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6 Trailers For October 13th, 2025

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

For today’s edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse And Exploitation Film Trailers, we share some trailers from the maestro of Italian horror, Mario Bava!

  1. Black Sunday (1960)

After starting his career as a cinematographer and a visual effects engineer, Mario Bava made his directorial debut with 1960’s Black Sunday, starring Barbara Steele!

2. Black Sabbath (1963)

In 1963, Bava directed one of his most popular films, the horror anthology Black Sabbath.  The trailer put the spotlight on the great Boris Karloff.

3. Planet of the Vampires (1965)

One of Bava’s best films, Planet of the Vampires, was later cited by many as an influence on the Alien films.

4. Bay of Blood (1971)

One of the first slasher films, Bay of Blood was also a social satire that featured Bava’s dark sense of humor.

5. The House of Exorcism (1974)

When it was released in the United States, Bava’s Lisa and the Devil was re-titled House of Exorcism and, after new scenes were filmed, sold as a rip-off to The Exorcist.

6. Shock (1977)

Bava’s final film as a director was Shock, which starred Daria Nicolodi as a woman who is being haunted by the ghost of her first husband.

6 Edward D. Wood Jr. Trailers For Horrorthon

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Since today would have been the 101st birthday of director Edward D. Wood, Jr., it seems appropriate to dedicate this week’s edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse Trailers to him!

Below …. can you handle six trailers for six Ed Wood films!?

Watch, if you dare!

  1. Glen or Glenda (1953)

2. Jail Bait (1954)

3. Bride of the Monster (1955)

4. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957)

5. Night of the Ghouls (1958)

6. The Sinister Urge (1960)

Horror Trailer: Frankenstein

Posted on by Arleigh

The official trailer for Guillermo Del Toro’s take on the Mary Shelley’s classic gothic horror Frankenstein has finally been released.

An earlier teaser was sent out months ago, but that was mostly played off like sizzle reel of what Del Toro had been up to with this latest adaptation. This official trailer gives us a much more closer look at the type of adaptation Del Toro decided to take with Shelley’s novel of the tortured scientist and his creation.

Even though it will be show up on Netflix on November 7, 2025, I do believe that this film needs to be seen on the big screen when a select cities get them on October 17, 2025.

6 Trailers For The First Day Of Horrorthon

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today is the first day of our annual October Horrorthon!  In honor of our favorite time of the year, here is a special edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film Trailers.

The six trailers below all have one thing in common!  Can you spot it?

Enjoy and happy Horrorthon!

  1. Lisa (1989)

2. Lisa Lisa (1977)

3. A Black Veil For Lisa (1968)

4. The Haunting of Lisa (1996)

5. I Am Lisa (2020)

6. Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

Josh O’Connor Leads A Double Life In The Trailer For The Mastermind

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

I don’t think anyone was ever expecting to see a Kelly Reichardt heist film but I guess we should never say never.  In The Mastermind, Josh O’Connor stars as a suburban family man who leads a double life as an art thief.  As you can see in the trailer below, The Mastermind may be a crime film but it still features Reichardt’s signature minimalist style.

The Mastermind is scheduled to be released on October 17th.

Daniel Day-Lewis Returns In The Trailer For Anemone

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Daniel Day-Lewis “retired’ from acting in 2017, following his acclaimed performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread.  However, later this year, he will be returning to the big screen in Anemone.  Anemone was directed by Ronan Day-Lewis, Daniel’s son.  Ronan and Daniel collaborated on the script.  Perhaps not coincidentally, Anemone features Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Bean, playing father-and-son.

Anemone will premiere at the New York Film Festival in September before then moving onto a theatrical release in October.

Cooper Hoffman Tries To Survive In The Trailer For The Long Walk

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Somehow, I missed that a film version of The Long Walk is on the verge of being released.

The Long Walk is one of Stephen King’s best novels, even if it is one that he wrote under the name of Richard Bachman.  In a dystopian future, a group of young men enter an annual walking contest.  They have to walk a certain number of miles an hour (four in the book but apparently three in the film) and, if they fall behind or stop, they are executed by the soldiers following them.  The Walk continues until there is only one survivor.  The Long Walk feels like a distant cousin to The Running Man (the book, not necessarily the film adaptation).

The film version of The Long Walk was directed by Francis Lawrence, who previous directed The Hunger Games sequels, and has a cast that includes Cooper Hoffman, Charlie Plummer, Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill as the main bad guy.  Who knows if the film will do justice to the book’s bleak tone.  The trailer offers some hints.  The film will be released on September 12th.

Guy Pearce Goes To The Old West In The Trailer For Killing Faith

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

After years of being an underrated actor, Guy Pearce finally got his first Oscar nomination earlier this year for The Brutalist.  He didn’t win but at least it reminded people of the fact that he’s a damn good actor.  Will Killing Faith also remind people of that?  The trailer below features both Pearce and another underrated actor, Bill Pullman.

Emma Thompson and Judy Greer Try To Survive In The Trailer For Dead of Winter

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Emma Thompson and Judy Greer aren’t the first names that come to mind when you think of survival horror but maybe (?) that will change after the release of Dead of Winter.  The trailer finds Thompson alone in a frozen Minnesota landscape, apparently trying to escape her grief.  As you can see in the trailer, she’s not alone for long.

June Squibb Moves To Manhattan In The Trailer For Eleanor The Great

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Scarlett Johansson is making her directorial debut with Eleanor The Great, a film that stars 95 year-old June Squibb as Eleanor Morgenstein, an elderly woman from Iowa who moves to Manhattan after a devastating loss and who gets involved in the lives of Chiwetel Ejiofor and his daughter.  Though it’s not obvious from the trailer, the reviews from Cannes indicate that Eleanor is not quite who she claims to be.

Many actors have tried their hand at directing, often with mix results.  Ron Howard enjoyed directing so much that he gave up acting.  Kevin Costner made his debut with a bang and he’s been struggling to match it ever since.  Robert Redford is a far more interesting director than actor.  You could probably make the same argument about Warren Beatty, Sean Penn, and Jon Favreau.  But then there are countless other actors who directed one forgettable film and then quit.  How will Scarlett Johansson’s debut play out?  Watch the trailer and try to judge for yourself.