21 OF THE WEIRDEST, MOST LURID EXPLOITATION POSTERS EVER

Here’s a sampling from a private collection of rare, massive 40” x 60” posters that were printed for drive-In movie theaters. Haute Campe offers a collection of original rare, vintage film posters from the 1940s-1970s originating mostly from drive-ins and grindhouse theaters. Most of the posters went through a single distributor called National Screen Service, hence the “property of N.S.S.” at the bottom of 99% of the movie posters printed in the 20th century. While most posters were destroyed by the elements some were returned to the distributor and piled up in their archives for many years. Design-wise, if we want something to look trashy, we still use these pioneering graphic solutions. But now the best bad films we are Sharknado.

(via Dangerous Minds)

THESE VINTAGE SEXPLOITATION MOVIE POSTERS WILL SPICE UP YOUR WALLS

I was planning this post already but I decided to put it up today in honor of Mamie Van Doren‘s 85th birthday. She’s featured on two great examples in this small sampling from a private collection of over 200 rare, vintage posters printed for drive-in movie theaters. Haute Campe‘s collection of posters from the 40s-70s, originally went through a one distributor called National Screen Service, hence the “property of N.S.S.” at the bottom of 99% of the movie posters printed. The graphics, typography, colors and lurid glam here are still inspiring designers, photographers and even drag queens today. (The promos for Season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race feature a vintage, “time-gone-by” glamour/camp.) There are bad girls, good-time girls, lesbians, “gay deceivers” and every sort of politically incorrect innuendo you can think of, so lighten up and let your inner freak loose. You can see even more here. The bidding starts at just $100 in many cases and the auction ends February 8.