Invisible Invaders (United Artists, 1959)
There's a helluva lot of action going on in that poster for a movie that runs 67 minutes and lifts all of its action scenes bodily from old serials. Still, it's kinda fun, and it sure seems like George Romero must have seen this on the late show sometime in the mid 60's...
Rosemary's Baby (Paramount, 1968)
A classic creepfest from producer William Castle and director Roman Polanski - and an absolutely knockout poster.
Slaughter in San Francisco (Golden Harvest, 1974)
This Hong Kong chopsocky flick was originally supposed to star Bruce Lee, but he had a falling out with director Wei Lo (don't believe that Americanized credit on the poster!) and the film was shelved. Later, it was put back into production with an actor named Don Wong taking over the lead role. It was filmed in San Francisco but was only released overseas in the mid 70's, with Chuck Norris in a few brief appearances as the villain. It was not released in America until 1981 (!) after Chuck had become a better known quantity thanks to his heroic roles in movies like Good Guys Wear Black and The Octagon. As the poster above shows - the film distributors did not let Chuck's limited screen time prevent them from featuring him rather prominently on the poster and above the title...
Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!
Love that Rosemary's Baby poster. Very sinister and creepy like the film.
ReplyDeleteChuck looks like Kung Foo Ken from the Malibu Barbie collection. LOL
The same week I feature one of the WORST posters I've ever posted - The Forsaken - I also feature one of the BEST of all time - Rosemary's Baby!
DeleteBoy, he really does! My wife has one of those guys - and I think they used one for the artist to draw from! LOL!
I'm with Mel. That Rosemary's baby poster is simply awesome.
ReplyDeleteLol at the silly "Slaughter" poster. Don't worry, he was also featured prominently in German-speaking countries.
Check the cover:http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=fassung&fid=3904&vid=17890
And I'm with both of you on that one, Harry!
DeleteI'm so glad Chuck made it to the German speaking contries! Wunderbar!
Craig, that should be Chuck Norris' slogan: He can be hazardous to your health.
ReplyDeleteHe should have a government warning like cigarettes! But one thing - who gets the assignment to put the sticker on him?
DeleteCraig: LOVE LOVE LOVE these! Invisible Invaders...24 hours to surrender!? Ok, I gotta see this for sure.
ReplyDeleteRosemary's Baby -- absolutely stunning poster art. And one of my all time favorite films. I've seen it many times and read the book again and again. The film inspires me in my own filmmaking projects. I love the suspense of this. It's so exciting to see Rosemary's journey of discovery about the satanists. I love it when she stops wearing the weird necklace and when she gets the books on satanism at the library. And the scrabble game scene is CREEPY as HELL! Cinematically the movie is a winner on all levels. The shots are beautiful and the editing is brilliant. I could go on but not enough tiime...
As for Chuck Norris -- LOL Melissa - Kung Fu Ken! I love those Chuck Norris jokes. The guy totally ROCKS!
Don't hold out high hopes for Invisible Invaders - keep those expectations LOW and you might have some fun.
DeleteIt is a classic - high on creep factor for sure. I'm thrilled William Castle got to step away from the B pictures for this big studio flick.
It's Chuck's world - we just live in it.
Cheers!