Any movie can be great in 2 ½ minutes. — Trailers--you know, those fast-paced 2-to-4 minute theatrical promo shorts that have preceded the Feature Attraction since the dawn of sound? An exciting montage of all The Best... more » Parts of a movie the exhibitors want you to NEED to see! Full of swirling letters screaming hyperbolic promises of THRILLS! ACTION! MYSTERY! ROMANCE! Packing all the highlights of a whole picture into its own mini-movie in just a few minutes!
The Best of Trailers from Hell, Volume 1 showcases the cream of the award-winning website series, concentrating on promos for horror, science fiction and fantasy films which viewers can watch both as originally intended or accompanied by pithy commentary by Trailers from Hell Gurus: Joe Dante (Gremlins), John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Mick Garris (The Stand), Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) and Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead).
The trailers and commentaries are:
Joe Dante - The Tingler, Blood and Roses, Curse of Frankenstein, Earth vs. Flying Saucers
Mick Garris - Rabid, The Valley of Gwangi, Scream and Scream Again, Horrors of the Black Museum
John Landis - Curse of the Werewolf, Green Slime, Private Parts, Mighty Joe Young
Eli Roth - Squirm, The Birds, 3 on a Meathook, Forbidden Planet
Edgar Wright - Corruption, The Sentinel, Silent Running, Phantom of the Paradise
Included as an added bonus is the 1933 Majestic Pictures horror classic, The Vampire Bat, as well as two animated cartoon classics: Foster & Bailey's The Haunted ship (1930) and Ub Iwerks' The Headless Horseman (1934).« less