Insidious Film Poster How does it conform with Thriller characteristics?

Characters

Typical thriller characters

include psychos,

detectives, criminals and

victims.

The child in this poster

shows a demonic

presence. This is also

accompanied with the with

the tagline “It‟s not the

house that‟s haunted”

implying that it is the boy

who is in fact haunted.

Characters

• The eyes have been scratched out which have could mean that the boys „soul‟ in unwanted. It could also show that the boy in not himself which connotes possession.

• His darkened stare with little expression also fits with the theme of thrillers as he is hard to read and is very dark and shadowy.

• The writing over his body with lexis such as „scary and terror‟ also denotes a theme of thriller. The tagline definitely suggests that the boy is haunted.

Narratives

Typical thriller narratives

often include, being

watched, being followed,

death/murder and

deception.

The scratched out eyes of

the boy connote being

watched and maybe even

murder.

This poster also denotes

being watched from the

shadowed figure standing

in the window.

Iconography

Typical thriller iconography

include shadows, confined

spaces and maybe bars on

windows.

There are many parts of

this film poster which

express the typical

iconography of a thriller.

Iconography

• The shadows in the windows and the bottom of the poster connote death, evil and darkness; running themes of a thriller.

• The dark clouded sky also has connotations of darkness, evil and death.

• The lone standing house can also show a theme of isolation.

• The leaves on the trees also appear to be near dead, causing denotations of death.