New year equals new posters right? Yeah, 'Buy more posters on Ebay' was more or less the extent of my New Years resolutions. Nothing beats setting personal goals and striving to make oneself a better person, amiright? Anyway, when I bought my first wave of posters, the plan was to eventually expand my collection and rotate the ones I had on display every couple of months. Sort of like pictures on a calendar.
First up we have William Castle's 1959 film 'House on Haunted Hill'. This movie is a throwback to the Old Dark House genre - 'Cat and the Canary' and 'And then there were None' type stuff. Love the way it looks like a pulp mystery novel cover.
And while we're on the subject of mysteries, here's the 1946 republic serial 'The Crimson Ghost'. It's been a few years since I've seen this one, so I don't remember many of the details, but it's one of those 'One of these four-to-six people on a board of executives is secretly a masked villain running the criminal underworld - - - and we only have twelve-to-fifteen chapters to figure out which one!' type serials. A bit like 'Manhunt of Mystery Island'. And speaking of 'Manhunt' 'Crimson Ghost' also has serial queen Linda Stirling as the Leading Lady.
No movie poster collection is complete without a few Universal Monsters. Here's 1943's 'Frankenstein meets The Wolf Man!' This is the first in a series of crossover Monster films. Nerds and Hipsters site this as the first example of the Cinematic Universe.
And speaking of the Universal Monsters, here's the one that INTRODUCED me to the franchise. 1954's 'Creature from the Black Lagoon.' I think this one will look nice hanging up next to my 'The Green Slime' poster.
-Geekboy.
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