This really cracked me up!

http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/...psb1f41436.jpg
It's an excellent concept and design! I think the rug is what gets me to laugh (in contrast to the axe wielding Jack).

I wonder if the design would have been even better with the "N" door having a larger, more jagged crack, which would make both the "N" and reference more pronounced, and I think more visually interesting. I love subtlety, but not for subtleties sake; plus a the movie poster medium favors immediate visual realization (even if it's subconscious, it's easily visually captured).

Would also be interesting with the "N" being the elevator doors opening, with the blood splurge creating the "N" triangles. But then you'd lose the axe connection.


The skull maze, typed page, and wolf in the map, are great ideas and designs! It'd be interesting to see the maze (of the skull maze) match the carpet design more inside the skull, and then have the skull look more evil and deranged. I like the figure in the maze, but might as well make it more related and menacing by either giving it an axe, or put it in the ending frozen pose.

I might be forgetting something, but I'm not getting the subtle reference with the N door. I figured it was a reference the the door to room 237 which isn't all that subtle. The fact that the N is backwards makes me think of the backwards R in REDRUM, but that's not terribly obvious. Are you thinking it might be a reference to the chopped down door and "Here's Johnny" moment? (I guess because of the crack, although I'm not seeing the crack.)

Yeah I love that carpet design. Such a great scene with Danny on the Big Wheel. Brilliant choice by Kubrick to take advantage of the environment he's filming in.

Maybe it's dyslexia, but I didn't even notice the N was backwards.

Yes, I thought the black triangle at the top left was the chopped "Here's Johnny" door. Now that you mention it, I think you're right; I don't think that was his intention at all. But it should have been. = ) My mind tends to see a lot of interlacing references in things. Sometimes more than was intended (obviously). But it helps me make my radio show.

Funny the N is backwards, cause now it matches the Here's Johnny chopped out of the door. Your guess at the N being backwards due to redrum is probably right.

I thought I'd post a few more alternative movie posters. These are by Alex Pardee.

http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0e1d4a3a.jpg


http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/...psec015186.jpg


http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/...psc449d671.jpg


http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/...psad0f67f8.jpg

Ones above very underground comic book like.

I always thought these were impressive:

http://www.modernprimate.com/wordpre...eep-poster.jpg

http://typophile.com/files/1_4290.jpg

Great posters!:cool::)

http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/...ps94d8c412.jpg

I thought V might appreciate this one. V for Vendetta, by César Moreno.

Superb. The detailing and the subtle-mask reference is brilliant!

Thanks for sharing, GF.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps1d7735c5.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psbe63a804.jpg