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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

These posters are all over the place. A film that is such a mind throttling adventure, deserves a poster that rattles your soul. I for sure do not feel that way about the German depiction of the poster. I get the idea behind the family photo but it doesn’t correlate well on paper. It is interesting to know that the German film translates to “Blood Court in Texas”.

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The Exorcist (1973)

I use this sets of posters to show that we all can agree on something. The posters are all similar and even translate well. I think we can even agree that maybe The Exorcist is the first step to cohesiveness and even world peace….or maybe its just a bad ass poster that needs to be shared with the world.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Each poster seems to convey the same scene but in different ways. The one that sticks out in my opinion is the Polish poster. I love the melding of the sleeping girl and the darkness of the dream world. As for the Japanese poster for the 5th film; what the actual fuck is going here? I could not of think of any poster that could separate itself further from the film it depicts. This is more of a potty training book cover then it is about a murderous dream demon. He is a cute lil bastard though...

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The Omen (1976)

There is not much to say about this group. I enjoy the vivid images of the Japanese posters, but still enjoy the sense of mystery the original poster has. The German poster has way too much color going on, and reminds me of a poster for a bad small town cover band.

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The Thing (1982)

The remake of the 1951 classic gave us some fantastic posters. I love the subtlety of the crack on the southern hemisphere in the Japanese poster. The red tint in the Spanish and Japanese posters give a violent hint to the hidden treasures of Carpenter’s classic. I actually enjoy viewing the international posters for this one more than the U.S. version.