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