Horror Poster Analysis – The Ring Two

The Ring Two Poster

This poster from The Ring Two uses a long, mid angle shot. The long shot allows the viewer to see the entire girl which is effective because it lets you see her pose which is unusual for a girl of her age and is quite eerie. I think that the mid angle works well because it doesn’t give the girl any clear characteristics and makes the viewer want to know what she has to do with film.

The girl in the shot appears a bit disturbing as she is isolated in the poster and surrounded by black. Her pose is unnerving and as you can’t see her face it makes you interested in what she would look like but also makes her look mysterious and scary.

The poster also has a few subtle links to the film which might be noticed by people who have seen The Ring (1) but also gives a slight indication of what’s going to happen at the end of the film. Firstly, the picture of the girl looks like it is on a low quality screen. A video is the central point of the film, so this connects the poster with the film and what happens in The Ring 2. The poster also shows a couple of links to the well in the film. The ‘o’ in the word ‘two’ is a view looking up from the bottom of the well when the lid is on, and the words ‘Fear comes full circle’ also links to this.

The poster is very dark and uses a colour palette of just black, white and blue. This shows that the film is dark and frightening which is good for a horror. The typeface of ‘the ring two’ text is also quite unusual and I think that it helps to show that the film’s a horror and you wouldn’t use it on another genre of film.