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

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

is that poster by Sam Viviano?

someone please change their user name to "the 'm*a*s*h' of socialized medicine!"

King Kung Fu needs the "NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH KING KONG" sticker. i'm confused. that would help.

Related matter: how many of these movies are copycats and/or homages to previous successful films? The mockbuster phenomenon is as old as the film industry.

for the comedies it's gotta be like 95% - the sheer profit ratio and low barrier-to-entry of M*A*S*H, American Graffiti, Smokey and the Bandit, Animal House and Airplane! made a spree of ripoffs inevitable for each one.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjAyNDA1MDc3MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTgxOTM2NA@@._V1_UY1200_CR84,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg

^ The Night They Raided Minsky's, 1968

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzE4Njg1NzctOTljMC00MzBkLTk1NzMtZGI1YjhlMzI0Y2E3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTE4NzE2NjE@._V1_UY1200_CR110,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg

Flush, 1982

Came up in that search. Hadn't seen one of these for this film before...

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/61/77/22/13104278/3/rawImage.jpg

Fast Times At Ridgemont High, 1982

actually it seems like it was just being called "Fast Times" there? Must have been a really early poster?

Looking closer at the bottom right corner, it says "Printed In England", so I guess it's the Brit poster?

Lads?

https://www.blackhorrormovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Old-Dracula-large.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Vampiraposter.jpg

Old Dracula/Vampira, 1974

Count Dracula is an old vampire who, because of his advanced age, is forced to host tours of his castle to get new victims. In an attempt to revive his long-lost love, Vampira, Dracula sets out to collect blood from the bevy of Playboy Playmates living at his castle. However, one of the Playmates whose blood is drained is black, turning the revived Vampira into a black woman.

Dracula enthralls the hapless Marc to collect blood from three white women in hopes of restoring Vampira's original skin color. Dracula transfuses the blood into her but she is unchanged; however, her bite turns Dracula black. Marc and his love Angela race to destroy Dracula but are taken aback upon seeing Dracula's new skin tone. Their surprise gives the vampires time to slip away to catch a flight to Rio for Carnival.

this sounds appalling, appalling, and also I must see it

that sounds like it would be extremely fun to see in a pub

wow at the Fast Times one. Flush and Old Dracula also great finds. may the well never run dry!

it's on YouTube

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/hxPe1qp9FfsqArIs5XEQU6xFXbT.jpg

Code Name, Wild Geese, 1984

https://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/made/content/uploads/images/tplsaawpts1_465_702_int.jpg

Loose Shoes, 1977/80

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/tight_pussy_loose_shoes_and_a_warm_place_to_shit_the_song_parody_that_trasc

Do we have a thread for old video game covers? There were a LOT of busy covers for the Commodore 64 and Spectrum etc, as I recall it. Always weird to look at the cover, then at the actual blobby pixelated oddness of the actual games.

https://giantbomb1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/scale_small/7/73970/3156592-jack_the_nipper_ii_in_coconut_capers_spec_1_1.jpg
Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers, 1987

solid thread potential there imo

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTAyYTVmZTYtZjY4Yy00ZWVmLWFmMzMtM2FlNjQ5YzRlODdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjAxMjEzNzU@._V1_UY1200_CR86,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg

Beverly Hills Brats, 1989

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzRlNmQ3MjYtZDhmNi00M2I2LWE0YTktN2I2Y2NmZmJlZjFhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODc0OTEyNDU@._V1_.jpg

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Uvoctd0fL._AC_SY450_.jpg

Victor Victoria, 1982

sometimes I think heaven on earth would be extant 35mm prints and posters of all the films mentioned in this thread, along with a private screening room, a robot projectionist, endless ___________, and freedom. Freedom from the pain of this world

totally

also opening up the hype block with "Starring BURT YOUNG..." never really a great sign

I didn't know Peter Billingsley was in other movies.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E5NTDB/train-ride-to-hollywood-us-poster-1975-E5NTDB.jpg

Train Ride To Hollywood, 1975

https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/56a76af5-9bcb-41ce-9c7c-7a4e6a971e6d_1.f05f3cc57e99baf48b70623f91827053.jpeg?odnWidth=612&odnHeight=612&odnBg=ffffff

The Last Porno Flick/Those Mad, Mad Moviemakers, 1974

I guess this would count, no?

https://flixchatter.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/french-dispatch-poster.jpeg

The French Dispatch, 2020(?)

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing 1975

(A favourite film as a kid and a good caper, but Peter Ustinov in yellow face means I have no interest in watching it again)

https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F7%2F1%2F6%2F4%2F17164342%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D

I'm Alright Jack 1960

https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B2%2F9%2F8%2F2%2F2982515%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D

The harder they come 1972

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTQ5MzgzOGEtZDM5ZS00OGJlLWExZGUtODg4ZGM2MzFlNzk3L2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5MjA3OA@@._V1_.jpg

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The Harder They Come is K-Lassic. Always reminds me of the Tower Records mural in Austin:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/86/cb/c7/86cbc7ad7e3a478fdfe92446427b67b6.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWJlOGY2MjctMDA0Ni00NzYxLWJiYWItNmQ3MDA5NGE1YWQwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDUzMTYzNjc@._V1_UY1200_CR80,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg

Return To Campus, 1975

Sometimes it amazes me just how many movies exist.

https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F2%2F0%2F120433%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D

The Brothers O'Toole, 1973