He is author of James Bond Movie Posters, co-author of Hitchcock Poster Art and co-editor with Graham Marsh of the Film Poster books by the decade which haveīeen published in this series before. Tony Nourmand is co-owner of The Reel Poster Gallery in London, the premiere international gallery for original, vintage film posters. Movie-goers can draw for their nightmares.
This book shows just how rich is the tradition upon which Horror, perhaps more than any other genre, offers the poster artist the opportunity to create an image that is both disturbing and memorable. Psycho), David Cronenberg (The Fly) and Brian de Palma (Carrie and Sisters). Also featured is the work ofĭirectors who are wholly or partly remembered for their contribution to the genre, like Roman Polanski (Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby), Alfred Hitchcock (The Birds and Universal Studios' uniquely rich hoard of horror, the products of British horror specialists Hammer Films, Japanese horror movies, horror spoofs such as An American Werewolf in London, or serial killer movies.
The films are grouped by categories, such as Here with a hitherto unpublished poster) and The Cabinet of Dr Caligari to contemporary blockbusters like Silence of the Lambs. This splendid, if scary, collection of movie posters covers over 80 years of horror films and features all the classics of the genre from early silents such as Nosferatu (illustrated
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