Nightmare on Elm Street - Poster Analysis

    

 

The film nightmare on Elm Street was released in the year of 2010. It is a horror/mystery/thriller. This poster shows the three categories which the film has been placed under. The movie poster shows both victim and the killer. The victim again is a young attractive female who is sitting on the floor in the foreground of the poster, showing that she is vulnerable; however we can only see her outline and slight details on her face. The killer of this movie is standing in the background of the poster and appears to be a male in the way in which he is standing showing power to the character. Again we can’t see much of the killer but we can see his outline. This poster is shown from a low angle so we can see the full body of the killer in the background.
The colours in this poster are very stereotypical for a horror poster showing blacks and reds, the black which is used around the boarder of the poster. The red text on this poster is a stereotypical colour used on horror movie posters representing blood and death. The orange like colour taking over the poster could represent hell because of the orange colours used to look like flames.  The font on this poster has been written in capitals so it is shouting out to the audience grabbing there attention.

The tag line on this poster “he knows where you sleep” suggests that the murderer in this film knows where you live and is coming to get the victim in the film. I would say that this poster is aimed at older teenagers because of the elements of the poster. The film is actually rated as a 15.