This psychological thriller film poster features a couple embracing in the foreground with a chalkboard in the background, hinting at more violence than a typical teen movie. The tagline "From the first blush of romance to the last pull of the trigger" plays on the romantic imagery but mentions a trigger, grabbing the audience's attention. A close-up of the girl shows her pale complexion contrasting with the black background and text, representing two sides of her personality and potentially foreshadowing cracks appearing in her life as the film progresses. Another poster depicts a character admiring his reflection in a knife with the tagline "Killer looks", hinting he is egotistical, narcissistic and dangerous while refusing to fully accept

1. Psychological Thriller Film Posters

2. Baring this in mind, the
way the boy is holding the
girl can be taken 2 ways:
Just a loving imbrace, or it
could be said that he is
At first glance, this looks
gripping on to her as a
like a teen rom-com
show of ownership, trying
because of the tactile
to establish some sort of
couple in the foreground,
power (as many killers
as well as the chalkboard
often do in some way)
(which has connotations
with American high
schools) in the background
The tagline 'From the first This could then hint at
blush of romance to the what is often said of
last pull of the trigger' murderers, that they seem
plays on this, but the normal and unassuming to
mention of a trigger grabs their peers, but are hiding
the audiences attention, as their true intentions
it hints that this film is a lot
more violent than the
typical teen movie

3. Close up of the girl in the
foreground (with a blank
Main Colours background) could show
The contrast between her the invasive and intrusive
pale white complexion and nature of being the star
the black text and
background not only goes
with the oxymoron of the
film's title (since a swan is
usually white rather than The crack in her face could
black), but could maybe show that she is 'cracking
show how separated she is under pressure', and that
from reality itself. It could her life is beginning to fall
also potentially represent 2 apart and the cracks are
sides of her own starting to show, hinting at
personality – the 'black what could happen to her
swan' and the 'white swan' character in the film

4. The tagline 'Killer looks.' is
a pun that makes use of
dark humour. Paired with
the character's reflection in
the knife, it hints that he is
quite egotistical and
narcissistic, as well as
being dangerous.
However, the fact that
he appears to be looking
away from his reflection
could show that he
refuses to accept who
he really is