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Things coming out of faces is the latest horror DVD box trend

Posted May 13, 2008 at 12:16 PM

By Tim Briscoe

In perusing all of the releases for the best and worst in DVD box art, I've discovered a bizarre and slightly troubling phenomenon. Many current and upcoming horror films have a thing for, uh, things coming out of faces.

Take a look at the packaging for these thrillers. I imagine the next horror movie using this format will be about a monster crawling out of someone's nostril. They can call it Boogeyman.

Organizm - Available June 10

The Eye - Available June 3

The Wig - Available June 24

Voice - Available July 15

One Missed Call - Available Now

Have you seen any other DVDs that follow this trend? Let us know and we'll add it to the list.

UPDATE #1: It's a comedy, not a horror flick but observant reader Micah suggested the poster for this summer's Eddie Murphy flick Meet Dave. It definitely meets the "coming out of a face" criterion.

UPDATE #2: Reader Ben harkens back to 1993 to point out that the art for Peter Jackson's film Dead Alive follows this same pattern.

UPDATE #3: Man, do we have great readers, or what? Jay and Ian provided The Company of Wolves and Bulworth, respectively.

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