- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Taschen GmbH; illustrated edition edition (5 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 3822856258
- ISBN-13: 978-3822856253
- Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 24.4 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 780,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sex, drugs, delinquency, Black power, alternative culture and, of course, rock and roll: these are just some of the themes, which have attracted the attention of the cinema's bottom-feeders over the past eighty years. A few of the resulting films have become cult classics, but most were simply tacky - few would probably now want to sit through two hours of "High School Hellcats" (1958) or "Hot Rod Rumble" (1957). The posters produced to promote them, on the other hand, are wonderful period pieces that vividly evoke the social fears, temptations and taboos of bygone eras. Up until the introduction of the Hayes Code in 1934 Hollywood had few inhibitions; the poster for "Girl Without A Room" (1933), for example, left audiences in little doubt as to how the young lady planned to find accommodation. Later in the decade, it became necessary to adopt the old tabloid trick of pretending that titillating content had a redeeming social message - thus the producers of "Marihuana" (1936) were obliged to present it as a warning about the dangers of drug addiction. In the 1950s, it was the Beats and juvenile delinquents who put a chill into middle-class hearts - and, of course, attracted middle-class kids to the drive-in screens. Then, in the 60s and 70s, came 'Blaxploitation' movies like "Shaft", Russ Meyer's mammary-obsessed epics like "Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill", and even an animated sexploitation story, "Fritz The Cat". The posters for these films, from Alberto Vargas' artwork for "Ladies They Talk About" (1933) to Alan Aldridge's photomontage for Warhol's "Chelsea Girls" (1966), are masterpieces of visual innuendo, offering, in most cases, far more that the movies actually delivered.
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May art teacher of a few years ago bought me this book for christmas! I loved it some of the enteries are quite strange and seem sensless but that's what it so great you can laugh and shiver at the posters and only wonder how grusome the movies could be1 and absloute brilliant buy (or presant)
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I'm surprised I've never come across this before but better late than never. This is an very cheap price for a large 190pps book that is packed with a wide range of full colour reproductions. It ranges in time from the early silents to the 90's. Often different versions of posters for the same movie are shown, including many international versions. The range of horror movies covered is also international in scope. As you can imagine, the sheer range of visual styles on display is impressive, from the subtle and stylish, surreal and witty, to the in your face gore which reflects the range of those films selected for inclusion. There is an introduction, brief comments on each movie displayed, and a handy index of films.
At the price Amazon is currently asking, this is a steal for fans of the genre and of movie posters in general.
Now, unlike the other review, I hope Amazon does not include this under other film poster books. This review is for Film Posters: Horror, and a fine book it is too.
At the price Amazon is currently asking, this is a steal for fans of the genre and of movie posters in general.
Now, unlike the other review, I hope Amazon does not include this under other film poster books. This review is for Film Posters: Horror, and a fine book it is too.
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Format:Paperback
This is a book which will delight and frustrate at the same time. I have a number of these Film Poster books by Tony Nourmand and they're all in the same vein -some classic images that you can recognise straight away, some variations of popular poster art and then the totall ridiculous.
Here in this book we can delight at the 3 pages devoted to Star Wars, wollow at the many old 50's sci-fi posters with delight and then you cringe at some enteries -two in particular that this book features: RoboCop (features some obscure poster from Poland -fortunately the 1980's posters book has the original poster ) and Terminator (features a full page spread of an awful Polish poster which no one has ever seen -AND it even gets a full page spread in the 1980's poster book!)
The whole purpose of a book like this is to both take the reader down memory lane and to offer prints of old posters one may not have seen -not to feature some obscure versions of popular franchises.
You can see a great example of this on the Amazon pictures of the book at the top -the only 2 pages devoted to Star Trek are shown here and you'll know exactly what I mean!
Here in this book we can delight at the 3 pages devoted to Star Wars, wollow at the many old 50's sci-fi posters with delight and then you cringe at some enteries -two in particular that this book features: RoboCop (features some obscure poster from Poland -fortunately the 1980's posters book has the original poster ) and Terminator (features a full page spread of an awful Polish poster which no one has ever seen -AND it even gets a full page spread in the 1980's poster book!)
The whole purpose of a book like this is to both take the reader down memory lane and to offer prints of old posters one may not have seen -not to feature some obscure versions of popular franchises.
You can see a great example of this on the Amazon pictures of the book at the top -the only 2 pages devoted to Star Trek are shown here and you'll know exactly what I mean!
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