The main focus of the poster is the image and is effectively placed in

the centre to make sure it is the first thing the audience notice. The

image seems to be of one main body with 2 extra pairs of arms

attached to them. The repeated sight of the spread out hands on the

glass is an unusual sight and therefore creates enigma, creating

questions in the audience's head about what it could be, or what

could have created it. The face of the image itself is very effective in

creating enigma because you can make out a look of horror and the

other features are blurred out by the frosted glass.

There isn't much text on the poster, but the text on

there is very effective. The tag line, 'their flesh is his

fantasy' is somewhat disturbing and makes the

audience feel uneasy, which creates enigma in minds

of the audience about who 'HE' is and what he does

with people's flesh. The title of the film, 'The Human

Centipede', creates an illusion in the minds of the

audience because it makes them use their

imagination to think of how a human and a

centipede could be fused together to create some

type of scary monster within a horror movie.

The composition of the

poster is very effective

and is cleverly created

because the first thing

you see when you lay

eyes on this poster is

the face on the

top/centre and you

scroll down the image

following the trail of

extended arms and

hand. The awkward

positioning and the

horror on the face on

the image suggests

that there is some

force and discomfort.

The min colour palette

of the poster consists of

a green glow, with some

stains of red and a

simple white for the

text. The green glow is

used in the form of a

vignette, which creates

a creepy effect and this

establishes the genre of

the film as genre to the

audience. The red stains

are made of blood,

which is a common

connotation for death,

danger and this further

enhances the fact that

this film is of the horror

genre. The use of the

colour white on the

texts in the poster is

very effective as it

doesn't disturb the calm

and cold feel of the

poster.