One sheet...

Film posters carry a lot of weight, they are usually the first images you see of a film, well that's how it was before the days of the internet hype machine. Drew Struzan was the man behind all the coolest posters when I was growing up. Now there is a documentary telling his story as one of the most recognizable and influential movie poster artists of all time.

It seems he's not the only one with the eye for misty film light. Check out Jerry Vanderstelt...

More brilliant posters...

Postercabaret.com is based in Austin, Texas and they have some cool film posters reworked by artists... Very cool.

Mash up...

Movie poster mash up...

Terrorvision....

We all like a bit of Horror here at Doghouse towers, well, ironically with the exception of me, actually. Cosmo can usually be spotted sporting a lovely Fright Rag tee most days of the week, so this post is really for him.

Andrew Lindstrom of wellmedicated.com has kindly compiled a visual list of some of the most fantastic horror movie posters. They're split into Part One and Part Two.

I read this little tip off in February's edition of Creative Review.... great find, even if it was discovered a few months after he posted.

In fact, Andrew seems to have lots of interesting poster compilations, but the Horror posters really caught my eye and remind me that movie poster design has changed so much - and in my opinion has become a bit lame. There are of course regular exceptions, but in the absence of an outstanding exception why not enjoy these wonderful posters of days gone by....

Holy Rusty Metal...

Last June Mookomatic posted about the strange Eddie Murphy and the Chunky Red Type Conspiracy.... There have been a few second rate comedy's with similar layout since, (The Proposal, Bunch of Amateurs, Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Rebound, The Boat That Rocked, Son of Rambo, Step Brothers, Drillbit Taylor and Bride Wars) but recently I've noticed a couple of other copy cats. Aside from studios mirroring each others releases (Bedtime Stories and Inkheart) they seem to be mirroring each others poster campaigns, again. I have recently seen trailers for up and coming Hollywood comedies: Fried Up, Sex Drive and Role Models. All seem to be favouring an orange and white colour way. Interestingly, between noting these links and posting I have had trouble finding examples online. Maybe they have noticed the similarities and started to change their looks.

I'm sure it's not too important in the whole scheme of things, I just thought if studios are spending out on poster design they'd have a look at what their neighbours are doing. Or perhaps that's the reason why they all look similar?

Bark bark...

We're not flying BA, don't worry, just drink your milk...

Whilst I was debating which flavor biscuit to have this morning - chicken or liver - I stumbled across the coolest looking website. Amazingly for milk. Or more precisely for the American ad campaign Got Milk?

I found it after reading an article on Posterwire about the Movie Poster of the Year 2007 awards. Looking back at 2006's awards it seems that Lionsgate marketing and Art Machine film ad agency have done very well in recent years with their quirky, seemingly independent films and poster designs. I followed links to the Lord of War article (also Lionsgate and Art Machine) and the teaser banner - Got Guns?

The best movie poster of 2007 turns up to be an interesting choice - rejecting some of the more obvious summer blockbusters - Transformers and 300. There is also a link to a good interview with Blade Runner poster illustrator John Alvin and the thought behind the 2000 re-hash/re-envisioning of one of the most iconic posters in Sci-fi movie history. The changes are so subtle that I hadn't even noticed the difference when my Blade Runner re-butcher DVD turned up earlier this year. Think I was just too excited to see it again, rather than study the box. Plus not being able to distinguish colors doesn't help.
Bark.