Saul Bass Horror Posters

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Night of the living dead-  This poster only uses colours, cream, purple and black. Used cream so that it doesn't contrast on the other darker colours as much as a white and gives a more of a murky and dark effect. The lines across the page is meant to look like a barricade and has deformed hands coming through, suggests the zombies or 'the living dead' are breaking through, gives away some of the plot of the film but not all of it, leaves mystery as to the rest of the plot.

The shining- This is the Saul Bass Poster for the horror film, The Shining. Bright colours, with a face in the letters, the bright yellow contrasts against the black, making each feature bold. I like how the face is made out of tiny dots and like the depth this effect gives. This poster includes a picture but I like how it doesn't give away the plot like some film posters do.

 

War of the worlds- no writing apart from the name of the film, doesn't say any of the actors names. White alien contrasts against the dark and dull city background. Dark colours used for the background gives an industrial tone. The white alien shows that there is an invasion and suggests that it doesn't belong as the colours don't match. 

The thing- used light colours as it's set in a snowy place, unusual to see such a bright colour used in a horror poster. The horror part of the poster would be the 'thing' which is black, the onu dark thing on the poster showing that he's evil. This is very detailed for a Saul Bass style.

Dracula- a lot of detail for a Saul Bass poster,l. Used white for parts which the light is shining on, red for midtones and black for shadows. Layering effect to show light. Really like this effect and the use of a bright and bold colour works well. Unusual style don't for a Saul Bass poster.

American horror story- shows part of the actual plot, but doesn't give away too much, just little hints. Only uses red against white. Red to show horror, blood and fear where as white shoes pure and peace. Contrasting ideas as well as colour. Manages to fill the entire page without looking too cluttered.