10 Modern Movie Poster Trends That Need To Die
6. The 1980s Throwback
Space operas and John Carpenter-esque B-movie homages have blasted their way back into the zeitgeist over the past few years, and have brought with them the revival of textured, non-photographic poster designs.
A lot of these are actually great posters. They’re artistically well put together, visually arresting, and do a great job of conveying tone, purpose, genre and directorial style in a single image. The problem is, this aesthetic is at great risk of becoming over-saturated to the point of ineffectiveness.
It seems almost disingenuous to label this as a ‘modern trend’, since it inherently apes the style of a bygone age of film-making. But the majority of these films came out within the past two-to-three years, unlike previously listed examples, which stretch back through the 2000s and into the 1990s.
A great design isn’t a great design forever, and while it’s been interesting to see such a quintessentially 80s aesthetic return to prominence, it’s only a matter of time before its overuse sees it put out to pasture once more.