Elements of style

In the comment thread in the Midnight Meat Train image post below, Bruce Baugh points out the striking and obviously thoughtful composition of the image, leading me to note what a pleasant surprise it is any time I come across an image from a horror film (let alone a promotional image for a horror film) that has any kind of panache. I’ve thought of this the last several times I went to the mall and saw this poster for the werewolf flick Skinwalkers hanging up:

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The leading-less font, the white background, the off-center placement of the title, the image composition–gorgeous. I hold out no hopes for the film itself, of course, but man, this was money well spent. Comparisons to the almost confrontationally dull and generic Dark Is Rising The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising poster are most instructive.

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