New Flesh's "The Silence of the Lambs" Movie Posters

Evidently it's Austin night here at Posterocalypse. First, we took a look at some new Mondo prints, and now we'll be reviewing some creepy Silence of the Lambs posters from Austin-based design and print house, New Flesh.

The Silence of the Lambs Movie Poster (Regular)
New Flesh
18" x 24"
$10 - Limited to 46

The Silence of the Lambs Movie Poster (Jame Gumb Variant)
New Flesh
18" x 24"
$20 - Limited to 10

What a great film to do a poster for! The movie is creepy (really creepy), but it also features a very confident and unique visual approach, and at least one, if not several, amazing characters. When I first saw these prints I wasn't completely sure what I was looking at, and then all the little details started to become more and more obvious. I saw the small black lines that intricately outlined the fibrous innards and the torn skin around it, clearly a victim of Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb. And then a wing slowly appeared to me and then a moth. See it? Clever, right? I was able to get in touch with the guys at New Flesh and they were nice enough to tell me more about their print:

"The inspiration for the print is the autopsy scene from The Silence of the Lambs movie. That mixed in with Dali's In Voluptas, a.k.a. 'that picture of the women that are arranged to form a skull.' The original picture was sized down and colorized and put on the back of the death head's moth of the original movie poster. We are also fans of the book by Thomas Harris so we wanted to put all those elements together, but not make it too busy. What we did was make it look like a vintage book cover, simple colors and just designed the "Buffalo Bill" diamond cuts on the woman's back to be both open flesh and part of the moth's wing. Its easier to see the In Voluptas homage on a bigger image and in person. I really love the print, its something that I wanted to see, so we made it."

I'm incredibly excited to see a movie print that's both beautiful to look at and forces you to think, and I can't wait to see what the folks at New Flesh do next. The Silence of the Lamb posters are currently available through the New Flesh store at newfleshprints.bigcartel.com and come in two different flavors. The regular version costs $10 (astonishingly affordable) and is limited to 46, while the James Gumb variant costs $20 (also astonishingly affordable) and is limited to 10. First time buyers get a Videodrome inspired New Flesh handbill too (the company is called New Flesh after all). To learn more about New Flesh be sure to visit newfleshprints.com and follow them @newfleshprints.

Iron Jaiden's "Videodrome" Movie Poster

If you frequent Expresso Beans or OMG Posters there's a very good chance you may have heard of Iron Jaiden. If not, welcome to the party. It seems Iron Jaiden has created a kickass poster for the Cronenberg classic Videodrome. And the real kicker is that he created this awesome print for a movie night at somebody's house. How great is that?!

Videodrome

I love the primitiveness of this image, it's a like a rough sketch of a half forgotten dream (or nightmare). And I'm not sure if it's the colors, the drawing, or both, but this poster is sort of disorienting - I feel a bit like I've become the victim of one of Barry Convex's deadly broadcasts (and I love it). You've got the beautiful Nicki sitting on a throne of televisions with the most visible boob tube showing a shot of the titular snuff television program Videodrome. The only other television image I can clearly make out is of James Woods as Max Renn in the lower right hand corner. For someone who hasn't come out with a ton of stuff, I'm really impressed with what Iron Jaiden was able to pull off and I can't wait to see more (here's hoping he continues the movie poster trend).

The Videodrome poster by Iron Jaiden will be released on Tuesday (2/22) at Midnight (12 AM MST) through Iron Jaiden's Kingdom of Nonsense store. The signed and numbered poster measures 19" x 25", is limited to an edition of 40 and only costs $17 plus shipping. If that wasn't a sweet enough deal, Iron Jaiden will be including bonus prints and stickers in every tube. Long live the new flesh! By the way, if you haven't already, you NEED to pick up Criterion's Videodrome Blu-ray - it's a brilliant film and a great transfer.

As a reminder for those of you that haven't entered the Posterocalypse Fighter giveaway yet, I'll be giving away The Fighter movie poster by Alan Hynes and a mystery print on February 28th to one lucky person who leaves a comment with their name and email address (US only) in Saturday's blog post (it was titled "Giveaway - The Fighter by Alan Hynes"). Good luck!