05/23/2026
Shop print of the day: “Mark of the Devil, sick bag.” 1972
Today’s print is quite an odd piece! This piece of ephemera is a vomit bag branded for the 1970 film ‘Mark of the Devil’. The film was rated V for Violence and notoriously required all viewers to have their own sick bag in order to view the film. This grotesque requirement was part of a marketing scheme to drive box office sales, firmly presenting the movie as an ‘Exploitation Film’ and driving the film to success. This historical piece is set in 17th century Austria and depicts several grotesque torture and ex*****on scenes of suspected witches.