I was watching a film yesterday (went in blind) and during the opening credits I saw something along the lines of “Special effects artist for the Creature”. I had no idea the movie was going to have a creature in it before reading that, so when it was eventually revealed later in the film I was kinda annoyed that I knew it was coming. Would have been pretty cool to have it sprung on me out of the blue, because there were no hints during the preceding part of the film that anything supernatural or weird was happening.
It got me thinking about what other films contain spoilers in the opening credits. Do you have any other examples?
If you ever watch Dark City (great movie btw), be careful to watch the Director’s Cut. In the original version of the movie the opening narration spoils the entire story. It was added by Warner Bros. against the director’s will after test audiences were confused about the plot.