The Strangers Movie Poster...

The poster for 'The Strangers' plays on the vulnerability of the two main characters, particularly in this poster the woman. The mise-en-scene of the poster shows one of the large, empty rooms in the house which the film focuses on. The woman is stood in the room alone, which could be for a number of reasons. Firstly, generically we see a woman on her own to be more vulnerable than a man alone in the same position. This also could be for the reason that the woman (Liv Tyler) is a better known actress than the actor who plays her partner in the film (Scott Speedman). The still frame from the film shows the male killer lurking in the shadows behind the woman. This not only plays on showing the audience something the character isn't aware of, making us feel included, as well as to show that the man is in the house and the woman has no idea. Like 'Red Eye', the film poster for the Strangers also has a phrase/slogan at the top of the poster. It reads 'We tell ourselves theres nothing to fear, but sometimes we're wrong'. This phrase links with the idea that the woman feels safe being in the large house, but in fact is in more danger because of it, as the big house has allowed the man to get in without alerting her. The title is positioned at the bottom of the poster, in a white font to make it stand out on the shadowed area in which it's placed. The title, 'The Strangers' links to the identity of the killers, as a 'stranger' is considered as someone who we do not know personally. The killers in the film make sure to stay 'Strangers' through the masks they wear to hide their identity from their victims.