Horror poster analysis

House of wax (2005) Horror/ thriller USA On the poster of this horror film we can see the image is of a typical young female who is the normal victim that we see in horror films. She has blonde hair and we normally associate this with her drinking, smoking and sleeping around. The back ground is also of her as a wax figure. The white-ish image shows that she is pure or was pure and the fact that the wax is melting could symbolise the fact that her purity and innocence is melting away. The fact that the image is also off white could be another way to connote this. The dark shadows of her eyes make it that you don’t really know who she is, whether she is bad or a good person. It could be that her good side has gone and she has been taken over. The green shadow text is quite distorted so you read it and think that there is something wrong with you. Makes you feel as though it is messed up and it is all in your head. Links with the film because the film is quite weird and messed up. The shadowed text could also be the shadowing of their good past they had as the teenagers become part of a wax work. The tagline of this poster is quite cruel. ‘Prey, slay, display’ Gives off the impression that the victim is going to be in pain.