Psychedelic and Retro Horror Film Posters

What I have learned from my AS media coursework is that I love to experiment and play around with colour. For both my short film and the ancillary tasks of my A2 Media coursework, I have considered stirring in a psychedelic effect, perhaps taking influence from A Field In England.

Here are some psychedelic and retro horror film posters that have intrigued me:


I really like the face distortions in this poster - I feel like this technique could work quite well in my movie poster as the whole concept of my short film is Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple personalities). The contast between black and yellow is eye-catching, and suggests a disturbing sense of danger. Max Luscher, the colour psychologist, says this combination makes yellow the compensation for whatever the black is denying or negating. Pefect for a sacrifice, maybe?
 

I really like the cartoon effect applied to this poster of the Japanese horror 'Crazy Lips.' The illuminating yellow outline to the subjects/objects in the image again deliver a sense of danger, and also provides the binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) of darkness and light which is sometimes typical in horror movies. The colour scheme is pleasing to the eye, especially with the addition of the image of the blue faces in the bottom right corner. Blue and yellow work really well together.  Overall, I think that the use of colour here is very effective.
 
This film poster, of the modern 'It Follows', is retro and rather minimalistic which I like. You could argue that it looks like a polaroid picture. 
The use of the colour red in the title and in the subject's nail polish could connote blood. It's a very intense and bold colour which will grab the attention of the reader. Furthermore, studies have shown that the colour red can elicit physical reactions such as an elevated blood pressure and increased enthusiasm which could make the reader much more excited to view the film.
The use of red nail varnish could also connote a girly girl, and thus bringing in the concept of the 'final girl.'

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  1. Phil23 January 2018 at 12:46

    I love The Trip and Psych Out- great poster and movies. Really like how you're working on these posters.

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