Here’s yet another in a long line of Something Weird compilations of horror and Science Fiction trailers. This one focuses on the films of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Things kick off with an ad for Crazy Music, which is just an odd retitling of Dr. Seuss’s The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Fans of weird alternate titles will enjoy the trailer for The 4D Man, which also appears here as Master of Terror.
The trailer for William Castle’s 13 Frightened Girls is kind of fun as it’s advertised as starring thirteen beauty contest winners from around the world. Speaking of gimmicks, theater owners force patrons to sign a “Certificate of Assurance” before seeing The Corpse Grinders to state that they are of “sound mind and body”. (But would you really be of sound mind and body if you were going to see a Ted V. Mikels movie?) The best gimmick featured here though is the free Rasputin beard giveaway to those who attend a double feature of Rasputin, the Mad Monk and The Reptile!
While we are on the subject of Hammer, they are well-represented with the likes of The Gorgon, Prehistoric Women, Five Million Years to Earth, and Twins of Evil. On the other side of the pond, AIP has quite a showcase of trailers too, including The Food of the Gods, Squirm, and Futureworld. There aren’t many Japanese trailers here (although we do get one for Godzilla vs. Megalon), but The Human Vapor gets my vote for best tagline of the bunch with: “Is he man or astro-man?” (The Gorgon gets second place with: “No one looked upon her face and lived!”)
Since the majority of the trailers come from the ‘60s, they are a little on the tame side. Only The Flesh and Blood Show shows off some skin, and The Gore Gore Girls gives us glimpses of gore. The previews are shown in chronological order, so they do get a little bit more graphic as they go along. That said, there are a lot of ads for PG rated flicks here.
I think my favorite trailer was for Voodoo Heartbeat. That’s mostly because I just watched the movie earlier in the week. Still, it was a pretty rad addition.
The complete line-up is as follows: Crazy Music, The Dead One, Battle Beyond the Sun, 13 Frightened Girls, The Human Vapor, The Gorgon, Master of Terror, a double feature of Rasputin, the Mad Monk and The Reptile, Prehistoric Women, They Came from Beyond Space, Five Million Years to Earth, Superargo vs. Diabolicus, Nightmare in Wax, Twins of Evil, The Corpse Grinders, Voodoo Heartbeat, Vampire Circus, The Flesh and Blood Show, Werewolf of Washington, The Gore Gore Girls, The Thirsty Dead, Disciples of Death, Old Dracula, The Food of the Gods, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Squirm, Futureworld, At the Earth’s Core, Carrie, King Kong (1976), Rattlers, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Meat Cleaver Massacre, Piranha, Halloween, and Alligator.
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