If you are a collector of posters, a lover of the most striking graphics or, more simply, a lover of horror cinema, you have surely heard of Italian movie posters and the artists who designed them. The 4-sheet poster designed by Giuliani Nistri for Mario Bava's Black Sunday has become the iconographic symbol of Italian horror in the world. This book starts right from the Gothic Period (1957, Lust of the Vampire) and then recounts 30 years of Italian horror cinema during its most glorious season, which ended in the late 1980s. A story told through the most colorful, sexy, extreme, brutal and original posters you can imagine, designed by the greatest Italian artists of the era. Nothing is really missing: Cannibals, Zombies, Possessed People, Haunted Houses, Vampires, Witches, Ghosts, Italian-style Frankenstein Monsters and even...a chapter dedicated to Guilty Pleasures.. Many of the proposed posters are completely unpublished and we would be willing to bet that some of the films presented here will turn out to be a surprise even in the eyes of the most avid Euro-Horror fan. This is the definitive homage to the Italian Horror Posters and you are going to....love it!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paolo Zelati lives in Italy, is a movie critic, writer and Film Historian and owns the largest Italian poster collection around. Previous books include "Prince of Darkness - The Fantastical Realistic in the Cinema of John Carpenter" (published only in Italian for now...) and "American Nightmares: Conversations with 33 Masters of the American New Horror" (published by BearManor in 2024). Zelati is a collector of a truly maniacal nature but he's also driven by a burning desire to share his treasures. This book will be just the first one of a long series.
FOREWORD BY JOE DANTE
One of the greatest director from the New Horror Period, Joe Dante begins his career working for Roger Cormans factory where, of course, he doesn't make a dime but he learns a lot about filmmaking. Dante's most famous movies are "Pirana" (1978), The Howling (1980) and, of course, "Gremlins" (1984) the movie that consecrated his career. Joe is also a true horror fan, an inveterate cinephile and, most importantly, an hardcore poster collector.
