The Art of the Horror Film Press Advert: Alurane to Alien

The golden days of the film poster are often remembered in print and at the auction house but the newsprint adverts for film are a vanishing breed. Historian Paul Sutton believes that the print ads themselves are art. In this pioneering collection he presents and preserves 350 rare black-and-white horror film adverts from England America France Germany Italy and Mexico. The adverts tell a history of the horror film from the silent cinema of Germany and the Hammer Horrors of England through to Italian Zombies and Ridley Scotts Alien.