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- Evil Dead II (1987) Evil Dead II's poster is simple but incredibly effective. A straightforward shot of a skull would have sufficed, but this skull has living, human eyes, making it striking and utterly uncanny in a way that adequately evokes the film's grotesque nature without running into problems that would have likely come from trying to depict its actual content.
- The Thing (1982) The poster for The Thing is unusual. It's an incredibly visceral image and yet it relates in absolutely no way to anything actually featured in the movie.
- Army Of Darkness (1992) Army of Darkness' poster depicts Ash Williams as the over-the-top action hero he finally transforms into within the third - arguably silliest - entry in The Evil Dead franchise.
- House (1977) While the cat in House is actually white, the poster takes a bolder direction with color. Here it is depicted as a demonic, evil-clown-like hell beast.
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- Jaws (1975) Jaws. Release Date. June 18, 1975. Director. Steven Spielberg. Cast. Roy Scheider , Robert Shaw , Richard Dreyfuss , Lorraine Gary , Murray Hamilton , Carl Gottlieb.
- Halloween (1978) Release Date. October 27, 1978. Director. John Carpenter. Cast. Donald Pleasence , Jamie Lee Curtis , Tony Moran , Nancy Kyes , P.J.
- The Evil Dead (1981) The Evil Dead. Release Date. September 10, 1981. Director. Sam Raimi. Cast. Bruce Campbell , Ellen Sandweiss , Richard DeManincor , Betsy Baker , Theresa Tilly , Philip A. Gillis.
- The Exorcist (1973) The Exorcist. Horror. Release Date. December 26, 1973. Director. William Friedkin. Cast. Ellen Burstyn , Max Von Sydow , Linda Blair , Lee J. Cobb.
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Here again, we’re offered the titillating image of a woman unaware of her impending doom, with the added prurient value of her total nudity. She appears to be sleep walking, or at least groping blindly, despite being in a nicely lit area of the forest. All of this innocent fun is framed by a darkly sinister tree, in which is perched a devil. Despite being near the top of the frame, he’s not the first part of the frame most people will notice. His skin is a deep red, and our eye is drawn to th...
Nosferatu
Here, we see the formation of another horror trend: the villain-centric poster. Both fill their monsters with dynamic energy. Count Orlokis illustrated as a monstrously elongated creature. The hollow eye sockets and fangs that couldn’t possibly fit in his mouth leave no doubt who the villain is. Speed lines etched around the title give the impression that he’s raising his claw with great force. The rats leap in the opposite direction, going across the panel rather than up. Even the credit blo...
Carl Laemmle took a different approach to presenting his film’s literary pedigree. Victor Hugo’sname is in huge font, bigger than Laemmle’s (although Laemmle still put his name first), almost the same size as the title. It’s clear this is not an average scary movie. The pose is melodramatic, with the lovers clasping hands. She draws herself up to him, perhaps for a kiss. But his expression is of fear. His left hand grips the bed, and his overall posture is stiff. And here’s where the art and...
Sick of unconscious, scantily clad women, yet? Clearly, Tod Browning and Carl Laemmle aren’t. This time, however, the threat is shapeless. The eyes are the only thing human-like in the dark form, and even those are large and red. At first, they might even appear angry. But then you read the tag, “the strangest passion,” and the image is re-contextualized. All that aside, the bold red-and-yellow title is definitely the first thing you see. The text is so large it stretches from edge to edge. T...
This poster wisely highlights the dual role of Frederic March, who went on to win the Best Actor Academy Awardfor his performance. The famously handsome movie star is placed front left, as Dr. Jekyll, but just over his shoulder is the hideous Mr. Hyde. Everything about him is different, not just the make-up, but the costume (no hat over his unkempt hair) and his expression. This time, the lascivious man is staring straight at us, the moviegoer. It’s no longer an attractive young woman who’s i...
Frankenstein
Here we have two science-gone-awry pictures, from the same directornonetheless, with two very different posters. For Frankenstein, the central feature of the poster is text, which, come on, if I wanted to read, I wouldn’t be going to the movies. Everything else is pushed aside: the scientists, the… other scientist (?), the woman in the wedding gown. And what says horrifying monstrosity more than a bridal party? The monster himselfseems to have been added as an afterthought, having posed for h...
Them
Them and Godzilla, both released the same year, about giant monsters attacking a major Pacific coast city. Only one of them is a classic, but the other one has a much better poster. The whole point of both posters is bigness, but with Godzilla, it’s difficult to get a sense of scale. You can barely make out the buildings behind the text; you can’t even see his feet. The perspective seems to be about chest level, which shouldn’t be easy to do when you’re talking about a 164 foot tall lizard. T...
Interestingly, while all of the above moviesare black-and-white, this is our only black-and-white poster. This is more of a collage than any real scene, but it definitely conveys all the highlights: cannibalism, terrified victims, the undead, a naked woman (of course). It’s impossible to tell whothe main character is in all this chaos, which is a fantastic way of telling the audience “Anyone can die.” The title text is fantastic, with the green text popping against the black background. The u...
Oct 6, 2014 · To help get you in the Halloween mood, Solopress proudly present our favourite horror movie posters of all time! Turn down the lights and prepared to be scared…. 10. Dawn of the Dead. Official blurb: When there’s no more room in Hell the dead will walk the Earth. Director: George A. Romero.
Jan 26, 2024 · Friday 26 January 2024. Everyone is scared of something. It might be something specific, like spiders or snakes or heights, or something less tangible, like death or failure. But deep down, even...
Sep 29, 2022 · Poltergeist (1982) Poltergeist revolves around a California family that starts to experience strange things. The poster is a minimalist scene, with a little girl in her now-famous position in front of the television static. Related: 10 Creepy Horror Movies Based On Urban Legends, According To Reddit.
Jan 12, 2018 · 13. The Ring (2002) Considered as one of the scariest movies of all time, ‘The Ring’ is a remake of the Japanese film ‘Ringu’, which critics say is even scarier! Director Gore (the name has it all!) Verbinski’s cult masterpiece, which can scare the wits out of us at any given time of the day, had a cleverly made poster.
