HORROR MOVIES 101

Trailers good or bad

There are times I just can't wait to see the Trailers for new movies coming out that I have been dying to see.  There are also times that I get so mad that these people who make the trailers give WAY too much of the movie away, including the endings. 

Now this really isn't a SPOILER because it was on the trailer but when I watched  the trailer for Quarantine, I knew exactly what was going to happen...when you see the lead actress being pulled extremely fast backwards in the dark...you know it's not going to end well.  Anyway, what are some trailers that you have seen that just gave away TOO much information.  If you are going to reveal endings of movies, make sure you put a spoiler alert before it just in case someone hasn't seen it yet. 

Re:Trailers good or bad

divinemsjunebug:

There are times I just can't wait to see the Trailers for new movies coming out that I have been dying to see.  There are also times that I get so mad that these people who make the trailers give WAY too much of the movie away, including the endings. 

Now this really isn't a SPOILER because it was on the trailer but when I watched  the trailer for Quarantine, I knew exactly what was going to happen...when you see the lead actress being pulled extremely fast backwards in the dark...you know it's not going to end well.  Anyway, what are some trailers that you have seen that just gave away TOO much information.  If you are going to reveal endings of movies, make sure you put a spoiler alert before it just in case someone hasn't seen it yet. 

I know what you are saying June.  I actually don't watch too many trailers.  Every once in a while though I'll get bored and go to Apple's trailer site and just watch a plethora of trailers for a while.  But a lot of times I end up seeing trailers for movies after I've watched the movie because I'll watch the movie on DVD and then check out the trailer in the special features.  I am many times appalled at how much info is revealed in trailers, and am extremely happy that I had NOT seen the trailer first.

One that I'm thinking of that I saw recently was a Japanese film about a real life serial killer called Vengeance is Mine.  Possibly if you were familiar with the real story before you saw the movie, you would know who he killed.  But after I watched the movie and saw the trailer I was shocked that it showed what I considered big suprises in the movie.

Then again, sometimes I think knowing what will happen from seeing the trailer is a benefit.  For example I recently saw the movie Wendy and Lucy.  *SPOILER*  In the trailer you find out that her car will break down and she will lose her dog and a couple other developments too.  Now maybe the movie was pretty good at building a certain kind of apprehension and feeling of inevitability itself.  But still, knowing these things would be happening gave me a different feeling at the beginning of the movie.  And extra emotion that might not have been there.  And it wasn't a bad thing.

Re:Trailers good or bad

   It just so happens that in addition to collecting Horror and Gore movies I also collect Movie Trailers!   I have not counted but I have more than a couple 8 hour VHS tapes full of nothing but movie trailers!   But we are talking VINTAGE movie trailers here.   Everything from the old Universal classics to the 50's and 60's and 70's ...   A LOT of great movies from that era and some pretty cool trailers.   Back then a lot of the problem with the trailers was that they included every high point of the movie so that there were no surprises left.   Or they would create a false sense of excessive gore or nudity by including EVERY gore or nudity scene in the trailer!   I have seen this happen more than once.   No matter though, it is all a lot of fun.   The original trailers for  The Exorcist   and  NOTLD  would probably freak you guys out.   I also have in my collection a few of the old drive-in ads like the dancing popcorn and coke and corndog singing  "Let's all go to the lobby and get ourselves a treat..."  ...   and  "Please remember to return your speaker to the pole before you drive away..."  ...   things like that...  Pretty cool!   It takes me back to my childhood.

   Nowadays the only trailers I see are on TV and I am sadly behind ibn viewing some of the more recent "masterpieces" ...   That will change shortly.   I am upgrading my system (TV) so that I can watch new DVD's and I will be caught up soon.   It is a long story.

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