10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

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One of the most important ingredients for a good marketing campaign is an eye-catching poster, but these ones have nothing to do with their movies.

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10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

One of the most important ingredients in a successful marketing campaign is an eye-catching poster. Posters, along with trailers, give the audience their first impression of a film. A bad or misleading poster could deter a potential viewer away. Poster creation used to be an art, with artists such as Drew Struzan specializing in painting posters to accompany a film.

Today, it seems to be a dying art with ensemble characters taking over the poster, or minimalist designs hinting at the contents of the film. The worst kinds of posters are ones that seem as if the artist has never even seen the movie. These posters cause the film to do worse than it would have, and also makes one wonder why the studio ever approved them, to begin with.

10 Godzilla Vs. The Thing

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

When Godzilla faced off against Mothra for the first time, the movie had its title changed for the American release. Originally titled Godzilla Vs. Mothra, the US release changed Mothra to The Thing for whatever reason. Stranger still, was the poster that acted as if Mothra was so frightening, she needed to be censored. Censoring a giant moth seems ridiculous enough, but the poster implies Godzilla is facing off against a monster with green tentacles, which happens at no point during the film. The US releases of the classic Godzilla films changed a lot, and they usually made about as much sense as this one.

9 Chopping Mall

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

Chopping Mall remains of the most beloved cult slashers from the ’80s. The film involves a group of teens having a party in a mall after hours when the robotic security system begins to kill them off. The robots in the movie look like a beefed-up version of Wall-E, but the poster makes them seem almost like androids.

The title alone doesn’t make sense as there is no chopping, but the famous poster that features a robotic hand holding a shopping bag has little to do with the movie outside of the fact that there are robots. The killbots have arms they use in the film, so it is curious as to why the actual arms aren’t used.

8 A Bronx Tale

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

This is an example of a poster that doesn’t even represent the correct genre. The poster to A Bronx Tale seems like a revenge movie similar to Taken. Robert DeNiro is portrayed as the main protagonist when in the movie he isn’t The film revolves around a young man who wants to join the mob, while a gangster tries to steer the young boy away from a life of crime. The poster even shows the boy running from an explosion like an action star, but there isn’t even a similar scene in the movie.

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7 Godzilla Vs. Megalon

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

In yet another example of the American release of a Godzilla movie being needlessly changed, the poster to Godzilla Vs. Megalon showcase the two titular monsters battling atop the World Trade Center. The film not only doesn’t have any scenes in New York, but the movie also doesn’t even take place in America.

The film was released around the time of the first King Kong remake, which featured Kong climbing the Twin Towers as opposed to the Empire State Building, so many fans think this was a way to cash in on this. This is a poster that has been mocked numerous times by Godzilla fans, and it is no secret why.

6 The Aviator (For Your Consideration)

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

Howard Hughes was an interesting man. Often cited as an inspiration behind Tony Stark, he seems like the perfect man to make a movie about, which Martin Scorsese did in 2004. Hughes, played by Leonardo Dicaprio, was an eccentric billionaire who loved to make films and fly private plans.

The movie serves as a drama showcasing the rise and bitter fall of the man, showing the infamous time in his life where he lived as a hermit refusing to leave his house. The poster used to promote the film’s Oscar campaign plays the movie off as a war movie. Hughes was in a devastating plane crash, but this is a small part of the film. The poster makes the film seem like a gritty action film, which is completely wrong.

5 Halloween: Ressurection

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

Fans of the Halloween franchise all have their opinions on Halloween: Ressurection and they are mostly negative. The movie famously kills off Laurie in the opening minutes, because Jamie Lee Curtis desperately wanted out of the sequel. Regardless of this, the poster features her prominently as if she is once again the main character. The poster doesn’t even get her look right, as on the poster she has short hair like in the previous film, while in the film she has long hair similar to the first two films. The is misleading marketing at its finest, and it just added to the negative reception the film received.

4 Vanilla Sky

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

Vanilla Sky is one of the trippiest science-fiction movies of all time. The movie has been applauded for the visuals and the story that forces audiences to really think. The poster for such a complex film should match it, but instead, the marketing team opted for a random picture of Tom Cruise looking in the distance. The poster implies the film is a drama about Tom Cruise looking for love or something similar.

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The poster hurt the movie in the long run, as those who saw the poster and mistakenly assumed it was a romantic drama didn’t see it. The movie has received a decent following, with several rereleases fixing this poster blunder, but the original still remains one of the worst.

3 Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

The poster to Friday The 13th Part V features a white goalie mask with red eyes. The mask looks nothing like Jason’s iconic mask and is featured nowhere in the film. The poster has become iconic in its own right, and many fans preferred it over the altered mask seen in the film. The poster seems to be a foreshadowing of the identity of the killer, although this seems like a huge stretch. The mask has become so well known, it was included as an accessory for the figure of the Part V Jason released by NECA, and was released as a lamp for video stores to promote the home video release of the film.

2 Star Wars Trilogy (Hungarian)

10 Movie Posters That Had Nothing To Do With The Film

The posters to the original Star Wars trilogy have become as iconic as the films themselves. Even upon their initial release, the posters became well-known and famous. It is curious then, why for the Hungarian release the posters went for original designs that have as much to do with Star Wars as Spaceballs. The posters feature some images that vaguely resemble the films, but for the most part, just seems random. The posters have become infamous for their bizarre designs, but have been equally applauded for their unique art. Regardless of fan’s opinions of them, there is no question they don’t exactly scream Star Wars.

1 Ghostbusters (Czech Republic)

The Ghostbusters logo is one of the most recognized images in all of pop culture. Even those who have never seen the film, know exactly what the famous ghost is from. The original poster is as simple as it gets, the logo against a black background with the film’s title below it. It is simple and to the point and fans love it. The Czech Republic marketing team apparently decided to not watch the film, and design a strange creature that has absolutely no business being on a Ghostbusters poster. The poster is curious because there is no connection to the film outside of the cast names listed in the credits. The creature sort of looks like it is wearing a proton pack, but this is a huge stretch.

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