The Omen Poster

"Having grown up in the Satanic Panic era, my parents were disturbed by the thought of the devil poisoning the minds of American youth. As it turned out, they were right to be worried! To this day, I watch horror films and listen to heavy metal, both of which have now become embraced in a society obsessed with evil and death. Even when I first viewed THE OMEN as a kid, I understood that we weren't meant to fear Damien so much as we were supposed to see ourselves in him. Perhaps that wish was fulfilled? It was fun trying to capture this in my poster design for Mondo. I wanted to make the poster look like it could have come out in 1976 when the film was released, with a simple layout that carried the viewer's eye and with colors that evoke the gloomy feeling in the film. For me, THE OMEN was always about transmitting a sinister message to the unsuspecting, one where evil is where you least expect it, and cannot be stopped." -Mark McCoy

4-color screen printed poster on Cougar Natural 100lb cover