This one has already made the rounds, but it's kind of a big deal (and awesome), so I feel it bears repeating. Drew Struzan, the man behind some of the most iconic movie posters in existence, in collaboration with Mondo, has created a truly brilliant poster for the monster classic Frankenstein.
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| Frankenstein Movie Poster Drew Struzan |
These guys are certainly doing something right. Not only was Mondo recently contacted by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to archive all of their forthcoming posters, they also got to work with legendary artist Drew Struzan to create the kickass poster you see above. Struzan crafted an insanely beautiful poster for the Karloff-starring Frankenstein that seems to both pay respect to the 1931 film, as well as interpret the movie through a more modern design aesthetic. Using fragments of Dr. Frankenstein and Frankenstein's monster to create a whole person, separating them with the only the tiniest fracture, not only says something about the characters and the schism between them, it also happens to look pretty sharp. I imagine Struzan created this print using his standard airbrush and color pencil method, but even if he didn't, the crazily detailed photo-realistic look of his posters is perfectly retained with his first (of hopefully many) Mondo poster(s).
I don't really have any information on when this poster is going to be released, but I can tell you it's going to be nearly impossible to get a hold of. /Film recently posted a great interview with main Mondo man Justin Ishmael, but one line in the article has me more than a little worried:
"There’s no information yet on price (but it’ll be expensive), edition size (smaller than most) or release date, but that’ll all be announced on @MondoNews very soon."Why on Earth would they want it to be a smaller edition size than most? You would think a Drew Struzan Mondo screen print would be a great reason to make the edition size larger than most. But who knows, I'm sure Mondo has a good reason, or maybe something was just lost in translation. Either way, I'll definitely be trying to grab one of these and I'll be sure to update this post as I receive more information. To learn more about the amazing Drew Struzan, I recommend visiting his portfolio at drewstruzan.com, but even more so I'd advise you to pick up the amazing book The Art of Drew Struzan.
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print and a brilliant 
poster. For a studio that hasn't even been around for a full year it's hard not to be impressed by their already substantial and exceptional output.
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. No biggie right? When he wasn't creating iconic gangster-based nazi-nullifying Oscar winning musicals he also happened to direct some damn fine science-fiction and horror films.
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poster, and today's first image is inspired by a film that once again features Bela Lugosi, although not in a starring role this time around. That distinction belongs to Boris Karloff. I have to admit, I'm amazed by all the detail that Justin and Paige were able to pack in here. You've got Boris Karloff as the gravedigger cabby (notice how his mug is painted on a shovel), whose very face tells its own story, literally. And of course there's that fantastic stalking figure of Karloff's Cabman John Gray walking at the bottom of the image with cadaver and all. This 
inspired illustration is a wonderful and visually sophisticated image. You’ve got so many elements working together on several different layers, including Julie Harris as Eleanor looking understandably frightened, a labyrinthine interpretation of the haunted dwelling’s floor plan whose center forms a threatening skull, and of course the striking silhouette of the film’s most terrifying character, the house itself, Hill House. The artists have also done a great job connecting all of these prints by introducing an almost spectral green palette across the entire collection. If you haven’t seen this film, skip right past the loose 1999 remake and go straight to the 1963 Robert Wise original - you won’t be sorry. As with all the other prints listed in this post, The Haunting 
inspired work. There’s something incredibly beautiful and elegant about this minimalist and oh so clever design. If I had to pick just one element that sealed the deal for me, I think it’s the attention to detail. For example, take a look at the Wildfire facility's façade. There’s absolutely no reason why they had to include the flag or the porch in such minute detail, but they did and I’m all the more thankful for it, because it gives the image a somewhat realistic appearance and grounds some of the more fantastical imagery. It’s been a long while since I’ve seen this film, but this print is pure art and I’d gladly hang it on any of my walls. This 
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