One of our favorite annual happenings! Picking the BEST horror movie posters of the year. It’s fair to say that graphic design in 2023 came in like a little sheep, but left as a full-blown lion. From the outrageous and grotesque to the sublime and beautiful, designers really offered some interesting stuff in 2023.
It should come as no surprise, but Hollywood continues this well-trod marketing ploy to get YOU clamoring for horror shocks and chills, grab your hard-earned dough, and con you into buying a $22 tub of greazzzy popcorn. There’s been volumes and volumes of bloody print spilled over the years about the gruesomely gory graphic design that surrounds the horror biz, but the bottom line for design work is always the same…money.
Designers range in size and shape. Some cribbing tried and true aesthetics from years gone by, and some opt for the more artistically highfalutin and coy. This year was no different. While there were quite a few visually interesting posters in the sea of Tubi-esque weirdness, there were no real obvious standouts in 2023. It might sound like a cop-out, but it’s sadly true. Good efforts out there, but no one poster that had our hardened horror hearts over the moon howling for more spooky fare.
Once again, to be super-clear, these are not the best movies of the year. Not at all. While some made our list for the best films of the year, these are the best posters of the year from the less talked about flip side of the filmmaking craft.
In no particular order, these are the BEST horror posters of 2023!
