Magazine Front Cover- (Criticisms)

After finalising our first draft, we showed a copy to each of our peers. They all agreed that the colour scheme worked really well, it is eye catching, and they would pick up a copy if they saw it in the shops. However, they again all agreed that the background image needs to represent a horror movie in a better way. 

Because of this, we have decided to change the picture to a close up shot of the protagonist (male) with a hand of an unknown person on his shoulder. This creates enigma codes such as who's had is it, and why is it there. We have also decided that the magazine cover needs to look more professional and have decided to make it a little plainer, as there is a lot of writing on the cover, which takes the focus away from the pictures itself. 

(Myself during the editing process.)