12 Stupid Film Posters That Totally Spoiled The Movie
9. Phone Booth
Joel Schumacher's phone box thriller was a triumph in making the one location most of us fear we'll get trapped in at night into a nail-biting blockbuster. The story, Stuart Shepard (Colin Farrell) stuck in a phone booth while a maniac sniper harangues him over the phone, sticks to its primary locale. This means, no cut-aways to the police, to the baddy, to Farrell's girlfriend, none of it - but it was definitely a risk that paid off.
The trailers offered up the usual snippets of action, and a chance to hear the villain's creepy voice - and a very recognisable one it was too (particularly now) - for some, just a few words was all it took to identify the actor behind the voice, but for others, they had no idea.
Alright, so it wasn't Seven and he's not Kevin Spacey, but the idea of not finding out it's Kiefer Sutherland until the end would have been good. If they hadn't put his face or name on the poster.