I'm a sucker for trailer compilations.
There's something about those short reels of exciting bits and cool voice overs, put together to entice people (or, like many film trailers frequently did, to basically con them by misrepresenting the advertised film
), that really appeals to me.
Some feature alternate angles or footage. Some don't even feature a second of actual film footage, and are an entirely separate piece by itself!
The Blu-Ray format is great for these compilations, since it allows for not only better quality, but with more storage capacity the number of trailers included in some of these releases is simply staggering.
Here are some of the currently available trailer compilations:
Drive-In Delirium series (Umbrella Entertainment, Australia):Drive-In Delirium: '60s and '70s Savagery
Drive-In Delirium: Maximum '80s Overdrive
Drive-In Delirium: The New Batch
Drive-In Delirium: With a Vengeance
Drive-In Delirium: Dead By Dawn
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Trailer Trauma Series (Garagehouse Pictures, USA): Trailer Trauma
Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-In Monsterama
Trailer Trauma 3: '80s Horror-Thon
Trailer Trauma 4: Television Trauma (TV spots)
Trailer Trauma V: 70s Action Attack
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Kung Fu Trailers of Fury series (Severin, USA):Kung Fu Trailers of Fury
Return of Kung Fu Trailers of Fury
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Others:Trailer War (Drafthouse Films, USA)
42nd Street Forever (Synapse Films, USA)
Exhumed Films: 20 Years of Terror (Exhumed Films, USA)
Trashploitation (SRS Cinema, USA)
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Worth mentioning:
The
Electric Boogaloo & Machete Maidens Unleashed! Blu-Ray (Umbrella Entertainment, Australia) includes nearly 2 hours of trailers for various Cannon films, and over 1 hour of various films shot in the Philippines.
The
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Blu-Ray (Umbrella Entertainment, Australia) includes a trailer reel with a whooping 185 minutes of Ozploitation trailers.
