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Adventure Movie Posters

For some reason, even though I am a huge Sci-Fi Movie fan, I just don't have very many Science Fiction Movie Posters. Well come to think of it, there is a very good reason: Sci-Fi often has great poster art, much greater than the actual special effects in the movie for many, so they tend to be very collectable. Curse you Supply and Demand! So under the general heading of Adventure, I am gathering together a mixture of Epics, Fantasy, Action, Sci-Fi, Historical and other types of ripping yarns. Categorization of genres is of course subjective so try the Thriller, War or Western sections if you don't see it here.

Why was Doug McClure so popular with Amicus? I have no idea, but there was an annoying tendency to try to gain American market share by shoehorning US Stars into British movies. Yet another attempt to save the UK film industry, the common theme in all these pages.

A lot of these movies are American, though the posters are British. Let's face it the US has the budget for big adventures. They are also standard wet Saturday afternoon in England films that I remember seeing a lot of growing up, so I don't feel they are too out of place here. You will see that I don't have a lot to say about them if I don't remember the movie and the poster Art is unremarkable but that's OK because you are not here to listen to me ramble on. On with the Spectacle!

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Captain From Castile 1947 Quad Poster

Captain from Castile (1947) Quad

Tyrone Power * Jean Peters * Cesar Romero * John Sutton * Lee J Cobb

Don't think I ever saw this movie, suitably heroic matinee idol type art. Also, pre-1949 so paper rationing was still biting and making this rare, especially unfolded like this one.

Reign of Terror 1949 Quad Poster Reign of Terror (1949) Quad

Robert Cummings * Arlene Dahl * Richard Basehart * Richard Hart * Arnold Moss * Norman Lloyd * Beulah Bondi

This is a very battered and beaten copy but it's nearly 60 years old so it's not like a better one is likely to show up tomorrow, though having said that...Terrific dramatic art for this adventure set in Revolutionary France.

Tyrant Of The Sea 1950 Quad Poster Tyrant Of The Sea (1950) Quad

Rhys Williams * Ron Randell * Valentine Perkins * Doris Lloyd * Lester Matthews

A B Movie all at Sea...

King Solomon's Mines 1950 Quad Poster King Solomon's Mines (1950) Quad

Deborah Kerr * Stewart Granger * Richard Carlson * Hugo Haas

Not the first version of this story to be filmed but certainly one of the early adventures that inspired the things to come such as Raiders.

Smugglers Island 1951 Quad Poster Smugglers Island (1951) Quad

Jeff Chandler * Evelyn Keyes * Philip Friend * Marvin Miller

B Movie, B cups... more old tape than poster actually, a bit distressed.

Thief of Damascus 1952 Quad Thief of Damascus (1952) Quad

Paul Henreid * John Sutton * Jeff Donnell * Lon Chaney * Elena Verdugo * Helen Gilbert

I have seen this one come up for sale a few times which is unusual for such an old poster. Either there are just a lot in circulation or some of them are re-releases, this one is tatty enough to be original but you never know.

Slaves of Babylon 1953 Quad Poster Slaves of Babylon (1953) Quad

Richard Conte * Maurice Schwartz * Michael Ansara * Leslie Bradley

I've noticed that the art for Biblical epics often make very good use of their Starlettes curves. Funny that...

War of the Worlds 1953 / The Sentinel 1977 Quad Double Rerelease War of the Worlds (1953) / The Sentinel (1977) Quad

Gene Barry * Ann Robinson

No surprise that I bought this poster for the War of the Worlds part, one of my favorite films. Not the best art, odd double bill reissue which I'm guessing is around 1977 based on the second feature. It does have some War Machine art, even if not in color. Mainly though, it's in my price range whereas the wonderful original art definitely isn't. An first release color version half sheet with war machine art and dramatic color went for $40,000 in 2006. I'll settle for this one...for now.

City Beneath The Sea 1953 Quad UK Poster City Beneath The Sea (1953) Quad

Robert Ryan * Mala Powers * Anthony Quinn

A little heavy on the sea green but nice old B Movie poster.

Rogues March 1953 Quad Poster Rogues March (1953) Quad

Peter Lawford * Richard Greene * Janice Rule * Leo G. Carroll

Looks like he went in to snog her and missed, maybe decided to lick her cheek instead.

King of the Khyber Rifles 1953 Quad Poster King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) Quad

Tyrone Power * Terry More * Michael Rennie

Classic heroic posing and a dramatic cavalry charge going on in the foreground too. What adventure films are all about.

Khyber Patrol 1954 Quad Poster Khyber Patrol (1954) Quad

Richard Egan * Dawn Addams * Raymond Burr * Patric Knowles

Getting gritty round The Khyber again.

The Rocket Man (1954) Quad

Charles Coburn * Spring Byington * Anne Francis * John Agar * George Foghorn Winslow

50's SF art for what looks to be a bit of a kids flick, not one I remember seeing.

The Golden Mistress 1954 Quad Poster The Golden Mistress (1954) Quad

John Agar * Rosemarie Bowe * Jacques Molant

Tied to a stake in your nightie...happened all the time back then I'm sure. I like the boy's adventure tone of the art, very 50's.

Land of the Pharaohs 1955 Quad Land of the Pharaohs (1955) Quad

Jack Hawkins * Joan Collins * Dewey Martin * Alexis Minotis * James Robertson Justice * Luisa Boni

Greek, Roman, Egyptian...I am a big fan of sand and sandal epics, biblical or not. Before Conan showed up, these were as ripping a yarn as you could get, even if some religion or other got thrown in occasionally. In this case I remember as a kid being fascinated by the sand based hydraulic mechanism for sealing it all up. Nice poster art with the obligatory glamour shot of our Joan enjoying one of her first bites of the cherry as Hollywood starlette.

Oasis 1955 Quad Poster Oasis (1955) Quad

Michele Morgan * Pierre Brasseur

Desert art is so moody.

Ulysses 1955 Quad Poster Ulysses (1955) Quad Italy Ulisse Art: Manno

Kirk Douglas * Silvana Mangano * Anthony Quinn * Rossana Podestŕ

I like the poster art, in spite of the nice big white window they provide so the local cinema can scrawl on it. Luckily in this case, they left it blank.

Space Master X-7 1957 Quad Poster Space Master X-7 (1957) Quad

Bill Williams * Lyn Thomas * Robert Ellis

Great 50's SF art, shiny rockets and lots of stars, though of course none could be afforded for the movie itself..

The Colossus of New York 1957 Quad Poster The Colossus of New York (1957) Quad

John Baragrey * Mala Powers * Otto Kruger * Robert Hutton * Ross Martin * Charles Herbert * Ed Wolff

One of the first sci-fi / horror movies I was allowed to stay up and see on TV as a kid. Dunno how old I was but I remember being a bit under-whelmed.

The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad 1974 re-release poster The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Watch Out Were Mad (1974) Quad Art: Sanford (Sandy) Kossin

Kerwin Mathews * Kathryn Grant * Richard Eyer * Torin Thatcher * Alec Mango * Danny Green

I am told this is 1975, which fits in the with the 1974 Double Bill, but it is more or less the original artwork being squished over. I made my kids watch the DVD because I remembered seeing it as a kid. They weren't impressed, the pacing is quite slow, but Harryhausen's effects have stood the test of time with them. Back in it's day, a real rip snorting adventure, even if a little un-pc in places now. Hero a little clean shaven for a good Muslim too.

Harry Black US Harry Black and the Tiger 1958 Quad Poster Harry Black / US Harry Black and the Tiger (1958) Quad

Stewart Granger * Barbara Rush * Anthony Steel

Image is of the tiger terrorizing the locals in India.

the barbarian and the geisha 1958 quad poster The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) Quad

John Wayne * Eiko Ando * Sam Jaffe * Sô Yamamura

John Wayne, playing a diplomat and romantic lead this time. No, really.

The Naked Earth 1958 Quad Poster The Naked Earth (1958) Quad

Richard Todd * Juliette Greco * Finlay Currie * Laurence Naismith * Orlando Martins * Christopher Rhodes * John Kitzmiller

Haven't seen this and apparently nor has anyone at IMDB, our heroine doing the posing this time.

The Moonraker 1958 Quad Poster The Moonraker (1958) Quad

George Baker * Sylvia Syms * Peter Arne * John Le Mesurier * Patrick Troughton

Debatable whether these swashbucklers belong in Drama or not, what with the inevitable romance aspect, but I like to think of them as adventures. Certainly the art seems chock full of rip snorting fights as well as a decent image of clinging Sylvia Syms.

Solomon and Sheba 1959 Quad Poster Solomon and Sheba (1959) Quad

Yul Brynner * Gina Lollobrigida * George Sanders

Well, if it's biblical, you have to have a busty bad girl in the lead, it's the rule. This poster is likely a later re-release. The Daily Mirror banner and review notes are a bit of a giveaway, that and the condition is way too good. Still, a nice one and has the priceless factor since I remember watching it while staying with my Aunt Sally in Llanelly, Wales. She was quite a religious old lady so there was plenty of disapproving  tutting of La Lollo as an accompanying soundtrack to all the good bits.

The Warrior Empress 1960 Quad Poster Saffo Venere di Lesbo The Warrior Empress (1960) Quad Italy Saffo Venere di Lesbo

Kerwin Mathews * Tina Louise * Enrico Maria Salerno

Couple of American leads gate crashing this Italian toga party featuring a heroine named Sappho...sounds like my kind of party but more importantly, looks like my kind of poster.

Francis of Assisi 1961 Quad Poster Francis of Assisi (1961) Quad

Bradford Dillman * Dolores Hart * Stuart Whitman * Pedro Armendariz

The pointy hat is mightier than the sword...

The Revolt of the Slaves 1961 Quad Poster Revolt of the Slaves (1961) Quad French Rivolta degli schiavi, La

Rhonda Fleming * Lang Jeffries

Well, pretty much got this one for the art, no surprise. A dubbed French/Spanish/Italian effort I haven't seen. It's got a girl with a whip though, what more do you need? Something about that image looks familiar...actually, there is an amazing amount of detail painted into the background, crucifixions, gladiators, fights and battles, it's all there. I wonder if any of that is in the actual film?

El Cid 1961 Quad Poster El Cid (1961) Quad

Charlton Heston * Sophia Loren * Genevičve Page

One of Mum's favorites and I have certainly seen this one several times on bank holidays and Saturday afternoons over the years.

Fury of the Vikings 1961 UK Quad Italy Gli Invasori Fury of the Vikings (1961) Quad Italy Gli Invasori

Cameron Mitchell * Alice Kessler * Ellen Kessler * Giorgio Ardisson

Italian adventure with Die Kessler-Zwillinge spicing things up as they would for Sodom and Gomorrah, you can't go wrong with twins. Cameron Mitchell was the American star imported for US sales.

Blood On His Sword French Miracle des loups Blood On His Sword French Miracle des loups (1961) Courage of Black Beauty (1957)

Jean Marais * Rosanna Schiaffino * Jean-Louis Barrault

John Crawford * Mimi Gibson * John Bryant

Five Weeks In A Balloon 1962 Quad UK Poster Five Weeks In A Balloon (1962) Quad

Red Buttons * Fabian * Barbara Eden * Cedric Hardwicke * Peter Lorre

Well, OK, the art's not that great but I have a lot of affection for this movie for the Sunday afternoons it passed by. I am always happy to see - and hear - Peter Lorre in anything anyway.

The Rebel Gladiators 1963 Quad Italy Ursus il gladiatore ribelle The Rebel Gladiators (1963) Quad Italy Ursus, il gladiatore ribelle

Dan Vadis * Gloria Milland * José Greci * Sergio Ciani

I am such a sucker for these cheap foreign wannabe epics.

Pirates of Tortuga 1965 Quad Poster Pirates of Tortuga (1965) Quad

Ken Scott * Letícia Román * Dave King * John Richardson * Rafer Johnson * Dudley Stephens

Arrr! Said as only a Bristolian can...bring on the frilly shirts! This is the kind of poster I love, forgotten film, obscure stars and rip snorting action all over the poster.

The Fiercest Heart 1961 Quad Poster The Fiercest Heart (1961) Quad Art: Tom Chantrell

Stuart Whitman * Juliet Prowse * Ken Scott * Raymond Massey * Geraldine Fitzgerald * Rafer Johnson

Not completely unrelated to Zulu, on my want list for British posters.

Taras Bulba 1962 Quad Poster Taras Bulba (1962) Quad

Tony Curtis * Yul Brynner * Christine Kaufmann * Sam Wanamaker * Brad Dexter * Guy Rolfe

Another great epic of the time, for some reason the armor piercing demise of Curtis has stuck in my mind. Great poster art with our heroes slashing it out.

Sodom and Gomorrah 1962 Quad Poster Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) Quad

Stewart Granger * Pier Angeli * Stanley Baker * Rossana Podestŕ * Alice and Ellen Kessler

Yeah, but you have to hand it to them, they knew how to party...Yet more evidence that those pious biblical epics are always sold on a as many hints of sex and sensationalism as they can get away with. Praise the Lewd.

Cavalry Command 1963 The Starfighters 1964 British Quad Poster Bill Cavalry Command (1963) The Starfighters (1964) Quad Double Bill

John Agar * Richard Arlen * Myron Healey * William Phipps * Alicia Vergel

Robert Dornan * Richard Jordahl * Shirley Olmstead * Richard Masters

Couldn't resist the shiny aeroplanes on this one. I always thought the F104 was such a beautiful design, practical or not..

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) Quad Art: Howard Terpning

Charlton Heston * Rex Harrison * Diane Cilento

Michelangelo biography with more adventure than you would expect for a painter and decorator.

The Flight of the Phoenix 1965 Quad Poster The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) Quad

James Stewart * Richard Attenborough * Peter Finch * Hardy Krüger * Ernest Borgnine * Ian Bannen * Ronald Fraser

No idea why the felt they needed to remake this film, this is still a great movie. This poster is unfolded and there is a another version below.

The Flight of the Phoenix 1965 Quad Poster Jack Thurston The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) Quad Art: Jack Thurston

James Stewart * Richard Attenborough * Peter Finch * Hardy Krüger * Ernest Borgnine * Ian Bannen * Ronald Fraser

Alternative art to the version above, not sure if this is a contemporary variation or later re-release. Though I like both, this has more interesting details but the one above is unfolded. Still, a good movie...

The Sands of the Kalahari 1965 Quad poster The Sands of the Kalahari (1965) Quad

Stuart Whitman * Stanley Baker * Susannah York * Harry Andrews * Theodore Bikel * Nigel Davenport

Obviously this is the sandy survival corner with the movie above, more grit than anyone could want. Gripping stuff though, and a dramatic image for the poster.

City Under The Sea 1965 Quad Poster City Under The Sea (1965) Quad

Vincent Price * Tab Hunter * David Tomlinson * Susan Hart * John Le Mesurier

Vincent Price getting soggy on a wet Saturday afternoon, what more could you want? I also have some Lobby cards for this, another excursion before I got strict with myself about what exactly it was I was collecting.

Lord Jim 1965 Quad Poster Lord Jim (1965) Quad Art: Howard Terpning

Peter O'Toole * James Mason * Curt Jürgens * Eli Wallach * Jack Hawkins * Daliah Lavi

I've seen another variation on this quad art around, my version came with a big hole on his chin which I did a photoshop graft for.

Genghis Khan 1965 Quad Poster Genghis Khan (1965) Quad

Stephen Boyd * Omar Sharif * James Mason * Eli Wallach * Francoise Dorleac * Telly Savalas * Robert Morley * Michael Hordern * Yvonne Mitchell * Woody Strode * Kenneth Cope

Ah, I love the smell of an unwashed horde in the morning. Tone of the art reminds me of Monty Python but I guess the influence should be the other way round.

Khartoum 1966 Quad Poster Khartoum (1966) Quad Art: Renato Fratini

Charlton Heston * Laurence Olivier * Richard Johnson * Ralph Richardson * Michael Hordern * Zia Mohyeddin

Hm, what does this conflict remind me of? I love a good epic based on the sins of us Brits. At least we have the character to criticize our past mistakes, unlike the infallibility complex of your modern day superpowers.

The Bible 1966 Quad Poster The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) Quad

Michael Parks * Ulla Bergryd * Richard Harris* John Huston * Stephen Boyd * George C. Scott * Ava Gardner * Peter O'Toole

Is this your ark, mate? Well, you can't leave it here...urgh, what did I just step in? There's nudity in the foreground so it must be a biblical epic.

Fantastic Voyage 1966 Quad Poster Fantastic Voyage (1966) Quad Art: Tom Chantrell

Stephen Boyd * Raquel Welch * Edmond O'Brien * Donald Pleasance * Arthur O'Connell * William Redfield * Arthur Kennedy

Oh yes, favorite Saturday afternoon movie, Raquel Welch pre nose job and bulging out of white rubber. Should be a 1-sheet for country of origin but the art on this quad is way better. It's not signed that I can spot but one sold at Christies identified as likely being Mr Chantrell's work.

Barbarella 1968 30x40 Barbarella (1968) 30x40 Art: Robert McGinnis

Jane Fonda * John Phillip Law * Anita Pallenberg * Milo O'Shea * Marcel Marceau

I so would love the original UK quad, with it's 60's art...but fat chance, routinely goes for a whole orphanage of limbs. This is a 30x40 portrait version, with very annoying Canadian "Adult Entertainment" warning gummed on. Even if not the quad, I like the art on this, I am also quite partial to modern but very reasonably priced Queen of the Galaxy Video Poster version that comes up occasionally. That may show up here too one day.

 The Valley of the Gwangi 1969 Quad Movie Poster The Valley of Gwangi (1969) Quad

James Franciscus * Gila Golan * Richard Carlson

Cowboys and dinosaurs may be a bit dodgy concept wise but I remember I nagged my Dad into taking me to see this. Harryhausen engineered some fairly convincing chomp and gulp of cowpokes during several scenes in the film, just what a young boy wants to see!

The Southern Star 1969 Quad Poster The Southern Star (1969) Quad Art: Brian Bysouth

George Segal * Ursula Andress * Orson Welles * Ian Hendry

Throw those shoulders back...

Man In The Wilderness 1971 Quad poster Man in the Wilderness (1971) Quad

Richard Harris * John Huston * Prunella Ransome * Percy Herbert * Dennis Waterman

Poster a little beaten up but then so is Richard Harris.

Escape From The Planet of The Apes 1971 Quad Poster Escape From The Planet of The Apes (1971) Quad

Roddy McDowall * Kim Hunter * Bradford Dillman * Natalie Trundy * Ricardo Montalban

Not terribly interesting art but this was the first of the Ape films I was old enough to see. All the "good" ones had been AA but this was a family friendly A with it's subject matter of murdering infants.

Zero Population Growth 1972 Quad Poster Zero Population Growth (1972) Quad

Oliver Reed * Geraldine Chaplin * Don Gordon * Diane Cilento

Haven't seen it but I am a sucker for anything Ollie...

The Three Musketeers 1973 Quad The Three Musketeers (1973) Quad

Oliver Reed * Raquel Welch * Richard Chamberlain * Michael York * Frank Finlay * Christopher Lee * Geraldine Chaplin * Faye Dunaway

Check out the Four Musketeers for a better poster in my opinion, the sequel was also a darker and more interesting story. Good movie though, with a fair attention to detail on the fight arrangements and some laughs along the way. Three and Four were of course shot back to back, a novelty at the time, almost doing the participants out of their double earnings. The Third installment, Return of the Musketeers, wouldn't show up until 1989, amazingly with cast pretty much intact.

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1974 Quad Poster The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) Quad Art: Brian Bysouth

John Phillip Law * Caroline Munro * Tom Baker

I love this poster, scene after scene is woven into the background, especially the great Harryhausen set pieces like the sword fight with the Kali statue.

The Four Musketeers 1974 Quad poster The Four Musketeers (1974)  Quad

Oliver Reed * Raquel Welch * Richard Chamberlain * Michael York * Frank Finlay * Christopher Lee * Geraldine Chaplin * Faye Dunaway

I prefer the poster art on this sequel to the one for Three, better film too in many ways. Though not for us Raquel fans...her time cut short so cruelly...

At the Earths Core 1976 Quad Poster At the Earths Core (1976) Quad Art: Tom Chantrell

Doug McClure * Peter Cushing * Caroline Munro * Cy Grant

Another Amicus, McClure, Subotsky adventure but this one really lacks charm. I love Peter Cushing but the character he plays in this is sooo annoying. Poster art way better than the movie.

Logans Run 1976 Quad Poster Logans Run (1976) Quad Art: Charles Moll

Michael York * Jenny Agutter * Richard Jordan * Roscoe Lee Browne * Farrah Fawcett-Majors * Peter Ustinov

A lot of critics thought Agutter and York were better than this and look down on this Sci-Fi flick...whatever, I love this movie. Color coordinated 70's baby doll nightdresses were to be the main feminine attire of the future according to this...and why not.

Futureworld 1976 Quad Poster Futureworld (1976) Quad Art: Neal Adams

Peter Fonda * Blythe Danner * Arthur Hill * Yul Brynner

Sequel to Westworld, both much the same. Yul Bryner only has a cameo in this one, made of cuttings from Westworld I'm guessing.

The People That Time Forgot 1977 Quad Poster The People That Time Forgot (1977) Quad Art: Tom Chantrell

Patrick Wayne * Sarah Douglas * Thorley Walters * Dana Gillespie * Shane Rimmer * Doug McClure

Amicus, McClure, Subotsky go to same destination as Land Time Forgot, which I will get my hand on one of these days. One of the better films in the McClure adventures, whatever happened to Dana Gillespie? She's alive and well and belting out Blues songs apparently...nice pair of lungs.

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 1977 Quad Poster Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) Quad Art: Victor Gadino

Patrick Wayne * Taryn Power * Margaret Whiting * Jane Seymour * Patrick Troughton

Dramatic art chock full of scenes from the movie.

The Four Feathers 1977 Quad The Four Feathers (1977) Quad Art: Brian Bysouth

Beau Bridges * Robert Powell * Simon Ward * Jane Seymour * Harry Andrews * Richard Johnson

This was a TV miniseries that found it's way into cinema release.

warlords of atlantis 640x480.jpg (141696 bytes) Warlords of Atlantis (1978) Quad Art: Josh Kirby

Doug McClure * Peter Gilmore * Cyd Charisse * Daniel Massey

Amicus, McClure, Subotsky plumb the depths, again. Haven't seen this one so who knows. Cyd Charisse, what's she doing here? Artist Josh Kirby also did all the early Terry Pratchett paperbacks, another great joy of mine. Must have been a bit more disciplined for movie posters, the art isn't quite so Curvy as his paperback style.

Prisoner of the Cannibal God 1978 Quad Poster Prisoner of the Cannibal God (1978) Quad (La Montagna del dio cannibale) Art: Sam Peffer

Ursula Andress * Stacy Keach

Never seen the movie, just love the art! I have a tea mug with this on it, what poster art is all about. No doubt the film is awful. Am I bothered?

Battlestar Galactica 1978 Quad British Poster Battlestar Galactica (1978) Quad

Richard Hatch * Dirk Benedict * Lorne Greene * Herb Jefferson Jr. * Wilfrid Hyde-White * Jane Seymour * Ray Milland

OK, it looks dated now, and the redo it's had recently is so much better, but after Star Wars there was a huge demand for anything with a spaceship and this fit the bill. Some bits made you cringe, the kids and the dog were excruciating, but it has some good bits too. No, really...

Arabian Adventure 1979 Quad Poster Arabian Adventure (1979) Quad Art: Mike Vaughan

Christopher Lee * Milo O'Shea * Oliver Tobias * Emma Samms * Peter Cushing * Puneet Sira

UK 70's movie, low (no) budget and 70's TV stars. Trying to link it to Star Wars in the tagline is pretty blatant. Art is way better than any special effects you will see in this movie.

The Humanoid 1979 Quad Poster The Humanoid (1979) Quad Italy L'Umanoide

Richard Kiel * Corinne Clery * Leonard Mann * Barbara Bach * Arthur Kennedy

Good grief I remember going to see this one, what a mess. Terrible movie, dubbed Jaws from Bond in a leather flying helmet, appalling.

The Shape of Things to Come 1979 Quad Poster Chantrell The Shape of Things to Come (1979) Quad Art: Tom Chantrell

Jack Palance * Carol Lynley * Barry Morse

Nice art...suckie movie. Why is that so often true for Sci-Fi? The only thing this movie has in common with Star Wars is the poster artist.

Battle Beyond The Stars 1980 Quad UK Poster Battle Beyond The Stars (1980) Quad

Richard Thomas * Robert Vaughn * John Saxon * George Peppard * Darlanne Fluegel * Sybil Danning * Sam Jaffe * Jeff Corey * Morgan Woodward

What is it about this movie? On paper it should be awful, a cheap Roger Corman Star Wars bandwagon done in the style of Magnificent 7 rip off. Amazingly, I always found it a real guilty pleasure. John Boy as the hero, Sybil Danning in a stainless steel bra, Robert Vaughn as exactly the same guy he was in M7, George Peppard before he became the flabby leader of the A Team...Apparently other people like it too because for a B Movie, this poster always seems to sell for a lot more than you'd think.

galaxna 640x480.JPG (163562 bytes) Galaxina (1980) Style A 1 Sheet Art: Robert Tanenbaum

Stephen Macht * Avery Schreiber * James David Hinton * Dorothy R. Stratten

Vehicle for the iconic and tragic Dorothy Stratten who I had never heard of (I don't get out much...or stay home alone enough I guess would be more like) until I saw Star 80. The style B version has better artwork of Dorothy and I may try to get that but I like the more Sci-Fi bookish art on this version. I only recently saw the movie and well, its not good, but the poster I like.

Hangar 18 1980 Quad Poster Hangar 18 (1980) Quad Art: Tom Chantrell

Darren McGavin * Robert Vaughn * Gary Collins

1980 was a good year for bad Sci-Fi looks like, cue the x-files music...Always a good idea to put your best special effects into the poster, certainly can't afford to put them into the movie...

The Day Time Ended 1980 Quad Poster The Day Time Ended (1980) Quad

Jim Davis * Christopher Mitchum * Dorothy Malone * Marcy Lafferty

Art promises a lot more than the special effects in this movie can deliver.

Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Quad Art Drew Struzan Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Quad Art: Drew Struzan

Mark Hamill * Harrison Ford * Carrie Fisher * Billy Dee Williams * Anthony Daniels * David Prowse * Peter Mayhew * Kenny Baker * Alec Guinness

Obscure B movie...Oh, OK. I planned to resist Star Wars posters due to their ridiculously high collectability factor. Variations in the details of the art makes it hard to say how rare what you've got actually is. This is an allegedly first release silver background banner for instance. It's a whole sub-genre of poster collecting I am ignorant of and there are fakes out there. I gave in on this one, consolation for missing out on an insanely cheap original 1977 pre-Oscars Star Wars that slipped through my fingers once. I am still in therapy.

Quest for Fire 1981 Quad Poster Quest for Fire (1981) Quad

Everett McGill * Ron Perlman * Nameer El-Kadi * Rae Dawn Chong

Let the grunting begin...sparkling dialog or what?

Clash of the Titans 1981 Quad Poster Clash of the Titans (1981) Quad Art: Roger Huyssen

Harry Hamlin * Burgess Meredith * Ursula Andress * Claire Bloom * Sian Phillips * Flora Robson * Laurence Olivier

I will watch anything by Harryhausen, CGI rocks but, like Nick Parks and those who do it the old fashioned way, his stuff has soul. Nice poster art which seems to come up every other week on Ebay described as "rare". More or less the last of these type of movies.

Heavy Metal 1981 Quad Poster Heavy Metal (1981) Quad Art: Chris Achilleos

Really excellent art from Fantasy artist Chris Achilleos on this poster, the movie is a mixed bag of fantasy short stories, some more coherent than others, based on art and tales from the US version of the French comic magazine Métal Hurlant. The soundtrack was excellent but kept this from video release for many years due to the license wrangling between the various artistes labels.

Heavy Metal 1996 1 Sheet Art Chris Achilleos Heavy Metal (1981) 1 Sheet Art: Chris Achilleos

I think this 1996 One Sheet version was for the long awaited video release.

 

Raiders Of The Lost Ark 1981 Quad Poster Raiders of the Lost Ark Style B (1981) Quad Art: Brian Bysouth

Harrison Ford * Karen Allen * Paul Freeman * Ronald Lacey * John Rhys-Davies * Denholm Elliott * Alfred Molina

The Daily Mirror tagline suggest this is a re-issue and the fact it wasn't that expensive to buy. I like the art though and this movie owes a lot to the 50's adventures above. Other art for this movie is by Richard Amsel but this is my favorite.

Blade Runner 1982 Quad Poster Blade Runner (1982) Quad Art: John Alvin

Harrison Ford * Rutger Hauer * Sean Young * Edward James Olmos * M. Emmet Walsh * Daryl Hannah * Joanna Cassidy

Perfect example of how a movie can be terribly flawed and still brilliant. There are several versions of the artwork, including Video, Special Edition and Directors cut versions, which I must admit I actually think are better than this, more like the US 1-Sheet. This one claims to be from original theatrical release; it has the car advert. I know John Alvin did the 1-Sheet poster art and I believe bits of it are included here too but I could be wrong.

The Sword and the Sorcerer 1982 Quad Poster The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) Quad Art: Bryan Bysouth

Lee Horsley * Kathleen Beller * Simon MacCorkindale * George Maharis * Richard Lynch * Nina Van Pallandt

The trick triple blade firing sword was a bit of a novelty.

Sahara 1983 Quad Poster Art Drew Struzan Sahara (1983) Quad Art: Drew Struzan

Brooke Shields * Lambert Wilson * Horst Buchholz * John Rhys-Davies * Ronald Lacey

Mr Drew has done some pretty good art for 80's flix, much better than photo collages..

Prisoners of the Lost Universe 1983 Quad Poster Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983) Quad Art: Tom Chantrell

Richard Hatch * Kay Lenz * John Saxon * Peter O'Farrell

Well, I admit I have never seen it but the art is what we are all here for, it's either blowing up or bulging out.

Spacehunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 3D 1983 Quad Poster Spacehunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 3D (1983) Quad

Peter Strauss *Molly Ringwald * Ernie Hudson * Andrea Marcovicci * Michael Ironside

Pretty in pink, or Day-Glo apparently. Here because I remember seeing it and thinking I had seen worse. Obviously they expected a franchise series but not successful enough. The art is again not bad for 80's.

Hundra 1983 Quad Poster Hundra (1983) Quad

Laurene Landon * John Ghaffari * María Casal

Oh, I was so happy to get hold of this one...The great thing about obscure, forgotten and derivative bandwagon jumping movies is they often have great art. Love this one,  it is actually a half decent movie too. I am guessing the poster was cheap because nobody seems to have seen it. Also, this is one of those movies that directly links to a time in my life I can remember well.

Starflight One 1983 Quad UK Poster Starflight One (1983) Quad

Lee Majors * Hal Linden * Lauren Hutton * Ray Milland

A disgrace to sci-fi with Airport flavored disaster nonsense but decent poster art.

Dreamscape 1984 1 Sheet Poster Dreamscape (1984) 1 Sheet Art: Drew Struzan

Dennis Quaid * Max Von Sydow * Christopher Plummer * Kate Capshaw

One of those movies I remember going to see that resonated, probably because I spend too much time asleep. Underestimated in my opinion. I haven't seen it on TV for a while. Art is looking for an Indiana Jones audience.

Romancing the Stone 1984 Quad Poster Romancing the Stone (1984) Quad Art: Mike Bell

Michael Douglas * Kathleen Turner * Danny DeVito * Zack Norman

Yet another Indiana Jones wannabe and guilty pleasure. Douglas back when his old man was the old man.

Jewel of the Nile 1985 Quad Poster Jewel of the Nile (1985) Quad

Michael Douglas * Kathleen Turner * Danny DeVito * Spiros Focás * Avner Eisenberg

Charmless sequel to Romancing the Stone that is only here because I am a sad anorak who can't resist completing a set. Art's not bad but not as good as the original, same as the movie really.

Lifeforce 1985 Quad UK Poster Lifeforce (1985) Quad

Steve Railsback * Peter Firth * Frank Finlay * Mathilda May * Patrick Stewart * Michael Gothard * Nicholas Ball

One I remember seeing but memorable only for the extreme perkiness of Ms May who seemed to vanish from US movies after this. Other than it's vaguely about space vampires, the rest is a blur.

King Solomons Mines 1985 Quad Poster King Solomons Mines (1985) Quad

Richard Chamberlain * Sharon Stone * Herbert Lom * John Rhys-Davies

Richard Chamberlain as the adventurer in a hat who looks a bit like another famous behatted adventurer and unknown Sharon Stone who screams a lot. Of course Indian Jones was inspired by serials and earlier adventure movies such as, um, King Solomon's Mines. There's just nothing new is there? Great poster for an OK'ish if you aren't expecting Raiders film.

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 1986 Quad Poster Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) Quad

Richard Chamberlain * Sharon Stone * James Earl Jones * Henry Silva * Cassandra Peterson

Second outing for this blatant Indiana Jones rip off...which itself, of course, is a rip off of earlier movie adventures. So I guess the circle is complete and ever going...Stone was still a B girl when this was made, she didn't get noticed until Total Recall really. Rare acting appearance of Elvira's owner-operator briefly pops up too, blink and you'll miss it.

Peggy Sue Got Married 1986 Quad Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Quad

Kathleen Turner * Nicolas Cage * Barry Miller * Catherine Hicks * Joan Allen * Jim Carrey

Probably miss categorizing this but what the hell, it was marketed as a distaff Back To The Future when it came out.

The Return of the Musketeers 1989 Quad The Return of the Musketeers (1989) Quad

Michael York * Oliver Reed * Frank Finlay * C. Thomas Howell * Kim Cattrall * Roy Kinnear * Christopher Lee * Richard Chamberlain

Back together again, a long time since their last outing and definitely the worse for wear but amazing to have a consistent cast.

Judge Dredd 1995 Quad Poster Judge Dredd (1995) Quad Teaser

Sylvester Stallone * Diane Lane * Armand Assante * Max von Sydow

Well, I Got 2000AD fairly religiously for a long time so anticipated this as much as every other anorak. If Stallone had enough ego security to keep his helmet on throughout the whole film I would have had more respect for him and to be fair, he had the Dredd look, helmet on. They got the look of the comic right too for most of the film. Maybe it's the too high anticipation but it just isn't that good, way too much Stallone being Stallone once the helmet is off.

Mars Attacks! 1996 Quad Art Philip Castle Mars Attacks! (1996) Quad Art: Philip Castle

Jack Nicholson * Glenn Close * Annette Bening * Pierce Brosnan * Danny DeVito * Martin Short * Sarah Jessica Parker * Michael J. Fox * Rod Steiger * Tom Jones * Pam Grier * Lisa Marie

OK, way too modern to be in here really but I love this movie so it's a good place to stop. Impressive cast for a movie based on trading card art. I always thought it was under appreciated for a Tim Burton film. Wobbly spaceships in the best tradition's of B movies, over the top acting and some great miming from Martian Girl borrowing one of Jayne Mansfield's 50's bra's...love it.

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