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The 25 creepiest movie posters ever

The 25 creepiest movie posters ever

The 25 creepiest movie posters ever
28 February 2013

Quite often a single image can hold more power than 90 minutes worth of them. With words and loud noises added.

Which is why some of our picks for the 25 creepiest movie posters ever are actually more effective than the films they're promoting. Naming no names though (Pulse).

If we've picked correctly then at least one of these images will be making a starring appearance in your nightmares tonight. Let us know, yeah?

Pulse

Year: 2006


House of Wax

Year: 2005


Fright Night

Year: 1985


Pandorum

Year: 2009


Rosemary's Baby

Year: 1968


The Strangers

Year: 2008


Hostel: Part II

Year: 2007


Grace

Year: 2009


The Howling

Year: 1981


The Haunting In Connecticut

Year: 2009


Antichrist

Year: 2009


Saw IV

Year: 2007


The Collector

Year: 2009


The Broken

Year: 2009


Magic

Year: 1978


Sinister

Year: 2012


Buried

Year: 2010


Halloween

Year: 1978


Teeth

Year: 2007


The Bay

Year: 2012


The Thing

Year: 1982


The Ruins

Year: 2008


Silent Hill

Year: 2006


Excision

Year: 2012


Poltergeist

Year: 1982