The poster from the 2002 horror film, The Ring. From the Analysis of this horror film poster, I can see that the use of black is the main colour and it looks really effective with the bright white against it, it makes it stand out. The tag line at the top works well as it's noticeable but it doesn't stand out too much that it takes the attention away from the title of the film and it doesn't give too much away about the film so it draws you in and it makes you want to go and see the film which shows that the poster is attracting an audience. 
The poster from the 1973 horror film, The Exorcist. I like this film poster for The Exorcist as I think that shadow makes it really creepy and from looking at it, you can tell that the genre of this film is a horror. The shadowed figure gives a hint of a horror as there is no identity to show you who the character is and not knowing the identity of a person is scary because you don't know if they are friendly or whether they will be a danger. The blocked red box makes the 'Most terrifying movie of all time' stand out because of the brightness of the colour. The tag line of 'Most terrifying movie of all time' suggests that the movie is going to be quite a scary film and this is the sort of tag line that will attract people to watch it. 
The poster from the 2009 horror film, Friday the 13th. This poster is quite similar to the one above as the identity of the main characters identity is hidden and this makes me think that this could possibly be a convention of horror film posters. The title also suggests that it is a horror because Friday 13th is known to be a superstitious day where bad things happen so this could suggest that bad things will happen within the film. There is also the use of red in the title which was also used in the poster above, this could also be a convention as red is known to be the colour of blood and danger. 
The poster from the 2009 horror film, The Last House on the Left. The film poster of 'The Last House on the Left' also uses the same colours that were consistant in the other three posters, black, white and red. These seem to be conventional colours for a horror film so therefore these could be some good colours to play around with when it comes to making my own poster. The font seems to be block capital, same as 'The Exorcist' and 'Friday 13th' which also seems to be popular with other posters that I have looked at. After analysing these four horror posters and others on the Internet which have been released in different years, the colours which are popular in all four images and also ones seen on the Internet are dark dull colours like Black, Dark green, Navy blue etc. There is also a strong use of White which I think is a good colour to use on a horror poster as it is a bright colour compared to the dull colours that are listed so it helps it to stand out. I like the font on all four posters and I think that the style of font on 'The ring' poster is really effective as it links in with the storyline of it being about a girl and the style of writing looks like a child's handwriting. The last three posters have a strong use of red which I also think represents horror really well as it is associated with horror because of blood and danger. I might consider using red as the colour font on my poster and if not on my poster then in some point during my teaser trailer as I think this would make it look effective and will make the genre easily recognisable.
This is my own Horror poster which I have created using the analysis of other posters and also some opinions from other people on what a horror poster should include. I am quite happy with the way that the poster has turned out because when I first thought about it in my head, it was nothing compared to the way that this has turned out. I had many different idea's of the way that the poster should look throughout the process of putting together the poster. As the majority of horror posters that I had analysed, I noticed that the main colour was black so I went against this and decided to challenge a horror poster convention by making the main colour a dull green. The dull green colour represents Envy and Jealousy which will be explained within the storyline of the film. Also using the eyes as the main Image is really effective as it looks as though they are watching you and your every move. I captured an image of my mates face and then cropped the image so that the focus was on the eyes and the eyes only. The Image had to be stretched so that it fitted the whole page but I think that this has helped create the right look of the poster. The right side being darker than the left side is meant to represent the fact that there's a hidden side of the Unknown person/creature that is preying on the vulnerable victim. I thought that using the line 'Following you into cinemas' would be a good memorable line as the storyline is about a vulnerable victim being watched and having her every move followed so I think it helps to link in with the storyline.
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