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Unless you live under a rock — or have recently been stabbed by a Munch-masked madman — you will be aware that horror legend Wes Craven’s new movie Scream 4 hits cinemas this Friday. In anticipation of the slasher sequel’s release, the Alamo Drafthouse‘s collectible art boutique arm Mondo has announced that it is making Craven the latest subject of its “Director’s Series” poster line (previous auteurs who have been honored in this way by the Austin, Tx., cinema include Guillermo del Toro and Source Code film maker Duncan Jones).
The first two Craven movies to be given new posters are the original 1996 Scream and the Johnny Depp-featuring A Nightmare on Elm Street. Swamp Thing, The Hills Have Eyes, and The Last House on the Left will all also be granted the Director’s Series treatment.
You can see the (extremely) blood-drenched artwork for Scream and Nightmare below. Take a look and tell us what you think:
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I love these!!! Mondo kills (see what I did there?) it again.
Awesome.
Love these. Both so gory (especially the Scream one) but the visuals are just too damn clever.
i like the nightmare one, because it actually gives weight to the film, but the scream one really doesnt fit the film, as the film is pretty campy and fun and the poster makes you think your about to watch some scary phyco monster hell flick.
Yeah, but what’s the one scene you remember from Scream? That was is it.
I keep wishing Hollywood would take a cue from Mondo (and Olly Moss) and start producing interesting movie posters again instead of the overly photoshopped, marketed to the lowest common denominator stuff we get now.
The original Star Wars had lines around the block when it opened, mainly due to the (now) iconic movie poster.
I couldn’t agree more. You read a book like Drew Struzan’s (which is amazing, btw) and you can’t help but become sad to see him and the whole “art” of movie posters pushed into irrelevancy when it comes to studio marketing. I mean he made piles of crap like Masters of the Universe look AWESOME. When I saw the one-sheet for that in his book I wanted to see that flick again…then I remembered it sucks. But I’m glad that the Alamo Drafthouse & Mondo exist. Without them moviegoing and movie posters would be too depressing to handle.
Amen to that! I’ve been saying the same thing for years! These screen-printed or screen-printed looking posters are amazing. They are usually minimalistic in approach and work so well to capture a film’s core. However, sometimes they are great because they are designed “after the fact” and almost tongue in cheek, wink-wink-nudge-nudge to the viewer. But, overall film marketing could definitely be done with a lot more class and creativity for sure.
Sorry. Don’t like it.