The current edition of RUE MORGUE magazine, Issue 193 (March/April 2020), currently available on newsstands in the print edition, and free in digital format, caught my eye given the lead story titled “The Horror Art of Graham Humphreys.” I’m a big fan of horror, monstrous and fantasy art, and have a few books in my library on this topic. The article includes an interview with Humphreys, and he makes some interesting comments that draw upon religion in terms of the history and influences on horror art.
“I consider film posters to be an extension of the Old European theatre posters. I’d go even further and say that the stained glass windows in European churches were the origin of the modern film poster – brightly coloured advertisements for fantasy and horror. It’s no coincidence that my first true genre poster for the UK’s release of The Evil Dead looks like a stained glass window.”
A little later he refers to “the temple of poster art”.
Humphrey’s comments provide an interesting and perhaps unexpected insight into this art form.
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