Part of my collection.
I really started my collection with Hammer movies.
In fact, I was teenager when I watched on TV, by chance, the movie 'Twins of Evil' and fell 'in love' with the Collinson twins. It was much later that I started collecting posters.
First French posters, easier to find (for a French) and much more affordable. But this large format quickly bothered me because most posters remain folded in the closet.
So I started buying UK Quads, which I can present in rigid sleeves.
Here are some Hammer Quads, which I like : Also Hammer Quad for some pretty bad movies like this great Chantrell illustration, Or other movies that deserve to be better known like Nightmare (wich copies 'Les Diaboliques') :
But I also have a few non-UK Hammer posters like these :And particularly the medium french series illustrated by Guy Gérard Noël :I'm also a huge fan of 50s/60s horror/sf movies, and really like Corman movies or actor Vincent Price.
I really like UK Quads in general, like these :Also some have a special ink (DayGlo) that "glows" under a blue lamp (like these examples) :
And US posters from this era :Paradoxically, I am quite a fan of certain movies which I find ridiculous but which I love to watch like the famous 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' but also the ridiculous monster of 'Reptilicus' or the grasshoppers of 'The Beginning of the End' (Corman has his ridiculous monsters too).
The posters look great unlike the monsters in the movies :I stayed a very long time confined to this register and It was only very recently that I wanted to expand my cinematographic knowledge by watching films from the 30s/40s of the Hollywood golden age, but not only… For example, I did myself violence to watch 'The Sound of Music '(I admit it's not my cup of tea at all but I think it was important to watch it for my personal culture), but I found few pearls that I wish I had seen earlier, like comedies (Arsenic Old Lace) musicals (yes! like You Were Never Lovelier) etc…
And also, by taking a big interest in 'films noirs', of which I very much appreciate the treatment of the picture, the dark and dirty atmosphere, and the "femmes fatales".
I loved movies like The Asphalt Jungle, Laura, Gilda, Lady from Shangaï, Shangaï Gesture, Double Indemnity, Night and City, L'assassin habite au 21 (film noir?), Touch of Evil, To Have and Have Not, Key Largo (but not at all 'Big Sleep' sorry) and many more.
Now I would like to acquire certain iconic posters pieces from these movies.
I also own a few magazines, pressbooks, brochures, publicity manuals, and other items.