Horror Magazine Analysis- Existing Magzines

Champagne Morgan

• The name of the magazine is in the usual place it is expected to be seen on a cover, at the top in bold writing.

• The colours used are mostly blue and white with touches of red for some headings, I think these colours chosen go with the image of Johnny Deep. Because of the way the photo was taken and his clothing he looks quite cold and icy and i think these colours add to this effect.

• Image- the photo is effective for a magazine front cover as it catches the audiences eye staright away. I went on to google to search for magazine covers and this was the first one that caught my attention. It is the way his eyes are looking directly at or rather into the camera.

• The masthead is in a clear bold font, it is the first thing that catches the audiences eye due to color yellow being used. The bright grimy font is stereotypical of the horror genre.

• The tagline is cleverly made smaller giving the target audience a reason to looker closer and find out what the magazine is about.

• The picture used is a girl looking directly into the readers eye- the green color contrasts with the surrounding colors of brown and black making them stand out. The use of a chaotically painted image and the use of blood connotes the horror theme.

I found while looking at existing magazine covers that the ones which were more about monsters and the supernatural had a cartoon theme.

On this ‘Dark side magazine’ uses a film strip on the side to give the magazine a retro feel.

Following a cartoon themed cover it uses the bright colors of red/ yellow/ white and black. I found many horror magazines uses this same color scheme but not all.

The use of blood splatters continue a bloody theme. It is also a creative way of highlighting important information that may have otherwise been overlooked.

In Horror sex usually means death and this idea is shown with a woman with her breasts on show.