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Nice poster, shame about the film

Doesn't do what it says on the tin

Nice poster, shame about the film

You've got to feel a bit sorry for those Hollywood marketing execs. After being shown the hideous final cut of a film they have to spend the next 12 months of their life pushing on the little people, it's got to sting.

So, who could blame them from keeping their chins up and putting together a poster that belies the true, unsatisfying nature of the film it's promoting. These 50 posters may have ultimately led us astray, but here's to Hollywood. For being brave.

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Year: 1999


Psycho

Year: 1998


Captivity

Year: 2007


House Of Wax

Year: 2005


Spider-Man 3

Year: 2007


Alien Vs Predator

Year: 2004


Premonition

Year: 2007


Knowing

Year: 2009


The Spirit

Year: 2008


The Invasion

Year: 2007


W

Year: 2008


Terminator: Salvation

Year: 2009


Pandorum

Year: 2009


Clash Of The Titans

Year: 2010


The Happening

Year: 2008


Skyline

Year: 2010


Prom Night

Year: 2008


Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Year: 2010


Reign Of Fire

Year: 2002


The Ring Two

Year: 2005


The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus

Year: 2009


Lady In The Water

Year: 2006


The Informers

Year: 2009


Orphan

Year: 2009


The Number 23

Year: 2007


Repo Men

Year: 2010


The Killer Shrews

Year: 1959


Good Luck Chuck

Year: 2007


X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Year: 2009


Saw VI

Year: 2009


Order Of Chaos

Year: 2009


From Paris With Love

Year: 2010


Happythankyoumoreplease

Year: 2011


Punisher: War Zone

Year: 2008


The Lovely Bones

Year: 2009


The Haunting

Year: 1999


I Know Who Killed Me

Year: 2007


Friday The 13th

Year: 2009


Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

Year: 2009


Pulse

Year: 2006


Hide & Seek

Year: 2005


Silent Hill

Year: 2006


Superman Returns

Year: 2006


Anything Else

Year: 2003


Le Divorce

Year: 2003


The Fan

Year: 1981


Babylon A.D.

Year: 2008


Cold Creek Manor

Year: 2003


Tideland

Year: 2006


The Uninvited

Year: 2009