No, that’s not a typo above. This is a memorable (albeit late) poster for a not so memorable addition to the Hammer Dracula saga. Dracula AD72 retains a certain kitsch charm, has a very good opening sequence, set in 1872, and brings back Peter Cushing to the Dracula franchise alongside Christopher Lee, but after…
Room At The Top
I am not sure, but I do not remember ever seeing this film. It is one of the few posters I still own that is not either for a Bond film or a horror movie, and also one of the very few that features a photographic image rather than an illustration, which was quite unusual for…
The Invisible Boy
This is another rare poster I own for a film I have never seen. I am not a sci-fi nerd in the same way that I love say Hammer horror, but I thought this poster was unique enough that it merited getting it framed. This is an Australian ‘day bill’ (almost the same size as…
James Bond Collection
This was the first record I ever bought. Before I was into movie posters, and before I got into rock and pop music, I was into soundtracks. In retrospect, I’m not sure why. This was back in the days before DVDs, and even before VHS, so this was I think the only way I could think of…
Brides of Dracula
Here are two very different posters I own for the same film. The first is a French ‘grande’ poster, which I bought many years ago at a movie poster fair in London. I always liked it but had nowhere to display it. (When they call it ‘grande’ they are not kidding – its 120 by…
North by Northwest
I am a huge Alfred Hitchcock fan. This is a horizontal Belgian poster for my all-time favourite Hitchcock movie. North by Northwest features the famous crop duster suspense sequence, a memorable climax on the face of Mount Rushmore, and some great chemistry between Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. Grant plays a slick New York adman, which also…
The Mummy’s Hand
This is the oldest poster I own and, unusually, it is for a movie I have never seen (or at least not that I can remember). This is a UK quad for one of the original Universal monster movies. The Mummy’s Hand was released in 1940 but I got this poster checked by a valuation…
From Russia With Love
Sometimes you can’t but end up kicking yourself for what seemed like a good idea at the time. By 2003 I had amassed a large collection of movie posters, of which I was only able to display a small fraction. I had also moved for work to Asia and was only able to bring…
Dirty Harry / Magnum Force
This was the first movie poster I ever bought. I remember it distinctly as I bought it when Pinewood Film Studios had their first (and as far as I know only) open day back in 1977. I persuaded (ok forced) my mum and dad to take me and we spent the day touring the various sound…
Thunderball
This poster holds special meaning for me because it was the first film I ever saw in the cinema. It was 1972 I think, I would have been 8. My dad took me and a friend to a James Bond double bill at the Nottingham Odeon. (This was back in the days both the Nottingham…