Haha. Two Slashfilm readers have already informed me that they wouldn’t be commenting on this poster before it was even posted. Wow. Mirroring his brilliant take on comedy, auteur/brand Tyler Perry has put a modern spin on the Rorschach Test with this new teaser for September’s The Family That Preys. The film stars Kathy Bates and KaDee Strickland. I don’t think Madea appears at the end, so $50 million theatrical seems questionable. The poster’s polite mantra: “Follow your heart. But watch your back.”
Our friends at Cinematical got first dibbs. They report, “the art sorta plays tricks with your head if you stare at it long enough.” If this kind of optical “trick” appeared in Mallrats, the film would have been 50 minutes shorter.
Discuss: Art, dancing, The New Yorker, $15 Cabernet, Tyler Perry’s A Family That Preys
June 30th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Cha Ching $$$$$$$
June 30th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
“auteur” lol
June 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
White hand around a black neck. Brilliant marketing.
( Bring it on Dan )
June 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Love the poster, but cant stand Tyler Perry’s movies.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
So… what’s it about?
June 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Weird poster.
By the way, can anyone tell me who the special guest was on the Slashfilm cast?
June 30th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Room for open interpretation ended when the marketing department added the tagline. Poor taste.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
is this the movie where its explained about that real meaning of pool and bowling?
June 30th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Is this a new spike Lee film?
June 30th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Dear Peter Sciretta and Hunter Stephenson,
For your next VOTD segment
please consider the bloodiest Japanese clay animation short clip I’ve ever seen.
Check it out via this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d-tNXxTRBA
Trust me, you guys will find it very awesome!
Thank you,
–Rama–
July 1st, 2008 at 8:46 am
i hate tyler perry
im sorry hes really lame and boring
thankyoufor making it easier to choose betwen madeas garbage and what else is in theatres at that time
July 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Spike Lee is to Tyler Perry what Pineapple is to a turd.
July 1st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Tyler Perry? Like that shitty show on WB that claims to be the most watched show ever.
No thank you.