Trailer of the Day: Troll 2

Ahhhhh, the infamous Troll 2, often times labeled the best worst movie. As a connoisseur of terrible movies, I unfortunately have to dispute this title. It makes me die a little inside when I realize that I can think of at least 4-5 movies off the top of my head that are far worse than this.
Not that this is good movie, there are just many other far worse horror movies (see Trailer of the Day: Boarding House). Even outside the realm of horror other movies have it beat. Have you ever seen Battlefield Earth? John Travolta shows up within the first 15 minutes dressed like a Klingon, sounding like Pee-Wee Herman and shoots a horse with a laser beam. If that's not a recipe for a great movie, I don't know what is!

Wait, are we still talking about bad movies...

Trailer of the Day: Troll

I haven't seen this in probably 15 years, but I remember it being one of the most awesome (awesomest?) movies ever. Watching this trailer as an adult I'd have to agree with my younger self as it does look quite awesome, but this might be for different reasons than I would've thought as a kid.
I always thought it was cool that it was a horror and fantasy movie rolled into one. Looking at it now it seems alot more fantasy than horror, especially compared to other fantasy/horror movies like Pan's Labyrinth. It's  also interesting to note that the main character is named Harry Potter Jr. and he uses magic to save the day. Prolific!

The trailer is one of those "were just going to show you everything" trailers. Why bother paying attention to the plot when you can just watch the trailer first! This one especially goes out of it's way to lay out all the details. Maybe alot of people were showing up to movies late around the time this came out and the filmakers thought they were helping people out by showing them all the important plot points ahead of time.

Trailer of the Day: Twilght Zone: The Movie

This movie scared me beyond belief when I was a kid. For years I found Dan Aykroyd to be a terrifying and mysterious individual. Even when I saw Ghost Busters I kept expecting him turn onto a ghost or something...

On another note this is one of the most uninteresting trailers I've ever seen. I can understand not wanting to give away anything about the movie, since each segment puts alot of stock in the "twist", but still.

I was pleasantly surprised this week to find out that all of the original Twilight Zone (except for season 4 for some reason) is watchable on netflix instant watch. I'm currently marathoning my way the series and am happy to report that it's even better then I remember it.
During the summer when I was a kid, there was a station that would play two episodes of the Twilight Zone followed by two episodes of the Outer Limits (a show that was vastly inferior, yet often compared to, the Twilight Zone). One of the highlights of my summer vacation was sitting around with my grandmother and watching 3 hours a day of wonderfully bizarre classic television.
When I'm finished season 1 I'll have to post a best of/worst of list.