Original Cunningham, Sean Movie Posters

Sean S. Cunningham movie posters are central to any serious collection of slasher-era horror — authentic original prints for the director who launched Friday the 13th in 1980 and with it one of cinema's most commercially durable franchises. Shop our Sean Cunningham collection for original paper from the Paramount and Georgetown Pictures releases. The original 1980 Friday the 13th one-sheet — with its shattered-glass title treatment and blood-red typography — is now among the most recognised slasher posters in collector circles. Genuine first-release one-sheets are distinguished from later reissues by their specific printing characteristics, and fine flat unfolded copies in exhibition condition are genuinely scarce given forty-plus years of enthusiastic display. The sequel campaigns across the 1980s documented the evolution of the slasher aesthetic from the raw low-light photography of the early entries to the increasingly stylised art direction of the mid-decade episodes. British quad versions of several entries adopt a markedly different visual approach from their US counterparts. Lobby card sets from the original film and its immediate sequels are highly collectible as complete eight-card runs. Japanese B2 posters feature independently commissioned artwork that approaches the series' iconic imagery through a distinctly Japanese graphic sensibility and are among the most coveted international formats in the slasher poster market. Browse alongside our Joe Dante, Dario Argento, and Dawn of the Dead collections for related horror material. All Film/Art Gallery movie posters and items are authenticated originals.