• 12 Oct

    Super Freaky Movie Posters of the 70′s

    Design, Graphic Design, Posters

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    From Attack of the Killer Tomatoes to Zardoz, the 1970′s were not only home to some of the craziest titles in film, but some of the most interesting movie posters.

    The 70′s were also home to some of the more psychedelic and funky designs for movie posters that more recent directors, most notably Quentin Tarantino, have drawn on as inspiration for their own movie poster designs.

    In the days before the internet, a movie poster was much more important in the marketing mix for a movie than it is today. It was the historical equivalent to the movie trailer, and as such graphic artists had to pack a lot of message into one image.

    Let’s go back in time with a collection of over 70 movie posters from the 70′s that are funky fresh. Enjoy… (to improve page loading, we split the collection into two pages).

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    • http://wpswitch.com WPswitch

      The Woody Allen “Bananas” is amazing!

    • @Designsy

      I Feel Alive :)
      Nice Post Dude.

    • http://www.virtualmonk.com Virtual Monk

      Nice.

    • http://blog.aceinfowayindia.com Ajay

      What collection man :) Thank you.

    • http://texturezine.com/ texturezine

      great collection. Thnks share

    • http://fusionanomaly.net/brookadamsinvasionofthebodysnatchers.jpg Nick

      One of the freakiest and perhaps a little bit scary is the poster for the 1970′s remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

    • David Koenig

      all classics (for film posters that is) in my opinion…

    • http://www.squiders.com Web Design Maidstone Kent

      I love b-movie posters the best, some brilliant design and to think before photoshop, how did that work?!

    • http://coyleart.typepad.com/ CoyleArt

      This is a fantastic assembly of posters. And as an illustrator myself, I can’t help noticing how many of them utilize illustration. The trend toward all things retro seems far from over, so I hope that bodes well for the future of illustration. Thanks for sharing!

    • http://www.nordsee-suche.de/ s.holstens

      Nice Old Designs…really good. I told it and now I tell it again..the old things are the best.

      Thank you

    • RoaldA

      Haha, you folks should se the ones from early 1900! ;D Like Uncle Sam! :P

    • http://www.empfehlenswert-wien.at wien

      nice post

    • http://evelt.com joel k

      i love the mal brooks blazing saddles both of them
      and the woody allelns bananas
      they are funny :)
      thanks for sharing

    • AalaA

      Amazing,,, I loved most of the movies …

    • http://www.sixcrayons.com Harry Ford

      The Clockwork Orange poster was genius, I loved that movie.

    • http://www.campcreativegroup.com/blog Sarah Camp

      Really great collection. One can really see where inspiration comes from for some designs today.

    • http://www.aledesign.it aledesign.it

      I love this poster… A good collection! Important for know better the past

    • http://www.the-a-crew.com MCEctoCooler

      I’d love to see a massive hollywood return to this poster style!

      GAME OF DEATH!
      SHAFT!

      My head just exploded from awesomeness

    • http://www.dzinepress.com Dzinepress

      great memories with these of all posters and movies as well. thanks

    • hotmac

      Hey, where is BARBARELLA??? Yes, it is here: http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_poster/barbarella_1967.htm

    • http://blog.digitalroom.com/ Girlie | Digital Room

      Awesome round-up! These 70s posters can inspire designers to work on a classic design project. I would love to see those designs be revived by today’s graphic designers.

    • http://eyeofacartoonist.blogspot.com joenoes

      great!!!

    • http://www.alanvalek.com/ Alan Valek

      Wow! So freaking good! I wonder if we’ll look back at posters from this era and feel the same way…only time will tell.

    • Gaurav M

      charging freakin cool

    • http://www.bendesign.eu Bendesign

      Angels die harder – in colour. :-D

    • Dames

      mostly great films so wtf? Pity about the poxy web design of this actual page lol

    • wilvur

      THANKS, VERY VERY MUCH!!!

    • jake pucan

      lol I cannot relate myself=)

    • babble124

      All amazing & Memorable…!

    • http://www.elyoutuber.com/ Jairo

      nice i like thx dugg!

    • Cat

      Zombi should be on this list.

    • http://www.emlakx.net Emlak

      One of the freakiest and perhaps a little bit scary is the poster for the 1970’s remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    • Atsu

      Absolutely terrifying…

    • Farnerud

      My favorite is “Garden of the Dead”. The rotting head above is something disturbed.

    • Sam

      Why super-freaky 70′s? In reality, I don’t see any difference to speak of from today. Maybe a few, but there are some super freaky ones now, as well. Guess you had to put some kind of label on it.

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