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There's a story behind every picture, and that includes the images that have adorned your walls since high school. Be it the terrifying images from Spielberg summer blockbusters to slasher classics, here are a few fun, frightful facts about your favorite horror movie posters.
Within the Death's Head Moth hovering over Jodie Foster's moth on the Silence of the Lambs poster is actually an image of seven nude women. Their shapes form the skull within the moth's body.
The main picture of Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) on the poster of Orphan is actually a mirrored image to give perfect symmetry to both sides of her face. The effect is subtle but slightly unnerving, as the face looks unnatural in a way people might not be able to place.
Actors: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Aryana Engineer
The Jaws poster took inspiration from the original book cover, which was very similar but lacked… bite. Model Allison Maher was added swimming in the nude (she was actually balancing on two stools), and big, scary teeth were added to the shark.
The original art has been missing for decades and is presumed stolen.
Actors: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Artist Drew Struzan - best known for his work on franchises such as Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars - was given just 24 hours to conceive, paint, and deliver a poster for John Carpenter's The Thing.
When they put it under the glass to photograph it, the paint stuck to the glass because the Thing was still wet.
Actors: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur
When HBO Max started streaming the horror classic The Evil Dead, they censored the poster by editing out the ghoulish hand emerging from the ground, much to horror fans' dismay. The reason for this change remains unclear.
HBO have changed the poster of the evil dead in fear of offending people ! 🤷♂️ what’s your thoughts - is the world going mad ? pic.twitter.com/UhLgyJzCsN
