Completely Different Title / Danish

Films — Animation

• Spirited Away is called "Chihiro og Heksene" (Chihiro and The Witches).
• Tangled was changed to "To på Flugt: Et Hårrejsende Eventyr" (Two on the Run: A Hair-Rising Fairy Tale/Adventure). The subtitle is probably a call-back to the original title.
• Winnie the Pooh is called "Peter Plys".
• Kubo and the Two Strings became Kubo: The Brave Samurai.
• The Iron Giant became The Boy and the Iron Giant.
• Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken became "Rosa — Det vilde søuhyre" (Rosa — The Wild Sea Monster).

Films — Live-Action

• When early Bill Murray movies were released in Denmark, the title used to often have the word "Røv", meaning "ass" in it. Caddyshack became "Røven Fuld af Penge", which means, translated to its nearest English equivalent, "An Assload of Cash". Stripes was "Røven af Fjerde Division", "The Ass of Fourth Platoon" and Meatballs was "Med Røven i Vandskorpen", "With the Ass in the Edge of the Water", which is a danish idiom meaning something like "In a tricky situation".
• The Danish title of The Princess Bride is The Princess and the Crazy Knights, which was coined in the hope that it would remind people of Monty Python and the Crazy Knights (Monty Python and the Holy Grail). It didn't work.
• The Shawshank Redemption's Danish titel is En verden udenfor, Which translates to "A world outside".
• Italian Vendetta dal futuro ("future revenge") was retitled as Queruak, the protagonist's surname. From one Non-Indicative Title to even less indicative.
• Perfect Assassins became Ice-Cold Killing.
• Witchboard became Is There Anybody?
• 1990: The Bronx Warriors became The Wars on Wheels.
• The Black Belly of the Tarantula became Needle Murders.
• Innocent Blood became Blood on the Tooth.
• Black Christmas (1974) became A Killer in Your House.
• Blazing Saddles became The Sheriff Shoots at Everything.
• Silence of the Lambs became "Ondskabens Øjne" which translates to "The Eyes of Evil"
• Jaws became "Dødens Gab" which translates to "Death's Maw"
• Zombi 2 became The Green Island of Horrors.
• The Beyond became Hotel of Horrors.
• The Serpent and the Rainbow became In the Deep, Quiet Stillness of the Grave.
• Weird Science became Touch Me, I'm Yours.
• The Last House on the Left became The Night of Horror.
• The Hitcher became On Stop with a Killer.
• The Burning became The Campfire.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark became The Hunt for the Lost Treasure.
• Runaway became Death Runs Wild.
• The Pit became The Teddy Bear's Secret.
• Enemy Mine became Enemies.
• Carnival of Souls became The Dance of Horrors.
• The Blob (1958) became The Killer from the Sky.
• The Passion of Joan of Arc became Jeanne d'Arc's Suffering and Death.
• Blood and Black Lace became The Iron Hand in the Night of Horror.
• Collateral Damage became Cold Revenge.
• The Return of the Living Dead became The Corpses Do Not Care.
• Prom Night (1980) became Bloody Midnight.
• The New York Ripper became Bloody Rape.
• What Have You Done to Solange? became Young Girls Get the Knife.
• Time After Time became Race With Time.
• The Sons of Katie Elder became Four Brave Sons.
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms became The Giant Lizard in New York.
• The Web (1947) became The Woman in the Net.
• Near Dark became The Devil's Daughter.
• Dark Asylum became Trapped.
• House became Home Alone.
• Bloody Pit of Horror became The Torturer.
• The Blood on Satan's Claw became Satan's Cult.
• The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism became The Castle of Horrors.
• Cannibal Holocaust became Cannibal Massacre.
• Cannibal Ferox became Hunted by Cannibals.
• It! The Terror from Beyond Space became The Monster from the Unknown.
• The Losers (1970) became Commandos on Motorcycles.
• House on Haunted Hill (1959) became The Haunted House.
• 976-EVIL became Damned Number.
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes became The Devil.
• Theatre of Blood became The Blood Cabinet.
• Hands of the Ripper became In the Hands of Death.
• The Howling (1981) became Werewolves.
• Peeping Tom became Photo Models Are Hunted.
• Cosmos: War of the Planets became The Battle for the Stars.
• And God Said to Cain... became An Avenger Comes to Town.
• God's Gun became The Bloody Gang.
• Blindman became The Blind Avenger.
• Total Recall (1990) became Last Call.
• Terror Train became The Massacre in the Night Train.
• The People Under the Stairs became House of Horrors.
• 10 to Midnight became At the Last Second.
• The Conjuring became Demons of the Night.
• The Amityville Horror (1979) became The Haunted House.
• Hereditary became House of Evil.
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) became Murderous Nightmare.
• The Outlaw Josey Wales became An Eye for an Eye.
• Mad Dog Morgan became Dirty Meat.
• Nightbreed became Angel of the Night.
• Vampire's Kiss became Who Has Taken My Teeth?
• Doctor... Series:
  • Doctor in the House (1954) became Little Doctor, What Now?.
  • Doctor at Sea became Little Doctor at Sea.
  • Doctor at Large became Little Doctor in Trouble.
  • Doctor in Love became Little Doctor Falls in Love.
  • Doctor in Distress (1963) became Little Doctor, Watch Out!.
  • Doctor in Clover became Panic at the Hospital.
• Please Turn Over became The Dear Play.
• Watch Your Stern became It's Crazy About the Torpedo, Sailor.
• Raising the Wind became Blow the Trumpet, Professor!.

Literature

• The original Swedish title of Simona Ahrnstedt's debut novel, Överenskommelser, can be translated into "Agreements" or "Understandings". But the Danish title, "Aegtepagten", can be translated as "The marriage pact". Which is rather close to being a literal translation, actually.
• Happened quite often to early Stephen King books and their subsequent movie adaptations.
  • The Shining was translated to "Ondskabens hotel" which translates to "Hotel of Evil".
  • 'Salem's Lot became "De Dødes By" which translates to "City of the Dead".
  • It became "Det Onde" which translates to "The Evil". Notably It(2017) kept its original English title while the 1990 adaptation did not.

Live-Action TV

• Fawlty Towers was released in Denmark under the title "Halløj på badehotellet", roughly "Hello, Seaside Hotel".

Western Animation

• Hailey's On It! became Haileys liste (Hailey's List).
• Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! became Wubbzy og hans venner (Wubbzy and His Friends).

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