Gallery – Poster tag lines

Sadly, we don't see too many great tag lines on movie posters nowadays – probably because we know so much more in advance from social media and the internet that the studios don't need to tell us about the film on the poster. But, before the world-wide-web, we looked to the posters to tell us more about the story lines and the tag lines were the starting point. Many of these poster tag lines are as famous as the films themselves - "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" for Star Wars or "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water" for the Jaws sequel, Jaws 2. They set the scene and made you think.

But some of the best tag lines are on lesser known movies, especially the low budget B movies and exploitation films of the 50's and 60's. These films were rarely reviewed in the papers and, with a typical run of just a week at the local cinema, it was the tag lines that were the key to selling tickets because word of mouth was just too slow. This was truly the sharp end of popular culture – every element of teenage angst was laid bare together with suggestions of orgies, drugs and wild women, exotic foreign lands and incredible space monsters. These claims were invariably wild exaggerations and we were gullible fools but the cinema had our ticket money by this point and they knew that we'd be back again the following week. So the game continued.

This month, I've put together 100 posters with some of my favourite lines. Some you will definitely recognise but many you won't and are included because they're clever, funny, a bit mad or because they give us more of an insight into social history and the cinema zeitgeist.

For what it's worth, my own personal favourite is the tag line for the 1953 film, Man Crazy. "A story scrawled across the conscience of a nation, written in the flaming lipsticks of youth". They don't write them like that anymore... Flaming lipsticks of youth... Pure genius.

Now go and find your own favourite.

This Month's Showcase

Ref.No:10211 Click for more details and a larger picture of Alfie

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Alfie 1966 UK lift bill - 17" x 19" Fine on linen £695 Notes: Alfie is Wicked. Incredibly rare small format lift bill from the first release in 1966. Lift Bills were used on the escalators in London Underground and produced in very small numbers. Michael Caine is outstanding in the title role and the film captures the full flavour of swinging sixties London. Iconic stuff. From the first release in The UK in 1966, linen backed with retouching to the white areas only. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:4402 Click for more details and a larger picture of Angels From Hell

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Angels From Hell 1968 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £95 Notes: They're cycle-psychos! What they want they take...What they don't they take apart! Mike (Tom Stern), a biker, returns to California after serving in Vietnam. He uses his war-hero experience to organize a united super gang. When one member is shot by police because he killed a girl at a pot orgy, an all-out cop vs. biker war results. Music by the Peanut Butter Conspiracy and the Lollipop Shoppe. Exploitation film featuring gangs and motorbikes directed by Bruce Kessler. This poster is from the film's first US release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. Tape repairs to rear, otherwise excellent and presenting well. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:10809 Click for more details and a larger picture of Assassin of Youth

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Assassin of Youth 1937 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine/Near Mint £4,995 Notes: This 1937 exploitation film from director Elmer Clifton details the alleged ill effects of cannabis or "marihuana" on America's youth. Similar to the better known Reefer Madness, the picture represents the exaggerated anti-drug propaganda of the time.  This is a rare one sheet poster from the first release. Like many low budget, low circulation exploitation films, the poster was a hand drawn screen print produced in small numbers rather than printed on a regular machine press. This not only makes it much rarer than other movie posters, the process also gives the design stronger bolder colours. This example is in excellent original condition with no fading and minimal yellowing of the paper. There is a little edge wear at the corners and archival tape repairs to fold separations but these do not detract from the overall presentation and it looks stunning. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:6303 Click for more details and a larger picture of Barbarella

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Barbarella 1968 UK quad 40"x30" Near Mint on linen £2,450 Notes: Great girl power tag lines, swinging 60's style. Super rare UK quad from the first release in 1968 with artwork by Renato Fratini. Roger Vadim made a star of Jane Fonda in this highly influential sci-fi sex comedy. Linen backed in superb condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:9104 Click for more details and a larger picture of Bayou (Poor White Trash teaser)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Bayou (Poor White Trash teaser) 1957 US - 28"x42" Very Good/Fine £145 Notes: Exploitation movie posters don't come more direct than this. Decades before Jerry Springer and Jeremy Kyle made TV shows about social underclasses, the movie industry showed that it understood what audiences were really after. Originally released as Bayou in 1957, the film was retitled Poor White Trash for the re-release in 1966. This is the advance poster with inspired simplicity in approach. It has tape burns around the edges from use but is otherwise excellent. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:11834 Click for more details and a larger picture of Blues Brothers	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Blues Brothers 1980 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good/Fine on linen £325 Notes: They're on a mission from God. The Blues Brothers is a cult classic starring Ackroyd and Belushi "on a mission from God". This poster is from the film's first release. Linen backed with retouching to folds. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2558 Click for more details and a larger picture of Born Losers	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Born Losers 1967 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £195 Notes: Cult biker movie in which an outlaw motorcycle gang runs riot in a small California beach town. Jane Russell appears as a drunken floozy mother and everyone behaves very badly. Folded as issued MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:11343 Click for more details and a larger picture of Bride and the Beast

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Bride and the Beast 1958 US 3 sht - 41" X 81" Fine £895 Notes: The Bride and the beast is from the legendary B-movie director, Ed Wood, and continues a tradition of gorilla focused sexploitation movies that started in the early 30's. 'Don't tell what happens to the bride...' the poster advises the audience. Classic Gorilla image. This is a rare large format poster folded in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:10671 Click for more details and a larger picture of Christmas Story (A)	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Christmas Story (A) 1984 UK quad 40"x30" Near Mint on linen £495 Notes: With the sought after snowball art, the British quad is a particularly rare variant of this Christmas classic. Folded in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:5883 Click for more details and a larger picture of Chrome and hot leather

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Chrome and hot leather 1971 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good £45 Notes: Don't muck around with a Green Beret's Mama! He'll take his chopper and ram it down your throat! Biker movie with soul superstar Marvin Gaye in a supporting role. A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang. This poster is from the film's first release, folded with overall wear from cinema use. Some archival tape repairs and retouching make it presnt well overall. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1095 Click for more details and a larger picture of Cool and the Crazy

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Cool and the Crazy 1958 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £295 Notes: The Cool and the Crazy is a classic teenage rebellion movie. Seven savage punks on a weekend binge of violence! High school thug is front man for a local marijuana ring. This poster is from the film's first release, linenbacked. Prior to backing the poster was graded Fine. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:10732 Click for more details and a larger picture of Dark Knight (DS advance)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Dark Knight (DS advance) 2008 US 1 sht 27"x40" Near Mint £325 Notes: Why so serious? For many, The Dark Knight is the best of the Batman movies with some genuine darkness in the characterisation and storyline. Heath Ledger died shortly afterwards and won a posthumous Oscar for his role as the Joker. This fact, the stunning image and the fact that the 'why so serious?' poster was withdrawn shortly after the film was released (in favour of one featuring Batman), make this design particularly sought after. This rarity has created a market for bootleg versions, though, and there are far more fakes than genuine posters around. This item is guaranteed to be an original, studio issued, double-sided poster intended for cinema use, rolled as issued. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:5621 Click for more details and a larger picture of Dawn of the Dead

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Dawn of the Dead 1978 Australian 1 sht 27"X40" Fine £165 Notes: When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth. Following the unexpected success of Night of the Living Dead, George Romero belatedly found himself with a decent budget and the assistance of horror legend Dario Argento for the follow up. He didn't disappoint. Dawn of the Dead wasn't just the best zombie film ever made, it was also a scathing attack on the morality of modern America as the zombies take over the shopping mall. This is an Australian one sheet from the first release in 1978, folded as issued. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2553 Click for more details and a larger picture of Dragstrip Girl

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Dragstrip Girl 1957 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good on linen £395 Notes: Car Crazy... speed crazy... boy crazy... Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one. All the perfect ingredients for a classic bad girl / hot rod / teenage angst movie! From the first release, linen backed with retouching to folds and minor tears only, not to borders. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1047 Click for more details and a larger picture of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1966 US 1 sht 27"x41" Near Mint £65 Notes: Russ Meyer's finest! Superwomen! Belted, buckled and booted! Exploitation at its best. Horrible acting, speeding, lots of wrestling, fighting and a wealth of well developed breasts. This folded folder is from the 2001 rerelease. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3053 Click for more details and a larger picture of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (style B)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (style B) 1966 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £1,795 Notes: Russ Meyer's finest! Superwomen! Belted, buckled and booted! Exploitation at its best. Horrible acting, speeding, lots of wrestling, fighting but a wealth of well developed breasts. This the style B poster from the film's first release, linen backed. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1216 Click for more details and a larger picture of Fever heat	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Fever heat 1968 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £125 Notes: I'm a woman, Ace. And I do everything women do?! They just don't write tag lines like that any more. Shame. From the first release in 1968. Linenbacked. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1146 Click for more details and a larger picture of Flesh is Weak/ Blondes in Bondage	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Flesh is Weak/ Blondes in Bondage 1957 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £185 Notes: The ultimate bad girl double bill. Just look at the tag lines - 'You'll gasp at her hell-bent way of living!' and 'yes, I'll walk the streets for you'. They don't make 'em like this any more. This poster is folded as issued. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:9356 Click for more details and a larger picture of Fly (The)	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Fly (The) 1986 UK quad 40"x30" Fine £35 Notes: Be afraid. Be very afraid. One of the most famous tag lines in movie history. From the 1986 first UK release of The Fly, rolled with light wear. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:11399 Click for more details and a larger picture of Forbidden Adventure

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Forbidden Adventure 1935 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £465 Notes: Wild women! Wild beasts! Classic monkey-sex movie from Sonney, the king of sexploitation. The film started as a genuine documentary about Angkor Wat until Sonney got involved. To spice things up they added bare-breasted natives (allegedly 12 girls from the local brothel) being chased by a man in a gorilla suit. This poster is from the film's first release. This poster is from the film's first release, linen backed with retouching to folds and borders. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3583 Click for more details and a larger picture of Frankenstein meets the space monster

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Frankenstein meets the space monster 1965 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good/Fine £145 Notes: Dr. Evil and Cleopatra decide to invade the earth. Fortunately, they get stopped by "Frank", the Frankenstein robot-astronaut who is film's hero with 1/2 face and the annoying tendency to throttle innocent people. Dr. Evil and Cleopatra send their evil bald henchmen armed with hair dryers to abduct bikini-clad females for "breeding purposes". They make them lie on a board, drape cheap curtains over them, and pull them away for "electro-purification". Mull, a shaggy, snaggle-tooth monster, is also on hand, and is the titular space monster for "Frankenstein" to fight. Frank blows himself up along with the evil bald aliens, and Cape Kennedy, Puerto Rico and Korea are all saved. Hurrah!!! This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. There is a small edge chip on top edge, otherwise excellent. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1753 Click for more details and a larger picture of Girls on the Loose	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Girls on the Loose 1958 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £325 Notes: Girl gangs that stop at nothing! Classic bad girl image. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2428 Click for more details and a larger picture of Go Go Go World

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Go Go Go World 1964 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good £45 Notes: Modern Women vs Primitive Men! Sometimes Ferocious...Sometimes Alluring! Another film in the vein of Mondo Carne - a kind of U-tube for the 1960's featuring 'shocking' film clips from around the world. Folded as issued with separations at the crossfolds and tape repairs on the back. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:5334 Click for more details and a larger picture of Goose Steps Out

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Goose Steps Out 1942 UK quad 40"x30" Fine £965 Notes: Pokes Fun at the Hun! Produced at the height of the second world war, The Goose steps out was Ealing Studios contribution to the propaganda war. Will Hays stars as the Brit who happens to be the double of a german general and is parachuted into Germany to cause chaos. Great film and a superb poster of a goose-stepping goose wearing a swastika. Very few British posters survive from the war years as all paper was routinely recycled for the war effort. This is from the first release in 1942, folded in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3049 Click for more details and a larger picture of Hallucination Generation	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Hallucination Generation 1966 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £65 Notes: Drug focused exploitation movie based in Ibiza. From the first release in 1966, folded as issued. N.B. This is a rare trifold with no vertical foldline and hence no crossfold.. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:8115 Click for more details and a larger picture of High School Hellcats

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price High School Hellcats 1958 US 1 sht 27"x41" Near Mint £495 Notes: Stunning bad girl imagery from American Iinternational Pictures - this ranks among the best they've produced. What must a good girl do to 'belong'? This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. This particular example was used in Canada and bears a Quebec censor stamp. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:9198 Click for more details and a larger picture of Hot Money Girl

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Hot Money Girl 1959 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £125 Notes: She was Trash! She would do anything for a price! In 1962, taglines on posters sold cinema seats and this is an excellent example of the 'Bad Girl' genre. Originally titled Treasure of San Teresa in the UK, it was renamed for the first US release in 1961. Folded as issued. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:5996 Click for more details and a larger picture of Hot Rod Gang

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Hot Rod Gang 1958 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £825 Notes: Proud young rebels! Another great B-movie from (American International Pictures) and it features typically superior artwork. Kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races, starts a rock band to make enough money to do it. Linen backed with light restoration to folds and borders. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:4741 Click for more details and a larger picture of I was a teenage werewolf

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price I was a teenage werewolf 1957 Belgian 14"x22" Near Mint £35 Notes: Curiously the Belgian poster tag line writer decided that the biggest selling point of this horror classic is the fact that the hero, Joe Landon, played Little Joe in Bonanza... In fact, despite a limited budget, director Gene Fowler delivered a well above average movie. A troubled teenager seeks help through hypnotherapy, but his evil doctor uses him for regression experiments that transform him into a rampaging werewolf. From the first release in Belgium, rolled as issued. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:7629 Click for more details and a larger picture of In the Loop (Capaldi)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price In the Loop (Capaldi) 2009 UK 1 sht 27"X40" Near Mint £325 Notes: Don't ever call me F***ing English Again. An inspired spin-off from the award winning TV British political satire, The Thick of it, Peter Capaldi is outstanding as the foul mouthed Scottish Director of Communications surrounded by the London political establishment. This poster by artist Shepard Fairey captures the essential essence of the character. This is the advance poster from the first release in 2009, rolled as issued. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:7630 Click for more details and a larger picture of In the Loop (Gandolfini)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price In the Loop (Gandolfini) 2009 UK 1 sht 27"X40" Fine £75 Notes: An inspired spin-off from the award winning TV British political satire, The Thick of it. This poster by artist Shepard Fairey captures the essential essence of the character played by James Gandolfini. This is the advance poster from the first release in 2009, rolled as issued. It has a single horizontal fold in the upper half, otherwise mint. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:9269 Click for more details and a larger picture of Jaws 2	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Jaws 2 1978 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £95 Notes: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water'. Great poster with one of the most famous tag lines in movie poster history. This is from the first release in 1978 for the Jaws sequel, folded as issued. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:6452 Click for more details and a larger picture of Jaws 2 (advance)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Jaws 2 (advance) 1978 UK quad 40"x30" Fine on linen £495 Notes: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water'. One of the most famous tag lines in movie poster history - more famous even than the tag line for the original Jaws. This is the very rare advance poster from the first UK release in 1978 for the Jaws sequel, featuring the sought after sunset style artwork also used in the US advance. The regular UK poster features the waterskier and shark image). Excellent linen backed condition. There is a small semi-circular stain on the top border that can be easily masked out during framing. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3937 Click for more details and a larger picture of Johnny Trouble

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Johnny Trouble 1957 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good £45 Notes: ...this is the way trouble came to Johnny TroubleGreat graphics on this fifties teenage delinquent drama. In the decade that invented the teenager, here was the exploitation that fuelled the public's conviction that they were all out of control. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1651 Click for more details and a larger picture of Joy ride	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Joy ride 1958 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good/Fine £45 Notes: The HOT CARS! The COOL PARTIES! The EASY DAMES! Teenage story of a bad apple in a barrel evolving from a kid's desire to drive a new T-bird. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1992 Click for more details and a larger picture of Joy ride	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Joy ride 1958 US 1/2 sht - 28"X22" Very Good £35 Notes: The HOT CARS! The COOL PARTIES! The EASY DAMES! Teenage story of a bad apple in a barrel evolving from a kid's desire to drive a new T-bird. This poster is from the film's first release, folded with archival tape repairs to rear. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1042 Click for more details and a larger picture of Live Fast Die Young	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Live Fast Die Young 1958 US insert - 14"X36" Fine £225 Notes: The sin-steeped story of today's “Beat” Generation! The title became a way of life for the beat generation. Two teen sisters leave their no good father for a lurid life on the run. This poster is from the film's first release. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1558 Click for more details and a larger picture of Lively Set	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Lively Set 1964 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £45 Notes: Chrysler supplied the turbine car for this movie in order to build up interest in their turbine project car. This poster is from first release of The Lively Set, folded as originally issued to cinemas. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2901 Click for more details and a larger picture of Lost, lonely and vicious

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Lost, lonely and vicious 1958 UK quad 40"x30" Very Good/Fine on linen £195 Notes: Confidential Expose of Boys and Girls Clawing Their Way to Success in Hollywood! Exploitation melodrama featuring a rising young male movie star, bizarrely preoccupied with death and involved with his older-woman dramatic coach, who meets an innocent sweet-young-thing. This poster is from the film's first release in the UK, linen backed. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2285 Click for more details and a larger picture of Love slaves of the Amazons

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Love slaves of the Amazons 1957 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good on linen £395 Notes: Fantastic orgies of Queen Conori! A party of explorers in the Amazon jungle are captured by a tribe of women and learn that they are to be used as the tribe's "love slaves." This poster is from the film's first release, linen backed. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:7379 Click for more details and a larger picture of Man Crazy

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Man Crazy 1953 US insert - 14"X36" Fine £65 Notes: A story scrawled across the conscience of a nation, written in the flaming lipsticks of youth'. Beat that for a poster headline! Three girls living in a small, dull town dream of glamour and excitement. They steal some money, go to Hollywood, buy a car and clothes and rent an elaborate house. This poster is from the film's first release. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1833 Click for more details and a larger picture of Mating urge

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Mating urge 1959 28" x 43" Very Good £75 Notes: The Mating Urge is an exploitation pot-boiler that cobbled together stock footage from anthropology films about Africa and then promoted it as titillating voyeurism. People will believe anything... This poster is an alternative style to the standard poster and would have been produced in small numbers (the screen printed production method was not well suited to larger runs), folded as originally issued to cinemas. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:9415 Click for more details and a larger picture of Mummy's Shroud

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Mummy's Shroud 1967 UK quad 40"x30" Good £75 Notes: Hammer classic about a murderous Egyptian mummy with one of the greatest taglines of any horror movie - 'beware the beat of the cloth wrapped feet'. This particular example has been trimmed with no loss of artwork (just green background) so that it now measures 39" x 25". It's accordingly priced at a quarter of the usual level. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:5789 Click for more details and a larger picture of Night of the Living Dead

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Night of the Living Dead 1968 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine/Near Mint on linen £1,150 Notes: They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for HUMAN FLESH!...Pits the dead against the living in a struggle for survival!...They won't stay dead!!...They're coming to get you...again! One of the most famous and influential horror films of all time, George A Romero's first zombie movie was shot on a tight bugdet and had a comparatively limited first run. This first release poster is linen backed with light retouching to borders and presenting superbly well. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:8946 Click for more details and a larger picture of Peter Rabbit (advance)	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Peter Rabbit (advance) 2018 UK quad 40"x30" Near Mint £35 Notes: Adaptation of Beatrix Potter's popular rabbit tale. This is the US advance poster with one of the best taglines for years - 'Born to be Wild'. Rolled in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3041 Click for more details and a larger picture of Phantom Planet

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Phantom Planet 1961 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good/Fine £65 Notes: The mysterious appearance of an unknown planet brings miniature people, giant monsters, beautiful women and undaunted heroes to the screen. The phantom planet "Rheton" has the ability to move in and out of galaxies to escape their enemies. Earth sends an astronaut team to investigate, which discovers miniature people. One astronaut survives to help them fight off monsters and Solorite attacks. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. Tape repairs to rear, otherwise excellent and presenting well. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:11863 Click for more details and a larger picture of Piranha	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Piranha 1978 UK quad 40"x30" Fine/Near Mint £175 Notes: They're here... Hungry for flesh! Coming three years after Jaws, we have a shoal of piranhas eating the holiday makers. Masterful schlock horror from director Joe Dante with wonderful artwork. Folded in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1980 Click for more details and a larger picture of Primitive London

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Primitive London 1965 US - 28"x42" Fine £225 Notes: Exploitation film documentary on 'Swinging London' as it actually happened. Arnold Louis Miller, the director of 'Nudist Memories', interviews mods, rockers and beatniks in his answer to the glut of Mondo Cane style documentaries. Wife Swapping, an overworked stripper, child birth, the killing of chickens and an interview with Billy J. Kramer also feature. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. Like many posters produced for the 'grindhouse' movie theatres, this was slightly oversize at 28" x 42". MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:8672 Click for more details and a larger picture of Problem Girls

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Problem Girls 1953 US 1 sht 27"x41" Near Mint on linen £675 Notes: Why do so many rich girls go wrong? Unlike a lot of the "girls dormitory" pictures of the 40s and 50s-- largely a boring lot -- this one is lively and in some cases, very funny. Check out actor Anthony Jochim as a weird old doctor at the girls school, who despite having murdered his wife in days of yore proves to be of invaluable help to the sterling young hero investigating corruption at the school. This poster is from the film's first release, linen backed in superb condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2092 Click for more details and a larger picture of Pussycat Alley

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Pussycat Alley 1963 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good/Fine £95 Notes: In London's sin-filled strip, there is one place where every man goes. Pussycat Alley... where everything happens! This British film was called The World Ten Times Over in the UK and Pussycat Alley in the US. Starring Sylvia Syms, it's also notable for Donald Sutherland's first ever film appearance as an unnamed man in nightclub. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas with a small stain on the right hand edge that does not affect the overall presentation. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING