters is a poster for the yet unreleased The Cabin in the Woods. If you look closely, you will notice that is lists February 5, 2010, which it has missed by a wide margin. This was a free promotional poster from Rock and Shock.
You will also notice three cardboard standups from Star Wars, which is because I really like Star Wars, although Padme is mostly there because of Natalie Portman, not Star Wars.
I also have three full sized posters, two of which are actually collectible, original one-sheets. The first is the poster shown above, the original Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) dir. Rob Hedden. While this is quite possibly the worst movie in the series, it is rare because New York City never gave their permission for the I <3 NYC logo, and as such, the poster was quickly recalled. While it is not in the picture above, my copy is also autographed by Jason himself, Kane Hodder. The second is the one-sheet from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (2001) dir. Peter Jackson, which is my favorite movie of the trilogy. I am a huge Tolkien fan, and really enjoyed the movies and this poster, so it was definitely worth paying the extra money to get the original one-sheet. The final one, at the bottom of the post, is a retail sized poster, but it is just a standard reproduction. It is the iconic poster for Jaws (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg, one of my all-time favorite movies, and no home (apartment) is complete without it.
Here is the list of movies and TV shows that were featured in the video clip. They are listed in the order they appear in the clip and some have a few notes to go along with them.
- Aliens (promo for a comic series)
- Better off Dead (1985) dir. Savage Steve Holland
- The Goonies (1985) dir. Richard Donner
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) dir. Irvin Kershner (in my top 10 favorites)(my favorite Star Wars movie)(Japanese)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) dir. Steven Spielberg (my favorite Indiana Jones movie [I know Raiders is better])(Japanese)
- Thunderball (1965) dir. Terence Young (Goldfinger is my favorite James Bond movie)
- Son of Godzilla (1967) dir. Jun Fukuda (Japanese)
- The Big Lebowski (1998) dir. The Coen Brothers (in my top 10 favorites)
- Firefly (2002) created by Joss Whedon (my favorite TV show)
- The Cabin in the Woods (2012) dir. Drew Goddard
- The Lost Boys (1987) dir. Joel Schumacher (my wife and I started dating after watching this movie together for the first time)(Japanese)
- Army of Darkness (1993) dir. Sam Raimi (Japanese)(Crazy)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) dir. Chuck Russell (one of the few installments of the series that I like)
- Dawn of the Dead (1978) dir. George Romero (in my top 10 favorites)
- Friday the 13th (1980) dir. Sean Cunningham (not my favorite from my favorite horror franchise)
- Halloween (1978) dir. John Carpenter (favorite movie ever)
- The Terminator (1984) dir. James Cameron (in my top 10 favorites)
- Jaws 2 (1978) dir. Jeannot Szwarc
- B.P.R.D (promo for a comic series)(Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) dir. Jim Sharman (I loved this movie even before I knew about the callbacks)
- Enter the Dragon (1973) dir. Robert Clouse
- The Crow (1994) dir. Alex Proyas (RIP Brandon Lee)(I dressed as The Crow for Halloween one year)(Japanese)
- The Thing (1982) dir. John Carpenter (best remake ever?)(Japanese)
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986) dir. John Carpenter (Japanese)
- Escape from New York (1981) dir. John Carpenter (Italian)
- Watchmen (2009) dir. Zack Snyder
- Ghostbusters (1984) dir. Ivan Reitman
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) dir. Wes Craven (British)
- Fantasia (1940) dir. Multiple (French)
- From Dusk till Dawn (1996) dir. Robert Rodriguez (one of the best movie watching experiences is watching this movie with people who know nothing about it, and then watching their reactions when everything gets crazy)
- Halloween III (1982) dir. Tommy Lee Wallace (awesome movie, it just gets a lot of crap because it does not feature Michael Myers nor does it have anything to do with the story of the rest of the series. Once you get past that, it is really enjoyable)
- Hellsing (2001-2002), dir. Umanosuke Iida (an cool anime series, this was a free poster from Suncoast Video)
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986) dir. Frank Oz (the lyricist for this, Howard Ashman [RIP], also was the lyricist for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and parts of Aladdin)
- Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale (promotional poster for this fine, seasonal, ale)(one of my favorite beers)
- Pumpkinhead (1988) dir. Stan Winston
- Return of the Living Dead (1985) dir. Dan O’Bannon (custom poster for 35mm screening on 30 October 2010 that my wife and I went to see for our 1 Year Wedding Anniversary, 1 November 2010)
- Rock and Shock 2010 (commemorative poster for the 2010 convention)
- Shark Night 3D (2011) dir. David Ellis (free poster from Rock and Shock, I have actually not seen the movie)
- Spaceballs (1987) dir. Mel Brooks
- The Deadites (local Worcester band that performed at the first two Rock and Shocks)(signed by the band)
- The Drew Carey Show (1995-2004)(Cleveland rocks!)
- The Fog (1980) dir. John Carpenter
- They Live (1988) dir. John Carpenter
- Boba Fett
- Chewbacca
- Padme/Queen Amidala
- George Washington
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day Endoskull
I hoped you enjoyed this topic and it inspires you to pick up a few posters. In the comments, feel free to talk about any of the posters you saw that you liked, but more importantly, discuss posters that you have hanging up or wish you had hanging up.
Bonus Section:
Also, I have been pretty busy in the TV viewing front as of late, some of which will be reflected by future blog posts. I watched the entirety of Parks and Recreations (all 53 currently aired episodes) over the course of a few days (Wednesday evening through Saturday morning) and it was great. Ron Swanson is obviously a god, but the other characters are really fun too. I enjoy that, for the most part, the characters stay fairly similar throughout the series, meaning they do not devolve into caricature for the most part (Kenneth from 30 Rock is a good example of this, and should be removed from that show).
The wife and I also finished watching Star Trek: The Next Generation from start to finish, a journey we began in July. We are definitely big fans of the show, although based on the trend of current shows, it would have been nice if there was more continuity between shows, and that each one (for the most part) was not its own stand-alone endeavor. I hope to write a blog entry on the show in the next week or two.
Also, over the weekend I watched Game of Thrones for the third time, and it just keeps getting better and better. The second season cannot come soon enough!
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