Horror Film Covers

The Town that dreaded sundown

Use of dark colours

A more stylised font used for the title etc.

Main antagonist on the front

Use of light colours like red (blood) and orange (fire)

Knife (weapon)

Almost ‘empty’ background - skull

Title at the centre bottom of the cover

Antagonist (main character) in the centre middle of the cover

Use of the colour white – to contrast against darker colours

Deliver us from evil

Use of the colour red (blood)

Use of the colour black

Religious symbols (crucifix)

Main character

Disordered room -setting

More stylised font

Title in the centre of the cover

Main character at the top of the cover

Use of the colour white – to contrast against darker colours

The Town that dreaded sundown

Use of the colour red (blood)

Use of the colour white – to contrast against darker colours

Use of the colour black

Main character -protagonist

Main character positions at the bottom centre of the cover

More stylised font

Title at the centre middle of the cover

Gun (weapon)

Fire

Slogan

The Town that dreaded sundown

Use of plain colours (black and white)

Use of the colour red (blood)

Main character

Main character positioned on the bottom centre of the cover Title positioned on

the middle centre of the cover

Creepy woods as background - setting

Use of strange (maybe religious) symbol Stylised font

Age restrictions –bottoms corners

The Town that dreaded sundown

Use of the colour red (blood)

More stylised font

Title at the bottom centre of the cover

Use of the colour black

Main characters

Imagery/main character at the centre middle of the cover

Slogan

Critics statements and ratings

Age restriction –bottom corners

The Town that dreaded sundown

Stylised font

Use of the colour red (blood)

Critic ratings

Main character (antagonist

Use of the colour white

Spooky imagery (skull?)

Age restriction a –bottom corners

Title top centre of the cover

Main character below the title

mama

Use of the colour white – contrasts the darker colours

Use of darker colours (grey, black, etc.)

Age restrictions in the bottom corners of the cover

Stylised font

Title at top centre of the cover

Main characters (antagonist)

Main characters – fill most of the cover background

Film Slogan

Use of the colour black

American Psycho

Extensive use of the colour white

Stylised font

Film slogan

Main character Title middle centre of the cover

Main character in the background of the whole cover

Age restriction in the corner of he cover

Mask – hidden nature

The Exorcist

Title at the top centre of the cover

Age restriction at the bottom corner of the cover

Use of the colour black

Use of lighter colour to contract black

Main character –protagonist or antagonist?

Main character positioned near the middle centre of the cover

Film setting in the background of the cover

More stylised font

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Stylised font

Title at the bottom centre of the cover

Critics reviews

Main character (antagonist)Main character

takes up most of the background of the cover

Use of the colour red (blood)

Use of the colour white

Use of the colour black

Age restriction in the bottom corner of the cover

The silence of the lambs

Title of the film at the top centre of the cover

Use of the colour white to contrast black

Main character

Face of main character (protagonist) in the background

Use of the colour black

Age restrictions –bottoms corners

Red/orange colour used (fire/blood)

Stylised font for the title

Moth – significant to the plot