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Auction History Result 5r0354 BRAIN EATERS 1sh 1958 AIP, classic close-up sci-fi horror art of girl's brain exploding! Date Sold 12/21/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Brain Eaters, the 1958 Bruno Vesota science fiction (sci-fi) monster horror thriller ("Crawling, slimy things terror-bent on destroying the world!"; "Story and Screenplay by Gordon Urquhart"; note that this movie was loosely based on the novel 'The Puppet Masters' by Robert A. Heinlein, but the producers of the movie did not bother to acquire the rights to that novel in any way!; Heinlein attempted to sue AIP for this theft and he settled out of court, but because this movie was made, there was not a film adaptation of "The Puppet Masters" until decades later) starring Edwin Nelson, Joanna Lee, Alan Frost, Leonard Nimoy, Cornelius Keefe, and Jody Fair 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 has something VERY UNUSUAL about it. What is that? The person who owned it had a home movie theater, and they had a large collection of one-sheets, and they would display them when they showed the movie, and they needed a way to protect the posters while they were being handled, and keep them from being damaged while on display. He came up with a solution that we have not seen before. He had a thin sheet of laminate plastic placed over the BACK of each one-sheet, BUT NOT ON THE FRONT (as is normally done when laminating the poster). If you have ever seen "laminated" posters, they are often covered with very thick plastic material on both sides. THE LAMINATE PLASTIC USED HERE IS A THIN MATERIAL. While we have never seen this before, it actually works well! The front of the poster is no different then it was, but the plastic on the back greatly helps protect the poster from tears or other defects (this is the same principle that was used decades ago when they would kraftback posters moving from theater to theater, and as with kraftbacking, the posters with this laminate plastic on the back CAN be folded as normal, as this poster was). WE DON'T KNOW HOW EASY OR HARD IT WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC FROM THE BACK (although there are a few where the plastic is separating, indicating it surely CAN be done), but the buyer of this poster will have two options. They can either keep the poster exactly as is, and if they display it, no one will even know about the plastic laminate on the back, or they can have a restorer remove it. Either way, DO NOT BID ON THIS POSTER UNLESS YOU CAN ACCEPT THAT IT HAS THIS ON THE BACK (but NOT on the front). Condition: good. The poster has laminate plastic on the back only (see above: but NOT on the front). It had some separation in the lower two crossfolds that has been repaired with tape from the back. The image area itself is otherwise in pretty nice condition but Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid and please bear in mind that the poster was laminated on one side (see above) before bidding. Learn More about condition grades 
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