The 30 Strangest Movie Posters of All Time
Along with unwashed, yellowing sheets, movie posters are the most popular choice for decorating a college dorm room. Whether you preferred Luke Skywalker wielding his lightsaber, Vince Vaughn offering you a martini, or Clockwork Orange brandishing his dagger, if you went to college, you probably had a movie character watching over you as you studied, slept and explored your body quietly so that your roommate wouldn't hear.
Everyone had a Swingers poster. Everyone had Star Wars posters. But there are hundreds of movies made every year, and there have been for close to a century. What happened to all their posters? Are they still around? Are any of them really stupid and weird?
The answer (Oh lord, yes.) may surprise you.

Katherine Hepburn is menaced by two floating heads, who offer her unsolicited advice on the subjects of jogging and anal sex, in this 1952 classic.

We're glad to see a monster movie that finally answers the difficult question: What happens to all their bowel movements?

He' all pants, yet no sleeves can contain him. She' pantsless, but adores sleeves. Together, they fight crime.

Ronald Reagan, seen here in bed with someone who isn't his wife, and a monkey, who also probably isn't his wife.
Also interestingly, it looks like people went to bed fully clothed in"¦ the '20s, we're guessing.

Remember back in the good old days, when everyone assumed that mixed martial arts would be nothing but heavily-oiled dudes leaping around and kicking each other in the chest, all for the amusement of secretive Chinese billionaires?
Now, thanks to the UFC, we know that mixed martial arts fighting is basically a couple of barely-oily guys rolling around on the ground and punching each other, all for the amusement of Joe Rogan.
We guess we're just sad that mixed martial arts had to grow up.

Kind of a hastily assembled, somewhat metaphorical poster here featuring a car that for some reason is able to express pain. We gather that the black triangle represents the road, the white background represents cocaine, and John Belushi represents John Belushi.

This poster honestly looks like it took someone five minutes to make. This is the movie poster equivalent of a kid doing his homework on the school bus. Chuck Norris used to make such rad posters (see below). He should hang his beard in shame.

When she wasn't working in films, Ms. Bow rented out space on her head for local advertisers.

"Ted, it' a good script, okay! But I don't care what she did, we can't call this movie My Wife is a Huge Bitch. People won't know what you're talking about. Also, I think you've got a lot of anger issues to work out."

Times change, I suppose. Compared to most hip hop videos these days, Lambada dancing looks pretty tame. In fact, according to the Supreme Court, the only dance today that' legally forbidden is the Batdance.








are you kidding me? "Clockwork Orange brandishing his dagger"? Goddamn is this writer stupid.
ReplyAnd if you look directly upward, you will see the joke.
That is officially the most terrifying picture I've seen of Tim Curry since I saw him made up as Pennywise from It.
ReplyAnd you want to talk about misleading posters? Look no further than the one for the Forbidden Planet. Don't get me wrong, it's one of my favorite movies and a classic but it's pretty misleading.
Tim Curry had hairy thighs in Rocky Horror?! Either he just hadn't been shaved for that promotional photo, or I just never noticed when watching the film...
ReplyI'm too scared to even think of watching Silent Rage...
ReplyArnold is going to have sex with me, isn't he?
ReplyI'm sure he can do much better.
Apparently not from the looks of his mistress.
The Streisand/flowerpot poster makes me think immediately of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
ReplyPetunias!
I actually really like that French Connection poster.
ReplyThe "Mexican Superman" with the "smaller S" and "less hair" is actually the American Superman. The poster is a Spanish language poster for the 1940s Max Fleisher/Paramount Superman cartoons.
ReplyYou missed the entire point of that caption.
Come on, that Rocky Horror one was pretty cool.
Reply Hide All See All 6 Repliesif you are a fag....
Luger, I picture you jerking off to gay porn before crying yourself to sleep, while corwin has a good time watching rocky horror with his/her boyfriend/girlfiend, laughing their asses off before f*****g like animals and falling asleep in each others' arms
Scram I picture you masturbating to the mental picture of Luger masturbating to gay porn and then crying yourself to sleep as well.
I can't picture anything, because I'm pretty focused on my mastrubation.
Now that chimp is dedicated! He's masturbating so hard he can't spell properly. That's how its done folks!
Wow, Scram, you put a lot of imagination into your vindictive little fantasies. Love it.
THat Blues Brothers post has pride of place in my hallway... at least it's better than the one where Dan Ackroyd is pouting!
ReplyFor the "Top Dog" poster, I really want to know which one is tough and which one is smart. Either way, Chuck Norris seems to be insulting himself.
ReplyKnowing Chuck Norris, that dog was probably named 'Myself' so whoever is smart or tough, it ends up being him. Nice move Mr. Norris
"A Clockwork Orange" isn't a person. How could you make a mistake like that? And in the first paragraph.
Reply... it's not a mistake, it's a joke? Learn to humour, buddy.
"Science created him. Now Chuck Norris much destroy him."
ReplyI suddenly want to see this movie.
Damn.. The Man Who Loved Women poster... his facial hair is so PERFECT BD !! I am an now an official fan of Burt Reynolds.. I heard he had a mustache o_o I must check that out!
Replyermm... Frida's poster is a take on one of Frida Kahlo's self-portrait.
ReplyChecked on the comments to see if someone else already noted that.
that's why he said that the poster missed the point of the movie. If you haven't seen the movie, how are you supposed to know it's a self portrait?
I actually have a t-shirt with that Polish poster for Return of the Jedi. Always thought about why they didn't put Chewbacca or someone instead of Threepio. Still like it, though. :-)
ReplyI can't believe they put Chewbaca on the poster for Polish Return of the Jedi and no Luke.
ReplyI fell out of my damn chair when I read Pumping California.
ReplyA Clockwork Orange is incredibly violent for its day. O_o
Replygoddamnit. im never lettin my sister on the computer again.
ReplyAhhhhhh I lol'd.