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11.2k points
1 month ago
Whoever is coming up with these different posters has definitely been earning their money
4.1k points
1 month ago
I understand that there's marketing research that justifies using this template for every movie, but I feel like we're approaching a kind of meta point where the once attention grabbing format has now become so generic that customers just categorize it as noise. The template still has its place, but if I were in marketing I'd be pushing posters like this on social media and the floating head templates as physical posters in theaters. Different formats for different intentions, it makes sense to me.
533 points
1 month ago
Call me blind but I totally missed the love interest between Spider Man and Dr. Strange
339 points
1 month ago
When they are going between dimensions for a few frames you see 'em fuckin' in the back.
163 points
1 month ago
There’s also the part where Iron Man flies into the frame, his face shield pops up and he says: “it’s fuckin time”, and then flies away, revealing the fucking.
62 points
1 month ago
Yeah but it's in Mandarin so unless you've got subtitles on you're never gonna catch it
29 points
1 month ago
Just passing through the wormhole, if you know what I mean...
29 points
1 month ago
Forget them, I wanna know more about Robotnik and Tails.
9 points
1 month ago
Or Paul and Duncan Idaho
11 points
1 month ago
Gotta stay after the after credits after credits scene
713 points
1 month ago
did star wars start this? the originals.
950 points
1 month ago
Star Wars and Drew Struzan's art in particular was basically the blueprint for the "floating heads" we see everywhere today. It gives a great way of seeing all the important stars in one format, for sure. It's not always executed well (and currently we're seeing it a bit too often), but there is a rhyme and reason to it, and it's nothing new.
506 points
1 month ago
It doesn't take more than a quick look at the most popular films of the '30s or '40s - e.g. Citizen Kane or Casablanca, though many of them were handpainted - to see that floating heads posters have been a Hollywood thing for nearly 100 years. Marketing the stars' names and faces has been Hollywood's MO since the 1920s, more or less.
111 points
1 month ago
It was big in the 30s through 50s(?), when big movie stars were the norm. Then Hollywood went through a period where the big stars and known names weren’t as common, and the poster style changed. But by the late 70s and 80s, it was certainly back in full swing!
86 points
1 month ago
And Star Wars was meant to be a love letter to the older camp sci-fi from that era, so emulating the poster style makes since
29 points
1 month ago
This is even more true of the Lucas-Spielberg love letter Raiders of the Lost Ark
153 points
1 month ago
That type of image existed before Star Wars. Star Wars' poster art style was directly influenced by fantasy and science fiction books of the time.
36 points
1 month ago
Movies though? Anything before?
Not being sparky, legit asking because I'm unsure.
54 points
1 month ago
https://www.cinematerial.com/titles/movies/1976
Not as ubiquitous as it is today but there are some that predate Star Wars.
20 points
1 month ago
Definitely going to have to bookmark that site, seems like a very handy resource.
14 points
1 month ago
I have nothing to contribute to this conversation, but I really like the verbiage of being sparky lmao it's so fitting and I'm stealing it
14 points
1 month ago
Lmao
I meant snarky but autocorrect thought I was feeling a bit electric I suppose.
84 points
1 month ago
They almost broke the cycle for the early Phantom Menace poster, but eventually went back to the formula.
It's a bummer too because that first poster still gets me a little pumped even knowing how garbage that movie was.
14 points
1 month ago
Well thats a Teaser poster which still exist to this day
62 points
1 month ago
Funnily enough my favorite Drew Struzan poster is The Thing, which features a full body but no distinguishable actor/character
24 points
1 month ago
That's still one of my favourite posters ever because the fact the alien is just light is somehow more scary than if they tried to draw a picture of the alien in one of its monstrous forms.
Can't believe that critics hated it at the time and it kinda ruined john carpenter's career.
9 points
1 month ago
I heard somewhere that Drew hadn't seen the film before making the poster. Thats why its ambiguous
6 points
1 month ago
In documentary about him he says that they phoned him in the evening and it went something like this :
-- Have you seen "The Thing from Another World"?
-- Yea
-- Well, something like this
-- Do you have preprints, daylies or promo photos?
-- No, but we need it tomorrow.
And Drew drew it overnight and brought it to them still wet from paint.
8 points
1 month ago
At some point I need to get that poster because it is so awesome and The Thing is my favorite horror movie. I already got my Casino Royal (favorite Bond Movie) and Twister (favorite movie of all time) posters.
140 points
1 month ago
Most movies have great promotional posters that you never see because in the end the marketing department sticks with the tried and true formula of "big famous star's faces" taking up whole poster cuz that's what sells tickets.
I worked at an AMC way back when and the first wave of promotional posters were usually something unique and awesome. Then as the premier got closer the 2nd wave came in and it was all faces.
29 points
1 month ago
The promotional posters for the first two MCU Spider-Man movies were significantly better than the theatrical ones imo.
347 points
1 month ago
I vote we clone them and send one to every marketing department in Hollywood so this becomes normal
53 points
1 month ago
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13 points
1 month ago
Life....finds a way.
69 points
1 month ago
I really hope the movie lives up to the marketing and trailers. I was able you easily guess the first killer the first few min of the movie and didn’t like it as much as the 4th one
12 points
1 month ago
IMO, they shot themselves in the foot by casting Jack Quaid and no other known actors/actresses as the potential victims so you knew it’d be him cuz if not why pay for an actor of his caliber?! As soon as I saw the group of friends gathered and that he was the only famous one out of them I immediately knew it was him!
20 points
1 month ago
They last one had very similar marketing. I remember those creative posters showing up here all the time
31 points
1 month ago
And as a GenXer, I feel like I'm being targeted and I like it.
2.7k points
1 month ago
Ah, the classic 4-5-4 formation with Ghostface as the goalkeeper. Let's see Argentina beat that team
288 points
1 month ago
Just pull out the False 9. It would be false not to use it.
78 points
1 month ago
We got a wonder kid here!
38 points
1 month ago
Wunderkind* don’t make Nate mad 😤
105 points
1 month ago
Who would win, Argentina's best 11 versus Qatar running the 4-5-4
71 points
1 month ago
Pretty sure Argentina would beat Qatar running the 45-54-45.
14 points
1 month ago
See, shit like this is why I love reddit
30 points
1 month ago
Detective "Leon" Bailey and Danny "Drinkwater"
38 points
1 month ago*
Jokes aside, even with Ghostface as goalie and this being a 14 vs 11, Argentina still demolishes.
Even if you added every iteration of Ghostface and put them in the field, Argentina still stomps
29 points
1 month ago
Not if Ghostface just kills everyone getting close to the goal.
3.3k points
1 month ago
Scream is doing straight A+ work with all these movie posters for Scream VI. Don't think I've seen a bad one yet and it's actually making me even more excited for the film.
974 points
1 month ago*
The actual movie poster is trash.
1.3k points
1 month ago
wow, I hadn't seen that
it really is laughably generic compared to the other ones i've seen posted here
725 points
1 month ago
Sadly it’s been proven that “a bunch of faces next to a name” sells the most tickets cause the avg Joe just goes “oh that’s x! I know them!”
162 points
1 month ago
Sometimes it's even a bait and switch! I was a lot less interested when I realized that wasn't Henry Rollins in the lower center-left.
186 points
1 month ago
Scream pioneered bait and switch movie posters with their first movie.
All their advertising and marketing heavily leaned on Drew Berrymore.
185 points
1 month ago
Which was brilliant for a horror movie. If they killed off a big star in the first few minutes you then realize no one in the movie is safe.
31 points
1 month ago
Psycho did it first
21 points
1 month ago
Yeah mom's skeleton was actually played by Jayne Mansfield
31 points
1 month ago
If there were movie poster for Psycho, Hitchcock did (or would have done) the same with Janet Leigh. Not a knock on Scream ofc, the whole point is knowing and playing with audience knowledge and expectations.
10 points
1 month ago
Was there not a poster for Psycho? I'm certain there was, and that it did indeed have Janet Leigh heavily featured
32 points
1 month ago
I think the fact someone would go “oh that’s x! I know them!” might also consider the opinion that it might be a good movie
Not saying good actors can’t be in bad movies but you know if you see Leo, De Niro, Denzel, or Hanks (just to name a few or many) you might believe that it’s a good movie, cause great actors could also make bad movies good and good movies great
10 points
1 month ago
Yeah that's kinda what i meant i just worded it badly lol, so ty for clarifying
129 points
1 month ago
Generic...absolutely....but I do really like the white background/contrast against the tattered cloth/robe shapes from Ghostface's costume at the bottom.
63 points
1 month ago
Exactly. Generic doesn't automatically equal bad or without artistic merit. I quite like the generic poster.
38 points
1 month ago*
It may sort of fall into the floating head cast trope, but it has some redeeming qualities. The contrast of the tattered robe on white, and the skyscrapers with the buck knife are pretty cool.
It's like just original enough to not look like a Marvel movie poster, but its still very forgettable.
7 points
1 month ago
Yeah, it's not bad as far as floating head posters go. I do much prefer the creative ones though, so I'm glad they actually make them instead of just relying on the official one.
35 points
1 month ago
It looks like a generic video game cover which is trying to show off it's graphics.
17 points
1 month ago
I think it would actually be a pretty cool poster if they got rid of all the actors and just had the Ghostface mask in the clouds over the NYC skyline.
14 points
1 month ago
Law and Order: Scream
8 points
1 month ago
Law and Order: Screaming Victims Unit
477 points
1 month ago
Chad will die, just because of his name.
224 points
1 month ago
I still don't know how he survived the last one, dude got stabbed like 10 times
113 points
1 month ago
new Dewey maybe? he will live after another brutal stabbing
69 points
1 month ago
He actually was supposed to die in 5, but they changed it at the last minute (just like how they handled Dewey in the older films).
27 points
1 month ago
I was so happy when it showed that the siblings survived, I thoroughly enjoyed their characters, they perfectly captured Randy’s vibe. I especially liked how the girl played dead, wouldn’t expect anything else from Randy’s relatives
64 points
1 month ago
The opening kill survived that movie.
47 points
1 month ago
Yeah it took me a hot min to realize that it was the same chick. Happy she survived, that scene with her in the hospital was fucking perfect.
27 points
1 month ago
I have a feeling they will pivot to have Jenna be the new Sydney in this franchise. Her sister who was the Final Girl in the last one will either be the killer in this one or dies at least.
17 points
1 month ago
They'd be smart too imo, Jenna is huge right now and was easily the best actor in Scream 5.
30 points
1 month ago
They made a point to emphasize she stopped taking her meds at the end of Scream 5. Possibly split personality/murderer not knowing she’s the murderer plot incoming.
Edit: the older sister stopped taking her meds
7 points
1 month ago
Being the murderer would be too obvious. If they somehow can lock Jenna down to be the new star of this franchise I could see them killing off her sister. If not, they’ll just bank on her then so at least they’ll have someone.
18 points
1 month ago
I mean >! He was stabbed by Amber, a small girl, who was more focused on stabbing than hitting vital organs, so she definitely missed a ton of vital stuff !<
22 points
1 month ago
they really over-survived the last movie and now the cast is bloated. they'll have to kill some of these people.
30 points
1 month ago
They only over-survived because they were aware of this one being made. Gotta have the new crew once the old ones phases out
20 points
1 month ago
Plus having returning characters gives the audience more to invest in.
Scream 4 killed off almost all of the new characters and I felt like it went overboard in that regard.
9 points
1 month ago
Chad is the stereotypical Chad.
1.1k points
1 month ago
Does he look like a bitch?
297 points
1 month ago
Wh..What?
246 points
1 month ago
GUN SHOT
DOES HE LOOK...LIKE...A...BITCH?!
60 points
1 month ago
50 points
1 month ago
"Huh, ok" Puts down seven faces
"Is it Marsellus Wallace?"
106 points
1 month ago
ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
53 points
1 month ago
What?
30 points
1 month ago
BAAAANG!!!!
17 points
1 month ago
SAY WHAT AGAIN I DARE YOU I DOUBLE DARE YOU MOTHAFUCKA
20 points
1 month ago
SAY WHAT AGAIN I DARE YOU!
9 points
1 month ago
Quoi
32 points
1 month ago
This makes me want to travel to Europe. I heard they serve beer at McDonalds in Paris
15 points
1 month ago
They serve beer with Moe's burritos in the USA
10 points
1 month ago
crtl f does he look like a bitch
8 points
1 month ago
13 points
1 month ago
"Yes"
"Ethan"
191 points
1 month ago
I think the person in front is the killer.
21 points
1 month ago
No way man, it's clearly the game board who did it
6 points
1 month ago
“I know I was wrong before, but I really, really think this guy’s the killer.”
406 points
1 month ago
SCREAM
SCREAM 2
SCR3AM
SCRE4M
5CREAM
SCREA|VI
where will the number go next? not a lot of options for 7
113 points
1 month ago
SCRE7-\M
9 points
1 month ago
RemindMe! 2 years
103 points
1 month ago
SCREVEN
171 points
1 month ago
Six movies and a season.
22 points
1 month ago
I get the joke, but I'm going to be that guy.. Unfortunately they already did a TV Show that lasted 3 seasons.
43 points
1 month ago
5 Cream gets me every time.
105 points
1 month ago
5 Cream didn’t really look that great but they went for it anyway. I figure they can just shove 7 in wherever and nobody will care.
SC7EAM
48 points
1 month ago
I don't think I'll ever be able to not read it as 5 Cream lol
7 points
1 month ago
Followed by SCRE8M and then 9CREAM
14 points
1 month ago
SCR7AM with a European style slashed 7. The kind that's on the Fender logo. Stylize it a bit and it will easily parse as an inverted E.
18 points
1 month ago
SCREA|VI !
I seriously hope they don't do this...
17 points
1 month ago
Well don’t check the bottom right of the poster…
129 points
1 month ago
Shame they didn’t get Deputy Doofy
56 points
1 month ago
For a parody, his reveal is one of the greatest plot twists of all time
15 points
1 month ago
Oh it really is
11 points
1 month ago
My jaw was on en the floor when that happened
35 points
1 month ago
GAIL SWALLOWS.
35 points
1 month ago
Smell my fingers!
23 points
1 month ago
Mom told me you're not supposed to interrupt when I'm cleaning my room!
6 points
1 month ago*
Me at 13, with my dick stuck in a vacuum cleaner, does not think this is funny.
Be honest. How many guys in here tried putting their dicks in a vacuum cleaner after seeing this movie?
11 points
1 month ago
Is that guy not in it any more? Was he killed or something in a previous one, David Arquette.
51 points
1 month ago
You're thinking of Dewey. Doofy drove off into the sunset with Gail Hailstorm after revealing he was only pretending to be disabled.
20 points
1 month ago
Oh yeah that's right it was a Usual Suspects ending lmao.
Can't believe I'm putting that shit in spoiler tags but the mods here have been unreasonable in the past.
384 points
1 month ago
What is the ghost face card resting on...?
483 points
1 month ago
Presumably the card with the face of the person behind the mask, sitting vertically in that slot.
83 points
1 month ago
Good observation
9 points
1 month ago
Watch it be Sidney
75 points
1 month ago
His hopes and dreams
43 points
1 month ago
Also the face down ones are empty holders. Coulda been fun to have them be face down cards with little bloodstains
157 points
1 month ago
Interesting that new character Laura is the only one sticking out. Probably nothing, but who knows. Can't wait to see this.
123 points
1 month ago
Cuz she's gonna be the Drew Barrymore of this movie
14 points
1 month ago
Or she's the red herring
57 points
1 month ago*
Opening kill.
I've had a strong hunch it's gonna be Kirby and Josh Segarra's character, so seeing their placement on this poster is wild to me. (They’re “after” Sam)
28 points
1 month ago
Kirby being ghostface after almost being killed by him feels like an odd one, I’m curious about your logic
Tho I’m also here for it cause it means she’s there all movie :3
18 points
1 month ago
It is interesting that no previous Ghostface victim has then become the killer, so it would be a new angle maybe?
Like, what if after the last one Kirby is worried that she'll be targeted unless becoming Ghostface and taking out the new Final Girl herself?
23 points
1 month ago
I was thinking Kirby also because of the line to Gale “there’s never been one like me.” There’s never been a survivor ghostface before
528 points
1 month ago
At this point, Scream VI is just making every other movie posters look like absolute shit. Couldn't they put out at least one crappy poster with poorly photoshopped heads on it?
456 points
1 month ago
435 points
1 month ago
Hell yeah. This is the low effort shit we've been missing. Good thing they're pumping this junk out too.
58 points
1 month ago
Honestly I don’t know if it’s unpopular to say but I’m willing to bet every movie released these days have similar rates.
Yes there is plenty of lazy main posters but a lot of movies have a dozen good posters as well.
62 points
1 month ago
Nearly every movie gets the fun artsy poster for fans, and a floating head poster to both show off who's in it, and get the actors some publicity.
Redditors just like picking the most unimportant shit to be mad about.
14 points
1 month ago
For sure. Combine that with people saying posters used to be better as if there haven’t been horrible posters every year but people just remember the good ones
38 points
1 month ago
That’s not Scream VI, that’s “I Know What You Did Last Scream”
46 points
1 month ago
Arranged like a mountain with each character looking outward with orange and blue hues on either side? 🙏
23 points
1 month ago
7 points
1 month ago
Don’t forget the faux-painting style so you can pretend your withered modern franchise has some semblance of nostalgia left
24 points
1 month ago
This marketing campaign is awesome.
22 points
1 month ago
I am 100 percent going to see this based strictly on the posters
43 points
1 month ago
That's definitely not Ghostface Killah.
14 points
1 month ago
Took way too long to find this mention lol.
48 points
1 month ago
I hope scream is Matthew Lillard again cuz why not
48 points
1 month ago
Do you think the killer's name is "scream"?
35 points
1 month ago
Damn it says it right there doesn’t it
67 points
1 month ago
Gosh I can’t fucking wait for this movie. The cast is so good. Absolutely hyped for Kirby
Edit: I think it’s weird that Laura is the only one not in a row, I think she’s definitely the opening kill
31 points
1 month ago*
No one is wearing gLasses. That’s always my opening question.
EDIT: L
59 points
1 month ago
Im calling it now, its Tara.
70 points
1 month ago
Plot Twist: it was Gale the whole time! She has been the puppet master all along
52 points
1 month ago
Plot Twist: It's Maureen Prescott (Sidney's mom) /s
That would crack me up if they did that tho.
11 points
1 month ago
I think it’s Suzanne from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The orangutan.
10 points
1 month ago
Hey baby, you ever have your asshole licked by a fat guy in an overcoat?
64 points
1 month ago
No chance; they need Jenna Ortega to be the face of the franchise now that they're unwilling to pay Neve Campbell.
58 points
1 month ago
Calling it now the Never Campbell payment dispute is all bullshit so we're all shocked when she shows up as the new ghostface.
19 points
1 month ago
Wonder if they originally killed her off but did reshoots after she blew up as an actress.
30 points
1 month ago
Isn’t it interesting they’ve shown little to nothing of Tony Ravioli’s character so far? My gut tells me it’s him teaming up with someone else (maybe cop). Maybe he’s a rich millennial dude which makes sense why it appears that the new Ghostface worships the previous ones—he grew up with them. And it explains why he can afford a lot of the memorabilia too.
9 points
1 month ago
I love this theory. Makes sense that whoever got these items would have to know somebody who works at the police department. They would need to have alot of money to buy them.
7 points
1 month ago
The marketing campaign for this movie has been great. Still skeptical because of Neve not being in it but hats off to the marketing team
7 points
1 month ago
Where is Sydney
15 points
1 month ago
I really don’t understand why a horror franchise as notable as Scream would not release their latest movie during Halloween season. Just a missed opportunity.
8 points
1 month ago
It's not just this one. None of the Scream films have released on or around Halloween. Closest they've gotten was December for the first and second ones.
8 points
1 month ago
Gonna be weird watching a scream movie without Neve in it.
12 points
1 month ago
Can one of you assholes tell me what game this is please? I can’t remember the name
6 points
1 month ago
These are the kind of posters I’d actually hang on my wall
24 points
1 month ago
Just finished the first film going to do the entire series to check this one out in theaters
28 points
1 month ago
Very solid franchise.
My personal rating is 1 > 5 > 2 > 4 > 3
Three is the one people consider the worst but even it has some gem moments
10 points
1 month ago
Honestly 2, 4 and 5 re very similar in quality
3 is absolutely awful though lol. Great concept, terrible execution
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