Picture of supermoon taken by Erin Nicole Bowman
Apparently, as I sit here in my underwear and glasses, the Earth is about as close to the moon as it will ever get. Because of that, the moon is huge out in the night sky. Or at least that’s what I’m hearing. It looks pretty normal to me but anyway, this is being referred to as being “Supermoon.” I’m not sure why. If I stood less than an inch from your face, would that suddenly make me Super Lisa?
But anyway, this weekend’s slightly intoxicated edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Trailers is dedicated to Supermoon.
1) Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
Of course, a gigantic full moon would bring a werewolf film with it. This is one of the thousand or so biker films to come out in the late 60s and early 70s. These films were interesting mostly from the point of view of how they mixed other genres with the biker conventions. Werewolves on Wheels did it with lycanthrophy.
2) Werewolf of Washington (1973)
Actually, since it’s a supermoon, we better include two werewolf-themed trailers. This is for the Werewolf of Washington, starring Dean Stockwell. For some reason, I’ve actually got several copies of this on DVD (I think this is one of those films that somehow found its way into the public domain) but I’ve yet to actually sit down and watch it. I think my hesitation has to do with the fact that it appears to be a political satire and it was made in the 70s. That sounds like a combination for boredom, to be honest.
Before Dean Stockwell could become a werewolf, he had to serve as Jack Nicholson’s hippie guru in Richard Rush’s Psych-Out.
But before Jack Nicholson could become a hippie, he was a sinister gunman in Monte Hellman’s existential grindhouse western, The Shooting. The Shooting, which co-stars Warren Oates and Millie Perkins, is an unacknowledged classic and a movie that I’m going to have to review one of these days. Perkins, by the way, was married to none other than Dean Stockwell.
And then, 7 years later, Hellman, Oates, and Perkins reunited to make an odd little film called Cockfighter. This is another film I have to review though I also have to say that, as a former country girl who has actually seen a few cockfights, cockfighting is right up there with dogfighting as far as sickening sadism is concerned.*
And, of course, while some people in the south were going to cockfights, others were apparently getting killed by redneck lawmen in films like the ’74 classic, Macon County Line.
In honor of Supermoon, I’m going to include two extra trailers. Seriously, don’t ever doubt that Lisa loves you.
7) The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
While rural audiences (probably made up of people I’m distantly related to) spent 1974 cheering police brutality and animal cruelty, urban grindhouse audiences were enjoying films like this one.
Finally, since we’re under a supermoon, here’s the trailer for Jesus Franco’s infamous (and frequently banned) slasher Bloody Moon. I haven’t seen Bloody Moon (copies aren’t that easy to find) but seriously, the involvement of Jesus Franco tells me all I probably need to know.**
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*If you’ve got a cock, use it to spread love, not hate.
** Well, we’ll see about that. I just ordered a copy off of Amazon.
Through the Shattered Lens 
If you had gone 7 deep in the Moon order I have one more to submit. 1988’s ‘Two Moon Junction’ Sherilyn Fenn has never been finer other then her turn on ‘Twin Peaks’. This may be Director Zalman King’s most mainstream film. Glad to say it still pops up some late nights on cable.
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Believe it or not, Two Moon Junction came close to being included because it apparently features Millie Perkins in a supporting role. I nearly went from Cockfighter to Two Moon Junction before deciding, instead, to feature Macon County Line. The trailer for Two Moon Junction, however, will appear in a later edition of this series. 🙂
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Funny you have ‘Cockfighter’ listed I have this one in my collection. I’m sad to say it’s one of many I have not watched yet. But with this talk of ‘Two Moon Junction’ I’ll make a point of finding this gem for my ever growing collection. I wonder what % of films you own that you have yet to watch Lisa? Oh no pop math quiz indeed!
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That’s quite a compilation. I’m consistently fascinated and often amused by these strange films featured in your trailer posts.
I almost made it through the “Werewolf Of Washington” trailer without laughing, until the last clip, where we get a good look at the werewolf. I try to hold it in during the close-up – he looks like a panting Pekinese. For some reason, though, when he looks up and hurls something at the camera, I lose it.
I was out in the Supermoonlight this morning – around 4:00 a.m. (I’m not sure why – once a month or so, I have these really, really bizarre dreams, my palms start to itch, I black out, and I wake up naked in the woods or in a field just before sunrise. I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about.) It was unusually bright – so much so that the landscape was well-lit by the moonlight alone. It created a rather surreal effect on the appearance of the surroundings. Pretty cool.
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Hmmm…you may be a werewolf but I’m not an expert. 🙂
Speaking of werewolves, yes, that Werewolf of Washington is so adorable with his little suit and everything. Though, in the film’s defense, everything I’ve read about it seems to indicate that the film is meant to be comedic. So, maybe, we’re supposed to laugh. 🙂
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