THN would love to share some awesome posters with you that celebrate the tremendous career of film legend John Carpenter and five of his movies. The people at FrightFest Originals are in the process of launching a limited edition collection of five original posters of five of his cult classics designed by five top graphic artists. High five! No, too many fives? Anyway, the films they’re covering are all below and I want more than one, of course. First up is:
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (above) is by UK artist Nat Marsh who designed the company’s launch poster of ‘Zombie Flesh Eaters’ back in Nov 2012. Nat says:
“The Duke has the best pad in the city so I chose to show one of the film’s great fight sequences against that extravagant moulding and lavish scroll work”.
THEY LIVE is the first poster from US-based artist Jeremy Wheeler and the first printed by the fast expanding design and print company VGKids. Jeremy says:
“John Carpenter’s classic remains relevant in this crazy world of ours, where distractions from reality are greater than ever. Now this art can be a distraction all its own — or a call to arms. Whichever you see it is cool with me… just as long as it wakes you up”.
PRINCE OF DARKNESS is by Welsh-based ‘Godmachine’ and is a six-colour interpretation of the 1987 second installment of Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy“. Godmachine also designed the popular Bram Stoker’s Dracula for FrightFest Originals. Godmachine says:
“Prince Of Darkness has been one of my favourite films since I was a kid. As for the poster, I wanted to put in the science guy next to the religious guy, the possessed next to each other and the love interest that ends it all”.
CHRISTINE is the FrightFest Originals debut of London-based artist Dan Mumford, whose artwork was recently used for the ‘Wicker Man’ worldwide release of the final cut on DVD. Dan says:
“It would have been easy to focus on the red Plymouth Fury for the illustration, but I wanted to draw more focus on Arnie and the transformation that he goes through. I really wanted to capture the glow and intensity of his face lit up within Christine and then below him the moment when the film hits a turning point and the real carnage begins”.
THE FOG is by Brighton-based artist Luke Insect, and is his 4th FO poster. Others have been ‘Razorback’, ‘Hostel’ and ‘The ABC’s of Death‘. He also designed the promotional poster for The Dead 2: India. Luke says:
“The Fog could be my favourite John Carpenter movie, and I would argue that it’s certainly his most atmospheric. The damp air of Antonio bay creeps around you and slowly but steadily engulfs you, and that’s what I wanted to convey in my print. With an almost graphic novel approach I’ve tried to create an illustrative montage that’s as murky and ominous as the movie itself. With added glow in the dark ink!’
Co-director of FrightFest Originals, Alex Chambers, said today:
“Ian Rattray and I picked the lesser known Carpenter’s as we felt very strongly there was over-exposure to certain classics such as The Thing and Halloween. When Ian Rattray and I set the company up we wanted to get artist’s interpretations of the genre for completists, not just marque signings, so when StudioCanal offered the Carpenter series we jumped on it”.
The prints (only 60 available per edition) are £35 each or you can by all five for £155 plus P&P. All prints can be purchased at www.frightfestoriginals.com and go on sale via a Twitter announcement just before launch @Frightfestoriginals.
Just one thing, could you pick me one up?
