After watching a bunch of horror trailer compilations from Something Weird, I decided to make a slight pivot and watch a horror trailer compilation from Sinister Cinema. It looks like they released six volumes of trailers back in the late ‘90s, although I couldn’t quite pin down the exact date this one came out. If anyone has an idea, let me know in the comments below.
Things kick off with a great run of Vincent Price/Edgar Allan Poe adaptations (plus one from Nathaniel Hawthorne). In fact, Price fans will undoubtedly love this collection as it is chockful of trailers for Price films including The Oblong Box, Cry of the Banshee, and Dr. Phibes Rises Again. Christopher Lee is also well-represented as he is seen in ads for The Face of Fu Manchu, The Crimson Cult, and Night of the Blood Monster (perhaps better known as The Bloody Judge). Peter Cushing also pops up numerous times (usually alongside Lee) in such trailers as The Skull, The Creeping Flesh, and Horror Express. As a bonus, we even get the two most famous Alfred Hitchcock trailers (Psycho and The Birds… although the one for Psycho is from the rerelease). The collection ends on a fun note with trailers for comedies such as Young Frankenstein, Old Dracula, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
This is a pretty strong compilation through and through. While I would’ve liked to seen a few trailers that featured some gore, nudity, or more sensationalized ad campaigns (although I did like the funny tagline for House of Dark Shadows: “Come and see how the vampires do it!”), when all was said and done, I had to admit I had a fun time. I will most certainly track down more trailer compilations from Sinister Cinema at some point in the near future.
The complete line-up includes: House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror, The Premature Burial, Twice-Told Tales, The Haunted Palace, The Terror, The Raven, The Skull, Blood of the Vampire, Psycho (the rerelease trailer), Jack the Ripper, Peeping Tom, Black Sunday, Burn, Witch, Burn, The Birds, Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory, Horror Hotel, The Face of Fu Manchu, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Conqueror Worm (AKA: Witchfinder General), The Crimson Cult (AKA: Curse of the Crimson Altar), The Oblong Box, The Dunwich Horror, a double feature of The Crimson Cult and Horror House, Blood of Dracula's Castle, a spook show attraction ad, Count Yorga, Vampire, Cry of the Banshee, House of Dark Shadows, Night of the Blood Monster (AKA: The Bloody Judge), The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Werewolves on Wheels, The Return of Count Yorga, The Velvet Vampire, Murders in the Rue Morgue, I, Monster, Frankenstein's Bloody Terror, The Creeping Flesh, The Castle of Fu Manchu, Son of the Blob (AKA: Beware! The Blob), Blacula, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Horror Express, Vault of Horror, Theatre of Blood, The Wicker Man, And Now the Screaming Starts!, Scream, Blacula, Scream!, The Beast Must Die, Young Frankenstein, Old Dracula, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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