Wow! I didn't know Carol Anne was into ice hockey. :-/

/way to choose the original poster there, dumbasses

And, way to choose the "28 Weeks Later" poster under the heading "28 Days Later".

The fail is strong with this one.

and the fail is strong with me as well... based on the description of that section, they chose the wrong title for the heading. :-/

Just came here to say that John Carpenter's 'The Thing' is a great horror movie whose special effects have really held up quite well.

How do you make a list like that and then jump from 1939 straight to 1960? You miss two entire decades of great movies like radiation turns things into giant monsters or space creatures invade movies.

mamoru: And, way to choose the "28 Weeks Later" poster under the heading "28 Days Later".

The fail is strong with this one.

Don't forget using the Ring Two poster for The Ring.

Aliens scared the living crap out of me.

The egg and waffle poster was completely misleading, I was expecting a movie about tasty breakfast! I was like leggo my eggo ah that's not an eggo that's a chestburster! Agh, at this point I would settle for a grapefruit!

brigid_fitch: Agreed, not to mention ALL of the Vincent Price movies!:

Those too! Excellent suggestion.

CarnySaur: There doesn't really seem to be an "evolution" there, just a bunch of random posters throughout history. Still cool, though.

I do agree that there's a randomness to the evolution. However, one thing that I noticed was the constant interpretation of women as either the victim (earlier films) or evil antagonist (whose evil ways would be halted/healed by a man).

It's no coincidence that historically, women were starting to assert their rights, resulting in literature & films showing a woman (more specifically, her vagina, since she's typically portrayed in a highly sexualized manner) as a threat.

/why yes, I am an English major
//Just finished a Monsters in Culture class; final paper was on women & vampires in literature.

aevorea: //Just finished a Monsters in Culture class; final paper was on women & vampires in literature.

Well, at least you chose an original topic.

The Shinning wins for creepiest picture.

This scared the crap out of me when I was little.

/my lawn, ooze off of it.

IdBeCrazyIf: labman: Just came here to say that John Carpenter's 'The Thing' is a great horror movie whose special effects have really held up quite well.

Fun fact trivia moment. Many of the special effects or rather the finality of what they would be were hidden from the actors until the actual take was done. They were prepped about what would happen, but never always shown what it would look like in reality.

So much of the reaction you see on film are the REAL reactions of the actors, especially the "Holy shiat" moments.

Another reason why the movie stands the test of time.

It's a technique that's been used well. The first chest burst scene in Alien was done the same way - the actors knew they were supposed to be scared but had no idea what was coming.

Why yes, I did find that clip. (new window)

This one gives me the creeps.

Brap

I don't think M really qualifies as a horror film, though that is a great poster.

I think "Shutter" has the creepiest poster of any of the ones in the list.

The "Aliens" poster is just boring.

Besides the fail of not being an "evolution" so much as a jumble of old and new movie posters in only vaguely chronological order and posters that weren't the actual theatrical release posters, I was expecting maybe a bit of analysis or something, not crappy descriptions that wouldn't even make it onto the back of the DVD.