Motion Poster for The Tall Man

A motion poster for the horror-thriller The Tall Man has been released by the studio; we've embedded it below. It's nicely done, but not nearly as clever as some of the motion posters we've seen in the past; this one looks more like a teaser trailer sized to resemble a poster. (We posted a trailer for the film in late July.)

In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace — abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as "The Tall Man." Town nurse Julia Denning (Jessica Biel) seems skeptical … until … waking up in the middle of the night, she races to her child's bedroom, only to discover an empty bed — and a hulking specter in the downstairs doorway who steals off into the darkness with her boy (Jakob Davies).

As Julia follows in pursuit, she will stop at nothing and will risk everything to save him. Joined by determined investigator, Lt. Dodd (Stephen McHattie) and the town's local sheriff (William B. Davis), the chase is on and with it the quest for answers: Who is "The Tall Man"? What has become of the children?

Written and directed by Pascal Laugier, The Tall Man opens in limited release August 31st, 2012. It will be available on DVD and Blu-ray disc on September 25th.