Analysis of Insidious Poster

The film 'Insidious' is a horror/thriller film.

The poster of Insidious is simple and there is not a lot going on. This is because the poster contains the films name, the website of the film, the release date, the slogan 'it's not the house that's haunted'. The poster only contains one picture which is of the main character the possessed child and the background is the house which the characters in the film think is haunted. This picture and the slogan gives an insight of what the film is going to be about. The poster also contains the production information, for example the actors, actressess and the name of the directors and producers. The production information and the style of it makes the poster seem realisitc, thus it looks like a real film poster.

As it is a horror/thriller poster there is not much color, and there are no bright colors in the poster as well. The main colors in the poster are black, white and red. The color black compliments the horror/thriller theme well because it is dark and when people see the color black they automatically think negative and scary thoughts. The red could symbolise the blood and danger that is going to happen to the family. The color white is a color that is not bright and that you can't see well. This shows that it is hard for the family to catch the ghost that is inside the boy because they cannot see it. And if you can't see the ghost it is even more scary because you do not know when it is with you or when it is going to come and harm you.

The target audience of the film Insidious is also fifteen and above. This is because it contains scenes that are scary and may scare anyone under this age.