multi 1950s-style ‘Creature Feature’ movie title still experiments

[GarryP]

Here are some experiments, of varying quality, that I was playing around with at the weekend.
Apart from some (modified) background images everything was done in Designer and Photo.
They’re not what I would call ‘production ready’ but they’re okay as long as you don’t go looking for problems.

(Any resemblance to real movies or organisations is purely accidental.)
 

[Twolane]

Love the Alan Smithee reference.

[DelN]

Love it! I went to see 'Attack of the Crab Monsters' at Deptford Odeon in the late 60s. The poster was better than the film... 🙂

[GarryP]

Thanks both.

UK fans of this type of film might like to look at the schedules of “Talking Pictures TV” on Freeview.

Recent showings have been: Monster from Green Hell; The Man from Planet X; Kingdom of the Spiders; The Phantom Planet; Fire Maidens from Outer Space; and many others.

Non-UK fans (and UK fans) might also be able to access their free ‘on demand’ website at tptvencore.co.uk

[JoaCHIP]

Great stuff. You really nailed that oldschool look.

[GarryP]

Thanks JoaCHIP.
I did some other ones but they weren’t as good.
I might make some more later if I have some decent ideas.

[dannyg9]

Love them. Brings back memories of the classic BW horror films of the 30s. The old RKO credits with the prop plane flying around a radio tower (If memory serves correctly). Take a look at some of the fonts in the link below. I'll bet they'll serve up some inspiration. Same type company has a family called "Tiki" that would fit your endeavor.

https://housefonts.com/hi/monster

[GarryP]

Thanks dannyg9.

Some nice fonts there – thanks for the link.

[firstdefence]

I so want to see the movie "The Tinglers" lol

[Archangel]

Very evocative of the era. My parents used to watch reruns of these types of movies on late-night TV in the early 1970's. I was reared on vintage horror and science fiction films. To be honest they were no scarier than Grimm's Fairytales.

Great Job.

[Archangel]

On 3/15/2023 at 9:46 AM, firstdefence said:

I so want to see the movie "The Tinglers" lol

Sounds like a very interesting premise for a movie. A sort of proto-demonic ASMR dystopian future? Or film linked to a range of sweets or popping candy? Other interpretations may be available.

[firstdefence]

Love the old movies, like "The day the earth stood still (1951)" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/ awesome movie.

[Alfred]

45 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

Love the old movies, like "The day the earth stood still (1951)" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/ awesome movie.

Let’s not forget “Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)” which I had the privilege(?) of seeing in 3D.

[firstdefence]

9 hours ago, Alfred said:

Let’s not forget “Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)” which I had the privilege(?) of seeing in 3D.

Awesomely naff and overacted but compelling viewing.

[GarryP]

Here are some more title stills I’ve been playing around with.
They’re not for ‘creature features’ but I didn’t want to add a new thread just for these.

 

 

[PaulEC]

On 3/15/2023 at 9:46 AM, firstdefence said:

I so want to see the movie "The Tinglers" lol

I'd imagine it to be a sequel to "The Tingler". (A bit like "Alien" and "Aliens"!) I'd love to have seen it in a cinema (with "Percepto" etc), rather than on TV at home!
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tingler)

 

[nomi02118]

Good work. To get these styles right is much harder than anyone thinks when they decide to try it out! There so many subtle details that can make it work… or not! 

[GarryP]

1 hour ago, PaulEC said:

I'd imagine it to be a sequel to "The Tingler".

I had no idea that “The Tingler” was a film; I just came up with “The Tinglers” off the top of my head.
Thanks for pointing that out.

[GarryP]

Thanks nomi02118.
My examples aren’t perfect by any means but, as you say, this sort of thing can be more difficult to recreate than they seem at first.
Quite a lot of tinkering with adjustments, effects and filters.

[PaulEC]

23 minutes ago, GarryP said:

I had no idea that “The Tingler” was a film; I just came up with “The Tinglers” off the top of my head.
Thanks for pointing that out.

I thought that might be the case, but the idea of a sequel to "The Tingler" rather appeals to me!
In any case, well done with these, I could easily believe they are all the real thing! 👍

[firstdefence]

5 hours ago, GarryP said:

I had no idea that “The Tingler” was a film; I just came up with “The Tinglers” off the top of my head.
Thanks for pointing that out.

Yours is plural so I'd count that as a sequel lol!

I reckon it's a dark carry on film that was never released. Eccentric twins who look a bit like the Mad Hatter with one each of these devices...
 

...running around the dark streets of Upper and Lower Slaughter; a more picturesque place one could not imagine, inducing excruciating follicular pleasure to unsuspecting people with heads. Inspector Spakmearder head of The Birmingham Ultimate Municipal Squad (BUMS) a crack group of elite investigators were hot on the tails of the sinister twins, where will the twins heinous crime spree be next, what happened to Mrs Baps, who removed the danger sign "don't stick your finger in the plug socket" and where have all the daffodildos gone?

Diabolical crimes indeed.

[yak400]

Hi, I was wondering what the font used for the title "Beasts of the Amazon" is?

[Komatös]

53 minutes ago, yak400 said:

Hi, I was wondering what the font used

Looks for me like Build Titling Bold

[GarryP]

1 hour ago, yak400 said:

Hi, I was wondering what the font used for the title "Beasts of the Amazon" is?

Welcome to the forums @yak400

The font used was Changa One Regular – I can’t remember where I got it from but it’s a TTF file and the Author in the font metadata is Eduardo Rodriguez Tunni.

[pioneer]

Good morning @GaryP Would you mind letting me know which font you used in the Atomic Monster (Alan Smithee production) and what fx you used on it.  Cheers John