Movie theater changed "Hellboy" to "Heckboy" on marquee

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/04/26/movie-theater-changed-hellbo.html

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Well, Garsh dang it, if that ain’t the darn tootnest thing I ever did see…

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Obligatory:

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Heck to Eternity.

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They should change the Avengers movie title to Achievers. Avenge is such a violent word.

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And yet I bet there’s a fire-and-brimstone preacher on the radio just down the road talking about Hell in no uncertain terms, over and over and over. . . .

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It’s still rated R though. Sorry, kids!

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Hope they cover the recent front page of the NY Times in those areas.

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Funny, I’d like to see what this “Heckboy” is up to!

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“We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won’t allow them to write ‘fuck’ on their airplanes because it’s obscene.” – Col. Kurtz, “Apocalypse Now”

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That’s a real ballsy move for a town called Dickson

…I’ll just … see myself out for that one…

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Aitch Eee Double Hockey Sticks Boy

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I’m going to heck in a hand basket.

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but they’re just fine living in Dickson?

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What the heck does that mean?

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Why, that’s just down the road from Gobbler’s Knob…

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Obligatory Groundhog’s Day reference, because now you have that damn polka jingle stuck in my head:

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I guess there wasn’t space on the marquee for “H-E-double-hockey-sticks-Boy.”

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@Papasan
I know I know I'm giving Adams' work air time... but this was one of his actually funny gags

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