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Episode 21. I liked what Frank Darabont * said about movie posters. Some of my favorite memory of movies come not from the movies but the great posters and the great artwork from the posters.

Most movie posters now are just boring. I not can remember any in so many years that I liked or even really remembered.

What I love is the old painted movie posters. Sadly. Even in Asia. These are disappearing in favor of Hollywood style of photo posters. In Thailand. The old artists who painted posters are all dying. I have a friend in Bangkok who has one of the largest (and maybe the largest) Thai poster collections in the world. To look through his collection brings a tear to my eye because it is looking at a history that is gone forever and maybe will be forgotten some day.

Here are two of my favorite Thai horror posters. One is a photo poster from Nang Nak (yes. I am a hypocrite and like a poster based on a photo and not painted) and the other is a fully painted poster...now who wouldn’t want to see this film just based on the poster?

May I ask other forum folks here what their favorite movie posters are?

KHWAN

P.S. Frank Darabont is not only very talented-but one of the nicest gentlemen I have ever met! I’ve met him a few times and he is more like an older fan/collector and not a big famous Hollywood director.

If you want to see some good horror movie poster images and you’re not reading Final Girl (and why aren’t you?) go to there and look for the Awesome Movie Poster Friday section on the right-hand side, and check out some of those links. She usually manages to find some pretty interesting images. And to get some good examples of what Frank Darabont is talking about, check out the “LAME edition” link.

I think this one pretty much speaks for itself.

Here are some of my favorites. I absolutely agree with Frank Darabont’s comments. I actually get a little bummed out when I look at some posters/dvd covers and see how f*cking awful they are.. here are some good ones. From the looks of it there are size limitations on our posts, so I’m gonna have to post a few times to add all the ones I want.. here goes..

more goodness..

These were posters that the Alamo Draught house in Austin, TX had done by an awesome artist named Tyler Stout for screenings they were doing..

more Draught house by Tyler Stout

Draught house(again, damn file size limitations)

BigWilly04 - 18 April 2008 05:04 PM

Draught house

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.

KHWAN

my pleasure.. I’ll try to post some more when I get a chance..

Whoa… nice. Tyler Stout is a winner.

Tyler Stout rocks. I like Big Trouble in Little China and The Thing posters.

The original The Thing poster still, to this day, gives me chills.

Goddamn I’d love a copy of that Big Trouble poster.

F13 - 19 April 2008 02:14 AM

Goddamn I’d love a copy of that Big Trouble poster.

here you go lad(but act fast, they’re on a limited edition basis only, and last I checked, there are 8 left)

more goodness.. Rue morgue did a really nice job producing that Argento Opera poster for their festival. I should’ve picked one up..

My faves tend to be classics and minamalism.

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/migration/images/alien_movie_poster.jpg

http://www.impawards.com/1973/posters/exorcist.jpg

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2007/10/01/mist-poster.jpg

Even if the movie sucks:

http://www.postergeek.com/albums/userpics/poster_theeyeposter1.jpg