Sinister Movie Poster

Sinister Movie Poster Horror films generally have movie posters that can persuade any person into watching the movie. The movie “Sinister” has an amazing poster than incorporates many elements of fear, horror, and disgust to generate an interest for the movie. The element that is first noticeable is the demonic image drawn with blood. The image shows evil and angry eyes. The words “Once you see him, nothing can save you” make the blood drawn figure even scarier. The words are a lot smaller than the title, presenting a whisper tone. It shows mystery. It can be assumed that the statement references this figure. It is almost as if the figure represents death. Death comes to take you when you are close to dying, and when you finally see death, you die. All he lacks is a scythe. The eyes are pinpointed directly into the camera as well which gives an eerie feeling. The blood, a common theme in horror film movie posters, only adds to the fear. The unknown girl is a good component of the poster. She hides her face and walks barefoot amongst all the blood that spews from her hand. Hiding her face makes her seem a little more unnatural and scarier. She is wearing all white, which resembles purity. It seems as if the blood might stain her white clothing, bringing the evil into her life. …show more content…
The font is creepy, containing both blood dripping down from the individual letters, and shadows on each letter. The shadows may represent a presence of ghosts in the film, as shadows are spooky. The blood dripping down from the letters infers that the movie will contain a lot of death and blood. The dark color contrasts well with the mostly white background, thus it stands out. Above the title are previous works of the director. Both “Paranormal Activity” and “Insidious” involve supernatural themes, suggesting that Sinister will be similar to those movies. Also, it works in a profitable way, as both of those movies were