As you might have heard, New Line has ceased to exist as an even somewhat stand alone entity. This basically ends a history that spawns 40 years, 25 of which saw active production of movies.
So, this strikes me as being as good a moment as any to recall some of the more memorable posters that were created for the many New Line productions that made it to the theaters over these 25 years.
1982 – Alone in the Dark
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New Line as we know started with this nifty little horror movie, that had this very classic 80′s slasher film poster.
1984 – Nightmare on Elm Street
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The first big break. Although it wasn’t called that as much lately, New Line used to be known as “The House the Freddy Built.” And that house was built with a lot of sequels that had progressively less interesting posters.
Well , progressively less interesting posters domestically. In India Thailand they still found ways to keep tings interesting
More stuff to look at after the jump.
1986 – Critters
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1988 – Hairspray
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1988 – Critters 2
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I really like this poster, for some reason. I guess it’s just on of those things that you get attached to when you are a kid that you just can’t shake off later on.
1989 – No Holds Barred
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I said most memorable, not best.
1990 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Even sillier in live action, and still I loved them.
1991 – My Own Private Idaho
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1992 – Glengarry Glen Ross
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1992 – The Player
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1993 – Mr. Nanny
1993 – Short Cuts
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1993 – Surf Ninjas
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And you thought the ones with Hulk Hogan were bad…
1994 – The Mask
1994 – Hoop Dreams
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1995 – Se7ven
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Surprisingly bad poster considering the movie’s visuals.
1995 – Mortal Kombat
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The best poster for a movie made from a fighting video game? Well, the competition isn’t that tough.
1997 – The Sweet Hereafter
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1997 – Boogie Nights
1998 – American History X
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1998 – Dark City
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1999 – Magnolia
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1999 – Detroit Rock City
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A nice fun throwback.
2000 – Dancer in the Dark
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2000 – Before Night Falls
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2001 – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Poster
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2001 – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
I still get chills when I see this poster. Probably my favorite from the trilogy.
2002 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Although this is a close second.
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2003 – American Splendor
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2005 – Son of the Mask
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Some things are better forgotten. Sadly, some of those things are impossible to forget.
2005 – Wedding Crashers
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2006 – Snakes on a Plane
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Snakes on a mother… man that got tired fast, didn’t it?
2007 – Hairspray
2007 – The Golden Compass
he nail in the coffin.
I’m leaving a lot of posters out, and I’m sure some of them are impressive and deserving of remembrance, but I want to keep this post relatively short. Feel free to mention your own neglected favorites in comments.
This post was inspired by this from RowThree, and this article from Cinematical made the job of putting it together much easier.
>> Well , progressively less interesting posters
>> domestically. In India they still found ways
>> to keep tings interesting
This poster is from Thailand, not India. Language in the poster is Thai. Note that the “OA” logo on the upper left was the name of cinema in Bangkok (no longer exists).
Thanks WR.