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45 Creepy Old Movie Publicity Images

We dug through the Voice's archives of publicity stills, looking for horror, sci-fi or otherwise weird publicity images from films gone by. Just in time for the Halloween (and horror movie) season, here are our favorites. Some are now strangely funny, while others still maintain some of the original, unsettling quality intended by the filmmaker.

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Vampyres, 1974

Vampyres, 1974

Halloween III: Season of the Witch, 1982

Halloween III: Season of the Witch, 1982

Friday the 13th, Part 3, 1982

Friday the 13th, Part 3, 1982

Day of the Dead, 1985
"Howard Sherman plays 'Bub', a zombie plagued by confusing memories of life before death."

Day of the Dead, 1985

"Howard Sherman plays 'Bub', a zombie plagued by confusing memories of life before death."

Street Trash, 1987

Street Trash, 1987

Cat's Eye, 1985
"A deadly troll who 'steals the breath' of sleeping children is the malevolent force that invades the home of a little girl."

Cat's Eye, 1985

"A deadly troll who 'steals the breath' of sleeping children is the malevolent force that invades the home of a little girl."

The Howling, 1981

The Howling, 1981

Videodrome, 1983

Videodrome, 1983

Re-Animator, 1985

Re-Animator, 1985

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, 1983

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, 1983

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