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29 Classic Horror Movie Poster Designs
When it comes to movies, the advertising poster is your porthole to what you can expect from the actual movie (or, what the studios want you to expect). One of the most popular genres is horror.
Horror seems to generates the most imaginative of posters. Have a look at the Saw posters, they are simple, but very creepy, certainly effective and they make you curious. Whereas the Cannibal Holocaust poster tells you exactly what you are going to get, gore, gore and lots of gore. Below you will see 29 amazing examples of the various types of horror movie posters.
Tales of Terror
Day of the Dead
Maniac
Chopping Mall
Beast of Blood
Evil Dead
30 Days of Night
Dead Alive
Dead Snow
Saw III
Apocalypse Now
Cannibal Holocaust
The Abandoned
Friday the 13th
Somethings Better Left Unseen
The Howling
Visceral
Hostel
Humpty Dumpty
Alphabet Killer
Flesh for Frankenstein
Saw
Snuff
30 Days of Night (2)
Happy Birthday To Me
House of the Dead
Skinwalkers
Autopsy
Nekromantic
By Paul Andrew (Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter).
36 Comments
Jun 18, 2009
When I was a kid I used to love looking at all the horror movie covers in the video rental store. I actually remember seeing a lot of the older ones…great list!
Jun 18, 2009
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Jun 18, 2009
NEKROMANTIK!
Jun 18, 2009
Nice to see a few Zombie ones listed
Evil Dead has long had one of my favorite posters even though it tries for the horror side of the movie compared to how campy it ended up being. Maybe that’s part of the allure of it though?
Jun 18, 2009
this upsets me most are fucking aweosme but half arent fucking classic
Jun 18, 2009
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Jun 18, 2009
Your top viewing list as well I presume?
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Jun 18, 2009
Lovely collection of horror movie posters, don’t know if they’re all classic though!
Day of the Dead is an awesome film, but that poster is for the recent remake of the original film. The classic poster would be this: http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-d/day_of_the_dead_poster_01.jpg
Jun 19, 2009
I love classic horror films. Poltergeist has to be one of my favorites. Probably the cheesiest one I own is a close tie between Children of the Corn and Cujo. Neat idea for a post!
Jun 19, 2009
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Jun 19, 2009
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Jun 19, 2009
Yeah some of these are pretty classic, and others are downright disgusting! Love it!
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Jun 19, 2009
I’m not a fan of horror films, still this is a great post. The posters you found were very imaginative. Some were even scary, as in not the kind of poster to look at after you’ve had a nightmare or when you first enter a room.
Jun 19, 2009
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Jun 19, 2009
Great posters. I like classic posters, especially horror movie posters.
Jun 20, 2009
wow.. very nice designs! specially this one “Alphabet Killer” web design. Nice one!
Jun 20, 2009
I grew up watching horror movies at very young age and sometime I wonder what my dad was thinking letting me watch such stuff. Seriously, it’s affected my entire life. Haha.
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Jun 22, 2009
Man I love some of the corny ones. Chopping Mall reminds me of the artwork used on old videogames from when I was a kid.
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Jun 30, 2009
I love horror movies, so I love these posters. I love how they’re a little scary, a little creepy, and kind of cheesy! Thanks for this post!
Jul 21, 2009
its kinda funny how the modern horror movie has become more comical than actually scary
Jul 27, 2009
Sarah, Children Of The Corn isn’t cheesy, it’s very, very scary. I would put it above Poltergeist with regards to terrifying the s**t out of me!
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Sep 11, 2009
It was like a trip down memory lane. I remember how I felt looking at some of these horror movie posters when I was a kid. The Abandoned and Humpty Dumpty were scary no doubt….but my vote goes to the Saw posters.
Sep 15, 2009
Seriously? Seriously? There are a few great posters on here to be sure, but the overabundance of crap (2! for 30 Days of Night, 2! for Saw films, Skinwalkers, Alphabet Killer, and a bunch of other photoshopped crap that a 10 year old could compose) Are you a horror fan reminiscing or some tool looking through the latest “redbox” releases?
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