“Humanoids from the Deep” (モンスター・パニック), Original Japanese First Release Movie Poster 1980, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) L215 A

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster issued in Japan for the first domestic release of Humanoids from the Deep (1980) — released in Japan under the title モンスター・パニック. The film is a notorious cult “creature feature” produced by Roger Corman’s New World and directed by Barbara Peeters (with Jimmy T. Murakami credited for additional direction), and it opened theatrically in Japan on 4 October 1980.

Poster design
A ferocious, painterly piece of late-70s/early-80s exploitation horror marketing: a drenched, black-scaled humanoid creature surges out of the surf under storm-green skies, water cascading from its arms as it advances on a terrified woman in a red bikini crawling across the shoreline. The huge blood-red Japanese title 「モンスター・パニック」 dominates the top like a siren, while the right-side vertical copy screams the hook 「なぜ…女性ばかりが狙われる！」 (“Why… are only women being targeted!”), delivering the film’s lurid shock premise with blunt period impact. The colour palette — toxic greens, sickly blacks, and high-contrast flesh tones — gives the poster enormous wall presence, and the central tableau is the pure “video-store nightmare” image that made this title a cult staple.

Condition
Excellent overall. Please review the photos as they show the exact poster for sale.

It is over 44 years old!

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.