The magazine cover features a realistic skeleton image that takes up the entire front page. The masthead uses a dripping, blood-red font surrounded by a yellow outline. Short phrases like "Horror", "Monster", and "Evil" create a semantic field that reinforces the slasher genre. The tagline "Blood, Guts, Gore & More" is memorable and appropriate. Cover lines are presented in a film reel, identifying the main image of "The Evil Dead". The designer concludes that the cover successfully captures the horror genre through its visuals and language.

1. ‘Scream’ Magazine Cover Analysis
Bebe Henderson

3. Design
The masthead is placed at the very top of the page which is
conventional of all magazines. The font is written in a font that appears
to be dripping – almost like blood. This is absolutely perfect for the
Slasher genre. Red is the main colour used for the masthead, but it is
also surrounded by a yellow outline. Yellow isn’t normally a colour I
would associate with the Horror genre however it does look quite
affective here. The image takes up the whole page of the front cover
with text written over it. Other fonts used on the magazine are; the
same as the masthead and a very sharp, standard looking font. The
colour used on the front cover is very good for the Horror genre – black
and red with a hint of yellow.

4. Image
The image shows us a very realistic
looking skeleton. This may attract
people who are more interested in the
‘skeleton aspect’ of Horror. It is a direct
mode of address because the skeleton
is looking directly at the audience – this
would influence the reader to buy the
magazine as it creates interaction
between the reader and the picture.
The picture takes up pretty much the
whole page.

5. Language
A semantic field of language has been created within this
poster using words such as; ‘Horror’, ‘Monster’, ‘Evil’ and
‘Dead’. This type of language created reiterates the fact that it
is a Slasher/Horror magazine.

6. Tagline
‘Blood, Guts, Gore & More’. This is an excellent tagline
as everyone will remember it and it works very well
under the genre of Horror.

7. Cover Lines
There are three smaller cover lines
presented in a film reel, which I think
is a very different and unique way of
presenting it. The main cover line is
“The Evil Dead” and we automatically
know this because it explains the
main picture.

8. Summary
Overall, I do this this magazine cover has many strong
points; particularly the masthead and the way the
cover lines are presented. It has certainly given me
some good ideas for my magazine cover.