This expertly crafted clean and striking design is one of the original promotional posters for the 1978 Horror sequel Damien: Omen II – the follow on from the 1976 original classic “The Omen”.
I saw this years ago as a kid and found it pretty freaky, in that weird way that only 70′s horror can be – something to do with everyone wandering round in flares? – though I actually kinda think all paedophobic horror (Village of the Damned etc) is genuinely creepy! Check the original trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az86iKhWAjk
So there you go, a really cool poster, and I’ll add that the Raven is one of my favourite birds - slightly off topic, but Crow’s actually have a high level of intelligence having been observed to fashion and use tools and even play tricks on one and other! Here’s quite an interesting read if you have 5 mins: http://www.physorg.com/news168701856.html and another one on avian intelligence in general…
One last thing, can any type spotter’s identify the two Serif font’s use here? not sure whether the title is an actual font or rather just a distressed version of an existing cut….
Man, I remember the first time I rented the Omen was on June 6…such an eerie coincidence (Damien’s birthday being June 6, 1966, I believe)
haha that is pretty freaky