Saint Maud. Design: Empire Design, AV Squad
With the pressure to keep making noise about a film in the extreme ephemerality of the web, some campaigns seem to throw out multiple design directions willy-nilly, often selling a muddled vision of the film. Despite taking different visual approaches to Rose Glass’ horror, this magnificent trifecta of posters for Saint Maud from Empire Design and AV Squad maintains connective tissue through type and colour, nailing the mood to create a consistent identity for the film without giving too much away.
Swallow. Design: Spin
For the release of Carlo Mirabella-Davis’s body horror Swallow, MUBI turned to design studio Spin for a bold poster that playfully suggests the protagonist’s compulsion to consume dangerous objects. At first glance there doesn’t appear to be a lot going on here, but it manages to be minimal, stylish and terrifying; Haley Bennett holding your attention while the implication of that one simple visual device gnaws aw