Horror movies, fonts, and typefaces are inseparable entities. To create an effective atmosphere, film posters and trailers use horror-related fonts in the form of brush style horror fonts that can give you that old-school feel. These fonts are often used to show the audience that danger is coming their way.
Horror fonts are nothing new in this day and age. They are used everywhere in different media formats like books, movies posters, video games, etc., but they are often used in digital media for their uniqueness in portraying terror. The next time you have a need for a frightening font, look up these top 10 horror fonts from our selection of the best horror fonts.
Another Danger
Another danger is a brush font inspired by horror films and graphic novels. The typeface is meant to be bold and imposing, with unruly ink that is delivered to every glyph and produces movement.
Zombie Punks
Zombie Punks is an iconic horror font that will be perfect for you if you are looking for grungy, hand-drawn brush fonts. Zombie Punks will put the right amount of horror in your work. Inspired by Horror movies, Zombie Punks is a font with a lot of character and personality.
Chapters
Chapters is a horror-themed font and lettering with solid and sharp edges. The randomness of Chapters’ glyph will provide the creep we need for our projects, books, or movies.
Thriller
by Vynetta
Thriller is a hand-drawn brush typeface straight from the grave. Thriller has a lot of letterforms and alternates that will suit your needs in many situations. Whether it’s a spooky movie title or poster for your upcoming concert. This font will be perfect to use in your next horror-themed design project.
Anger Bae
by 160 Std
If you’re looking for a new horror typeface, ANGER BAE!! is the perfect font for you. It’s so intense, so creepy. This font is perfect for all of your horror-themed projects. With it you can create some intense posters for horror movies or even some typographical horror.
Slasher Flick
by Remedy667
This font would be perfect for any horror related artwork or use in film titles, book covers or other projects that want to bring the bloodshed.
Earthen Parasite
Earthen Parasite is a font best described as a “restless nightmare” The font was influenced by the horror movies of the ’80s. It is an homage to all of those post-traumatic stress disorder-stricken people who can’t sleep and who watch horror movies late at night.
Wilder Mood
by Aksa & Nusa Co.
Wilder Mood is a handmade experiment font made with ink and a parallel pen. It is perfect for branding projects, inspirational quotes, or anything that needs a more personal touch.
Manticore
This font is perfect for a horror movie. It’s perfect for headlines and titles that need to give that sense of fear. It’s bold, it’s edgy, and it’s perfect for posters or newspaper ads.
This font is a bold brush/marker font in all caps with numerals, punctuation, a couple of extra glyphs, and alternates for some letters.
Deathgrin
by Sam Parrett
Earthen Parasite is a font best described as a “restless nightmare” The font was influenced by the horror movies of the ’80s. It is an homage to all of those post-traumatic stress disorder-stricken people who can’t sleep and who watch horror movies late at night.
The horror font category is loaded with the most terrifying and frightening typefaces that we could find. We hope that these typefaces will serve you well and please be sure to check out other work by these designers!