This is the poster for Drag Me to Hell which was released in 2009 in the USA. The main image on the poster is a women being dragged down in flames by three un-human hands. As the woman is being dragged down into the flames this shows that she is the female victim, this is also goes with generic horror convention of the female victim mostly being blonde. The colours in this are mainly dull apart from the flames; I think this has been done so that the flames contrast well with the rest of the poster. The girl’s clothes are grey which suggest a balance between innocence and bad. The fonts are simplistic on this poster are in white; I think this was done so that it doesn't draw attention away from the main picture but still stand out against the flames. The tag line on this poster in’ Christine Brown has a good job, great boyfriend and bright future. But in three days, she’s going to hell’. This tag line is like a brief summary of the film but doesn't give away much detail, I think this is a good tag line as it draws the audience in as you want to find out why she is being dragged to hell. Because of the title it suggest this film could contain a religious aspect, this also could be why the hands are dragging the girl via her necklace. 

This poster is for the film sinister which was released in 2012 in the USA. The main image on the poster is a young blonde girl walking away/along a blood stained wall. The girl on the poster looks like a child, the image suggests she is the killer in the film. She isn't dominant in the image which suggests that the face in the blood is also the killer. This shows that it will be a psychological/gory horror. The girl is blonde which usually suggests she will also be a female victim. The colours of the poster are mainly off white/grey but also red is prominent on the poster. The white shows innocents which is in correlation with the young girl on the poster. The red stands out well against the off white/grey wall making it and the girl the main focus of the poster. The font on the poster is very simplistic; I think they have done this to not draw attention away from the main image.  The tag line is ‘once you see him, nothing can save you’ this is a good insight into the film it shows that the film is going to be about possession which suggests that the young girl on the poster has seen ‘him’. 

This poster is for The Final Destination which was released in 2009 in the USA. The main image of the poster in a smashed mirror with half a woman’s face over the top of a skull. The woman in the image looks distressed, this is also suggested by the half smashed mirror and the skulls mouth as it looks like it is screaming. The skull suggests the colour palette of the poster is mainly black, grey and white; this helps show what that the movie is going to be more of a psychological horror than gore as the only red used on the poster is for the release date.  This was done so that the release date stands out to the viewer. The fonts on this poster as very simplistic, I think this is done so you focus more on the image on the poster. The text is also mainly in white this is so it stands out against the cloudy black background.  The tag line for the poster is ‘Rest in Pieces’ this shows that death is heavily involved with this movie and it also goes well with the shattered mirror image on the poster. I think this poster is trying to aim for a target audience of mid 20 year old and above; I think this because of the simple tag line and the age of the woman on the cover. 

Personal film review

The Omen is a Horror/Mystery/Thriller which was produced in 2006 and was directed by John Moore.  The film is based around a man called Robert Thorn; he is informed at the start of the film that his wife Katherine has just lost her baby. Father Spilletto suggests he adopts another new born that lost his mother. Robert does so and names the boy Damien. Over the years Katherine realises he is evil and they are told he is the devil. They are shown evidence he is the anti-Christ and travel down to Megiddo to try and stop the boy.

The male hero in the movie is Richard Thorn where as his wife Katherine is the female victim and their son Damien in the Psycho killer. In the movie they use a lot of different key techniques such as montaging and parallel music which was used at the start of the movie when they showed Damien’s childhood. Collision cutting is used in the start of the film as well when the nanny hangs herself at Damien’s birthday party. Low key lighting and creepy, enclosed locations are often used at the same time in this movie such as in graveyard and the Priest’s home. Body horror is used much; one of the main uses of body horror is when the priest gets killed during the thunderstorm. Close-ups are used in the movie to show stress and upset, this is done when Katherine is in the hospital. The film ends with an open ending; this is because Damien is still alive at the end of the movie. The theme/ideology for this film I think is based on the fear of death to family; even though Damien is horrible his parents want to protect him.

One of the scenes that impressed me in the film is when the Nanny commits suicide; the collision cutting in this scene goes from slow to fast which draws you in. Another scene I liked from the film also uses collision cutting, this is when Richard is having a nightmare. I think that the collision cutting in this scene creates tension and slight confusion. The use of children in horror is unsettling; they always seem to look innocent as they are a child and this makes the audience have a connection which makes you feel worse when they kill someone. I would have liked to use this in my horror trailer but it would have been difficult to find a child to act.

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