With the recent "The New Justin Long Movie" being a fakeout for Barbarian Im wondering how often this has been done in the past. I remember The Forest being a secret Blair Witch movie. I WISH Prey was a secret Pred movie. Cloverfield lane is also a fun secretly in the universe of a different movie and it comes to mind.

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ListenAllYallItsA t1_iuf4h93 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:14 PM

Huh? How is the new Justin long movie a fake out? He is in the movie.

TheClayroo t1_iuf5gvo wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:20 PM

Pretty pivotal character.

jamesneysmith t1_iufbfri wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:01 PM

Trailers were posted under 'the new Justin long movie' as opposed to the name of the movie. Trailer starts out focused on him and feels like a normal justin long movie until the end. That's a fake out

TokeyMcTokeFace t1_iuf7369 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:31 PM

Cloverfield Lane… is “secretly” set in the universe of what movie? Cloverfield?

nothatdoesntgothere t1_iufdiz9 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:16 PM

Blue Harvest

Appropriate_Focus402 t1_iufi6gn wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:49 PM

The Muppets from 2011 had a really funny fake out trailer that made the movie look like a generic romcom at first.

Throwaway_Codex t1_iufk1sw wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:02 PM

Halloween Ends, to a certain extent.

SilverBolts91 t1_iughz21 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:28 AM

Cabin in the Woods. The trailers really sold at is a straightforward horror movie with absolutely no hints to its meta nature. I will never forget how delightfully surprised I was the first time I saw it.

Then_Quit t1_iuivjov wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:44 PM

Downsizing was pitched as a comedy about shrinking people, and for about half an hour it was just that. About 2/3 into the movie I was like, "wait...what fucking movie am I watching?".

I didn't watch any of the trailers for Prey, and just started watching it without any research. It took me way too long to realize it was a Predator movie. Honestly I probably would have skipped it had I known beforehand, but I'm glad I didn't. It was a lot of fun.