# Great/surprising movie taglines...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 12, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461 "2010-09-12T01:38:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/41 "2010-09-14T21:37:07Z")

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This is my favorite of all time. I still remember reading the newspaper ad when the movie opened back in 1984 and laughing out loud.

[The Prey](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086137/)

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**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/42 "2010-09-14T22:47:24Z")

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I finally remembered my favourite tagline, from This is Spinal Tap:

Does for rock and roll what “The Sound of Music” did for hills.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/43 "2010-09-15T08:01:09Z")

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> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#):
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> This is my favorite of all time. I still remember reading the newspaper ad when the movie opened back in 1984 and laughing out loud.
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> [The Prey](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086137/)

“It’s not human, and it’s got an axe!”

No need to be so mysterious.

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/44 "2010-09-15T15:27:14Z")

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> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#):
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> Just about the only good thing about Jaws 2 was the second tagline shown [here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077766/taglines).

I like the third one better:  
“Coming sooner than you think!”

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/45 "2010-09-15T15:42:13Z")

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Machete

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> They just fucked with the wrong Mexican!

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/46 "2010-09-15T19:48:28Z")

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Dogma’s was pretty good.

“Get ‘touched’ by an angel.”

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