Valuable Paper Treasures: Vintage Scary Movie Posters

Going to scary movies was the latest rage during the mid-century years, and still are to this day! Let’s face it, every now and then, we all want to feel just a little scared or fearful. Seeing a horror movie is simply a way to experience-safe emotional and physical fears- without the possibility of any real consequences. This feeling causes our hearts to beat just a little bit faster. This feeling is sort of like anxiously waiting in line to ride the newest wild amusement park ride. Hollywood movie makers cashed in on those fears.

Some of my favorite horror flicks to watch at the local cinema, were the Hammer “Dracula” vampire series, which starred the actor Christopher Lee as the creepy seducing- but kinda sexy – vampire.

Vintage 1958 “Horror of Dracula” movie poster starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing

The most favored Count Dracula character was portrayed by-of course-Bela Lugosi (Birth name-Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó. Born in Romania, 1882-1956) This vampire definitely had strange mesmerizing eyes that seemed almost hypnotic when watching him.

Original ’30s Bela Lugosi movie posters can fetch in the thousands.

This 1931 “Dracula” movie poster was sold in 2009 for over $310,000. It was sent to the auction house by the actor Nicolas Cage who obviously had quite a fascination for creepy horror movie posters.

1931 “Dracula” Bela Lugosi horror movie poster. Sold in 2009 for over $310.000. Only four of these original posters are known to exist.

IN 2012, A MAN IN BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA– DISCOVERED THIRTY-THREE OLD MOVIE POSTERS BEHIND A WALL IN HIS HOME. THE POSTERS HAD BEEN HELD TOGETHER WITH WALLPAPER GLUE AND HAD BEEN USED AS INSULATION IN THE HOME’S ATTIC. THESE POSTERS WERE METICULOUSLY SEPARATED AND SOLD AT AN AUCTION HOUSE FOR OVER $500,000. (NOW, THAT’S WHAT I CALL A TREASURE TROVE.)

INDEED, 1920S-1940S- ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTERS ARE RARE FINDS, BUT THEY COULD BE FOUND ROLLED-UP UNDER OLD BASEMENT STAIRCASES, OR IN THE CORNER OF AN ATTIC…YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND THE NEXT HIDDEN TREASURE.

 

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