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For Sale - GBP 20,000 - RASPUTIN - THE MAD MONK (1966) - movie poster painting

Artist: Tom Chantrell (Painter)

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Title:	For Sale - GBP 20,000 - RASPUTIN - THE MAD MONK (1966) - movie poster painting
Artist:	Tom Chantrell (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	For Sale - GBP 20,000
Views:	461
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Added to Site:	3/18/2025
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From the famous British movie production company, Hammer Films, notable for its revival of the Horror genre towards the end of the 1950s comes this super-rare example of a peak-period 1966 Movie Poster original painting by the company's favoured artist, Tom Chantrell.

"The life story of the legendary Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin gets the highly fictionalized Hammer Films treatment with this liberal mix of horror and history that presents the mysterious sage as a demonic, otherworldly creature. Christopher Lee stars as the titular monk, who gains entr�e to the world of the tsar by casting a hypnotic spell on two courtiers, Dr. Zargo (Richard Pasco) and the beautiful Sonia (Barbara Shelley). Becoming a trusted aide and confidant of the tsarina (Renee Ashershon), Rasputin threatens the national power structure. After Sonia kills herself, Zargo resolves to kill the interloper, but stabbing, poisoning, and even bullets don't seem to be able to kill the diabolical Rasputin."

With an image size measuring approximately 16" x 23.5", this is the uncensored painting that was presented to Hammer Films to spearhead its cinema front-of-house advertising campaign . Revisions on Chantrell's artwork were requested. The small vignettes, running along the bottom of the painting, were deemed too risqu� (as one features a rape scene) and the figures of Rasputin and Sonia were reduced in size (and colour changed to green to complement the Monk's face at right) with new title lettering re-positioned to the upper left.

The changes for the censored poster release were executed by Chantrell utilizing re-sized stats taken directly from his original painting (see additional image of the printed version).

The movie was also released as a double-bill presentation teamed-up with 'The Reptile'. The Rasputin and Sonia figures at left were re-instated in colour at a smaller scale (see other additional image) to form half of the new poster.

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