Another recent arrival. A rolled, US OS for the
The Outing (1987). This another flick that I've never seen, and not even familiar with, but the artwork by Drew Struzan totally caught my eye, especially this style with the creature hovering over the group of kids, and arms wrapping around them. I'm really digging the face of that critter of horror. And Struzan's use of light and shadow on the kids' faces is done so well, too. It looks as though they are being illuminated with a flashlight or something similar. And brilliantly done with the artist's hand. No photo-imagery.
There is another very similar style, also by Struzan, with the same group of teens, but no monster -- just sky overlaid with text.
The film opened in the UK initially, with the title,
The Lamp, but was changed when it opened in the US. Reading the brief synopsis on wikipedia, this flick is another that sounds like a dud, but the poster is very cool, imho.
(Again, the piece of overlaid plexi that's missing a corner created that odd line in the upper left corner of the poster).