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Movie Poster and DVD Art that Caught My Eye--Part One

  • Jun 10, 2010
There is one hard and fast rule when visiting the video store and  it is; The Better the Artwork on the Cover, The Worse the Movie Inside. You'll notice that isn't ALWAYS the case as you go through my list...not always. As usual these films are IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
1
Le Marin les Mers de Chine
Le Marin les Mers de Chine
This is the Belgian poster for Jackie Chan's PROJECT A which seems to be entitled SAILORS ON THE CHINA SEA if my 7th grade French is holding up. You can see these in a larger format by clicking on the film's title and then onto the image on the page you're taken to.
2
The Return of Chandu
The Return of Chandu
3
The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
The Thief of Bagdad
I'm not sure whether I like this poster or the one from the other film version better. They're both great.
4
Le Choc des Titans
Le Choc des Titans
Another Belgian poster, this time for CLASH OF THE TIANS obviously. The Belgian posters were frequently smaller versions of the French posters.
5
Eyes of Fire
Eyes of Fire
This is a neat little image because if you look closely the twigs resemble hands grasping at the girl. Nice obscure movie too.
6
El Norte
Poster for the film.
This is one of those cases where the cover lies--this film is brilliant inspite of a gorgeous cover.
7
ONIBABA
DVD
8
... And God Created Woman
... And God Created Woman
9
Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts
The whole series that this artist did for the Harryhause re-release was nice and colorful. He did the films proud.
10
Nosferatu, the Vampyre
Nosferatu, the Vampyre
Perfect.
11
Undersea Kingdom
Undersea Kingdom
12
Return of the Living Dead 2
Return of the Living Dead 2
I love the first 3 entries in the RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD series and this is my favorite art from the series by far.
13
Oasis of the Zombies
Oasis of the Zombies
This was done by one of my favorite artists from the early days of video tapes. Thankfully many DVDs are being released with the original art, sometimes from the theatrical posters, sometimes from video boxes..
14
Zombie Lake
Zombie Lake
15
Ghost Galleon
Ghost Galleon
Here he is again. His work becomes very easy to recognize.
16
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
17
Epouvante Sur New-York
Epouvante Sur New-York
Belgian poster for Q;THE WINGED SERPENT.
18
The Astro Zombies
The Astro Zombies
Pure kitsch.
19
Invaders From Mars
Invaders From Mars
The art hints beautifully at the eeriness of the film.
20
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Classic film with classic artwork
21
Hero of Rome/ Invincible Gladiator
Hero of Rome/ Invincible Gladiator
22
Fear of the Dark
Fear of the Dark
You get a lot of skulls and scary faces in genre art.
23
Snake Woman's Curse
Snake Woman's Curse
24
Mort Sur le Grill
Mort Sur le Grill
Belgian for Sam Raimi's CRIMEWAVE, originally entitled THE XYZ MURDERS.
25
Deadly Spawn
Deadly Spawn
These little animated critters might be ferocious but they always looked like they were smiling to me.
26
Scalps
Scalps
I love me some garish colors.
27
The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Thief of Bagdad
Both of the covers for this film are simply gorgeous.
28
Equinox
Equinox Criterion Collection DVD
An imaginitive horror movie about college kids on a picnic and a book of magic spells.
See the full review, "Journey Into the Heart of Fandom".
29
The Beast
The Beast
One of the 2 original video boxes for the movie listed above, EQUINOX, which was originally released as THE BEAST. This one served as the theatrical poster.
30
Horrors of Malformed Men
Horrors of Malformed Men
An horrific image to be sure, but an arresting one-- and that's what poster and cover art is all about.
31
Zombie
Zombie
32
7 Faces of Dr Lao
7 Faces of Dr Lao
A wonderful childrens movie from George Pal.
33
Conquest
Conquest
34
The Acid Eaters/Weed
The Acid Eaters/Weed
I chose to end on a "high note" so to speak with this trippy duo. A nice change of pace from the horror stuff.

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August 03, 2011
Be careful with that cover art. I been shocked in the worst ways many times.
August 08, 2011
That's weird. I went back and looked at the list and noticed that the artwork for one of the films has been changed. Oddly, it's for WAR OF THE WORLDS! I had the original '53 version and somehow it's morphed into the remake! That used to happen all the time when I was putting together my music list--but in that case it would also switch out song titles too. I've got to see if I can change it back a bit later when I get things caught up here.
 
June 12, 2010
Good stuff! I love the Harryhausen posters and the ones for both versions of "Thief of Bagdad", but my favorite is "...And God Created Woman". It's probably the sexiest art poster for a film ever.
June 12, 2010
Which Harryhausen art do you like best, the American DVD or the Belgian theatrical?
June 13, 2010
Both are nice, but the Belgian one for "Clash of the Titans" is stunning.
June 13, 2010
It truly is I have it framed and hanging in the living room along with the Jackie Chan PROJECT A Belgian. They aren't as large as the American one sheets so you actually display them without taking up an entire wall.
 
June 12, 2010
Great list and yes it is a big deal. I'm especially impressed with Thief of Bagdad (Bush?) and Deadly Spawn looks creepy. I've always liked the original Alien poster with the green glow. Perhaps for Part 2, eh?
June 12, 2010
Both of the posters for that flm are great. I was trying to find one from the Steve Reeves version too because I saw one a long time ago that was really striking but couldn't find the right one. I like my posters a little flashier than the ALIEN poster so it probably wouldn't make my list. It was attention getting, but not flashy enough for me.
 
June 12, 2010
Holy heck, that's impressive! I'll need to go through and look at each one closely, but I'm stunned to see how many you came up with without covering anything real mainstream. If Trashie and Chris were around they'd be giving you applause.
June 12, 2010
How I wish they were. I had another one from Bakshi's HEAVY TRAFFIC. It posted once but wouldn't hold and then I couldn't find it again to put it up. Computers are weird.
June 13, 2010
Not as weird as people, trust me. : P
June 13, 2010
I'm not so sure about that.
 
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