Something Weird strikes again with another solid collection of horror trailers. While this one suffers from some trailers that appeared in other Something Weird compilations (especially the Blood-O-Rama Shock Show collection), there are still plenty of trailers here that I hadn’t seen before, which makes it highly recommended. In fact, the jaw-dropping trailer for the insane looking Boy God made sitting through many of the overly familiar previews worthwhile. I’m going to have to track that one down at some point. It’s discoveries like this that makes watching these compilations so much fun.
This installment kicks off with a bunch of trailers for sleazy fare such as Three on a Meathook, The Corpse Grinders, and The Undertaker and His Pals. Along the way, we get a nice sampling of Euro-Horror (Torso, Beyond the Door, Deep Red, and The Devil’s Nightmare) and trashy favorites (Africa Blood and Guts, Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, Night of the Bloody Apes, and Xtro) before the focus shifts to Kung Fu (The Crippled Masters, Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave, and Soul Brothers of Kung Fu). Naturally, there are also trailers for defining classics of the horror genre (Black Christmas, Last House on the Left, Suspiria, and The Evil Dead) sprinkled in there as well.
Altogether, this compilation gives you your money’s worth when it comes to sleazy horror trailers. Sure, there are some repeated trailers from other collections (most notably, the Herschell Gordon Lewis trailers and the ubiquitous ad for the “Orgy of the Living Dead” Triple Feature crops up yet again), but they are all enormously entertaining for the most part. Even if it may be a little much for one sitting, it would definitely make for great background noise at your next Halloween party.
The full line-up of trailers includes: Three on a Meathook, The Corpse Grinders, The Undertaker and His Pals, Love Me Deadly, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, The Maniacs Are Loose! (AKA: The Thrill Killers) Cannibal Girls, Torso, a double feature of The Blood Spattered Bride and I Dismember Mama, The Ghastly Ones, The Wizard of Gore, Beyond the Door, Deep Red, Sisters, The Devil's Nightmare, The House of Exorcism (AKA: Lisa and the Devil), Lady Frankenstein, Flesh Feast, Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, Horror of the Zombies (AKA: The Ghost Galleon), Bloodeaters (AKA: Toxic Zombies), The Orgy of the Living Dead Triple Feature: Revenge of the Living Dead, Curse of the Living Dead, and Fangs of the Living Dead, The Diabolical Dr. Z, Africa Blood and Guts (AKA: Africa, Addio), Night of Bloody Horror, Black Christmas (under the alternate title, Silent Night, Evil Night), The Mutations (AKA: The Freakmaker), The House That Screamed, Blood and Lace, Two Thousand Maniacs!, God Told Me To, Horror on Snape Island (AKA: Tower of Evil), Wildcat Women (Black Loita), Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS), Sacrifice! (AKA: Man from Deep River), The Last House on the Left, Carnage (AKA: A Bay of Blood), Color Me Blood Red, Mad Doctor of Blood Island, Silent Night, Bloody Night, Bloody Pit of Horror, Night of the Bloody Apes, Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie, Boy God, The Yesterday Machine, The Tongfather, The Black Cat, The Crippled Masters, Xtro, Massacre at Central High, Slithis, Women in Cell Block 7, Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, Midnight, Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave, Pay or Die, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Black Dragon vs. Yellow Tiger, Suspiria, Dracula A.D. 1972, The Evil Dead, The Human Tornado, The Legend of the Wolf Woman, The People Who Own the Dark, and Soul Brothers of Kung Fu.
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