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25 March 2008

This is the Horrible Titles thread, wherein we list the most unfortunately-titled "artworks" we can think of. Movies, books, albums, songs, paintings, whatever. The only rule: you must be able to link to something - review, IMDB listing, etc. - that mentions the title. (No imaginary titles, in other words. Real life is weird enough.)

post by: bmarkey at: 00:56 | 19 comments

Let's start off with a classic: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?

posted by bmarkey 25 March | 00:57

Not exactly a title, but perhaps the worst band name ever: Dogs Die In Hot Cars.

posted by bmarkey 25 March | 01:32

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.

I thought "Dogs Die in Hot Cars" was a good band name (though the band's a bit average). It was a slogan in the UK: there was a big campaign by some group or other to alert people to the dangers of leaving your dog in the car on our rare sunny days.

posted by TheophileEscargot 25 March | 04:17

I always thought Ginger Snaps was a bad name for a really good little werewolf movie.

posted by BoringPostcards 25 March | 04:54

Gardening with brains

posted by trondant 25 March | 05:09

Isn't there a band called "Hoobastank" or something? That's much, much worse than "Dogs Die in Hot Cars" IMHO.

posted by cmonkey 25 March | 05:54

Lookit track #4. Doof - Dark Secrets Of The Manky Fudgepocket

posted by chewatadistance 25 March | 06:33

I have always thought that this is a stupid title. Probably a stupid movie as well.

posted by deadcowdan 25 March | 06:43

How can we forget Chocolate Starfish & The Hot-Dog Flavored Water, one of the worst album titles ever?

posted by BoringPostcards 25 March | 06:47

As bad band names go, I have long thought that "Hootie and the Blowfish" was pretty terrible.

posted by richat 25 March | 07:21

Whoops, I meant "Hootie and the Blowfish"

posted by richat 25 March | 07:22

What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse is an awkward and too long title of an album from the band Black Dahlia Murder (also not too great) but the reason I hate it with the intensity of a thousand suns is obvious to anyone who's ever played Castlevania II.

posted by iconomy 25 March | 08:57

The Earth, My Butt And Other Big Round Things

posted by jason's_planet 25 March | 09:40

Two weeks ago, I would've nominated Automaton Transfusion as dumbest recent title; I love imagining the presumably very very stoned target audience trying to stutter out that title at the box office or video store.

Then I learned about its even more cumbersomely (cumbersomely? Oh, sure) titled sequel, Automaton Transfusion: Contingency!

posted by Elsa 25 March | 11:38

Horror movie, translated from Italian: What are Those Strange Drops of Blood Doing on Jennifer's Body?

posted by BoringPostcards 25 March | 12:20

Okay, the title's not entirely bad, but the write-up and cover art are gold: The Pretender. And no, it's not the TV show.

posted by TrishaLynn 25 March | 12:32

Grieving for Dummies. Yes, I know it's a series and yadda yadda yadda, but come on.

posted by occhiblu 25 March | 20:02

There's a band here in Chicago called Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop.

posted by jtron 25 March | 20:09

Dial M for Merthyr

20 Jazz-funk Greats

posted by bifter 26 March | 10:08

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