Grab the beer, or “monster grog” if you like, and
the pop corn because Synergy Entertainment has 39 classic reasons to celebrate
on Oct. 1. That’s the street for the
DVD/CD Combo Pack presentation of Festival of Fright: A Treasury of
Classic Horror Movie Trailers.
This treasure trove of classic horror theatrical
trailers is the perfect ice breaker for an evening of genre thrills … the warm
up, if you please. Honestly, current
theatrical trailers suck. They are
lazy, they grab a scene here or there, throw in some music from the soundtrack
and cut, cut, cut as fast as a film editor can.
But back in the day, there were screen crawls, block
narrative wipes, narration (the perfect voice to sell, sell, sell), ominous
music cues … and none better were theatrical trailers for horror and sci-fi
films of the 1940s, 50s and even into the 60s, and then, at some point,
Hollywood got lazy.
Synergy Entertainment, in conjunction with The
Monster Club, has assembled 39 of these
trailer greats for genre fans to savor, enjoy and yes, talk about;
critique. How can you not but beam with
joy as the coming attraction for The Mole People
flashes before your eyes? Or Tarantula — as
it rolls your mind drifts off to the musical lines from The Rocky
Horror Picture Show, “…I knew Leo G. Carroll was
over a barrel when Tarantula took to the hills.”
Every trailer, a memory; hours sitting in the dark,
pop corn at the ready and all primed to be scared, horrified and thrilled. Oct. 1, there will be 39 reasons to
celebrate … From Hell it Came, Black
Sunday (a love affair begins with Barbara Steele)
and The Unearthly. Or, how about Vincent Price, the master of
horror, on view in the likes of The Masque of the Red Death, House on
Haunted Hill and The
Tingler.
The bonus goodie included with this DVD release is a
CD compilation of Halloween-themed party music … a little background to set the
atmosphere as the night begins. Recall
that immortal line from Bela Lugosi in Dracula, “Listen
to them. Children of the night. What music they make!” … and you know in your
heart of hearts that any Halloween party needs that touch of properly-themed
spooky, eerie, creepy music, complete with sounds from “children of the
night.” It’s here, Oct. 1 … trailers
and music, the perfect combination.
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