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- Written by: Gary Johnston
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There are great horror posters… and then there’s the poster for Friday the 13th, which looks like it was designed by a man who drank six cups of coffee, stared into the woods for three hours, and whispered, “What if silhouettes were terrifying?”
First of all, this poster understands something modern horror marketing forgot: mystery is scary. You don’t see a hockey mask. You don’t see twelve explosions. Nobody is standing back-to-back holding weapons like they’re auditioning for a haunted Avengers movie. It’s just a giant shadow figure staring at terrified camp counselors like he’s deciding which one forgot to bring marshmallows.
The silhouette design was created by designer Spiros Angelikas, while the final illustrated poster was painted by artist Alex Ebel.
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