Here’s a pair of Belgian posters for films from the Hammer Frankenstein sage, both starring the indomitable Peter Cushing. These Belgian posters are quite small (35 x 55cm), so are a good option to display if you do not have a huge amount of wall space. They are also highly collectible, especially for the 60s era Hammer movies.  

I think I’ve only seen Evil once and don’t remember a whole lot about it. For this film, Universal relented on copyright for their classic look for the monster so the design rather pays homage to the original designs from the Boris Karloff era (check out the large forehead). Sadly this poster suffered some water damage at the top when shipped in a house move years ago, but I’ve convinced myself that the distressed look actually adds to its charm in this instance!   

Woman is IMHO an altogether better film. This time the Baron went about transplanting the soul of a wrongly hanged man into the dead body of his girlfriend, who had committed suicide. She then goes about exacting revenge on the guys who set up her deceased ex and needless to say it doesn’t end well for anyone involved. This design is relatively unusual for these Belgian posters in that it bleeds off the edges of the frame, whereas most have a white border.

I have both of these posters displayed in my mini Hammer Horror gallery of Belgian posters at the top of the staircase. I’ve posted on Brides of Dracula, Curse of the Werewolf and my Mummy posters separately.  

UPDATE: I have recently added the above French ‘moyenne’ for Evil to my collection. I bought this at an online auction. It was not particularly cheap and I was annoyed to find it arrived with a noticeable hole at the centre. This required some DIY repairs with a matching paper fill which I coloured in with crayons and taped on the back. The results are far from perfect, but barely noticeable once framed. Evil is probably the weakest of the Hammer series, but it does have some of the best posters, and I really like this one.