Most movie posters are boring as hell. It's always some Photoshop of the stars, and maybe an explosion thrown in if it's an action movie. Or at least, that's the way they are in America. Go to Eastern Europe, or Japan, and you'll find posters that have absolutely nothing to do with the film, and everything to do with melting a hole in your brain. Advertisement

20 Alien (Poland) "I've got an idea for a poster. It'll convey that the movie is so awesome, your skin will melt off!" Continue Reading Below Advertisement "Great. So there'll be, like, a skull there?" "Sure, sure." "And you have seen a skull before, right?" "Eh, I can pretty much guess what one looks like."

19 Star Wars (Russia) Star Wars = space cowboy, which is understandable. Why the space cowboy seems to be constructed out of appliance catalogs, however, is not.

18 Star Wars (Russia) Continue Reading Below Advertisement Another Star Wars poster for the Russian market, in which Vader is some kind of robotic disco puma. So, the people who went to see the movie based on this poster ... were they disappointed?

17 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Turkey) Little known fact: The Turkish Director's Cut featured Shelly Duvall and swashbuckling zombies. Seriously, can you fuck up the poster for a Jack Nicholson classic any worse than this? Continue Reading Below Advertisement

16 Chinatown (Poland) Yes, yes you can. Poland makes our list for the second time by portraying Chinatown as the fantastic tale of an uptight middle-aged woman tormented by Pedro the mischievous, nostril-stabbing elf.