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With the recent release of the slasher film, Halloween, a reboot of the 1978 classic, we explore the films that scared the living daylights out of you as a child. Next month sees the 30th anniversary of the horror-comedy Child’s Play, which introduced the childhood-scarring Chucky to the world and featured in many a nightmares. Also, theres a new version of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary to be released in. 2019, bringing back memories of the 1989 movie adaptation which also rattled me to the core. Sometimes dead is better they say. Here are some other characters from the world of movie and TV which scared people as kids. Wide and varied featuring viewing traumas, stemming from scares in supposedly child-friendly films, to movies and TV that they definitely shouldn't have been...

Drew Struzan is movie poster artist, with a career spanning more than 3 decades and known for his illustration work on more than 150 movie posters. Here we offer a glimpse into the illustrated world of movie posters by Drew Struzan. Over the last 30 years he has created some of the most iconic movie posters known, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Blade Runner. George Lucas has dubbed him "the only collectible artist since World War II”, Steven Spielberg said that he is my "favourite movie artist" and The Boston Globe described his as “the last of the great poster artists”. Just like one of my other favourite movie poster artists Robert McGinnis, Drew Struzan has also drawn and painted book covers as well as...

From Anatomy of a Murder (by Saul Bass) to The Thing (by Drew Struzan) a good movie poster can very much be about the work of art as much as its about the film. So why are so many recently released modern posters so uninspiring? Is the industry in crisis? Are we witnessing the end of original movie poster design? Will the movie poster survive in the digital age? Scarface, Pulp Fiction, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Trainspotting and Chinatown: all instant classics with a unique and punchy movie poster design, which neither misrepresented nor undersold the film. Once so respected and venerated an artform, the movie poster has become a functional product; carelessly Photoshopped, cropped and stuffed with explosions until logic, sense and any artistic ambition have been ruthlessly abando...

Know all the secrets of everyones favourite swashbuckling, cocktail-sipping superspy 007, here are 11 things you probably didn't know about James Bond. Having spent over 50 years as a cultural phenomenon, defeating plans for world destruction and riding on insane vehicles — and along the way, he's had more than his fair share of weird stories and strange interludes. Now it's time to explore the secret history of 007. Did you know that Ian Fleming first sold the rights to adapt James Bond for just $1,000? In 1954 Ian Fleming sold the television rights to Casino Royale to CBS for $1,000. The television production done that same year was the first screen adaptation of James Bond and starred Barry Nelson as part of the anthology series Climax Mystery Theater. CBS adapted the story to app...

Developed by digital artist/designer and illustrator Mike Mahle, this collection of alternative James Bond posters takes iconic elements from the 007 films over the years and utilises them within each poster. I didn’t want to depict certain scenes or characters, but rather just create a conceptual design.” Mike Mahle Mike said, “In 2012–2013 I worked on creating a poster for each and every official 007 films. I didn’t want to depict certain scenes or characters, but rather just create a conceptual design based on each particular film. In the end, I did all 23 films, along with two more posters that are more in line with the literary versions. I’m hoping to keep this series going by creating a new poster for each new 007 film as it is released”. For instance, the Tomorrow Never Die...

Vintage movie posters from some of Hollywood classic movies and featuring notable stars such as Sir Laurence Olivier, John Wayne and Faye Fonda have been discovered after being used as carpet underlay for more than 70 years. While completing renovations on a late former Cardiff cinema owners property, two builders discovered the huge collection of 120 posters in an almost perfect condition. The perfectly preserved posters, with the biggest, measuring 7ft 2in by 6ft 5in and feature actors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Laurence Olivier, Henry Fonda and John Wayne. It wasn’t just the sheer volume of them that was impressive, but the condition was fantastic considering their age and the imposing size of the twelve-sheet posters.” Ben Rogers Jones (Auctioneer) Included in the find wa...

In 2011 a collection of movie posters were found. Within the find of 33 classic and incredibly rare posters dating back as far as 1930 were some examples previously thought to have been lost forever. They were found in a small county auction in Berwick, Pennsylvania, United States in several lots stuck together with wallpaper paste. Prior to the auction they were being used in a loft as insulation. The anonymous purchaser who paid approximately $30,000, split one of the stacks and realised they were movie posters.  These posters are among the rarest, most sought after ‘Holy Grail’ pieces.” Grey Smith The pictures below show the poster stacks in there original condition. The images are provided by Matt Johnston aka Harry Caul of Marquee Poster and originally featured on All Poster ...

From within the dark and gloom of a disused passageway at Notting Hill tube station in West London, comes an astonishing array of vintage posters from 1950s bursting with colour and offering a fascinating insight into London’s past. The posters were discovered in 2010, when workman were completing modernisation work at the tube station’s old lift passageway. In the 1950s the lifts were removed from the station and replaced with escalators and the passageway had remained unused since. The posters include advertisements for the Ideal Home Exhibition and Pepsodent toothpaste, and a host of evocative movie posters, including these striking designs promoting two British comedies released in 1959. Movie posters show the films currently being screened nearby, from The Horse's Mouth st...

In 2015 a collection of movie posters were discovered under a linoleum floor in southern Pennsylvania, United States. The find of 17 classic and incredibly rare posters holds lost pieces of Hollywood history which includes never-before-seen posters such as Sporting Blood from 1931, which was Clark Gable's first starring role and the Style D one sheet for Tarzan The Ape Man and have an estimated worth of more than $140,000. They were discovered by Bob and Dylan Basta who were renovating a back room in their father's newly-purchased home. Once they removed the floor they discovered of layers of newspapers from the 1940s and movie posters from obscure films they had never heard of. They quickly called their father, Robert, to report the discovery. Robert said many people would place pap...

Commander James Bond is a Senior Operational Officer with British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). He is the most valuable member of the ultra-covert elite force within Her Majesty's Secret Service known as the Double O branch. Known by his code number OO7, the members of which are literally licensed to kill in the performance of his duties. In this James Bond anthology we celebrate the world’s most famous fictional spy, covering the history of James Bond from his creation by Ian Fleming to the adaption of James Bond in the film series, the actors who have played him through the years, the James Bond film series and the iconic villains that James Bond has faced through the last five decades.

Drew Struzan was born on 14th May 1947 and is an artist known for his movie poster artwork, which includes all the films in the Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars series. He also completed work on others such as Big Trouble in Little China, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Blade Runner, The Thing, Cannonball Run and Jurassic Park. In his early career also painted album covers for many well-known artists and later in his career moved into collectables and book covers. Drew Struzan studied at the Art Center College of Design, West Los Angeles, California. During an interview with a career advisor, he was asked about his interests and gave Drew a choice between fine art or illustration. Describing the two career paths he said, as a fine artist he could paint what he wan...

Thomas Jung (known as Tom Jung) was born on 13th February 1942 and is an advertising art director, graphic designer and illustrator who is best known for his movie poster artwork and his work as a motion picture storyboard artist. Tom has worked on movie poster artwork for films such as Doctor Zhivago, Grand Prix, Le Mans, Star Wars, The Dogs of War, The Empire Strikes Back and Once Upon a Time in America. Tom Jung studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Whilst he was studying he was drafted into the Army and during this time while stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, he worked on the newspaper Fort Jackson Leader as an editorial cartoonist, designing and illustrating primarily public service communications. Following his discharge fr...

Who are Mondo and how did it all start? In 1997, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain was founded and opened its first cinema in Austin, Texas. The building was located in the warehouse district and at the time was being used as a parking garage. To distinguished itself from all the other cinemas they offered a food and drink service inside the cinema, including cold beers. The seating was arranged with rows of cabaret style tables in front of each row of seats, with an aisle between each row to accommodate the waiter service. Customers would write their orders on slips of paper, which are then picked up by black-clad waiters. In July 2004, Tim and Karrie League sold the brand, including the brand name, intellectual property and rights to all future Alamo Drafthouse expansion to the A...

In this article we will cover the documented movie poster discoveries that have been made in recent years. We have seen some major discoveries, featuring never before seen images from some of the world most notable actors. Through the article we will cover how they were found and what happened to them once discovered. Early Movie Posters As Bruce Hershenson explained in his article History of Movie Posters, for many movies there is no known movie poster to exist, and for many others only lobby cards, stills or window cards are known. I know of at least ten occasions where someone has been remodelling their house in the 1990s and discovered posters in the walls or under the floor. Bruce Hershenson It is very unusual to find a pre-1938 movie posters from a major studio where mor...

Richard Amsel was born on 4th December 1947 and passed away on 17th November 1985. He was an illustrator and graphic designer. Unfortunately, his career was brief after being struck down with illness but stunningly successful, entailing a wide variety of commercial illustration work including album and magazine covers, it is perhaps Richard Amsel's movie posters artwork that remains the most popular. His portrait of comedian Lily Tomlin for the cover of Time Magazine is now part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. He also was associated with TV Guide for thirteen years. Richard Amsel studied at the Philadelphia College of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While he was studying his proposed poster art for Barbra Streisand’s musical Hello, Dolly!...