“Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter / The Keep” (13日の金曜日 完結篇／ザ・キープ), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1984, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O519
This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 1984 for the first Japanese theatrical double‑feature release of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (13日の金曜日 完結篇), directed by Joseph Zito, paired with Michael Mann’s occult war film The Keep (ザ・キープ) and distributed in Japan by CIC for Paramount and Universal.
The Final Chapter was originally marketed as the conclusion to the Friday the 13th saga, while The Keep is a moody supernatural thriller set in a mysterious Transylvanian fortress during World War II.
Film background
In The Final Chapter, Jason escapes from a morgue and returns to Crystal Lake, targeting a lakeside house full of partying teens and the neighbouring Jarvis family. Young horror‑fan Tommy Jarvis ultimately becomes Jason’s unlikely nemesis, in a story that was meant to close the book on the killer’s reign before the franchise continued anyway. The Keep centres on a German platoon occupying an ancient stone citadel, only to awaken a primordial entity imprisoned within; as the evil force gains strength, a haunted stranger and a local scholar’s daughter are drawn into the battle against it.
Poster design
This atmospheric B2 divides its real estate between grim slasher menace and surreal gothic fantasy. Dominating the upper half is a huge, pallid close‑up of a bald child’s head—Tommy—staring blankly at the viewer, with a strip of film stills running down the left margin showing key kills and moments from The Final Chapter. The vertically stacked title 「13日の金曜日 完結篇」 in blood‑red kanji and bold white characters emphasises the “final” nature of this instalment, while copy blocks on the right promise a heart‑stopping summer of shocks. The lower section switches to The Keep, with a spectral stone face glowing blue above a forbidding fortress, beams of light stabbing into the sky as tiny human figures huddle in the foreground. The contrasting magenta title 「ザ・キープ」 and credit block make it clear this is a special two‑film roadshow poster.
This poster is in excellent condition (please refer to the imagery of the exact poster for sale).
It is over 41 years old.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
