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Auction History Result 6y443 CASTLE OF EVIL/INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS British quad 1970s horror double bill! Date Sold 6/5/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Folded British Quad Poster (BQ; Quad Crown; measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) the 1970s English double bill release ("A double dose of Terror!") of Castle of Evil, the 1966 Francis D. Lyon horror thriller ("The chamber of horrors lives again!"; "So terrifying!"; "We have reserved your coffin!... if you D.D.** while watching... Castle of Evil"; "Go one step beyond the grave!"; [the poster notes that "*Funeral expenses guaranteed by a Major North American Insurance Co.", and that "**D.D." stands for "Drop Dead"]) starring Scott Brady, Virginia Mayo (who apparently had very few parts offered to her, and took what she could get!), David Brian, Lisa Gaye, and Hugh Marlowe AND Invasion of the Body Snatchers (released in Mexico as "The Body Snatchers"), the classic 1956 Don Siegel science fiction (sci-fi) horror alien invasion romantic thriller ("Walter Wanger creates the ultimate in science-fiction!"; "They come from another world!"; "INCREDIBLE! INVISIBLE! INSATIABLE!"; "Something is happening! Send your men of science quick! The panic stricken cry went over the phone to Washington D. C. until the lines went dead!......."; "COLLIER'S MAGAZINE called it 'The nightmare that threatens the world!'"; "Based on the Collier's Magazine Serial by Jack Finney"; about aliens invading Earth by replacing people with alien counterparts that grow as pods, and then take over the person's identity when the person falls asleep; one by one, a town is taken over, and the few remaining unaffected people try to stop them and get the word out, but they are stopped at every turn; most people see this as a thinly veiled parable of the activities of the House Unamerican Activities Committee, which found "Communists" behind every door in Hollywood!; others protest that it greatly borrowed the plot of Robert A. Heinlein's "The Puppet Masters", which had been written five years before; ironically, when The Puppet Masters finally came to the screen in 1994, it was criticized for being a rip-off of this movie!) starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter ("Sensational star discovery of 'The View From Pompey's Head' ... DANA WYNTER in the year's most startling role!"), Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes, and Ralph Dumke NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster was hand-folded and it has light creases scattered in various areas. There are a few relatively small tears around the edges (mostly repaired with tape from the back). It is otherwise in generally nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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