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Filmmaking involves a lot of editing.
But on occasion, there are other types of edits, too.
Like, for instance, editing the name of a movie into something completely different.
Tarot, a new horror movie out this week, suffered one such title change.
IsTarota perfectly fine name for a movie about killer tarot cards?
But is it as good asHorrorscope, the pun-tastic name of the novel the movies based on?
No, of course not.
Movies get their names changed for all sorts of reasons and to mixed results.
It was never actually going to be released in theaters asBlue Harvest.
Let usnever forgive themfor changing the name of thePlanesequel fromShiptoPlane 2: Stowaway, though.
Often these changes are minor and make sense.
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, another Dick story, becameTotal Recall.
(This did not save the movie from being a historical box-office bomb.)
Its a teen rom-com, not some sort of scientific battle.
Pretty Womanwas originally titled$3000,in reference to Julia Robertss characters weekly take as a prostitute.
This was another correct call, as despite its self-aware tendencies,Screamis still a legitimate horror movie.
Scary Moviewas a name better saved for the parody franchise that would spring up a few years later.
Lee Daniels The Butlerwasnt supposed to feature the directors name so prominently.
It was originally just calledStar Wars, and everything else was added as the franchise expanded.
A post-release name change because the original name was, upon reflection, not good, is another.
(It bombed again.)
Repeat.more prominently than the movies actual name.
(Search-engine optimization directing what things are called?
Wow, theyre just like me FR.)
