Like all years of cinema, 2011 has seen its fair share of posters. However, a large portion of them are, let’s face it, lazy. The increased marketability of actors and actresses, as well as some misuses of Photoshop, have made what was once a grand medium into just bland advertisement. Just take a look at the regression of the “Harry Potter” posters. What once was a hand-drawn, composed piece is now just an actor or actress looking off-screen with a bluish-green light tinting them. Rocket science isn’t needed for that. However, 2011 has also seen some great posters that remind us what it is to look at an actual movie…

Lionsgate just sent us the first official movie poster for the upcoming horror film “The Cabin in the Woods” written by Joss Whedon and written/director by Drew Goddard (Cloverfield, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and starring Richard Jenkins (The Rum Diary, Hall Pass), Bradley Whitford (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy), Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Avengers, Red Dawn), Fran Kranz (Donnie Darko), Kristen Connolly (The Happening), Anna Hutchison (Legend of the Seeker), Brian J. White and Jodelle Ferland (Eclipse, The Haunting Hour: The Series). Synopsis: Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know this story, think again….

IFC sent us this shocking new movie poster for the upcoming horror film “The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)” by director Tom Six and starring Laurence R. Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie and Maddi Black. Synopsis: Martin is a mentally disturbed loner who lives with his mother in a bleak housing project. He works the night shift as a security guard in an equally grim and foreboding underground parking complex. To escape his dreary existence, Martin loses himself in the fantasy world of the cult horror film The Human Centipede (First Sequence), fetishizing the meticulous surgical skills of the gifted Dr. Heiter, whose knowledge of the human gastrointestinal system inspires Martin to…

Here’s a hot new poster featuring Edward and Bella from the upcoming film “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″ aka Breaking Dawn by director Bill Condon starring Robert Pattinson (Bel Ami, Water for Elephants), Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Runaways), Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene (Skateland), Taylor Lautner, (The Twilight Saga: New Moon, My Own Worst Enemy), Jackson Rathbone (S. Darko, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2), Dakota Fanning and Kellan Lutz. Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers from Breaking Dawn. Synopsis: In the highly anticipated next chapter of the blockbuster The Twilight Saga, the newfound married bliss of Bella Swan (Kristen…

Here’s a killer new movie poster for the film “Fright Night” from director Craig Gillespie and starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, Imogen Poots and Toni Collette. Be sure to check out the official “Fright Night” facebook fanpage. Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers Fright Night. Synopsis: Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all-he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But trouble arrives when an intriguing stranger Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at…

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Miramax Films released this creepy international movie poster for the upcoming horror film “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” from writer Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) by director Troy Nixey (Latchkey’s Lament) and starring Katie Holmes (The Extra Man, The Romantics, The Sone of No One), Guy Pearce (Animal Kingdom, Death Defying Acts), Bailee Madison (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Alan Dale (Burn Notice, Entourage). Synopsis: A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie…

Here’s a very cool half-page poster for the upcoming film “The Woman in Black” by director James Watkins (Eden Lake) and starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II), Ciaran Hinds (John Carter of Mars, The Eclipse), Janet McTeer (Psychoville, Island, Roadkill) and Lucy May Barker. Synopsis: The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals,…

Check out a brand new movie poster for the upcoming film “The Raven” from Relativity Media. The film from director James McTeigue stars John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe. “The Raven” hits theaters March 9, 2012. Synopsis: In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allen Poe (John Cusack, “Being John Malkovich”) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, “Immortals”) to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (“V for Vendetta”), the film also stars Alice Eve (“Sex and the City 2″), Brendan Gleeson (“In Bruges”) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (“Faster”). When a mother and…

A teaser poster for Underworld: Awakening in which the battle between the Vampires and Lycans will continue in the third dimension. Kate Beckinsale gloriously returns to reprise her role as Selene. The film also stars Charles Dance, Michael Ealy, India Eisley, Stephen Rea, Sandrine Holt, Kris Holden-Ried, Richard Cetrone, Theo James and Robert Lawrenson. Here’s a brief synopsis: After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale) learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter, Nissa, and when she finds her they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all. This is the fourth in the Underworld franchise and will…

Check out a brand new international poster for the upcoming horror film “Final Destination 5″ from director Steve Quale, executive produced by Sheila Hanahan Taylor, Erik Holmberg, Richard Brener, Walter Hamada and David Neustadter. The film stars Emma Bell (Frozen, TV’s “The Walking Dead”) and Nick D’Agosto (Fired Up!, TV’s “Heroes”), along with Miles Fisher (TV’s “Mad Men” and “Gossip Girl”), Arlen Escarpeta (Friday the 13th), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (TV’s “The Bold and the Beautiful”), P.J. Byrne (Dinner for Schmucks) and Ellen Wroe (TV’s “Huge”). Rounding out the rest of the cast are Courtney B. Vance (TV’s “FlashForward,” “ER”), David Koechner (“The Office,” Anchorman) and “Final Destination” franchise icon Tony…