Horror Film Posters

Famous horror film posters

In this Sinister poster, you can identify a bold clear title to ensure that the film stands out to the audience. This title is in black which is a popular use of colour when it comes to horrors due to them being dark and mysterious. This colour connotes death which is a popular theme in all horror films. The title is also in a bold, clear and quite a scary font due the shadows or streaks coming from the bottom of the letters.                                                                            A key convention of a horror is used which is the blood running down the wall. This is what captures the audiences eye first as it is in the enter of the poster and is dark red causing it to stand out. Furthermore, as you continue to look at the blood on the wall, you soon discover that within the blood, there is an outline of a scary face. This is a very simple poster for a horror film due to the small amount of colours used, a plain wall, one person and blood which catches the eye of audiences more that a detailed and complicated poster would.

For this film poster, it is different from Sinister in the way that the poster is just of a scary face. The title is in a bold, white font which is a typical colour to use when placed on a dark background. The image on this poster is a scary face which seems to be made up of lots of small pictures which adds to the un-natural theme of horrors. This poster is more complex than the poster above but still has minimal colours.






This poster is simple with minimal colours being black, white and grey. The main image used is a chair with an unknown character sitting on it, facing away. This adds mystery and foreshadows what the film will hold. The title stands out brightly from anything else on the poster which is one of the main aims I hope for in my own poster.

Short horror film posters

- Large title which stands out
- Colour red, black and white is all used
- Clear title
- Titles in a bold font
- Black background
- Credits
- Face not shown

How short film posters differ from others:

- They seem to have less credits that famous horror films due to the famous films being full length and therefore having more actors
- They do not have a release date due to not being released in cinemas.
- They look less professional such as the creepy crawly poster