One-Sheet (27" x 40")
Fine- Folded; Artist Mike Ditz
Renaissance Pictures , 1982

This is an actual scarcity of modern cinema. This is a very rare pre-New Line Cinema release of the horror classic. Renaissance was the producing company, and this poster, dated the year before the New Line Cinema release, has completely different artwork. The film received a minimal release at venues throughout 1982 but did not find US or foreign distribution until 1983. This has been printed for European screenings, and a Brussels distributor stamp is on the back. The poster was printed after the Stephen King quote from Twilight Zone Magazine (11/1982) but before New Line signed on to distribute. You may own one of the rarest posters from the film that started the franchise and the two sequels that hooked the world.

The poster shows wear with torn pinholes in the four corners and chips from the upper left and lower right corners. There is minor tape staining. The interior of the poster is very lovely, and this would be an easy restoration job for a talented professional.

Sam Raimi's controversial and hugely successful debut: a low-budget but hugely inventive horror romp, in which five students - including Bruce Campbell's Ash Williams - accidentally unleash a malevolent supernatural force while staying at a remote cabin in the woods. The film spawned a series, still going today with the recently released Evil Dead Rise.

Estimate: $1,500 - 3,000

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