You can tell a lot about a movie from a single word in its title, and that's lucky, because one is exactly how many words your potential audience is willing to remember. Some words in movie titles always fulfill your expectations. Words like "Rambo" or "anal." But there are certain words that make a promise of awesome and never, ever deliver. I went through every word and every movie that has ever existed and found the seven best examples.

Notes on Statistical Data:

These figures are based on the exact number of unique films a determined lunatic could own featuring specific words in their titles. Keep in mind that movie titling is not an exact science. Movies are constantly being renamed and redistributed, and 60 to 70 percent of all movie names are designed to trick idiots. As any kung fu enthusiast can tell you, one Bruce Li or Bruce Le film without vampires can be sold as Bruce Lee vs. Dracula, Fist the Vampire or Bruce Lee's Tits and Bats 2: None of Those Things. If you're really unlucky, you may end up getting all three of those same films in one box set.

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In addition to duplicates being thrown out, I eliminated documentaries and short films. Japanese cartoons weren't included, since they were all named with a word blender and exist only to dissolve the viewer's genitals. In your face, already bullied innocents! I also left out titles that were intentionally silly. I didn't need wackiness clouding my data, and I was dealing with enough irony deciding whether a Steven Seagal film should be considered Awesome or Garbage. Speaking of, I of course accounted for the accidentally awesome in my data.