Wondeful Dog

May 23, 2011 2:22 PM

Dead Mary, Swart Cat, and many, many other posters from Ghanaian video clubs.
posted by theodolite (13 comments total)

These are splendid. I'll have to check out the exhibit if I'm in Chicago this summer. cheers
posted by coolxcool=rad at 2:40 PM on May 23, 2011

Holy freaking crap that Child's Play 3 poster freaked me out. O_o
posted by xedrik at 3:02 PM on May 23, 2011

The Snake Girl was a total Delivenc of Powers ripoff.
posted by queensissy at 3:19 PM on May 23, 2011

Individually, they are funny. Together, each one becomes horrifying.

Except for Black Is Black Mamma Mia 3, that's still funny.
posted by holterbarbour at 4:27 PM on May 23, 2011

Previously, in a comment
posted by BeerFilter at 5:10 PM on May 23, 2011

Looks Blizzard finally found a new cover for Diablo 3! That must be the new Deckard Cain in the bottom right corner...
posted by Xoebe at 5:39 PM on May 23, 2011

I came in to say that my favorite is Wondeful Dog and then I see that is your post title, slap me five. I love these posters so much, theodolite - hand painted on flour sacks, how fabulous is that.
posted by madamjujujive at 6:04 PM on May 23, 2011

There are some seriously strange looking breasts in these films, if the posters are any indication.
posted by modernserf at 6:46 PM on May 23, 2011

Wow, those are cool. Just checked eBay -- they're selling similar handpainted posters from Ghana for around $300-400. Someone passing through Ghana could make decent money by snapping a bunch of them up.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 6:47 PM on May 23, 2011

There's Hollywood, Bollywood, and in Africa, Nollywood.
posted by eye of newt at 10:22 PM on May 23, 2011

Neat! I'll be going to Ghana next February, but I anticipate I'll do the same stupid thing I did in Bulgaria, when I walked away from the open-air market selling piles of awesome Communist memorabilia for mere pocket change.
posted by mykescipark at 11:51 PM on May 23, 2011

...beprimitive.com?
posted by clockzero at 6:53 AM on May 24, 2011

I didn't get a chance to comment earlier when I browsed through this over breakfast, but this post is really the greatest thing ever today. Astounding, mind blowing thing I never would have heard of without Metafilter. You could probably write a doctoral dissertation on each piece, and right here there are, what, 150, 200 of these. Fascinating, really outstanding find.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:27 PM on May 24, 2011