12 Most F*cked Up Movie Marketing Campaigns

By Helen Jones /

3. Chronicle Makes People Fly Over NYC

In early 2012 New Yorkers were witness to a spectacle straight out of a superhero movie when several humans were spotted flying over the city. But they weren€™t experiencing collective madness and it was in fact kind of superhero related: the clever campaign to promote Josh Trank€™s fantasy flick Chronicle in which a group of teens inherit extraordinary powers including the ability to fly. Another Thinkmodo brainchild, the flying €˜people€™ were actually remote-controlled airplanes pimped up to look like humans and though it€™s impossible to say how many New Yorkers were duped by the campaign, videos of the stunt were shared online and Chronicle became the highest grossing film of its opening weekend.