The document provides an analysis of several horror movie posters, examining various visual elements and symbols in the posters and what they may imply about the themes and content of the films. Key elements discussed across multiple posters include naked or tortured women implying violence, blood or gore; knives or weapons suggesting slasher-style killings; skulls or teeth implying death; and dark colors or lighting connoting violence or unknown elements. Overall, the analyses suggest that the visual elements are intended to draw in the target 18+ audience by hinting at graphic violence, torture, sexuality, and psychological thrills in the films.

1. Sub Genre Analysis

2. Torture…
A woman stripped
naked and in a
torture device clearly
shows that the film is
meant for an
audience that is over
the age of 18
The red background and
writing connotes blood,
violence and even possibly
love.
From the look on the
woman's face you can
tell that she is in pain.
This gives the audience
an impression that the
torture in the film is
quite savage.
The light at the door could
possibly show that there is a
happy ending as there is
always light at the end of the
tunnel.
There are two lines which could
possibly draw people in as it could
be a sequel to the first film

3. The woman has a chain
wrapped around her wrist
which shows that she is
the one that’s been
trapped and getting
tortured
From the look on her face
it looks like she has been
tortured so badly that she
has turned psychopathic
The word torture is written
in red which could connote
that the torture involves the
devil, blood and even love…
The word “chamber” is
black. This could
connote that the
chamber is a chamber of
death and pain
The tagline “Fear the dark”
will make people think that
as soon as the day is over,
the torture will begin so
you should fear it.

4. The teeth hanging show
that someone has just
been tortured by having
their teeth ripped out, this
gives mw the impression
that the film is meant for
people over the age of 18.
The ‘w’ in the word
“SAW” looks like scratch
marks. This symbolises
that there is pain in the
film as people are trying
to scratch their way out
of the torture
The teeth are being hung
off of a sharp blade. This
could possibly mean that
there is worse torture in
the film as they are using
the blade as just a useless
hanger.
This string could
symbolise suicide in
the film as it is in the
shape of a lasso which
people use to commit
suicide in most cases

5. Slasher…
The woman's hair is
in a shape of a
hanging rope which
show that she is the
killer as they are
used to kill people
“guess who's going to be the
life of the party” this tells the
audience that people will be
dying as there is only going
to be one person with life at
the party
The woman is holding a knife
behind her back which gives a
clear message to the audience
that it’s a slasher film as that’s
clearly her weapon.
The fact that the woman is
holding a glass of champagne
and a knife at the same time
clearly relates to the title as she
is trying to fool the others that
she's innocent even though she
isn’t.

6. The lake is red which
obviously symbolises that
there is a lot of blood in the
film. It could also symbolise
peace as rivers are very
peaceful.
The murder device is
above the whole entire
forest. This could show us
that the murderer has
killed anything and
anyone below the sky.
Hidden identity adds
mysteriousness to the
poster
The forest relates to the title
as it is all burned. This could
give away a big event that
happens in the film e.g. the
forest gets burnt.
The tool in his/her hand is used to
chop leaves and trees. This could
mean that they are a psycho
owner of the forest.

7. The silhouette of a character
adds a sense of mystery to
the poster and gets the
audience wondering who or
what it is.
The title “final Exam” is
quite relevant to the
film as it will be the
final exam after the
murderer is finished
with them
That tagline may give away what
happens in the film as the killer
might set them tasks to do, and if
they don’t complete it, they die.
The names of the film company,
director and actors are effective as
people might've seen or hear good
things about them from other films.

8. Cannibal…
The names of the film
company, director and actors
are effective as people
might've seen or hear good
things about them from
other films.
A naked woman with a pole
going through her is effective
as it shows that she has no
power and the cannibal is in
control.
There are even more women in
the back waiting. They could
just run away but the cannibal
might’ve possessed them in
some way so that they couldn't
run.
In a way this poster is quite sexist as it
is showing that men have more power
than women. Considering that, the
target audience is probably men as
women wont be interested as they
might not like being seen as weak
characters.

9. The names of the film
company, director and
actors are effective as
people might've seen or
hear good things about
them from other films
The skull shows the
audience that there will
be violence and death
in the film.
The black
background has
connotations of
death and the
unknown.
The blood connotes that
there is violence and
death in the film and
even possibly love
The white light shows that
there is hope and a bright
future for some people, it
also connotes selfishness and
arrogance.

10. The bloody writing obviously
shows that there is blood gore
and violence in the film
The naked women could show us
that there could be sexual
content
The age range for this must
be over 18 as there are
naked people and blood
The film company or name
of the director/actors are at
the top, this could draw
people in as they might’ve
seen another one of the films
they made.