post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/718cOolW6aL._SL1212_.jpg

Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

https://fffmovieposters.com/wp-content/uploads/36050.jpg

Summer School Teachers (1974)

Great stuff. Here's some more from the guy: http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2012/04/john-solies-movie-posters.html

Oh, cool!

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71q4IY%2BEE3L._AC_SY445_.jpg

Out of Sight, 1966

Good one! The rest of the Lenny Weinrib filmography qualifies as well:

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/bbdjvEDyurR6rwOjEXI359GRtjk.jpg

Beach Ball (1965)

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/yYCAWhtkkwvvfPOvWhUfBObyYDP.jpg

Wild, Wild Winter (1966)

the tagline of Out Of Sight has sent Epic by Faith No More running through my head (never a bad thing)

hahaa

there's something subtly really bad about the wild wild winter one. Maybe it's the way the brunette in right is stepping on the head while getting a ski up her butt. Also the weird non-straight "cut-out" wild wild songs, the way the "guest star" boxes don't really balance out the giant blonde, the black bar that just stops 3/4 of the way across the top, etc.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGY2Y2YyOTQtZmU3YS00NTFkLWExMmItNmVjZDgyMDYyN2RmL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjQ2MjQ5NzM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,657,1000_AL_.jpg

The Passion Potion (1971)

thread title should really be "post movie posters done in a horny/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s"

an abundant sub-genre, for sure

https://media-cache.cinematerial.com/p/500x/ix05vitx/linda-lovelace-for-president-finnish-vhs-movie-cover.jpg?v=1547490022

Linda Lovelace For President, 1975

In the retro pile: CBS going for this aesthetic in promo images for their police sitcom "No Activity":

https://resizing.flixster.com/7DJT9FRn9jn_l1Ni1Ntnb7yBwdg=/fit-in/1152x864/v1.bjsyNDMzMDY1O2o7MTg0MzM7MTIwMDsyMDQ4OzE1MzY

https://posteritati.com/posters/000/000/029/489/youre-a-big-boy-now-md-web.jpg

You're A Big Boy Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1966)

til that there's an American remake of No Activity starring Jesse Plemons, Jason Mantzoukas, Cristin Milioti, Bob Odenkirk, Amy Sedaris, Chris Gethard, JK Simmons and Joe Mangianello, that still stars the Australian lead and is still entirely directed and substantially written by the Australian writer/director

https://img.moviepostershop.com/black-marble-movie-poster-1980-1020232859.jpg

The Black Marble, 1980

the marketing campaign wrote itself the moment the studio learned they'd locked down JOSEPH WAMBAUGH

I’ve always wanted to see that one but it seems to be available nowhere.

In contrast to conventionally heroic fictional policemen, Wambaugh brought a gritty texture to his flawed police characters.

WAMBAUGH

RIP Mort Drucker

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/04/10/obituaries/10Drucker6/09Drucker6-superJumbo.jpg

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/arts/mort-drucker-dead.html?smid=em-share

RIP Brian Dennehy

https://fffmovieposters.com/wp-content/uploads/53043.jpg

The Check Is in the Mail..., 1985

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1NDY0NDk3Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTAzMTM3NA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,666,1000_AL_.jpg

carl!

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1NDY0NDk3Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTAzMTM3NA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,666,1000_AL_.jpg

btw if that works

Someone suggested this one to me on my Letterboxd list version of this thread, so why not:

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/8JOzt7uFZyshcuzCBmYU6CDJL4D.jpg

The Rules of the Game, 1939

Speaking of Criterion covers...

https://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/tcpmedia/iwannaholdblu01.jpg

Sorel is getting v far from the remit of the thread imo, but it's nice to look at, so

That Rules of the Game cover is wild.

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SmCj_suiRHY/XrGkCv5Ox_I/AAAAAAAAOCc/QmM88jFAGOcpD8cgeQVq-KWqG3Rs2R8ywCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/American%2BTickler.jpg

American Tickler, 1977

"The Grateful For Any Time Players", hmm

https://i.imgur.com/PPZBPQr.jpg

Ok, look. I see what's happening here, but that's not the Joan Summer I was looking for.

Taking of Pelham looks like it could be a MAD fold-in.

anyway, back to the hits.

Hometown U.S.A. (1979)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2MyODNlYzYtMTU3Ni00NDAxLWE0NTctMjFiMzFmZmJiYjBjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5MjA3OA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,658,1000_AL_.jpg

7 months late on this one, but i bet the movie title C.O.D. stands for CarOl Davis, who is a star of the film!

Swap Meet
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmQ1MDljMjEtYzE5OS00MDI4LTk1MTMtZmIzY2QyOWI4MzkwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_.jpg

Scavenger Hunt
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmEzY2I1NGYtOWJlYS00Y2ZkLWJkMTYtMDY3MWU2MGM0MGZlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI4MjA5MzA@._V1_.jpg

beat midnight madness to screens by a year!

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51y5T2PbxbL._SY445_.jpg

Y'all ready for this?

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/xjLdD0BkbLKXO9HI6jeveVJ1suM.jpg

Meatballs III: Summer Job, 1986

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/eoMBHQLUny9jyyHM7fQBubSABs3.jpg

The Pink Chiquitas, 1987

https://alchetron.com/cdn/Rebel-High-images-8147d397-93fb-4ff2-a757-87dbac894ab.jpg

Rebel High, 1987

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX010M55L._AC_.jpg

The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck, 1975

https://pics.filmaffinity.com/the_park_is_mine_tv-164637507-large.jpg

The Park is Mine, 1986

https://www.filmonpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/WelcomeToBloodCity_onesheet_UK-1-500x738.jpg

Welcome to Blood City, 1977

And finally, while I am not always a fan of self-conscious modern day attempts at the style, this is a decent attempt:

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/uM0kH9ekRAoMccB5AsmVxduJ12w.jpg

Ryan's Babe, 2000

That Drew Struyzan Meatballs III poster is so beautifully painted. I daresay more care and craft was expended on it than the movie itself.

the Rebel High one looks like it was done as a collaboration between Struzan and Sienkiewicz, in about three hours

A dog lifting its leg to pee on something seems like it should be a bigger staple of these posters.

Every time this thread pops up I think of the Tuna Fishin' poster from Mr. Show.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2NlY2I2ODctY2QxZi00NjRmLTlmYmItN2UwNGRjNGY2NDMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_UY1200_CR80,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg