Episode 24: Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Tarantula and the Amazing Art of Reynold Brown
For our special Halloween episode, and because of our love of B movies, we wanted to pay homage to one of the best horror poster artists of all time, Reynold Brown. We talk about the movie (and poster for) Tarantula, plus what is arguably one of the most recognizable staples of pop culture: the poster for Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman. (The movie? Not so much.)
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Image from The Chadron Record and Crawford Tribune, August 1, 1981
(Top to bottom): Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman poster, Tarantula! poster, Popular Science cover (1948), P-47 Thunderbolt illustration for North American Aviation, Reynold Brown in 1981
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
Movie background (Wikipedia article, IMDb page, TCM page)
Movie trailer (YouTube video)
Tarantula!
Movie background (Wikipedia article, IMDb page, TCM page)
Movie trailer (YouTube video)
Reynold Brown
Reynold Brown biography (Wikipedia article, Lambiek article)
Poster collection (American Art Archives)
Reynold Brown: A Life in Pictures (Amazon link)