Monster artist Steve McGinnis presents new painting for Hammer doc campaign.
Two weeks ago, SHOCK announced that the fine folks at DIABOLIQUE Magazine had Kickstarted a killer campaign to mount the mother of all Hammer documentaries, one that will chart the rarely explored history of Hammer’s longstanding production partnership with Warner Bros. Films.
Among the many perks guaranteed for those who donate, are a series of gorgeous film posters by artist Mark Spears.
Now, SHOCK is excited to reveal another poster, that of the latter period Hammer Dracula classic DRACULA A.D. 1972 painted by one of our favorite artists, Toronto-based Steve McGinnis (McGinnis created the headers for our SHOCK TREATMENT and THE DISC THAT WOULDN’T DIE columns).
Says McGinnis about his involvement in the project:
“As a kid of the 70’s I grew up on Hammer Horror films and Christopher Lee was my Dracula. Being asked to create this poster was a dream gig. I took a few days of sketching out the way I wanted to lay it out. I had to include the fight on top of the runaway coach at the beginning, so I made them ghost like coming out of the mist and clouds above. The center image of Dracula impaled on the wheel is an iconic image and I had to make that one the main visual. The rest just fell together around it. I hope Hammer fans enjoy this as much as I liked creating it.”
So feast your eyeballs on McGinnis’ poster below and get over to the HAMMER HORROR: THE WARNER BROS. YEARS page to donate!
