10 Horror Movie Trailers That Lied to Everybody

10. Pride And Prejudice And Zombies

Turning Pride and Prejudice into a supernatural action-based parody should never work, at least in theory. And yet, Seth Grahame-Smith's novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies novel was a bonafide success. 

What made the book work so well was how it successfully captured the spirit of Jane Austen's love story and 19th-century romantic literature in general despite containing a bunch of flesh-eating ghouls. Seven years after its publication, a film adaptation was released. 

The British promotions for this movie did a fine job at showcasing Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as a dark comedy that was still entrenched in Austen's work.

However, the same cannot be said about the international trailer, which made Grahame-Smith's adaptation look like an apocalypse thriller. 

The US teaser focuses almost entirely on the action, showcasing our heroines hacking, blasting, and kung fu kicking the savage revenants. Yes, these elements feature in the movie, but not as prominently as the trailer indicated.

British viewers got what they expected, but the rest of the world was left confused by the fact Pride and Prejudice and Zombies wasn't more traditional.