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Dirik Hameed
A well made sign can help advertise a scary movie. There are many viewers who base their decision to see a film on the impression they get from the advertisements they see outside theaters. The best film posters give a few pieces of important information about it, such as the actors and director, as well as an artistic representation of what the movie itself is about.The cinema posters for a film should work on several levels. It should give basic information about the feature such as who is starring in it and who made it. It should also give some idea of what the movie is about and why it is scary. But it should not give away too much information or viewers may be turned off about seeing it.Many magazines, websites, and movie critics have created lists of what they consider to be the "best" horror film posters. Some of these list are extensive, covering up to 100 different posters. Others are much shorter, listing only 10 or so posters. While these lists will vary somewhat, most of them include several of the same posters over and over again.The poster for the film "Jaws" is one of the most well known movie advertisements of all time. It was released in the 1970s and starred Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy Schneider. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and became one of the first true summer blockbuster releases. The poster itself was very spare, containing only a stretch of ocean, a female swimmer, and a giant shark looming up from the depths beneath her.As does the poster for "Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht". This 1979 remake starring Klaus Kinski tells the ages old story of a deadly vampire wreaking terror and death upon human victims. The poster is artistic and stylized, with thin line art and only brushes of color here and there. A pale woman faints into the arms of a sinister vampire, complete with fangs, claws, and a demonic visage. This certainly is not a sexy, modern type of vampire.A poster from the film "House", starring George Wendt, Richard Moll, and William Katt, also takes the simple approach. It features only a hand reaching out with its index finger to press a doorbell. The hand itself is severed from the rest of a human body. It is rotting away, giant chunks of flesh removed to show bones, muscles, and veins waving forth."Forbidden Planet", a science fiction horror crossover film from the late 1950s starring Leslie Nielson and Anne Francis, has a very artistic poster. It features stars and foreign planet-scapes. But what makes it a horror poster is the sight of a vulnerable woman laying limply in the arms of an ominous looking robot.The 1980s film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" played on the fears people experience when they go to sleep. It starred Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, and Robert Englund as a very twisted boogeyman. In the poster, a beautiful young girl lies in her bed with a look of terror upon her face, as a clawed hand reaches out of her nightmares to attack her.
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