Monster A Go-Go's Shock-A-Rama Poster Show (in Blood-Curdling Freak-O-Vision!)

[Crazy Vick]

MAGG is back... with a vengeance!  Great scores all around.
There was a little girl is great, both as a poster and for your little bit there. 


I think Steve needs to revise the elite poster collectors' list

[erik1925]

Hey Shawn, I think, as you said, whether you resist and dont visit APF or not, you are still one POSTER-BUYING fiend! And that's all good!! 

This latest 'preview" mini haul of poster goodies proves it. You even bought a Force Awakens OS, and you dont like SW flickers, in general, all that much, right?

You have the poster bug bad*, methinks, and no vaccine is in sight! 

*and that's a good thing, of course.

[Monster_A_GoGo]

Hi CRAZY VICK! It is always super duper groovy seeing you here. I'm so glad you liked the posters in my "bonus post" and am glad you especially liked THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL (what an odd poster...it still seems so off balance and strange to me). I'm glad you liked the description of it as well. I tend to yammer on too much, I think, in my descriptions. I don't know... Sorry for all of the typos in it.

What is the "elite poster collectors list"? Isn't that just everyone here on the forum in general or something else? Anyway--thanks for coming over and saying HI!

JEFF, you are so correct. I'm fooling myself by thinking I have any control at all. I'm an addict, a total poster whore! Argh! I have to learn to curb my spending somehow. I am out of any "spare" money and will soon have much LESS a month (when i move back into my house around September) than I have gotten used to. EEK! I'm d-o-o-m-e-d...    But thanks for saying hello. 

CHEERS!

[50s]

What is the "elite poster collectors list"? Isn't that just everyone here on the forum in general or something else?

There has only ever been one Elite poster collector on this forum and he was self appointed. There is a list in my signature of Elite poster collectors, if the definition of Elite was relaxed a tiny bit.

[Monster_A_GoGo]

There has only ever been one Elite poster collector on this forum and he was self appointed. There is a list in my signature of Elite poster collectors, if the definition of Elite was relaxed a tiny bit.

Aha! Now that you point it out, I think I have seen this a long, LONG time ago. Very insightful ...in a very humorous way. Ha! Thank you for sharing, Steve!

CHEERS!

[Mirosae]

There has only ever been one Elite poster collector on this forum and he was self appointed. There is a list in my signature of Elite poster collectors, if the definition of Elite was relaxed a tiny bit.

Aha! Now that you point it out, I think I have seen this a long, LONG time ago. Very insightful ...in a very humorous way. Ha! Thank you for sharing, Steve!

CHEERS!

+1 That was a very humorous post! Very  glad to know it is still available

[Mirosae]

That poster The Woman Eater...it really is quite something!! I really enjoy reading your commentary; 

[Monster_A_GoGo]

Hi Rosa! Thanks for visiting. I'm glad you liked THE WOMAN EATER. Ha! I thought you might find it offensive (more women in peril). Perhaps you like it because the monster has "good taste"? Ha! I still need to look into that movie. Hmm.

Tomorrow is my regular post so stay tuned. There are way too many still---even with my bonus post the other day. EEK!

CHEERS!

[Monster_A_GoGo]

Hi there. Happy June.

Thanks for dropping in to see the latest posters being added to the Shock-A-Rama Horror Show! Oooooooo. As usual, there is a mix of the not-so-interesting (ho-hum...yawn....) and the interesting. (And there are WAY too many...) Sit back, relax, and let the posters begin....


A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2 (Thai):

Not long back, Chris/Gingerman and I were having a conversation about some really cool-a-rama Thai posters he had recently gotten. He had some AMAZING stuff. That got me thinking of all of the truly beautiful Thai stuff out there (argh! There goes my wallet!)...and Pea was posting some stuff for sale...and...I already have a Thai A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET...why not get the sequel? Argh! So i did...

FOOD OF THE GODS (Thai):

Since this was relatively inexpensive comparatively, I thought why not add it to the other order? So this also came from Pea. THANK YOU, PEA!

THE VELVET VAMPIRE (Thai):

Hot on the heels of my Thai buys from Pea (which was all done online over my phone as I was out of town), I thought I'd look up Thai posters on eBay and see what was out there. I spied this one...the most recent poster listed. It was about 4 or 5 slots above another for almost $250! Yikes!  Plus this one came with a bonus (next poster down). i quickly snatched it up. Again, this was done online over my phone. When I got home and saw it on my regular computer, I finally noticed the (UGH!) smashed-while-rolled or possibly water damage on the left side. Darn it all... It's still a nice image over all, but...

THE VELVET VAMPIRE:

This was the bonus that came with the Thai poster...and even it has a small stain in the upper corner (not visible either via phone. GRRR!). Oh well. I've seen this poster around a few times before. i might (?) have one already, but I do not think so. I've never seen this film...or think I've even seen it available on DVD/blu ray. Is it any good?

THE GATES OF HELL (Thai):

Not long after the episode with the Thai VELVET VAMPIRE, I was looking around and discovered this (hopefully) little gem. It's the Thai poster for Lucio Fulci's GATES OF HELL (notice the Thai credit writer wrote GATE instead of GATES) aka CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD. Zowie! Here is a movie poster title I never expected to see in Thai! But why NOT, right? I followed it for the duration of the auction, having a generous snipe bid in place...and it became mine! Yippie!

DOMINIQUE (Thai):

To pad out the package, I also purchased this Thai version of the poster for the little horror thriller DOMINIQUE (aka DOMINIQUE IS DEAD) starring Jean Simmons, Cliff Robertson and Jenny ("An American Werewolf In London") Agutter. I saw this flick in the theater way back in 1979 (?) with the nifty little co-feature, TOURIST TRAP. I wonder if there is a Thai version of that? Hmm.

BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (Turkish):


Look at this bad boy. Zowie!  I saw this movie years and years ago (with a title like that, how could I NOT watch it?). It's a Sam Peckinpah movie, but not one of his better ones. And, as I recall (but i could be mistaken), Alfredo Garcia was already dead and buried when the movie begins---so cutting it off would not been quite as gruesome as depicted here. But this was cheap and kind of cool--couldn't pass it up

GAMERA SUPER MONSTER (Turkish):

Crazy, wonky Turkish art for a crazy, wonky Japanese monster movie. FUN STUFF!

KING KONG VS GODZILLA (R-80s Japanese B2 Video):

Speaking of Japanese monster movies, I shouldn't have gotten this (it was the only thing I actively bid on---argh! I should have known better and just let it go...), but I love my KING KONG stuff. This is an 80s Japanese video poster...B2 size...of the big monster mash up! Zowie!  I'm looking forward to the new KING KONG VS GODZILLA in 2020!  Whoo hoo!

MANIAC:

ARGH!  Why do i do things like this...again, and again, and AGAIN!  I already have 2 or 3 copies of the MANIAC poster. And what do i do? See one for sale and bid what I think is the lowest price it SHOULD go for...and get stuck with it. Ha!  Oh well. It's always good to have a spare copy, i guess.

FIRE ON EAST TRAIN 34 aka EXPRESS ON FIRE (Yugoslavian):

Oh my stars! I LOVE my disaster movies. Yet i had never heard of this Russian-made disaster flick about a train on fire. Yowza! Had to get it. now to track down the movie...

ROBOT MONSTER:

I'm not exactly sure what a "TV poster" is, but this is a 1981 re-release TV poster. Not a video poster? Hmm. Either way, i would love, LOVE, L-O-V-E to have an original ROBOT MONSTER poster. Unless i win the lottery, that isn't likely to happen. So, as the next best thing, i opted for this 35 year old re-release TV poster instead. TENSE! TAUT! TERRIFIC!

THE BIG BIRD CAGE:

Nothing like classic 70s grindhouse exploitation!  Ha!  Whoo hoo!

THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE:

SAMPO!!!  If you've never seen MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, the episode featuring THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE is a great introduction to the show. Oh my stars! It's soooo FUNNY!Well, judge for yourself (or don't). Here it is on YouTube:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/cdfUkrbNvwA" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/cdfUkrbNvwA</a>

I laughed out loud many times watching this. I first saw it years ago. When i saw the poster (which is quite a piece of marketing. It LOOKS and SOUNDS like a sci fi film...but it's actually some strange Scandinavian folktale. ha!), I knew I had to get it. Amazingly, i DID get it (while at work, oblivious to the auction going on at the time) with a snipe bid. Hooray!

GLEN OR GLENDA (Argentinean):


Ooooo!  Zowie! I can't believe this is mine. I made ONE bid on it early in the day...and I was instantly the top bidder (and--yikes! It was just $3 shy of my max). And NO ONE ELSE bid against me the rest of the day...and it was mine? Kowabunga!  Although I'd prefer a US one sheet, I'm delighted to have this Argentinean version of the one sheet for the Ed Wood trash classic. I already had an Argentine one sheet for GLEN OR GLENDA in a triple feature (with two other shock-a-rama exploitation features! Oh my!). but I like this one o' so much better. Hooray!

BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE:

Yahoo! I scored another one of these vintage 50s/60s drive in monster movie posters. It's probably a piece o' crap movie---but great schlocky  poster art.

HOUSE OF WAX:

Oh my stars! I NEVER thought I'd have one of these. This, along with THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE above, was something I left a snipe on for an auction that closed the other day. I bid on about a dozen things (there were 3 things i really wanted though...and I ended up winning two of the three. Yahoo!). I certainly did NOT expect to win any of them...especially since I couldn't watch/participate in the actual auction. I was blown away to have won these two though...But I had bid blindly (not expecting to win) with no money to pay for them. I TOLD you I was broke again. EEEK!  I ended up charging them...but am able to pay off more than half of the cost right this moment. I hated to do this---but zowie! I won this amazing poster (and DAY THE EARTH FROZE). I am so thrilled!  This is a 50s 3D dream come true (Now if only I could also get a CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE and IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE...my 3D poster dreams would be ever so happy!).

THIS NIGHT I'LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE (Brazilian):

I paid way, way, WAY too much for this, but it was one of those instances where I was NOT going to let it go. In all of the years since first becoming aware of Brazil's ZE DO CAIXAO / COFFIN JOE character (created by director/actor Jose Mojica Marins) in the late 80s/early 90s, I've only seen this poster one other time...and that was YEARS ago on eBay, where it was snatched out of my fingers at the very last second. I wasn't going to let this 2nd one get away. This is an original 1967 Brazilian poster for ESTA NOITE ENCARNAREI NO TEU CADAVER (which apparently literally translates to "Night Is Incarnate In Your Body", but is better known here on DVD as THIS NIGHT I WILL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE), the 2nd film to feature the COFFIN JOE character. While not the most exciting of posters, it is my very first Coffin Joe poster EVER!  I am so excited!

HALLUCINATIONS OF A DERANGED MIND (Brazilian) :

Exactly one week after scoring the Coffin Joe poster---yowza! I score another one. This is for the 5th Coffin Joe/Ze do Caixao film HALLUCINATIONS OF A DERANGED MIND from 1978. I just got this yesterday---and was not about to let it slip through my fingers. So, unfortunately, like HOUSE OF WAX, I had to charge it. EEK!  I can NOT do that any more. These were just, um...rare and special occurrences (I hope). My buying is really going to be curtailed from now on... (hopefully).

(Did you catch the BONUS post on May 27th? I had too many posters for this one post, so I added a bonus post last Friday,,,which is on the previous page. LOTS of typos in that one. OOPS! Be warned...)

PS for ROSA: Here is a brief clip from THE WOMAN EATER. You can see the cheesy monster in action! Ha!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/edBLhIS1MMM" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/edBLhIS1MMM</a>

And, if you can stand the terror and feel like watching the whole movie (71 minutes), it's right here:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BHamVuSDRaM" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/BHamVuSDRaM</a>

That is all for now. (Heck, it was MORE than enough...)

Happy June-A-Rama!!!!!

CHEERS!

[erik1925]

Another far out mix of stuff there, Shawn. Congrats on all the wins.

And I have the same question, too,  re: the Robot Monster RR poster. What is a "tv poster" exactly? It's undersize, so not a full OS. Is it a commercial/promotional piece of some kind that was meant to be sold directly to the public? Or where would it have been used/displayed?

Ive seen other TV posters and those often have had the network logo (ABC, CBS) on them, when mini-series, for example, were going to be aired.

[Monster_A_GoGo]

Hi Jeff.

No it's not ABC or NBC or anything...but it does say MEDALLION TV. I've seen the MEDALLION logo before. I think they deal (dealt? Are they still around?) in (gasp!) Public Domain (or movies that should be public domain...ha!) stuff. But again...what exactly a TV poster is (as opposed to a video) is beyond me. Perhaps they (Medallion TV) sent these out to TV station programmers advertising some of their available movies? Just a guess...

[erik1925]

Hi Jeff.

No it's not ABC or NBC or anything...but it does say MEDALLION TV. I've seen the MEDALLION logo before. I think they deal (dealt? Are they still around?) in (gasp!) Public Domain (or movies that should be public domain...ha!) stuff. But again...what exactly a TV poster is (as opposed to a video) is beyond me. Perhaps they (Medallion TV) sent these out to TV station programmers advertising some of their available movies? Just a guess...

Thanks Shawn. Your description sounds good to me. I just looked up Medallion TV Enterprises. Seems they distributed more B (and lower grade) movies on TV, going back to the 1930s. They are no longer in business, as the original founder (John Hertz Ettlinger) died in 1993.

This link shows their logo, as presented over the years:

http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Medallion+TV+Enterprises

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0038025/

And it looks like they were involved in a lawsuit with SelecTV, back in 1986:

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1974640/medallion-tv-enterprises-v-selectv-of-california/?

In 2008, the Medallion library was purchased by Kit Parker of Kit Parker Films. There is some really interesting background info on Medallion, in this link:

https://kitparkerfilms.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/medallion-tv-enterprises/

[jedgerley]

Sweet pile o' paper. Do you realize your thread has over 16,000 views! That amazing! You need to just talk posters on youtube and start your MAAG fan army marching!

[Monster_A_GoGo]

JEFF : Ever the sleuth you are! Ha!  I recently watched a pair of DVDs featuring (awful) Jerry Warren flicks (6 total--o' the agony of it all). They were distributed by Kit Karson and had the Medallion TV logo (on several of the films, at least). Karson said (in the final link) that he gort rid of the public domain stuff and what was left he listed. ROBOT MONSTER was NOT on the list...so I'm guessing that is a public domain title after all. Still the TV poster--whatever that is for sure--is an interesting thing. Thanks for digging and uncovering all of this stuff.


JASON : 16,000 views. Is that good? There are many more with far more views than that (and with far fewer pages). I never paid attention to the views...just because it has grown/sprawled to 32 pages after a little more than a year. I thought that was the reason for the views (having to look at all of the new posts) instead of quality (as the others with far fewer pages but far more views) have. As for being on youtube and talking about posters...uh, NO!  i kind of tried that once...but just did not feel i was "on camera" material. Ha! I'm happier in this little thread where only you guys can see the stuff I post. But thank you for saying so...

[Gingerman]

GOGO!!!!!! Great finds all the way around. That Food of the Gods was supposed to come to me...will send you an email.

So you have Nightmare 1 and 2 thai, what about the others? lol I have them 1 to 5.

[/b]THIS NIGHT I'LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE We talked about this one the night you won it, and bravo bravo. I really like it!!

Not being a stranger, but we only have 60 days left to get this project off the ground, and we haven't hung engines loaded landing gear pressurized the wing or cabin........eecckkk


Love your stuff all the way around. BTW, if you wanna send me a Maniac I will take it off your hands!!!

[Monster_A_GoGo]

Hi there CHRIS/GINGERMAN

The FOTG....Uh, sorry. I didn't know. I sent you a note though. Hmm.

No, I only have NIGHTMARE 1 & 2...but didn't you show me you 1-5? You showed me sooooo many cool posters not too long back, I don't recall what was what exactly. HALLOWEEN, THE BEYOND, and I could have sworn some NIGHTMARE posters. Was that in an email or in a post perhaps? I'll have to look after i answer this. But, as I said in my post at the top, you had some absolutely amazing stuff.

Good luck with work and as for MANIAC...who knows? Once I move back to the house (September-ish) and have time to actually go through my posters, it might just happen. Hmm.

CHEERS!

[Mirosae]

Hello

Great posters and great post. Thank you for sharing. Women eater Well...can I say that I actually enjoyed it? Over the top  but good fun. It should be titled Women Molester It really has tentacles to spare!  lol

[50s]

Quite a few goodies in this haul, especially liking train on fire with people jumping, camera, earth froze and haunted cave 

[Monster_A_GoGo]

ROSA: Thanks for visiting, as always. Glad you liked THE WOMAN MOLESTER,...er, EATER clip! Ha! Tentacles top spare...i like that! Such a creaky monster...too funny.

STEVE: I'm so thrilled you liked several of the posters, but I was shocked the cleavage (PLUS--oh my!) from the Thai VELVET VAMPIRE, the lone (but huge) breast in the 2nd Coffin Joe poster, or ALL of the poster for THE BIG BIRD CAGE did NOT make your list... Shocking! Maybe you need glasses? Your amazing vision seems to be failing... 

[50s]

STEVE: I'm so thrilled you liked several of the posters, but I was shocked the cleavage (PLUS--oh my!) from the Thai VELVET VAMPIRE, the lone (but huge) breast in the 2nd Coffin Joe poster, or ALL of the poster for THE BIG BIRD CAGE did NOT make your list... Shocking! Maybe you need glasses? Your amazing vision seems to be failing... 

Haha, I could have an explanation... I might have overdosed on boobs lately (is that possible?) with all the figure sketching classes I have recently been doing... All sorts of poses and angles right in front of me close on a podium. Wednesday's model was the best yet and had good chat with her after, fun fun fun. My drawing are crappy though. Makes me appreciate artists work more

[Monster_A_GoGo]

Zowie! A booby overdose? I guess you are forgiven. You poor man... HA!

[Mirosae]

Haha " booby overdose" ah...this forum does make me laugh...

[110x75]

You have scored some great stuff monster man!!!. I am specially fond of "Glen or Glenda" (any argentinean Ed Wood poster is good for me  ) and those 2 Ze do Caixao brazilians. Great, great score. Title of the first translates as "Tonight I'll reincarnate in your body"
Keep up the good work!

[Monster_A_GoGo]

ROSA:  Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad you found a smile here.

MATIAS: How nice to see you here. I am pleased you enjoyed my South American gems. Thanks for the visit.

It's not a regular posting time for me, but I just picked up a bunch of  cheap posters that are not that special. I thought I'd post them now so as not to clutter my post next time.

CANDYMAN:

I probably already have this, but it doesn't hurt to have a spare.

BEYOND THE DOOR:

This is a guilty pleasure of mine. I really dig this stupid rip-off of THE EXORCIST and ROSEMARY'S BABY. I like vintage shots of San Francisco (having lived there, it's interesting to note the changes) and how the family (that supposedly lives there) frequents well-known tourist spots. That would NOT happen in real life. I have this poster already as well (probably more than one?), but the copy I KNOW I have I put into a crappy cheap frame and the bottom has gotten damaged.

JASON X:

Jason in space! I already have this 10th Friday the 13th movie poster, but it was cheap and came with a bonus I didn't have (and which I'll save for my next proper post).

ANGUISH:

I've never seen this movie, i don't think. Interesting poster---all of the eyeballs behind Zelda Rubenstein, the diminutive actress from POLTERGEIST (she got a job?). It's probably a crap film? Anyone see it?

I, MADMAN:

I've not seen this either...I don't think. Interesting art though. The killer sneaks up on a girl reading a book with an image of a killer sneaking up on a girl. Clever.

CHEERS!

Okay--time for the shower and a L-O-N-G day of work. Groan....

[Crazy Vick]

I probably already have this, but it doesn't hurt to have a spare.

MAGG put this line on a t-shirt!

On all of your t-shirts !