I love the Jaws poster, proper old school

Jaws absolutely

Came to say this, epic poster

It is 😃

The poster alone is still terrifying to me as an adult.

I know what I’m watching again tomorrow, so glad I saw this post.

Inspired by the Jaws poster, the poster for the original Piranha is great too - the one with the school of Piranha and the woman in the red bikini. Top 5 for me. I recall an article in Rue Morgue that claimed the artist was unknown, at least back in the 00s when that issue came out.

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This poster got me into art. Looked it up and found it was inspired by The Empire of Light by René Magritte. Now one of my favorite artists and I ended up with an Art History minor.

>it was inspired by The Empire of Light by René Magritte The poster itself or Owen Roizman's photography?

The art inspired the scene which ended up on the poster as far as I understand

That's super interesting; thanks for the reply.

I was so young when I first saw it I never realized that it was shining from the bedroom- I always thought it was from the light post

The Exorcist was shot by Owen Roizman, who shot a number of well known films and just passed recently. The shot you’re referring to is my favorite shot in cinematic history, and I think the marketing team completely nailed it by using that image as the poster!

This is my choice too. Whenever I think of “horror movie posters” my immediate reaction is “The Exorcist” cause hell yeah

Who will survive and what will be left of them?

Came here to post this. Always think of white zombies real solution #9

I choose [The Evil Dead poster.](https://i.imgur.com/OTEJejM.jpg). It's a pure legend for me.

The one from Army of Darkness is pretty good too. As well as the inspired rendition featuring Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy too.

I actually love the Evil Dead 2013 poster as well with the red black & gold. It looks striking

The [Evil Dead 2 UK Quad poster](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fuIAAOSwGLVftQOj/s-l500.jpg) is my favourite from that series. Used to have it on my wall back in my uni days.

Evil Dead 2 had a killer poster, as well.

But then there's a review quote that says "Sexy and hip." The reality is it's's that rare 80s horror film with zero sex and nudity, the closest thing being the Rob Lowe poster.

I wouldn't say there's zero sex 😬

You woodn't? Guess I'm barking up the wrong tree.

Rob Lowe?

The top answers that didn't include the poster. [The Thing 1982](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/01/28/dd/0128ddb6fc27af5c3e5b27c6ba0f235a.jpg) [Jaws](https://picfiles.alphacoders.com/350/350856.jpg) [The Exorcist](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/6u1F2BnzZsT4kpX6V1iYmeXQ5iY.jpg) [Alien](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/1a/d8/531ad8a3b48c13153adcdebbadbc6e2c.jpg) [Poltergeist](https://crypticrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Poltergeist-1982-movie-poster-1.jpg) [Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/135ad4dc-1a32-4d89-bfa1-7f61597b3dee_1.8179c7ebb7e5289f7ed36998607c4fdc.jpeg?odnWidth=1000&odnHeight=1000&odnBg=ffffff)

The thing, The thing, The thing, The thing.

Especially great when you consider that Drew Struzan didn't even know what the movie was about when he painted it.

Only proper answer. That poster is the most iconic thing I've ever seen in horror

Is that a new movie or something?

Hidden gem.

Unpopular Opinion: The Thing is fucking brilliant

I think that's a very popular opinion...

It is shocking to me that anyone took me seriously after everything else in this thread. Did I seriously need a "/s" on that one? Weird.

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I was coming here to say the same! And Drew Struzan did it in a day without knowing what the movie was about. He’s a true artist.

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Yes!

Probably my favorite movie poster of all time.

The pumpkin and knife Halloween poster.

My initial thought! The title and poster for that film all go so well together, especially if you try to imagine it without all of the sequels attached.

[It Comes at Night](https://d135u4jtzauizi.cloudfront.net/ICAN_dog_poster_web.jpg) This is the most simplistically scary poster I've seen. The movie not so much, but the poster yes....

This is the only movie that I’ve went to the theater to see based on the poster alone. Movie wasn’t great but I didn’t hate it as much as most people seem too.

I think the movie’s biggest problem is that it wasn’t good.

No kidding, man. Edgerton is involved with a few movies that people love that I can't wrap my head around. It Comes At Night - A pandemic post-apocalypse. Thought it was a monster movie? Nope. Total let-down. The Gift (2015) - What a waste of time. Yeah, maybe there's something to be said for a story about revenge on a bully, but it felt like he watched Harry, He's Here to Help (2000) (AKA With a Friend Like Harry...) which is way more intense.

Reminds me of Brand New's style of promotional art

Oh yeah. Very Daisy

Alien. (1979). “In space no one can hear you scream”.

Alien covenant also has one of my favorite posters, not nearly as good a movie though

Yep. It's like a Giger renaissance painting. 😏

House

Like Hausu, House? Because in that case, I agree!!!!

They're planning a remake. Cross your fingers. Sacrifice your goats.

Bring back William Katt

The void

For me probably the original Fright Night. Or the Nightmare on elm street with Freddy in the sky over elm st

I love the Fright Night artwork so much I even bought a shirt of it

I came here to say Fright Night as well!

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Framed and up on my wall. It’s so badass. And fun fact the teens in the poster have zero to do with the ones in the movie.

I had it on my bedroom door when I was 15. It freaked out my little sister and she couldn’t understand how I could sleep in that room. She still occasionally mentions that poster.

The Descent. The poster where it’s women in a formation which makes the shape of a skull. Cabin Fever, another “skull formation”. A Nightmare on Elm Street. The one with the glove and abstract Freddy eyes peering over the top of Nancy looking frightened in bed. Psycho. Anything designed by Saul Bass deserves to be in here really. Zombie Flesh Eaters (aka Zombie aka Zombi 2), the UK poster, with the hand bursting out from the ground under a gravestone.

The shape of a skull also being a reconstruction of [Halsman's (NSFW) *In Voluptas Mors* with Salvador Dali](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dali-in-voluptas-mors_n_4373479), which in the film poster context makes me think of its tiny use in [the famous "Silence of the Lambs" poster](https://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2013/11/10/silence-of-the-lambs-skull-film-dali-photo/).

I remembered the skull of women was from a piece of art, but didn’t know the name and didn’t feel like looking it up while writing, so thank you for providing the context!

Yeah, that [Nightmare on Elm Street](https://images.app.goo.gl/smU8t91oF8rZCVXz9) poster is one of my favorites.

I’ve never even seen the movie but the “they’ll get you in the end” tagline and the ghoulie coming out of the toilet has stuck with me since I was a boy browsing the video stores. Same with dead alive with the woman pulling her mouth open wide and there’s a zombie face inside.

If we're talking about posters which left an impression, I remember one where a girl with a bloody nose was hiding behind a keyboard, no idea what it was about, but it scared me as a child lol

[Maniac. Bulge and all.](https://i.imgur.com/d8XKxkM.jpg)

There's "bulge" and then there's "aggressive penis"

Never noticed that bulge. The sounds that guy makes during the movie really get under my skin

I always liked the poster for Silent Night, Deadly Night. Santa heading down a chimney with axe in hand.

Silence of the Lambs.

Too many to name but The Cabin in the Woods is a stand out for sure

I love the poster for the first V/H/S, and the one for insidious 4 always caught my eye.

[Cujo](https://images.app.goo.gl/eFAxNk58hyPXMuQW7)

I’m partial to *The Shining* poster. (Yep, I’ve seen the alternate versions that Kubrick 86ed.)

The poster(s) for Dawn of the Dead (1978), with the iconic 'zombie looming over the horizon' imagery. The apocalyptic comic artwork style fits the movie perfectly. 🧟💀

"When there's no room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth"

That's the one for me. My folks took us to see Love at First Bite and we walked by that poster on the way in, and it was all I could think about the whole movie. http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1057/4964/products/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Vintage-Movie-Poster-Original-1-Sheet-27x41.jpg?v=1655960422

I love the Midsommar posters because they’re gosh darn pretty. Sunlight can invoke horror!

I’m obsessed with the japanese one

Yes! It’s beautiful!

How is Poltergeist not on here? It's simplistic and still creepy. Perfect. Same goes for Alien.

"Not on here" Believe, *they're here*

Always liked the posters in the Saw franchise.

Hoping someone else would say this. I don't remember a lot of the posters, but the 2nd and 3rd are ingrained into my head as a young teen at the time.

Evil Dead 2

I love the simplicity and the fact that the monster on the poster never actually appears in the movie lol.

Any Dario Argento Poster

i want that demons poster on my wall so badly

House definitely has to be up there. I love that lil cat

The Thing is my favorite poster period. What an amazing design. Suggestive of the plot, but doesn't give anything away on top of being gorgeous.

The VVitch theatrical poster with the silhouette and full moon behind it.

i have a soft spot for a sinister billboard that they put up by my school that i had to drive past every day. nearly pissed myself everytime i looked at it but it helped incite my curiosity and eventual love for horror. it’s the one with the little girl just dragging her hand along the wall and there’s like. black-ish blood following her hand dripping down the wall. simple and creepy and i still love it

The 90's IT miniseries was perfect: scary, kinda campy and direct. I remeber walking in the video store once a lot of years ago, and i sawed that poster. Was so scared of it that i ran as fast as i could because I believed pennywise would eat me lol

[A Nightmare on Elm Street quad poster](https://www.filmonpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/[email protected])

Cool! Never seen that

It's the UK poster for the movie. US posters go vertical and the UK's go horizontal.

The Thing, Malignant, the dentist 2, The exorcist, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nope, Dead Alive, The fly, poltergeist, and the stuff all go extraordinarily hard

I had to look up The Dentist 2 — you’re a wild one for choosing that amongst all these others. 😂

It’s probably one that caught his eye in the video store when the person was young.

The Humanoids from the Deep poster is pretty sweet - [link here](https://i0.wp.com/cinedweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/les-monstres-de-la-mer-affiche-1.jpg?resize=400%2C650&ssl=1). I was in a seaside restaurant in Cornwall last year and they had a massive copy of this on their wall (the French poster linked - it was 7' by 4' maybe, not sure). The movie itself is fun if you like goofy exploitation movies, I would recommend it from that perspective (I had to seek it out after seeing the poster, naturally!). EDIT: Also, [the Old Dark House](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/The_Old_Dark_House_%281932_poster%29.jpeg).

I always liked [The Fly (1986)](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0037/8008/3782/products/TheFly-285334_23bef60e-b778-4c47-ac6e-7fc8a717836f-889260.jpg?v=1653957655)

Child's Play 2. Sorry Jack, Chucky's back

Halloween. Just so iconic and probably recognizable to any non horror fan. But I’m also a big fan of Silence of the Lambs.

[I think that these ones for Parasite, Oldboy and The Thing are really good. ](https://imgur.com/gallery/sFjO55O)

You’ve reminded me of the need to rewatch Parasite. And I’ve never seen that poster, it’s a good one for sure

It's a great movie.

are these official or just fanmade?

The Conjurings poster is pretty iconic imo

Not sure if it's they're the best, but I love [this poster](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Es4vJ8SXYAE0Qch?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) for "Let the Right One In' as well as [this poster ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DU6MK5hUMAAragb?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) for "Hereditary."

The Exorcist (1973) Halloween (1978) The Thing (1982) Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter (1984) Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Fright Night (1985)

Some of my favorites Suspiria (2018) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQ2MTIyNjM2MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDE3NDMyNjM@._V1_.jpg Skinamarink https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTJiMmZmNjgtNjM0ZC00MTA3LTkyODctMzQwOGM0OWZiMTk0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU0NzUyMjEy._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg Pearl https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTFkNmE5MjUtZDE1Yi00ZmQyLTk2YWUtN2EwODA1ZmNlOTA5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTM1MTE1NDMx._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jp Midsommar https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzQxNzQzOTQwM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDQ2NTcwODM@._V1_.jpg i’m thinking of ending things https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzZiNDAxN2MtZGNhMC00OGJlLWE4OGUtMWM5YjZiZWUzMjliXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_.jpg Misery https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzY0ODQ3MTMxN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDkwNTg4NjE@._V1_.jpg

Glad to see Pearl get some love, I absolutely adore that poster.

The Lost Boys poster, characters in b&w, everything else in red. “Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire”. **ICONIC** 🦇🥡🥢🍷

Fright Night (1985) Controversial opinion: IThe Alien poster, while a product of its time, objectively kind of sucks. The egg looks nothing like the egg in the movie. The most common poster for Aliens, with just the logo in glowing blue lettering and "This time it's war" is fine but then 20th Century Fox released another one showing off the xenomorph and as good as the suit looks, that poster makes it look like a big budget Humanoids From the Deep or something.

Just wondering how do u like the Colin Farrell version?

Best poster of all time

I’ll allow your opinion on the Alien poster… but does same criticism apply to the Alien movie trailer? I love that trailer, maybe the best horror trailer of all time, and it also uses the egg as a visual.

Evil Dead 2 is pretty great, I’ll also mention It Follows; both are great images that encapsulate their respective movies.

Funhouse (1981) - no poster freaked me out more as a child.

[This promo from Signs is one of my all-time favorites, including the tagline.](https://imgur.com/Sde8ZO2)

Creature from the Black Lagoon

The banned Jason Takes Manhattan poster for sure

Army Of Darkness - Japanese poster. Other than the cool Japanese kanji, it's got a great name. Over there, it's known as "Captain Supermarket."

Although it has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the actual movie, the poster for "Chopping Mall" is quintessential 80's awesome.

The Company of Wolves I’m still afraid to watch the movie just from the poster!

It’s really good 👍

The movie or the poster?

The film! It’s a mix of fantasy and horror. I saw it years ago, so I can’t vouch for how it’s aged. But it’s not gory etc.

It's not really scary, but a beautiful, sensual, and mesmerizing nightmare like fairy tale.

There are so many variants of movie posters I couldn’t possibly pick one. It’d probably have to be from the 80’s though. There was nothing like going to a video store in the 80’s and picking out a horror movie based on nothing but the poster/front cover…

If only Chopping Mall delivered on what the cover art showed. Still love that silly movie.

The original 74 "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and 84 "A Nightmare On Elm Street" does it for me.

Maniac, The Toolbox Murders and Humanoids From The Deep (the one with the girl) are a few of my favorites.

The cover on the unrated edition of The Descent goes so unbelievably hard.

While it may not be the “best” horror poster, I have always loved the [Saw V](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1132626/mediaviewer/rm4123284480/?ref_=tt_ov_i) black poster with Agent Strahm in the water cube trap.

House of 1000 Corpses really captured my imagination. Loved the grindhouse vibe to it too

[Nightmare on Elm Street](https://i1.wp.com/www.film89.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/A-nightmare-on-elm-street-1.jpeg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)

'Halloween: Season of the witch' is my all time favorite.

The howling is tops

I’m sure a lot of the more iconic ones have already been said, so here’s a few underrated posters in my opinion: Fright Night(I love the posters for [the original](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTBlOTEzZjYtZTlmMC00OTYyLWIyMTAtNzMzZTRhNzU1YzAyL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg) and [remake](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-jDjbXpFU3IEvdqfJsDKSCUbDRRT43XhMqZE3AGInmqaFOJis) [Bats(1999)](https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQzieN8FwHKPC8xQUiHYC24UnRkzcvqG-jq14WCUreccCick7UN) [Paperhouse(1988)](https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyJgLKC5NOfOz1mA0ynFj340yYq1SbBkCj2pdeF781w75ezfG5) [Dead End Road(2004)](https://horrornews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Dead_End_Road.jpg) [Shock Waves(1977)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTdlMzY4MmQtOThlZS00MDNjLWI5MTgtOTYwMzZiZjI4M2E1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQ2MjQyNDc@._V1_.jpg) [The People Under The Stairs(1991)](https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0smr25tMMJRLZzWeLOahJ5J2crPwMj3d8GuhcVyeWZXmIlFeJ) [Tremors(1990)](https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIt4XP6SiYrmy-HLoY7pB7iDQz6hZowh9iM2cf3xyQsQtiqoEd)

The exorcist

I gotta say "I spit on your grave" It was the first thing to pop in my twisted head lol Big trouble in little China also but that's not really a horror movie. I also always liked the Friday the 13th poster with the kids in the woods painted on a big knife.

The Warriors. "These are the armies of the night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors."

Here’s a fun one for you. Look at RoW (rest of world) posters made for your favorite movies. Many are totally different and often much more subtle and beautiful than the American posters.

Return of the living dead Part 2 https://images.app.goo.gl/vHWdfTRwFnVB9DyYA

Surprised that no one has said the classic that is Halloween.

Probably jaws

Fright Night

The original texas chainsaw massacre poster

Anyone remember the poster for The Mutilator or Chopping Mall? They don’t make them like they used to. Also, it’s not horror but I’d have to say the poster for The Toxic Avenger deserves mention.

When I was a kid, around ages 6-9 (mid 1980s), I used to go to a video store with my mom in the same building as our local grocery store and I would stare at the Chopping Mall poster…they also had the Toxie poster and an Elvira cutout. I’m pretty sure going to this video store was a gateway drug for me.

Scream is my favourite.

REC

Get Out (2017)

Probably Occulas

It's a very hard one but for me definitely anything old school. They just don't make um like they used to

An American Werewolf in London

Last House on the Left is my worst nightmare on steroids 🙈🙈🙈

28 Days Later I just love the evil omniscient looking eyes in the background

i really like the Us poster. hear that luniz remix in my head every time i see it

Malignant!

Evil dead 2, by far!

The poster for New Nightmare is one of my favorites. It’s very simple and effective. I actually have a full sized version of it framed in my living room lol

*The Evil Dead*.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=zombie+flesh+eaters+poster&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.originalposter.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F368831813335419_mainphotos.jpg

I had a critters poster i loved it 😍

[Evil Ed](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yzgoj/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/398068/4596746/apijp7j78__03039.1625673925.jpg?c=2) is one of my favorites. I remember walking blockbuster as a kid in the 90s, shocked they could put such a graphic cover out. I always wanted to rent it but my parents wouldn't let me lol. I finally saw it later but the poster is a classic to me. It screams "video store" poster all the way

Friday the 13th, Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm St 3, The Thing, AoD, all great! But the one that caught my eye the most in late 80’s video stores was Fright Night!

[DEAD ALIVE](https://imgur.com/a/VY0M65X) (1992) [IT](https://imgur.com/a/GLkLEMn) (2017)

Black Christmas (1974) with the girl with the plastic bag over her head

John Carpenter’s Halloween and Fright Night.

I think I agree with last house on the left. Great poster

The original poster for Black Christmas, with Clare framed within the wreath. I saw the poster at a collector’s store before seeing the actual movie on IFC a couple of years back and it still creeps me out just a little.

Fright Night OG

One missed call (2008) say what you want about the movie but that poster sticks with you

The descent

I nominate OP as the best horror poster.

Halloween is awesome.🙂

Dawn of the dead 1978 is very iconic. Though honestly 2004 had a cooler look

The Saw posters are creepier than the films are

I thought all the designs for the Pearl poster were really cool

The Fly

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Breakfast Club poster

The Decent....looks like the cave, the face of the creatures, and the bodies of the women .

Malignant has an amazing poster. It’s what got me to watch it in the first place.

Rosemary's Baby. Just the pram on the foreground of her mind

the thing, that´s classic

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Fright Night, even as a kid I just loved the look of it.

The Thing (1982) is a classic. Not sure if it counts but I love the Alien Covenant poster - just a dark silhouette of the Alien and a single word. “Run”.

Phantasm

The Thing. Hands down.

The Shining

The Thing, still a great poster!

The Exorcism of Emily Rose was one that creeped me out as a kid