Grindhouse Trailer Classics

Mr. Ae Rayner

at 7:29 am

If you are a fan of those unbelievable `70’s movies that used to be shown in the theatres along New York’s 42nd. Street, just down from Times Square, featuring sleaze, T&A, mad monster ape men, blaxploitation & she wolves then this is the perfect trailer tape for a great Saturday night’s viewing with your mates ! In those far off days you could sit through a double or triple feature program for about $2.50 – now you can recreate the atmosphere armed only with a brown paper bag containing some kind of liquor, remembering to heckle the screen for full enjoyment !

There is a bonus featurette hosted by the totally delectable Emily Booth who points out that although these mad films declined in the `80’s there has been a resurgence with such charming modern horrors such as Hostel 1 & 2 and the Saw series !

Warning : not for the squeamish, easily offended or those with a heart condition !

Rating: 5 / 5

M. Godenho

at 12:23 pm

As a huge fan of b-grade movies this collection is stunning. Often the trailers are better than the films (and having seen a few of these films being advertised I can confirm this fact) and this collection brings together some of the best trash around.

The voice overs are hilarious. On one horror film that the “scariest of all time” they remind you in a deep dark voice to “Keep telling yourself it’s only a movie, it’s only a movie, it’s only a movie”

Sometimes I look at these types of films with a little twinge of saddness. They are movie makers who are doing their best to make something with little or no budget. At least they’re having a go eh?

It’s very easy to see where Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth get their influences from. With these films there’s never much of a story. Instead it’s all about action and shock factor – be it sex, violence, horror or all three.

2 hours of trailers with a mini doco. Well worth it.
Rating: 5 / 5