50 Greatest Mondo Posters

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Iron Giant (1999)

I Saw The Devil (2010)

The Poster: A POV shot from inside a car, with the film’s title splashed blood-like on the windscreen. Wonder what caused that?

Coolest Detail: The wing mirror detail is a nice touch.

28 Days Later (2002)

The Poster: Minimalistic but still a feast for the eyes.

Coolest Detail: It’s a recreation of the film’s most iconic scene, but doesn’t milk it too much.

Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)

The Poster: A stark, stylish ode to John Carpenter’s Us vs Them shocker that keeps it simple and is all the better for it.

Coolest Detail: The bullet marks in the film’s logo, and the fact that the number 13 has been turned into a target practise.

City Of Lost Children (1995)

The Poster: Moody and atmospheric, much like Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s odd but loveable fantasy.

Coolest Detail: Ron Perlman. The guy’s cool even in cartoon form.

The Mist (2007)

The Poster: Super atmospheric rendering that captures both the chilly premise and the futility of our hero’s struggle against insurmountable foes.

Coolest Detail: The monster has six legs – just what is that thing?!

An American Werewolf In London (1981)

The Poster: Simple black and white ode to John Landis’ werewolf chuckle-chiller.

Coolest Detail: Wales has been deformed to give us a Magic Eye-style outline that’s almost too smart for its own good.

Jurassic Park (1993)

The Poster: A blazing, artistic concept that cleverly includes the ‘When dinosaurs ruled the Earth’ banner from the film.

Coolest Detail: The inclusion of (presumably) T-Rex bones with the real live beast.

Monsters Inc. (2001)

The Poster: Minimalistic, block colour effort that has a nifty little diagram next to the logo that shows us how screams are turned into electricity. Sort of.

Coolest Detail: The sneaky presence of blink-and-miss-him chameleon Randall Boggs.

The First Avenger: Captain America (2011)

The Poster: Sepia-toned, presumably to make the red of Red Skull’s bonce stand out all the more.

Coolest Detail: Both of the Captain’s shields – prototype and real deal. The coolest weapon a guy could ask for.

Joshua Winning

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.