- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: Bruce Hershenson, U.S. (18 Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1887893350
- ISBN-13: 978-1887893350
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.6 x 0.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,103,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a sequel to "Horror Movie Posters". Because the earlier volume focused solely on the horror genre, this volume has a greater emphasis on fantasy and science fiction. Because the classic films of the 1930s and 1940s were extensively covered in the previous volume, this volume focuses more on the years after 1950. The posters are in chronological order to better show the evolution of the genres, with the exception of the "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" films, which are grouped together within each series.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fantastic Book. I started poring over it as soon as it arrived and was so engrossed it was three quarters of an hour before I realised I was late for work! A comprehensive and well chosen collection of exciting, colourful posters spanning the 20th Century. Minimum words, maximum images. Invaluable if you have a particular interest in posters, but fascinaing even if you don't.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I bought this book as a present for a friend who is really into horror movies-however once it arrived i couldn't help but take a look....and i was instantly hooked. Full of great movie posters that even the smallest horror fan will recognise such as the "scream" posters and not forgetting the "nightmare on elm street" series but also older movies that are less well known.Definitely worth buying if your into horror movies at all.
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25 Feb 2003
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I was hoping for larger photos, maybe even larger pages, but there is a fine representation of movie posters in this book.
More please!
25 Jan 2003
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Being a fan of the B grade movies that get shown in the annual Incredibly Strange Film Festival, this book was an obvious purchase and I wasn't disappointed. There is a feast of all that's good and bad about these movie genres. The reproduction is superb and the selection thoughtful. My only criticism is that there is no logic and probably only the author's personal preference as to how big or small each poster gets presented - on some pages there is only one poster, on others there are 5 - I would have preferred one per page, but I guess that would have more than doubled the price. I only hope that there will be a second volume soon!
Evocative Movie Posters
5 Dec 2000
Bruce Hershenson has managed over several books to enlighten many of us who are involvred in collecting movie posters. From his Crime Movie Posters, Horror Movie Posters,Academy award winners and a whole rope let alone string in his ever increasing catalogue we are able to gain great reference for the discerning collector. Also for those who perhaps cannot afford to invest into some great titles Hershenson has enabled those with a tight budget to appreciate the poster art from the twentieth century at a very reasonable cost.
The content is laid out in a similar fashion to his previous books starting with early titles from the silent era, Homer's Odyssey 1909 right up to 1999's Sleepy Hollow, covering a multitude of titles, actors and actresses and subjects all coming under the heading of Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Such recognisable titles as Dracula, Batman and Raiders of the Lost Ark to lesser known titles such as Phantom From Space and The Green Pastures with an image to cover each year.
The quality is very high with great colour on all the pages and at such a reasonable price this is truly a bargain, for a collector, a fan, a movie buff or just someone who likes to sit and watch a late night movie this is an excellent buy.
Perhaps the only critcism for any of these books is the lack of text on the artists that produced the great artwork. A history on the film is all well and good and has probably been produced elsewhere, even if it is in Halliwell's but for the poster the artist is the all important person. It would be nice to know to whom the credit should go for such evocative art work. An impossible task perhaps, although if there were only a dozen images explained then this and all of Bruce Hershenson's book's would receive 5 stars and two thumbs up.
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