Large, full-color posters for 46 films including King Kong, Godzilla, The Illustrated Man, and more. A bug-eyed bonanza of heroes, heroines, monsters, and assorted other creatures.
Volume II features a 48 page color photo section showing in detail, over 1,100, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy movie posters & lobby cards. The author not only fills the reader in as to what is "hot to collect," he also analyzes some of the more important & not so important films of the genre that are related to the posters shown in this Volume! The various themes discussed within his article are, Universal Horror Movie Material, King Kong, 1930s, 1940s Horror Film Material, Science Fiction, Super Hero & Horror Serial Movie Material, Early Science Fiction Movie Material & an article on 1950s Horror & Science Fiction Movie Memorabilia that contains a list of the top 100 titles in this genre of poster collecting. Also included with this list are current auction prices for the important posters cited in this analysis, an extremely handy alphabetical list of the films & their release dates, on Symbol Identification, Poster Grading & Poster Sizes as well as sections. Also Volume I (8/89) available, featuring over 1,100 Full Color Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy Movie Posters & Lobby Cards. ISBN 0-9632794-1-6.
This collection of six full-color postcards re-creates movie posters for Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), King Kong (1933), The War of the Worlds (1953), and Godzilla (1956).
If you loved the science fiction movies of the 1950s, you will love this book. War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Attack of the 50 ft. Woman, Creature From the Black Lagoon, and virtually every other great Sci Fi poster from the 1950s is pictured in this book. Not only are they pictured, but in virtually every size known. This book has over 1,500 pictures on 230 full-color pages, all found in one comprehensive, organized location. Never have these posters been assembled in one location before.
Of all the movie genres, science fiction has provided poster artists with thereatest imaginative freedom and wildest sources of inspiration, and thertists have responded by creating some of their very best examples of theirork, from the iconic figure of the female robot in Fritz Lang's "Metropolis"o the familiar shapes of R2D2 and C3P0 from "Star Wars".;This collection,tarting with the original 1912 French poster for "Conquest of the Pole",eatures posters for all the sci-fi fans' favourite movies: "2001", "laderunner", "Close Encounters", "The Creature from the Black Lagoon", "orbidden Planet", "Planet of the Apes", "Rollerball" and series such as the "tar Wars", "Star Trek" and "Alien" films, as well as lesser known orong-forgotten works like "Girl in the Moon", "Invaders from Mars" and-feature films featuring Flash Gordon and the 1940s American superheroesuch as Superman and Batman.;Moreover, although many of the films may beamiliar, a fair proportion of the posters will not. For alongside theidely-used British and American posters the editors have juxtaposed the work,
Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery -- not least in the science fiction and horror genres, for which compositions almost invariably included curvaceous female figures in jeopardy, juxtaposed with the iconography of fantasy and terror. "Voluptuous Terrors" collects 120 film posters by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. Classic science fiction, pulp horror, and giallo movies all figure in full-color, full-page reproductions showcasing some of the world's most innovative and seductive poster design. Art of Cinema is a new series of high-quality art and design publications.
Featuring hundreds of movie posters from silent films to the present day. This book includes some of the best known posters for movies such as: The Phantom of the Opera (1925); Dracula (1931); The Mummy's Curse (1944); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956); Psycho (1960); Clockwork Orange (1971); Nightmare on Elm Street (1984); Scream (1996).
Thrilling posters from the golden years of motion pictures promote such blood-curdling films as Frankenstein and Dracula, both released in 1931, King Kong (1933), The War of the Worlds (1953), and Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958). Perfect for movie fans and collectors.
Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolf Man are probably the most recognizable monsters in cinema history. These monsters are the icons of horror. Children of the Night is the most complete and comprehensive collection of posters for these and many other great films of the Golden Age of Horror. This book contains more than 1,000 poster pictures on almost 300 full-color pages. These are the very best images ever created for horror movies. The posters are from the horror movies of the 1920s through the early-1950s, with an emphasis on the 1930s and 1940s films released by Universal Pictures.