Research into similar film posters

I decided to do some research into posters of films that are similar to ours, in order to get a clearer understanding of what our film poster should include. A film poster should intregue the audience and make them want to view the film.

• Title of the film
• Image promoting our film
• Names of the lead actors
• A tagline
• Director's name
• Release date 
• BBFC certificate

I researched into the 'Insidious' film poster as it has similar film conventions to ours and should give me a guideline on creating my own.

This film poster features the main character at the centre, establishing that he will be the protagonist. We also get a sense of the setting by the house being place in the background, giving us a hint of what the film might be about. The tagline; 'It's not the house that's haunted' connotes that the film will most probably have paranormal elements throughout, portraying the film genre-horror. We also get a list of the lead actors, persuading the audience to see it if they recognise the names.