The Hammer Dracula Thread.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

The BD of this is only £7 on Amazon at the moment - a steal for such a fantastic release of a classic film.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Did anyone see the knackered Dracula one sheet go for £6000 on Flog It just now?



Also the Dr Terrors House of Horrors one that went for over a grand?

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Did anyone see the knackered Dracula one sheet go for £6000 on Flog It just now?



Also the Dr Terrors House of Horrors one that went for over a grand?

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Did anyone see the knackered Dracula one sheet go for £6000 on Flog It just now?



Also the Dr Terrors House of Horrors one that went for over a grand?

Gosh!

As regular readers know, I used to work in a cinema, and one day, when doing some 'deep cleaning', I found a secret room, just off the gents toilet!

On entering it, I discovered it was full of posters, which were being kept in storage

Obviously, it was my duty to liberate them, and set them free!!!!

I now have the original posters for (amongst others) 'War of the Worlds' (1953 version), 'The Fly' (Cronenberg), 'Alien 3', 'Rocky Horror', 'Innocent Blood', 'Woodstock' and 'The Assassin' ('Point of No Return' for our US cousins - the remake of 'Nikita') neatly scrunched up in some old Tesco bags

Wonder if they are worth anything interesting

[Cinematic Shocks]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Gosh!

As regular readers know, I used to work in a cinema, and one day, when doing some 'deep cleaning', I found a secret room, just off the gents toilet!

On entering it, I discovered it was full of posters, which were being kept in storage

Obviously, it was my duty to liberate them, and set them free!!!!

I now have the original posters for (amongst others) 'War of the Worlds' (1953 version), 'The Fly' (Cronenberg), 'Alien 3', 'Rocky Horror', 'Innocent Blood', 'Woodstock' and 'The Assassin' ('Point of No Return' for our US cousins - the remake of 'Nikita') neatly scrunched up in some old Tesco bags

Wonder if they are worth anything interesting

I think the original poster for the ’53 version of War of the Worlds would be worth a bit.

[bleakshaun]

I'd say the Rocky Horror and The Fly posters may be worth a bit

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

As someone who used to collect posters, Susan, the War of the Worlds one would be the most valuable. Get it framed and valued. If it's in decent condition you might be surprised.

Rocky Horror will also be valuable but i think you should keep that for yourself.

The Fly, The Assassin, and Alien 3 not so much as there were a hell of a lot of them about. Used to see loads at film fairs.

The Woodstock one could well be the most valuable given the right market - New York.

Whilst i type i'm thinking the Woodstock and War of the Worlds ones might well be reissues unless especially in the case of War, unless it had been in the store room for 40 years. Reissues are worth less than original release posters sadly.

Film posters are seen as art nowadays. So it's not always the film itself which is the selling point.

[bleakshaun]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

As someone who used to collect posters, Susan, the War of the Worlds one would be the most valuable. Get it framed and valued. If it's in decent condition you might be surprised.

Rocky Horror will also be valuable but i think you should keep that for yourself.

The Fly, The Assassin, and Alien 3 not so much as there were a hell of a lot of them about. Used to see loads at film fairs.

The Woodstock one could well be the most valuable given the right market - New York.

Whilst i type i'm thinking the Woodstock and War of the Worlds ones might well be reissues unless especially in the case of War, unless it had been in the store room for 40 years. Reissues are worth less than original release posters sadly.

Film posters are seen as art nowadays. So it's not always the film itself which is the selling point.

at London Film and Comic Con, there was a stall full of vintage posters and some of them were going for 3 digit sums, so......you never know

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bleakshaun

at London Film and Comic Con, there was a stall full of vintage posters and some of them were going for 3 digit sums, so......you never know

Sellers will always put their prices up at places like Comic Con as the market is right there before them.

You can get Fly originals for as little as a tenner depending on condition and which poster art it is. Same goes for Alien 3.

As i said there were a hell of a lot of them about,

[SilverSurfer]

I did have quite a few film posters,Ones I remember were.....

He Knows Your'e Alone
Enter the Dragon
Halloween
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Live and Let Die
The Man with the Golden Gun (which I hear is worth quite a bit now)
Alien
The Exorcist
Straw Dogs
Some old Carry On films.
and a lot more film memorabilia as well as non film stuff was up there.

We were in the middle of a move and some bugger decided to torch our house (luckily no one was in it at the time as we we all getting our new place ready ) and well you can guess how I felt.