Looming large over all other 07 horror movies was Grindhouse, the Tarantino/Rodriguez collaboration that became a favorite topic of Internet conversation. Unfortunately all that virtual ink wasn’t enough to get people to go out and see the movie.

The Grindhouse posters were many people’s favorite posters of the year. Like I mentioned on my post highlighting 10 posters from actual grindhouse movies, they don’t really look like genuine grindhouse posters. They do incorporate some of the conventions, and go for a worn down look, but they are obviously much less cheap looking then any actual Grindhouse poster ever was.

Despite that lack of authenticity, or perhaps because of it, I really loved these posters. But I guess they do work better as pieces of art than as marketing tools.

Blood Red Night Forever

The posters for 30 Days of Night also managed to make it into quite a few horror fans’ top posters list. They are interesting to look at and do have a very unique, very recognizable visual identity. But I still think they could have done something more connected to the movie’s premise.

Much Blood, Much Gore

Another year, another SAW, another bloody SAW poster. And despite the fact that I no longer think these posters are effective as they used to be, the SAW brand was still strong enough to make SAW IV one of the few economic highlights of last years’ crop of horror movie.

However, Hostel 2 went much farther with it’s posters than the people behind the SAW franchise were willing to go and ended up getting pie on it’s face. The dismal boxoffice returns of Hostel 2 proved that simply being the most graphic and gory kid in town is not enough to make people actually want to see the movie.

Much Ado About Nothing

The captivity posters ended up generating a lot of controversy, due to the use of non MPAA billboards in public places. However the controversy never translated into an audience interested in seeing the movie.

From Enticing to Trash

The Invasion deserves a mention for starting with a good teaser poster and then following that with what was one of the very worst posters for any major motion picture from last year.

 

Korea Represents

In 2007 we had two Korean monster movies opening stateside. And both D-Wars and The Host brought with then some excellent posters.

 

Having Some Fun With It

Another good one is this poster for Severance, which makes the most out of the title’s pun.

Japan Comes Through

The posters for Aliens Vs. Predator 2 were generally not bad, but they were a bit unexciting and obvious. But once again Japan managed to bring us some much needed weirdness.

Hazard Suits are in Again

Two different film posters featuring prominently hazard suits? What are the odds!

I do think the one for 28 Weeks Later looks much better tough.

Looking Forward

There were at least a couple of posters released last year for films that will open in 08 that really caught my attention. One is the poster for The Eye above, which manages to be both very creepy and very original.

Another one is the first poster for Funny Games. Different, bold and still the most disturbing poster I have seen all year.

A Little History

Epitaph (기담)

Muoi : The Legend of a Portrait (므이)

Black House (검은 집)

The Cut (해부학교실)

Shadows in the Palace (궁녀)