Lesson 1: What the Client wants, the Client gets...
In graphic design, just as it is with any business providing a service this is the golden rule. Regardless of how badly mangled the initial composition may be. In this case the addition of the chalk drawings take away from the flow of the initial piece.
Inspired by the font used in the title, those who chose said font thought to incorporate a more humorous feel to the design. Granted adding this aspect might have been a good idea, in hindsight it totally deviates from the initial feel of the poster - that of dread and mystery (in my opinion at least).
The placement of the hand is supposed to illustrate a falling coin from the hand of its owner. The foot, the second character (whomever is which is left up to interpretation..) being represented by the partially visible foot.
While destroying what I felt as a good sense of flow, the design is far from completely destroyed. In the end the design doesn't look half bad to the untrained eye, but for those in the art community and for this designer especially it represents something else entirely.
....a compromised design
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