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For Sale - GBP 1,200 - GALAXY HORROR (1969) - movie poster painting

Artist: Franco Picchioni (All)

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For Sale - GBP 1,200 - GALAXY HORROR (1969) - movie poster painting Comic Art

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Original British quad poster design (with original movie title)

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Title:	For Sale - GBP 1,200 - GALAXY HORROR (1969) - movie poster painting
Artist:	Franco Picchioni (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	For Sale - GBP 1,200 - GALAXY HORROR (1969) - movie poster painting
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Added to Site:	4/23/2025
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GALAXY HORROR (Italian release of the British 1969 movie, THE BODY STEALERS).

�Produced by Britain's Trigon Pictures, The Body Stealers (1969) stars Patrick Allen as Bob Megan, an investigator called in to solve a bizarre mystery: During training courses, British parachutists are disappearing in a strange red mist, leaving no trace. Even more mysterious is the fact that they later turn up, with their bodies filled with lethal doses of radiation. Megan, aided by Jim Radford (Neil Connery, brother of Sean Connery), begins an investigation, which uncovers an unearthly beauty Lorna Wilde who somehow is incapable of being photographed. Eventually, Megan and Radford discover that the parachutists are being kidnapped by aliens from the planet Mygon, who use the men to try to impregnate Mygonian women, thereby saving their dying civilization. Unfortunately, a side effect of this plan seems to be the irradiation of the earthlings. Megan exposes and foils the alien plan, but he also decides to lead an effort to discover a way of saving their race from extinction.�

With an image size of approximately 17� x 13�, this was an Italian re-designed poster artwork that differs significantly to the (rather sedate) original UK quad poster version (see additional image).

Re-named GALAXY HORROR for its Italian release, the resulting advertising art dramatically enlivens what is basically a low-budget British science-fiction thriller that is both short on excitement and special effects. As such, the movie short-changed cinema-going audiences captivated by a poster image that is basically a cheat and had very little to do with the movie it was seeking to promote!

Not entirely sure who the artist is on this one (possibly Franco Picchioni?).

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