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Horror Posters

Nicole Stell

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‘Mirrors’ is a horror film released in 2008. It was directed by Alex Aja.

The top of the poster mentions that it was directed by the same people who made another famous and successful film. This is to attract the other films fans. It gives clues to the audience about what to expect.

The mise-en-scene is very dark which implies mystery and the unknown. This attracts the audience as they want to find out what is happening where they can’t see.

The film features Kiefer Sutherland and they mention this in a big font above the title. This ensures that all fans of the actress come to see the film.

The title is written in a red font. Red has connotations of blood, danger, violence and passion. The letter ‘R’ is mirrored to add effect to the title.

The face in the middle of the poster is suggesting what the film is going to consist of. It’s blurred to suggest the speed of the scream.

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This poster is from a remake of the 1984 film ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’. This version was directed by Samuel Bayer.

The mise-en-scene is dark around the edges but tinted red in the middle. The light flows in through the window creating a red glow, almost suggesting that the windows are red with blood. Red has connotations of blood, danger, passion and evil which suggest different things about the film. The characters are in a narrow and confined hallway implying that the more vulnerable character is trapped. This appeals to the audience because they can see a clearly dominant figure and the camera is tilted up towards it. The dominant character does not have a visible face, making the audience intrigued to find out more about him.

The tagline is short yet still effective. By saying ‘You’ it makes the audience involved with the film. It also gives a clue as to what the film is about.

The vulnerable character on the poster is a young female; a typical convention in horror films. The fact that she is in a pool of blood up to her waist suggests that she is getting smaller and weaker. This makes the audience want to know how she will survive.

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The film poster for ‘Sinister’ is very effective and attracts the target audience by using a range of horror conventions.

At the top of the poster, there is a sentence reminding the audience that it is made by the producers of two other successful horror films. This gives the audience a hint of the genre of the film and what is to be expected. Any fans of ‘Paranormal Activity’ and ‘Insidious’ will be drawn to the film.

The character on the poster is a child which reflects the vulnerability of her and her situation. The fact that she is looking down, suggests that she fears what is around her. Her face is not seen which adds mystery to the character almost like she is hiding her identity. Also children are typically innocent and people empathise with them.

The blood on the wall suggests what happens in the film. Blood suggests danger and violence. The face in the blood is a hint of what is to come, and suggests another character is dominant.

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‘The Last House On The Left’ is a horror film directed by Dennis Iliadis. The poster uses dark mise-en-scene as a typical horror convention to have connotations of the unknown, because we can’t see beyond the main focus of the house. The only lit area on the poster is coming from behind the house, which leads the audience directly to it. The sky is black which is typically when horror films are set around.

The word ‘House’ is in a red font to make it stand out. The colour red has connotations of danger, blood and evil. The word ‘House’ looks smudged, almost like it has been scratched out by someone.

The tagline is very powerful and asks the audience a rhetorical question to get them involved with the film.

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‘The Exorcist’ poster uses the well-known directors name ‘William Friedkin’ to help attract fans of his other films to this one.

The mise-en-scene is mainly dark with only one beam of light coming from a room in the large house. This light frames a silhouette of a man. His identity is disguised which leaves the audience asking questions about him.

The bars in front of the house suggest that someone is trapped within the grounds of the house. This implies that there is danger around because, the bars have links to prison and prison suggests danger and violence.

The full moon shows the time of day, and the use of night time is a typical horror convention.


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