Speaking as a connoisseur of trailer compilations, Something Weird’s Trailers #4: Horror/Sci-Fi is a solid if unspectacular collection. Unlike their previous installments, there’s a little bit more variety here in terms of eras as we get a good mix of previews from the ‘20s (The Mysterious Island) all the way to the ‘70s (Squirm). I just wish there weren't as many repeats from other collections. (A typical complaint I have with this series.) As much as I love the movies themselves, there should be a moratorium on trailer comps that feature previews for Night of the Living Dead, The Tingler, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Lovers of classic horror will be happy to know there’s a heavy concentration of Universal titles here. Many of these collections feature titles starring the classic monsters from the golden age of horror. This one tosses in the trailer for Jaws to sweeten the deal. Fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 will enjoy seeing previews for The Killer Shrews, Eegah, and The Horror of Party Beach too.
Other highlights are the trailers for It! The Terror from Beyond Space (subliminal commands like “See It!” and “Don’t Miss It!” flash over scenes of the movie), The Phantom of the Paradise (narrated by Wolfman Jack), The Incredible Shrinking Man (narrated by Orson Welles), Wait Until Dark (in which theater patrons are asked not to smoke during the final eight minutes of the movie), and the Psycho re-release (“The Version TV Dare Not Show!”). Some other favorites include Mad Monster Party, Silent Night Evil Night AKA: Black Christmas (the TV spot is also shown), and Invasion of the Saucer Men. While many of the trailers are enjoyable, the way they are so randomly assembled is sometimes good for a laugh. Going from “Tubular Bells” in the trailer for The Exorcist to hearing “The Bird” in The Crawling Hand is especially humorous.
The title library includes: Frankenstein, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The Time Machine, Freaks, It Came from Outer Space, Jaws, I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Man of a Thousand Faces, Them!, They Came from Within, King Kong, Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, The Legend of Hell House, The Tingler, Monster on the Campus, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, Phantom of the Paradise, The Phantom of the Opera (1962), The Mole People, Wait Until Dark, Son of Kong, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Squirm, Mad Monster Party, Psycho re-release, The Creeping Flesh, Homicidal, Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silent Night, Evil Night (AKA: Black Christmas), Invasion of the Saucer Men, The Green Slime, Willard, The War of the Worlds, “Nerv-O-Rama” Double Feature of Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory and Corridors of Blood, The Killer Shrews, Eegah, Creature from the Haunted Sea, The Creature Walks Among Us, The Horror of Party Beach, The Old Dark House, The Mysterious Island, Bride of Frankenstein, The Skull, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, From Hell It Came, Gorilla at Large, Bride of the Monster, a double feature of Revenge of Frankenstein and The Blob), The Haunting, The Mummy, Frankenstein 1970, The Slime People, Doctor Blood's Coffin, Mighty Joe Young, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Manster, The Exorcist, The Crawling Hand, The Haunted Strangler, Curse of the Demon, The Abominable Snowman, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Phantom of the Opera (1943), The Devil-Doll, and The Climax.
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