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Movie Poster Type; Horror Genre

Tiffany Wardle0 votes

We've had the thread: Brush Scripts c 1940s movie poseters, but I'm more interested in the horror genre. There might be a thread, but my advanced search (using google) doesn't show anything on the first 5 pages.

Movies such as:
Tarantula
"THEM"

This is a type ID thread it is a "let's create a thread where we can list great vintage horror movie fonts" thread. Unless, of course, it already exists. Just show me and I'll close this thread down. No need to be redundant.

Edit: Use Allposters.com for more inspiration. If you find a movie that you particularly like go ahead and link it here.

Stephen Coles0 votes

For the animated show card lettering of "Tarantula!"


For the brushy or otherwise "frightened" lettering of "Them"

Tiffany Wardle0 votes

Edit: This isn't a type ID thread (although Stewf's IDs are dead on and a welcome start).

Tiffany Wardle0 votes

Added to the animated showcard style:

Asphalt
Cafeteria

paul d hunt0 votes

how funny... the first font i thought of had the Tarantula poster on its webpage!!!:
Happy Fun Ball

also
Cincinnati Poster and
Splash

...they say LHF is offering font files again sans installer, you might check into that...

Ricardo Cordoba0 votes

Tiffany, the first thing that comes to mind is Brain Eaters... fonts inspired by all sorts of horror movies! :-)

Dan Reynolds0 votes

Tiffany, you need B-Movie-Splatter, from the Typonauten:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typonauten/b-movie-splatter/

Ignacio0 votes

Norfok is another site for this genre.

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