Hi! It’s the weekend and that mean that the trailer kitties have been out looking for more of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film trailers. Let’s see what they’ve found for us this week!
1) The Loch Ness Horror (1981)
2) The Glory Stompers (1968)
3) The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
4) The Angry Red Planet (1960)
5) First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
6) The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
What do you think, Trailer Kitty?
Back in 2011, I experimented with something that I like to call “Let’s second guess the Academy.” Basically, we take a look at past Oscar contestants and we ask ourselves if 1) the Academy made the right choice and 2) what else would we have nominated if we had all the power. It was always a lot of fun (and occasionally surprising) to see which films ended up getting the most love in hindsight.
So, I figured why not revive the tradition by considering the race for best picture of 2009. This was the first contest, since the 1943, to feature 10 nominees. At the time, most critics felt that the race was between Avatar and The Hurt Locker. Personally, as happy as I was to see a woman finally win best director, I thought The Hurt Locker was overrated and I hated Avatar. Which of the 10 nominated films would I have voted for? Well, as much as I loved both District 9 and A Serious Man, I would have voted for An Education. How about you?
Now, here comes the fun part. Let’s say that James Cameron never made Avatar. Let’s say that An Education never made it over from the UK. And maybe The Hurt Locker never got a distributor and just remained an independent film that occasionally popped up on the program at various film festivals. In other words, let’s say that none of the 10 best picture nominees for 2009 had been available to be nominated. Which ten films would have nominated in their place?
You can vote for up to 10 of the films listed below and yes, we do accept write-ins!
Personally, I voted for: Adventureland, The Girlfriend Experience, Moon, (500) Days of Summer, The Informant!, Bright Star, Where The Wild Things Are, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, and Me And Orson Welles.
Happy voting!
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?
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.
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?*
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*The Trailer Kitties have the week off.
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?
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?
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:
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!
I 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.
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