The document discusses psychological horror movie posters. It notes that the posters usually feature close-up images of faces expressing shock or concern. These faces may belong to the main character or symbolize the film. The titles are prominently displayed in the center in white or red text against a dark or black background to attract viewers' attention and convey danger. Overall, the posters aim to depict disturbing emotions through facial expressions on a dark background to promote the unsettling tone of psychological horror films.

1. Predominately, in psychological horrors they contain at least one
image of a person, whether you can see the detail on their faces
or not. All the faces which you can see, have a shocked or serious
expression on them, this denotes connotations of dilemma and
concern, often related to psychological horror. Its usually close ups
of the face which takes up the majority of the poster, it may
either be the main character or a symbol associated with the film.
For example, in ‘IT’ the poster contains the clown or just a red
In all the posters, the main titles are
predominant in the centre of the poster. I
believe this is for the viewers and target
audiences benefit as it helps you recognise a
film sooner, especially if it is part of a
sequel. They are written in white and red,
which are colours usually associated with
death and danger, connoting horror all
together. However, the image is always the
main attraction in the poster, which I think
Following up with colour themes, all
the posters contain either a dark
background or are pitch black. Black
denotes connotations of danger and
unawareness, often associated with
horror. This theme is continued with
other posters as well which have a
similar theme, having the dark or
black background also may be used to
help the picture and writing stand