Piranha Poster Original Daybill with Poster art by Bob Larkin. Piranha,scripted by John Sayles and directed by Joe Dante, this tongue-in-cheek thriller stars Bradford Dillman as an antisocial mountain man and Heather Menzies as a rookie detective who race a school of mutant piranha downriver. Dante and Sayles provide the requisite blood and gore for this drive-in meat market: a kids' summer camp and a waterfront amusement park await the little beasties. Along the way, riverside retiree Keenan Wynn gets his ankles stripped clean, camp counselor Paul Bartel is chomped on the cheek, and hordes of unlucky bathers are caught in the centre of a feeding frenzy.
Alien Daybill Poster original 1979.Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo who encounter the eponymous Alien, a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial set loose on the ship. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. Alien premiered May 25, 1979 in the United States, before receiving a wide release on June 22, and was released September 6 in the United Kingdom. It was met with critical acclaim and box office success, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, three Saturn Awards and a Hugo Award along with numerous other nominations. It has consistently been praised in the years since its release, and is considered one of the greatest films of all time. It also launched Weaver's acting career, providing her with her first lead role.
The Burning Daybill Poster. The Burning is a 1981 slasher horror film directed by Tony Maylam and written by Peter Lawrence and Bob Weinstein. It is based on an original story by Maylam, Weinstein, and Brad Grey, with a musical score by Rick Wakeman. The film is loosely based on the upstate New York urban legend of Cropsey, a tale that became popular at summer camps in the 1960s and '70s. Lou David stars as the maniacal Cropsey, while Brian Matthews plays the heroic camp Counsellor that must stop him. The film is also the feature-film debut of Seinfeld's Jason Alexander as well as future Academy Award winners Fisher Stevens and Holly Hunter. Legendary make-up artist Tom Savini, notable for his works on Dawn of the Dead (1978), Maniac (1980), and the original Friday the 13th, created the effects for The Burning. While the film did not generate the interest and revenue achieved by other slasher films of the time, it has since gained a cult following and reappraisal by critics.
I Bury The Living Poster Daybill ULTRA RARE Original 1958 Horror. I Bury the Living is a 1958 horror film directed by famed B movie director Albert Band and starring Richard Boone and Theodore Bikel. Cemetery director Robert Kraft discovers that by arbitrarily changing the status of plots from empty to occupied on the planogram causes the death of the plots' owners.It was written by Louis A. Garfinkle and produced by Garfinkle and Band.Horror author Stephen King listed I Bury the Living as one of his favorite films in his 1981 non-fiction book Danse Macabre.
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Birth Of A Monster Poster Original Daybill Very Rare 1957 Quatermass 2.Birth Of A Monster, as it was released in Australia or Quatermass 2 as it was originally released in the UK was also retitled Enemy From Space in the United States and Canada. The film is a 1957 black-and-white British science fiction horror film drama from Hammer Film Productions. It was produced by Anthony Hinds, directed by Val Guest, and stars Brian Donlevy with co-stars John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, Vera Day, and William Franklyn. Birth Of A Monster or Quatermass 2 is a sequel to Hammer's earlier film The Quatermass Xperiment (1955). Like its predecessor, it is based on the BBC Television serial Quatermass II written by Nigel Kneale. Brian Donlevy reprises his role as the eponymous Professor Bernard Quatermass, making him the only actor to play the character twice in a film. It is often erroneously considered as the first film sequel to use the '2' / 'II' suffix within the title, though this distinction belongs to Sanshiro Sugata Part II. Birth Of A Monster or Quatermass 2 was financially successful and was the first film for which Hammer pre-sold the distribution rights in the United States, a financial model that would quickly become the norm for subsequent Hammer productions.
The Addams Family Values Poster Original Mini Daybill.Addams Family Values is a 1993 American supernatural black comedy film, the sequel to The Addams Family (1991). It was written by Paul Rudnick and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, and features many cast members from the original, including Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Carel Struycken, Jimmy Workman, and Christopher Hart. Joan Cusack plays a serial killer who marries Uncle Fester (Lloyd) intending to murder him for his inheritance, while teenagers Wednesday (Ricci) and Pugsley (Workman) are sent to summer camp. Included in the soundtrack is "Supernatural Thing", which was a chart success for Ben E. King. The film was acclaimed by critics and was also a commercial success. It is also Raúl Juliá's final theatrical film to be released in his lifetime.
Carrie Daybill Poster original 1976.Carrie is a 1976 American supernatural horror film based on Stephen King's 1974 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Brian De Palma with a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen. The film received two Academy Award nominations, one for Sissy Spacek in the title role and one for Piper Laurie as her abusive mother. The film featured numerous young actors – including Nancy Allen, William Katt, Amy Irving, and John Travolta – whose careers were launched, or escalated, by the film. It also relaunched the screen and television career of Laurie, who had not been active in show business since 1961.Carrie was the first of more than 100 film and television productions adapted from, or based on, the published works of Stephen King.
Poltergeist Poster Australian One Sheet Original.Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and starring JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, and Beatrice Straight. Set in a California suburb, the plot focuses on a family whose home is invaded by malevolent ghosts that abduct their younger daughter, and the family's attempts to bring her back into the real world. Steven Spielberg wrote and produced the film, but a clause in his contract prevented him from directing another film while he made E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Therefore, Hooper was selected to direct based upon his work on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Funhouse. First conceived as a dark horror sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind entitled Night Skies, when Spielberg approached Hooper to direct, Hooper was less keen on the sci-fi elements and suggested the idea of a ghost story. Spielberg and Hooper would then go on to collaborate on the first treatment for the film. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on June 4, 1982, the film was a major critical and commercial success, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing film of 1982. Years since its release, the film has been recognized as a classic within the horror genre and has gained a cult following. Aside from being nominated for three Academy Awards, Poltergeist was named by the Chicago Film Critics Association as the 20th-scariest film ever made, and the scene of the clown doll attack was ranked as #80 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie moments.
Cape Fear Poster Daybill Mini Original 1991 Robert De Niro Nick Nolte.Cape Fear is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the 1962 film.The film stars Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, and Juliette Lewis. Robert Mitchum has a small role in the film, while Gregory Peck (in his final theatrical film role) and Martin Balsam make cameo appearances, all three having starred in the original film.Cape Fear marks the seventh collaboration between Scorsese and De Niro. The film was a commercial success and became the first Scorsese film to gross over $100 million. It received generally positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for several awards, including the Oscars and Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor (De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis).
The Guardian Poster Daybill Original 1990.The Guardian is a 1990 American horror film co-written and directed by William Friedkin, and stars Jenny Seagrove as a mysterious nanny who is hired by new parents, played by Dwier Brown and Carey Lowell, to care for their infant son; the couple soon discovers the nanny to be a Hamadryad whose previous clients' children went missing under her care. It is based upon the novel The Nanny by American novelist Dan Greenburg. Although a critical and commercial failure upon release, the film later found an audience as a cult film.
The Howling Poster Australian One Sheet Original 1981.The Howling is a 1981 American horror film directed by Joe Dante, and starring Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, and Robert Picardo. Based on the novel of the same name by Gary Brandner, the film follows a television news woman sent to a remote mountain resort after a fatal incident with a serial killer, unaware that the inhabiting residents are werewolves.The film was released on April 10, 1981 and became a moderate success, grossing $17.9 million at the box office. It received positive reviews with praise for the makeup special effects by Rob Bottin. The film won the 1980 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film while still in development.Over the years, The Howling has accumulated a cult following and a franchise consisting of seven sequels arose from the film's success.
Creepshow Daybill Poster Original 1982 with artwork by Joan Daley. Creepshow is a 1982 elemental black comedy and horror anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, making this film his screenwriting debut. The film's ensemble cast included Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson and E. G. Marshall, as well as Stephen King himself in his film acting debut. The film was shot on location in Pittsburgh and its suburbs, including Monroeville, where Romero leased an old boys academy (Penn Hall) to build extensive sets for the film.The film consists of five short stories: "Father's Day", "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", "Something to Tide You Over", "The Crate" and "They're Creeping Up on You!". Two of these stories were adapted from King's short stories, with the film bookended by prologue and epilogue scenes featuring a young boy named Billy (played by King's son, Joe King), who is punished by his father for reading horror comic books.
Cat's Eye Poster Rare Original Daybill 1985 with great Jeff Wack artwork.Cat's Eye (also known as Stephen King's Cat's Eye) is a 1985 American anthology horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King. It comprises three stories, "Quitters, Inc.", "The Ledge", and "General". The first two are adaptations of short stories in King's Night Shift collection, and the third is unique to the film. The three stories are connected only by the presence of a traveling cat, which plays an incidental role in the first two and is a major character of the third.Its cast includes Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Robert Hays and Candy Clark. Cat's Eye received positive reviews from critics and grossed $13,086,298 at the domestic box office. The film was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film in 1987. Drew Barrymore was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Starring Performance by a Young Actress in a Motion Picture in 1986.
Cat People Poster Daybill Original 1982.Cat People is a 1982 American erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell. Jerry Bruckheimer was executive producer and Alan Ormsby wrote the screenplay basing it loosely on the story by DeWitt Bodeen, the screenwriter for the acclaimed original 1942 Cat People. The film was nominated for three prestigious awards:Saturn Awards - Best Actress (Nastassja Kinski), Golden Globe Awards - Best Original Motion Picture Score (Giorgio Moroder) & Best Original Motion Picture Song (David Bowie) - 'Putting Out The Fire'.
When A Stranger Calls Poster Daybill Original 1979.When a Stranger Calls is a 1979 American psychological horror film. It was directed by Fred Walton and stars Carol Kane and Charles Durning. The film derives its story from the classic folk legend of "the babysitter and the man upstairs" and the 1974 horror classic Black Christmas. The film was commercially successful, grossing $21,411,158 at the box office with a small budget of only a gross of $1,262,052. The film has developed a cult following over time because of the first 20 minutes, now consistently regarded as one of the scariest openings in horror movie history. Carol Kane stated in an interview that while watching the film in the theatre the audience began screaming and talking back to the screen during the opening 20 minutes of the film. The opening sequence was highly influential for the horror genre and was paid homage to in Wes Craven's Scream in the latter film's opening 12 minutes.
The Shuttered Room Poster Daybill Original 1967 Aka Blood Island.The Shuttered Room (also known as Blood Island) is a 1967 British horror film directed by David Greene, and starring Gig Young and Carol Lynley.Filming began in April 1966.Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971) would have many similarities.Although set in the U.S., the film was shot in England. Hollowshore Boatyard and The Shipwright's Arms in Faversham, Kent feature throughout the film, doubling as the town of Dunwich, Massachusetts. South Foreland Lighthouse in Dover also features as the exterior of Aunt Agatha's home.The film features a large half-brick, half-timber watermill, which is destroyed by fire in the closing scenes. The building used was Hardingham Mill on the River Yare in Norfolk.
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