Horror Hotel 1962

Jack Davis made this movie poster with ink and paint. Look at the way he’s daubed and flicked that lime-sickly green, it's got real energy, and the contrast with the stark white highlights makes the monsters almost leap out. I can just imagine Davis hunched over his drawing board, chuckling to himself as he dreamed up these ghoulish faces. Did he start with the eyes, those wide, unblinking eyes that seem to follow you around the room? Or maybe he began with the teeth, those jagged, yellowed fangs that drip with… well, you know. I'm really tickled by the little lady who's upside down and falling! What's her story? That green isn’t just green. It’s the green of old comics and EC Horror. I bet Davis knew all about that conversation, using his own imagination to keep it going. Artists are always chatting with each other, across time, inspiring each other to new levels of creativity.