6 Trailers That Will Not Be Broadcast On NBC This Week

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Hi there! Welcome to the latest installment of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film trailers. Since I know everyone’s probably busy watching the Olympics (seriously, I try not think about all the pervs who are calling in to work so they can stay home and watch women’s indoor volleyball in private), I won’t waste much time with a long introduction. Instead, let’s get straight to the trailers…

1) Swimfan (2002)

I’m including this trailer for everyone who has ever wondered what Michael Phelps was doing between Beijing and London. I can still remember seeing this movie when I was 16 and, even then, getting annoyed with how stupid this film actually was.

2) Fatal Games (1984)

Speaking of the Olympics…

3) Death Spa (1988)

Let’s continue our theme of athletic mayhem with this trailer for Death Spa.

4) Dr. Who And The Daleks (1965)

I doubt this ever showed up at the grindhouses but no matter. With the Olympics taking place in London, everyone’s currently pretending to like all things British and that seems like as good an excuse as any to feature this trailer for Dr. Who And The Daleks. (I have to admit that I can count, on one hand, the number of times that I’ve actually been able to watch an entire episode of Dr. Who without either falling asleep or changing the channel.)

5) The New Gladiators (1985)

This look at the future of competitive sports comes to us courtesy of none other than Lucio Fulci! This trailer has a definite Hunger Games feel to it, no?

6) Perversion Story (1968)

Finally, what could be better than one Fulci trailer? How about two Fulci trailers? This trailer is for Lucio Fulci’s giallo Perversion Story, which was retitled One On Top of Another when it was released in the United States.

What do you think, trailer kitties?

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6 responses to “6 Trailers That Will Not Be Broadcast On NBC This Week”

doczeke says:

July 30, 2012 at 14:46

Yay, trailer kitties! Boots and Phoebe (wherever she is) are very proud, and they approve of this message 🙂
And they also say “meow”, or something like that
🙂

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doczeke says:

July 30, 2012 at 14:49

Need to get back to that volleyball, now…
What, softball?! Oh, c’mon!! Cool trailers, LM
😉

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trashfilmguru says:

July 31, 2012 at 08:48

What? No “Gymkata” trailer?

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- Lisa Marie Bowman says:
  
  July 31, 2012 at 13:54
  
  🙂 I had to save a few Olympic appropriate trailers for next week. 🙂
  
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- Arleigh says:
  
  July 31, 2012 at 15:16
  
  LOL, Gymkata. I actually saw that in the theater but then I was a wee lad and thought it looked quite awesome.
  
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Mark V says:

August 1, 2012 at 01:21

Hey, that reminds me, when is the Swedish women’s volleyball team playing?

You ought to turn up to work in a volleyball outfit, Lisa Marie. I doubt that anybody would complain. In order to complete the ensemble, remember to carry around a volleyball with you, and bounce it in that really irritating manner that volleyball players do before they serve.

(That’s actually one thing that I don’t understand about volleyball players: why do they bounce the bloody ball before service, when the whole idea is to keep the ball off the ground? I understand why basketball players bounce the ball to warm up, since it’s a part of the game, but in volleyball, you don’t bounce the ball during play. You never see a quarterback in the NFL dribble the ball in passing practice–you know what I mean?)

I remember watching the “Dr.Who” film on video many years ago; it’s actually pretty entertaining.

If you want to watch a sports movie about the greatest Olympian ever, you can’t go wrong with “Jim Thorpe–All-American” starring Burt Lancaster. Seriously, the man won the pentathlon and the decathlon in the same Olympiad–that’s fifteen events. Jim Thorpe–the greatest Olympian ever. And he did it 100 years ago. Don’t even try to argue.

For something completey different but still about the Olympics, you could always go for “Personal Best”. I give that film a heap of credit, as it shows Olympians as they often truly are–spoilt, overprivileged, egotistical brats who make big money for appearing on cereal boxes, but abuse their health in private with all sorts of recreational drugs and booze. There’s even one party scene where a bulk athlete sits strumming a guitar as he sings a song called “Dianobol”–brilliant! Somehow, I don’t think the IOC endorsed this film. I can’t believe how many people still cling to the hopelessly naive belief that all Olympians are these fine, upstanding, squeaky clean-living role models–I guess that the Easter Bunny is alive and well.

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