Movie titles that sound like they belong to another genre

Zorak Masaki

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I was just thinking about the upcoming biopic on the Von Erich wrestling family, "The Iron Claw". The title is referring to their iconic finisher, but to a person who knows nothing about that, the title could have somebody thinking it was a superhero film or a horror film. This got me wondering, what are some film titles that could sound like they belong to another genre than what they actually are (if this belongs in fun and games feel free to move it there)?
 

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Boogie Nights. It sounds like it's about disco or something. As joked about on MST3K:

Crow: "I heard it's a fun-filled look at life in the seventies."
Tom: "Oh, good, this should be fun."
Mike: "Uh, you guys, actually it's about porn."
Tom: "Actually, I call it "maize"."
 

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Also, if you had no idea about the characters:
Batman
Ant Man
Spider-Man
Blue Beetle

All sound like campy 50s-60s horror.

Some people involved with the 80s attempts to bring the character to the big screen have suggested that Cannon films bought the film rights to Spider-Man thinking it would be something akin to The Wolf Man.
 

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