New Posters Pay Tribute to Niche Kids Halloween Films

Art Glen Brogan Zach Bellissimo about 9 years agoby Mily Dunbar

Halloween is coming, and it’s time to start your yearly rituals of wearing ugly pumpkin sweaters, making apple cider, killing a drifter, and watching your favorite Halloween movies. For most people, that means either a bunch of horror films or It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. For other people who liked niche stuff as kids, that means The Halloween Tree. For other, much weirder people, that means Mad Monster Party. For those niche-loving weirdos, The Strange Kids Club is offering posters that pay tribute to the classic Halloween films.

The first, by Glen Brogan, whom we’ve featured before, pays tribute to The Halloween Tree, a TV movie based on a Ray Bradbury novel that first aired in 1993. According to IMDb, the movie is about “four children [who] learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.” I haven’t seen the movie, but this poster makes me want to check it out, I really really love this piece. I would happily hang it as the centerpiece of my fall decorations.

The second piece is by Zach Bellissimo, and it pays tribute to Mad Monster Party, which sounds bananas. It is a 1967 Rankin/Bass production in which all the scariest monsters gather on Evil Island to celebrate Baron Boris von Frankenstein’s discovery of the secret of total destruction. Things go poorly from there. This one has a fun, kind of period specific cartoony vibe that would be great for a party.

Both pieces are receiving limited edition runs of 100 prints, and they go on sale on Thursday, October 16 at 11 am (not sure which time zone, I’m guessing Eastern) for $25 in the Strange Kids Club shop.