I don’t think I’d even seen the original Terminator film when I headed to the theatre with a group of friends to see the sequel. I knew the basic plot, but otherwise settled in rather blind for this one the first time. The movie picks up years after the first one ended, with Sarah…
Category: Trailer Tracks
Trailer Tracks: Nightmare On Elm Street – Wes Craven
As a teenager, my brother, our friend and I, suddenly got into horror movies, and we began renting them on VHS and watching them together pretty much every week. Some were gross, many were cheesy, several were scary as hell, and all of them were good fun. While it was the 3rd film in…
Trailer Tracks: Teen Wolf – Rod Daniel
While Tim is away, Sue will play! I thought I’d start out my trailer tracks with a throw way, way back to a film that’s as good cheesy fun today as it was when it came out, Teen Wolf. One of several Michael J Fox vehicles to hit our screens throughout the mid-80’s, this one…
Trailer Tracks: The Deep (1977) – Peter Yates
As this is posted, we are boarding a flight to Bermuda for my High School Reunion, so I thought it would be fun to post this trailer. When we moved to Bermuda, and got our first VCR, one of the first movies my parents rented was The Deep, I guess they wanted to see…
Trailer Tracks: Time Bandits (1981) – Terry Gilliam
Time Bandits was my first introduction to Terry Gilliam films, and by extension, Monty Python as well. I caught this one night during a SuperChannel free weekend event, back in the early 80s, and while I liked it, I definitely didn’t ‘get’ all of it. Now, it’s come a bit of a treasure for…
Trailer Tracks: Dreamscape (1984) – Joseph Rubin
Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Max Von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, George Wendt, Eddie Albert and David Patrick Kelly star in this sci-fi thriller about a young man who can project himself into dreams. But he’s not the only one. Now, he has to face his fears as he tries to avert disaster!
Trailer Tracks: Poltergeist (1982) – Tobe Hooper
Whether Hooper or Spielberg directed this movie has been up for debate for years, I do know that it is one of my all-time favorite haunted house movies. I’m a little anxious about the remake, but hopefully they don’t try to overdo it too much. This one works, because it feels like it could…
Trailer Tracks: Dune (1984) – David Lynch
I hadn’t heard of Dune before I read about the movie being in production in Starlog magazine… So I ran right out and grabbed a copy of Frank Herbert’s classic novel (I’ve since re-read all of the Dune books he wrote, but haven’t read any of the additional ones. I’m even thinking about going…
Trailer Tracks: Twister (1996) – Jan De Bont
This movie was like a ride in a theme park. It didn’t claim to have much of a story, just some interchangeable characters, some pretty impressive special effects, and a good solid two hours of entertainment. Filled with recognizable names and faces like Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cary Elwes…
Trailer Tracks: Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Irvin Kershner
Quite possibly the best sequel ever made! With Harrison Ford doing his best 1940s narrator voice, I so lost my cool when I first realized there would be another movie set in the universe that had so impacted my life in 1977. For me, growing up, Star Wars and Star Trek (joined a year…
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