Friday the 13th Poster Analysis

Friday the 13th is a horror movie released on the 13th February 2009 in the United States of America. The main cover image is of the killer in “Friday The 13th”, Jason Voorhees. The iconography from this poster is the mask on Jason’s face. This hockey mask is the mask worn by Jason in all of the Friday the 13th films and also the spin-off movie, Freddy vs. Jason. Another piece of iconography is the machete that Jason Voorhees is wielding. Ever since the first Friday the 13th Jason Voorhees went from the vision of a disabled young boy, to a non-verbal, indestructible, machete-wielding mass murderer. Yet again the mask worn by Jason is a deformation and also does hide a greater deformity, typical of all killers in horror movies. Friday the 13th falls into the sub-genre of horror films known as ‘Slashers’. Friday the 13th, like many Slasher films is based around a calendar date, obviously in this case its Friday the 13th, which many people see as bad luck. Bad luck is exactly what people must have if they came across Jason Voorhees when he is ready to strike The main colours on this poster are as expected, black and red. Yet again the black is used to connote the darkness of the deeds committed. As well as the black representing darkness it also represents/connote the night time in which most of the film is based in, similar to many horror films, but as mentioned previously, not all. The red could be a link or a connotation of blood. As well as this it could be a connotation of danger. Beware of “Friday The 13th”. This is because Friday the 13th is universally known as a bad day. Usually a lot of bad and unlucky things happen on this day (as mentioned before). The bit of white that we can see in this poster is used to connote the light of the moon shining through the darkness of night. However it is still the darkness that is the most dominant. Like in the Friday The 13th Film. The tagline on this poster is simple. “WELCOME TO CRYSTAL LAKE” is simply a reference to the name of the area/lake in America that the movie is based around. There is a camp nearby. Typical of the horror genre the area where the victims will be killed it rather secluded, it is set in a forest/woodland area.