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6 EclecticTrailers for the 6th of May

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Hi!  I hope everyone had a good and safe Cinco de Mayo and that everyone’s ready for yet another edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film Trailers!

1) Body Shots (1999)

Even as I sit here typing away, this movie is playing on FXM.  It’s an enjoyably bad film.

2) Cat Girl (1957)

Someday, I’ll star in a remake of this film.

3) Voodoo Woman (1957)

“A woman by day … a monster by night!”

4) Atlas (1961)

This may have been a prequel to Atlas Shrugged, I’m not sure.

5) Corvette Summer (1978)

This trailer is so 1970s that it should be in a museum.

6) Jocks (1986)

You never know where Christopher Lee is going to pop up.

What do you think, Trailer Kitty?

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Poll: Which Films Are You Most Looking Forward To Seeing In June?

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Last month’s results can be seen here.

As always, you can vote for up to 4 films and write-ins are allowed.

Happy voting!

I know that most people will probably be voting for either Man of Steel or World War Z but for me, June is all about The Bling Ring and This Is The End.

6 Trailers For The End of April

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Hi!  It’s time for another edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film Trailers!

1) Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)

Say what you will about this trailer and the idea of having a concert on an airplane, Slade Craven is a great name.

2) Harrad Summer (1974)

This film is a sequel to the Harrad Experiment, which I reviewed earlier this year. From what I can gather, this film is about the values of the future challenging the values of today…

3) Parasite (1982)

Speaking of the values of the future…

4) Score (1974)

“Amyl Nitrate?  What’s this?”  For some reason, that line made me laugh.

5) Screamtime (1983)

This trailer is actually scared me a little.  It was the puppet.

6) In Love (1983)

In Love was apparently an attempt to make a “real film” that just happened to feature hardcore sex scenes.  For that reason, the trailer’s been edited but you can probably guess what’s going on behind those “Scene Missing” cards.  I just like the trailer because of the theme song.

What do you think, Trailer Possum?*

Possum Charlie—-

*The Trailer Kitties have the week off.

 

6 Trailers From The Girl At Lake Texoma

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Hi there!

Currently, my sister, the Dazzling Erin, and I are relaxing  down at Lake Texoma.  However, if you’ve been reading this site for a while, you know that I would never let a little thing like a vacation keep me from offering up another edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film Trailers!

Before I left for the lake, I sent out the Trailer Kitties and here’s what they brought back!

1) The Terminators (2009)

This film is from our friends at the Asylum so you know it has to be good!

2) Hogzilla (2007)

Believe it or not, this is not an Asylum film.

3) Black Fist (1975)

This film is also known as Bogard.

4) Black Shampoo (1976)

“This stud is no dud…”

5) Cannonball (1976)

“Anything goes in a race across America…”

6) Jackson County Jail (1976)

Tommy Lee Jones is … JACKSON COUNTY JAIL!

What do you think, Trailer Kitty?

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6 Party Trailers

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In many ways, I wish I had been born several decades earlier.  I would have loved to have been a teenager during the early to mid-60s.  From what I can tell from the films made during that period, people use to break out into dance at the slightest provocation.

Need proof?

Just check out this latest edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film trailers!

1) Beach Party (1963)

2) Muscle Beach Party (1964)

3) Bikini Beach (1964)

4) Pajama Party (1964)

5) How To Stuff A Wild Bikini (1965)

6) The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (1966)

What do you think, Trailer Kitty?

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Lisa Marie Picks The 26 Worst Films Of The Past 3 Years

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I just posted my picks for the 50 best films of the past 3 years.

Now, here comes the fun part.

Here are my picks for the 26 worst films of the past 3 years:

  1. Anonymous (directed by Roland Emmerich)
  2. Straw Dogs (directed by Rod Lurie)
  3. Branded (directed by Jamie Bradshaw and Aleksansdr Dulerayn)
  4. The Wicker Tree (directed by Robin Hardy)
  5. The Devil Inside (directed by William Brent Bell)
  6. Love and Other Drugs (directed by Ed Zwick)
  7. Project X (directed by Nima Nourizadeh)
  8. Rock of Ages (directed by Adam Shankman)
  9. This Means War (directed by McG)
  10. Dead Season (directed by some guy)
  11. The American (directed by Anton Corbijn)
  12. The Conspirator (directed by Robert Redford)
  13. Chloe (directed by Atom Egoyan)
  14. Clash of the Titans (directed by Louis Leterrier)
  15. Hereafter (directed by Clint Eastwood)
  16. Haywire (directed by Stephen Soderbergh)
  17. 96 Minutes (directed by Aimee Lagos)
  18. The Rum Diary (directed by Bruce Robinson)
  19. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (directed by Kevin Munroe)
  20. Priest (directed by Scott Stewart)
  21. The Beaver (directed by Jodie Foster)
  22. A Thousand Words (directed by Brian Robbins)
  23. Contagion (directed by Stephen Soderbergh)
  24. Dream House (directed by Jim Sheridan)
  25. Another Earth (directed by Mike Cahill)
  26. Savages (directed by Oliver Stone)

Lisa Marie Picks The 50 Best Films of The Past 3 Years

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As of this month, I have been reviewing films here at the Shattered Lens for 3 years.  In honor of that anniversary, I thought I’d post my picks for the 50 best films that have been released in the U.S. since 2010.

Without further ado, here’s the list!

  1. Black Swan (directed by Darren Aronofsky)
  2. Exit Through The Gift Shop (directed by Banksy)
  3. Hanna (directed by Joe Wright)
  4. Fish Tank (directed by Andrea Arnold)
  5. Higher Ground (directed by Vera Farmiga)
  6. Shame (directed by Steve McQueen)
  7. Anna Karenina (directed by Joe Wright)
  8. The Cabin In The Woods (directed by Drew Goddard)
  9. 127 Hours (directed by Danny Boyle)
  10. Somewhere (directed by Sofia Coppola)
  11. Life of Pi (directed by Ang Lee)
  12. Hugo (directed by Martin Scorsese)
  13. Inception (directed by Christopher Nolan)
  14. Animal Kingdom (directed by David Michod)
  15. Winter’s Bone (directed by Debra Granik)
  16. The Artist (directed by Michel Hazanavicius)
  17. The Guard (directed by John Michael McDonagh)
  18. Bernie (directed by Richard Linklater)
  19. The King’s Speech (directed by Tom Hooper)
  20. Bridesmaids (directed by Paul Feig)
  21. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (directed by Thomas Alfredson)
  22. Django Unchained (directed by Quentin Tarantino)
  23. Never Let Me Go (directed by Mark Romanek)
  24. Toy Story 3 (directed by Lee Unkrich)
  25. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (directed by Niels Arden Oplev)
  26. Young Adult (directed by Jason Reitman)
  27. Sucker Punch (directed by Zack Snyder)
  28. The Master (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)
  29. Incendies (directed by Denis Villeneuve)
  30. Melancholia (directed by Lars Von Trier)
  31. Super (directed by James Gunn)
  32. Silver Linings Playbook (directed by David O. Russell)
  33. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (directed by Edgar Wright)
  34. The Last Exorcism (directed by Daniel Stamm)
  35. Skyfall (directed by Sam Mendes)
  36. Easy A (directed by Will Gluck)
  37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 (directed by David Yates)
  38. The Avengers (directed by Joss Whedon)
  39. How To Train Your Dragon (directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBois)
  40. Win Win (directed by Thomas McCarthy)
  41. Les Miserables (directed by Tom Hooper)
  42. Take This Waltz (directed by Sarah Polley)
  43. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (directed by Werner Herzog)
  44. Rust and Bone (directed by Jacques Audiard)
  45. Cosmopolis (directed by David Cronenberg)
  46. Ruby Sparks (directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valarie Faris)
  47. Brave (directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman)
  48. Martha Marcy May Marlene (directed by Sean Durkin)
  49. Jane Eyre (directed by Cary Fukunaga)
  50. Damsels in Distress (directed by Whit Stillman)

Ten Trailers From Jess Franco

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francohimself1I was saddened to learn of the passing of Jess Franco. Franco directed at least 199 films and, while he was never a favorite of the critics, he was a favorite for those of us who appreciated his unique aesthetic and improvisational style of filmmaking. Franco made a few good films and a lot of a bad films but even his worse films were usually more interesting than the usual films churned out by more “respectable” filmmakers. In a time when every director is claiming to be an independent artist, Franco truly was.

Trailers for Franco’s films often showed up in my Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film Trailers series.  Here’s ten of them.

1) Female Vampire

2) The Awful Dr. Orloff

3) Faceless

4) Venus In Furs

5) Necromonicon (a.k.a. Succubus)

6) Kiss Me Monster

7) Eugenie: Story of Her Journey Into Perversion

8) Vampyros Lesbos

9) The Castle of Fu Manchu

10) 99 Women

 

Jesus Franco Manera, R.I.P.

6 Trailers For Easter

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Hi everyone!  The trailer kitties have teamed up with the trailer bunnies and they’ve come up with the latest edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film trailers!

1) Spasmo (1974)

2) Grand Slam (1967)

3) Nightmares Come Out At Night (1970)

4) Count Dracula (1970)

5) High Crime (1973)

6) Johnny Hamlet (1967)

What do you think, Trailer Kitty?

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