The Last Exorcism (poster analysis)

Poster 1 Poster 2

The posters for the last exorcism are both unique but similar in many ways. They both follow a particular colour scheme by using black and different shades of grays, this shows the film being in the horror/Thriller genre, suggesting that it will be "dark" and "disturbing" to watch, The posters show that the film will not be light-hearted.

There is one character on each of the posters suggesting that she is the main character with the "demons possessing" her; also by the postions she is in they strongly suggest that she is "possessed". There is blood on the females dress again showing that this is a horror film.

On the seccond poster there is the symbol of jesus on the cross, showing the contrast between the devil and God.

The name of the writers and directors of the film are written in red, this adds effect by making them more noticable, so people will know automatically who directed the film therefore if the directors have a good reputation the audience will be more persuaded to go and see the film.

On both of the posters they have a tag line, in the first it says "believe in him" and in the second it says "If you believe in God you must believe in the Devil". Both of these tag lines show the viewer that the film is about the contrast between good and evil, God and the Devil. Also it suggests that this film has been made to change people opinions on wether the devil does really exist.

The title for the film "The Last Exorcism" is written going smaller to bigger, to add suspence to the film. It suggests that the word "Exorcism" is the most important out of the title. The font is very different from a usual font used on a film poster.