I can't recall with movie it was offhand, but
they gave out barf bags at the cinema with the movies name. There are many other examples. Usually lower budget/shock films that need a gimick to draw people in.

I hate these things.

Same thing as watching "Entertainment Tonight" or shit like that....more about the "celebs" than the movies:rolleyes:

They did that with Fulci's Zombie

I never saw Slithis in the theatres but I wanted to because I wanted my free Slithis Survival Kit which they were giving away. Supposedly it had a xerox photo of the monster so you would know what it looked like, and a sheet of instructions on what to do if you encountered one of them.

I did get a little booklet when I saw Beetle Juice the first time, it had pictures of different types of ghosts and descriptions of them, and a couple of collectible stickers. I still have one of the stickers.

"Mark of the Devil"







http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~cwren/V..._the_Devil.jpg

That's the one I was thinking of.

only thing i ever got (other than those magazines) were a couple of Phantasm II buttons

We only get Tribute around here, since that's the only theatre chain we have. Oh, and a stand-alone Apollo way up at the top of the province. But they only show three movies at a time.

The only free thing I ever got from a movie was... Pokemon cards, and a rubber snake & comic from SoaP.

i'll be damned - i had no idea this was just a canadian thing ... that really suprises me.

They're giving away little rubber snakes at Snakes on a Plane? That's wonderful! Yes, a very good idea. Good, fun marketing.......cheese factor, self-generating advertising for the film, free toy, what's not to like.