It’s Saturday and that can only mean that it’s time for 6 more deadly trailers in this latest edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Trailers.
1) Liz (197?)
Oh my God, I cannot begin to put into words how much I love this trailer. It is just so shameless and obvious in its intentions and it typifies everything I love about grindhouse advertising. I’ve never seen Liz or, to be honest, even heard of it before I came across this trailer. However, just from watching the trailer, I get the feeling about a woman named Liz who has sex.
(By the way, did you know that the name Lisa originally started as a shortened version of the name Elizabeth? So, this is yet another film that appears to be named after me. I’m not saying that’s necessarily a good thing since it appears to be about a self-destructive nymphomaniac — yes, yes, I know — but I’m just saying.)
Directed by Larry Cohen, God Told Me To is one of the best sci-fi/horror/urban thriller hybrids of all time. Unfortunately, I don’t think this trailer quite does it justice but I’m including it here because this is a rare case where I love the movie more than the trailer.
“They were hired to clean up the town … instead, they cleaned it out!” Actually, I take that back, my favorite line from this trailer is the one about “loving not wisely…but very well indeed.”
This is yet another 1970s Fred Williamson blaxploitation film. This one not only features Williamson killing a lot of people but Roddy McDowall and Elliot Gould as well!
From director Lamberto Bava comes this love story between a man and his gun.
I actually really love this trailer. It’s got this likable “We got together one weekend and made a cheap sci-fi film” sort of vibe to it.
Through the Shattered Lens 