46: Italian Horror

The Poster Boys

After opening the Flat File on Dario Argento’s SUSPIRIA for their Patreon supporters last month, designers Brandon Schaefer and Sam Smith survey the macabre visions of Italian Horror film posters. These wild and weird designs, much like Argento, Bava, Martino, and Fulci’s films themselves, tap into the highest and lowest measures of aesthetics, from the sleaziest to the sublime.

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SHOW NOTES & LINKS

Alphaville Design Lazy Dog Press - Pittori di cinema Silver Ferox Design Made in Hell: A Pictoral Voyage Through Italian Horror Renato Casaro Sandro Simeoni Manfredo Acerbo Ercole Brini Giuliano Nistri Anselmo Ballester Silvano Campeggi

Music selections: “Bass on Titles” theme; PROFONDO ROSSO theme by Goblin; “Head Over Heels” by Douglas Meakin from AENIGMA.

Thank you to our patrons: Aschley Fish, Jay Shaw, Juan Motoa, Max A. Butler, Andrew Elmore, Logan Norris, Natalie Slack, Makiko, Midnight Marauder, Jacob Lindström, Matt McKee, Tim Cook, Neven Udovicic, Scott Saslow.

Follow Brandon Schaefer at @seekandspeak, and Sam Smith at @samsmyth.

Produced by Adrian Cobb.

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