16 June 2009

Misleading Film Posters

Even though this poster for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre states "What happened is true. Now the motion picture that's just as real" the events in the film are entirely fictional. Similarly the main inspiration for Hostel came from a presumably fake website that Eli Roth saw, offering individuals the opportunity to shoot someone in the head for $10,000. The film isn’t exactly "Inspired by true events" as the poster claims.

Despite playing the main character Danny Embling in Flirting, Noah Taylor either doesn't appear on posters for the film or he only appears in silhouette. He also isn't featured on the DVD cover whereas Nicole Kidman, who only has a minor role in the film, is prominently.

Due to incorrect proportions, this poster for Attack of the 50 Foot Woman makes it appear as though Nancy Fowler Archer (Allison Hayes) is at least 200 feet tall and the strange proportions on this poster for Changeling make it look as though Angelina Jolie plays a gigantic (possibly child-eating) woman!

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