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Gallery of Exploitation Movie Art
Ever rent a movie based on the cover art alone?
Back in the day, movie distributors would make up lurid movie posters to lure schmucks in to going to see their movie based on promises made on the poster art. Sometimes the movies s@cked, but most of the time they were just as trashy as the posters that advertised them. Here are just some of our favorites...
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"We are going to eat you!"
Lucio Fulci's 1980 classic "Zombie" had one of the most simple posters ever, but for some reason it worked. D'ya think it might have been because of the threat of bodily violation from the decomposed bugger on the poster? Hmmmmmm.... |
Why won't I feel safe again in the dark?
When a film challenges you to "feel safe again" after viewing it, you know that your basic instinct is to prove it wrong. Of course, when the film lives up to it's promise, at least you can say it advertised truthfully! |
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High quality artistry is also used...
...but not on this poster. What exactly is "screaming, savage blood death" anyway? |
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"The story of a woman possessed!"
"Abby" is the unltimate blaxploitation film and one of the genre's best. Carol Speed plays a young woman possessed by the devil who needs an exorcist (William "Blacula" Marshall) to cleanse her soul. Sound familiar? It sure did to Bill Blatty...
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"Who will survive and what will be left of them?"
Just thinking about nubile young people being carved up for barbecue is enough to entice the average gorehound. But asking what (if anything) will be left after the fact is something that even the most curious will find interest in. |
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Sexploitation, anyone?
Abel Ferrara's 1981 flick "Ms. 45" is one of the best examples of the revenge genre. But looking at the poster, it appears that sex is the selling point, not revenge.
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Sometimes the poster doesn't give you a clue...
...what the movie is about. But with a character as interesting as "Pinhead" on the cover, it will definitely pique your interest. |
