Trailers From Hell

Funny how I had the opposite experience with the same company. My budget got smaller and smaller before I even got to shoot anything...

Obviously, Gremlins is the greatest Christmas movie of all time. But what is the SECOND greatest Christmas movie of all time?

Out-of-pocket answers permitted.

6 Near-Perfect HBO Max Shows Nobody Seems To Remember The forgotten classics from HBO Max.

A new list of "Near-Perfect HBO Max Shows" includes, you guessed it, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai!

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Behind the Scenes in Kingston Falls | Renfield Collection A rare Gremlins behind-the-scenes still of the Kingston Falls set on the Universal backlot! Note the very un-seasonally green trees behind the movie theater.

Note the very un-seasonally lush greenery behind the movie theater in this rare behind-the-scenes still from my movie Gremlins! Custom autographs from yours truly and Gizmo are available upon request. Get 'em before Christmas!

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Spielberg had produced a brilliant film... but so critical of America that no sequel ever came to be - 3DVF Hollywood loves a franchise. So why did one of its most mischievous studio hits stall after turning its sharpest jokes on the American dream?

More belated love for my movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch!

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I Know Where I'm Going!   - 4K - Trailers From Hell Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger’s imaginative romance is so good, it justifies a lifetime spent seeking out obscure movies. When bad weather stalls a headstrong young woman’s journey to be wed one...

CineSavant scribe Glenn Erickson submits that Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s imaginative romance I Know Where I’m Going is so good, it justifies a lifetime spent seeking out obscure movies.

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The House with Laughing Windows - 4K - Trailers From Hell It’s an Italo horror with a surprising agenda … the central theme is sadism and torture, but the approach is a slow-going mystery without the expected exploitative diversions. A backwater Italian town...

The central theme of the 1976 Italo horror The House with Laughing Windows is sadism & torture, but the approach is a slow-going mystery without the expected exploitative diversions. Glenn Erickson of CineSavant reviews:

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#Podcast: #WatchWithJen - S6: E25 - Psychics, Fate, & Free Will on Film with Lina Chern

The Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of PLAY THE FOOL joins me to discuss MINORITY REPORT, THE DEAD ZONE, THE GIFT, & THREE COLORS: RED. Available everywhere or:
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Stripe's Blue Period | Renfield Collection Stripe poses for some publicity stills on a break from director Joe Dante's original 1984 classic Gremlins.

It's beginning to look a lot like Gremlins season on my Renfield Collection site! Celebrate with this fresh still. Autographs from Gizmo and yours truly:

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In The Heat of the Night | Trailers From Hell Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger star in this incendiary drama about a Black detective tasked with solving a murder in the still-segregated Mississippi of 1967 - times being what they are, Norman Jewiso...

In the Heat of the Night, Norman Jewison's incendiary crime drama set in still-segregated 1967 Mississippi, is the subject of today’s Pride And Prejudice Week trailer commentary, courtesy of late great TFH legend Michael Schlesinger.

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DUST BUNNY writer/director Bryan Fuller - The Movies That Made Me | iHeart DUST BUNNY writer/director Bryan Fuller discusses his favorite gateway horror films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our podcast @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social is back with another brand-new guest! Today, Dust Bunny writer/director @bryanfuller.bsky.social discusses his favorite gateway horror films with @josholson.bsky.social & @thejoedante.bsky.social.

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“It’s my love letter to the 1980s…” Marko Mäkilaakso on The Creeps Director Marko Mäkilaakso talks to us about his 1980s horror homage, The Creeps, and having cameos from Joe Dante, Christopher Lambert and William Daniels in the movie.

Marko Mäkilaakso on The Creeps:

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Celebrate Trailers From Hell Guru Rick Baker’s birthday by watching some of his creature features — and then follow that up with his creature feature trailer commentaries!

How To Make A Monster
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I Was A Teenage Werewolf
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Last week on TFH, @randyfuller1.bsky.social of Blood of the Vines celebrated wild times with Billy Wilder with wine pairings for Fedora, Avanti, and Witness for the Prosecution.

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A Summer Place - Trailers From Hell Look at She, she’s Sandra Dee!  1959’s most sexed-up soap drama came with beautiful actors, Technicolor scenery and a music tune that the radio wouldn’t stop playing. In a ‘Place’ not too far from Pey...

Look at she, she’s Sandra Dee! 1959’s most sexed-up soap drama came with beautiful actors, Technicolor scenery and a music tune that the radio wouldn’t stop playing. Glenn Erickson of CineSavant reviews:

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"Él"  - 4K - Trailers From Hell Luis Buñuel’s most personal drama billboards a ‘strange obsession’ yet ends up expressing the full injustice of polite society’s sexual status quo. A pillar of the community marries but finds his skew...

Luis Buñuel’s most personal drama El billboards a ‘strange obsession’ yet ends up expressing the full injustice of polite society’s sexual status quo. Glenn Erickson of CineSavant writes that the surreal is present but always at the service of truth.

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Understandable.

Witness For The Prosecution | Trailers From Hell Billy Wilder's trademark sardonicism lends welcome bite and wit to this twisting, turning murder mystery from Agatha Christie. As the man accused of killing a rich widow Tyrone Power is a ball of leth...

Wilder Than Ever Week delves into Agatha Christie murder mystery terrain with TFH Guru Larry Cohen’s classic trailer commentary on Witness for the Prosecution!

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How Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Could Destroy Movie Theaters - SlashFilm Netflix insists it will continue to release Warner Bros. movies in theaters after acquiring the studio, but a closer look reveals more cause for concern.

Enjoy the theatrical moviegoing experience while you can. It's about to die.

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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa’s Life & Career In Photos: From ‘Mortal Kombat’ To ‘The Man In The High Castle’ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the prolific actor best known for his roles in the Mortal Kombat films, 'The Last Emperor' and 'The Man in the High Castle,' died today.

RIP Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa:

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Celebrate TFH Guru @mickgarris.bsky.social’s birthday with these classic trailer commentaries!

The Legend Of Hell House
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God Told Me To
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1941
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The 25 Greatest Horror Films of the Past Quarter Century, Part Three - Trailers From Hell Here’s the third installment of my list of the twenty-five greatest horror films from the past quarter century, starting from the bottom and gradually heading to the top by the end of this year. It’s ...

Here’s the third installment of Terry Morgan’s list of the 25 best horror films from the past quarter century, including It Follows, The Cabin in the Woods, Weapons, The Strangers, and more!

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Hey! If you’ve ever liked my voice, now, before the end of the year, would be a really good time to hire me for any SAG-approved projects!

Asking as someone who loves VO, and also really loves having halfway decent health insurance

Avanti! | Trailers From Hell Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s ingenious but somewhat plot-heavy black comedy is mainly remembered today for the demure Juliet Mills’ cheery skinny-dipping scene with the eternally flustered Jack L...

Jack Lemmon is (Billy) Wilder Than Ever with today’s Allan Arkush trailer commentary for Avanti!, one of the seven fruitful cinematic collaborations between Lemmon and Wilder.

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Burden of Dreams   - 4K - Trailers From Hell Is that Werner S. Herzog, for Sisyphus?  What filmmaker goes out of his way to make his work impossibly difficult?  Werner Herzog did just that on Fitzcarraldo and filmmaker Les Blank documented the e...

What director goes out of his way to make his job impossibly difficult? Werner Herzog did just that on Fitzcarraldo. Les Blank documented the entire risky process for Burden of Dreams. Glenn Erickson reviews the movie’s new @criterion.bsky.social 4K:

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AMERICAN PRESTIGE host, historian and author Daniel Bessner Podcast Episode · The Movies That Made Me · 12/02/2025 · 1h 6m

Our podcast @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social returns with a brand-new guest! Author, historian and @amprestigepod.bsky.social podcast host Daniel Bessner discusses his favorite dystopian films with hosts @josholson.bsky.social & @thejoedante.bsky.social.

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The Diabolical Dr. Z - Trailers From Hell Nothing says ‘holiday time’ quite like jolly Jess Franco, so we asked UK correspondent Lee Broughton to cover of one of the mad Spaniard’s early films. This one features both medical horror and cold, ...

Nothing says “holiday time” quite like jolly Jess Franco, so Trailers From Hell asked UK correspondent Lee Broughton to cover of one of the mad Spaniard’s early films, The Diabolical Dr. Z, for CineSavant.

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The Diabolical Dr. Z - Trailers From Hell Nothing says ‘holiday time’ quite like jolly Jess Franco, so we asked UK correspondent Lee Broughton to cover of one of the mad Spaniard’s early films. This one features both medical horror and cold, ...

Nothing says “holiday time” quite like jolly Jess Franco, so Trailers From Hell asked UK correspondent Lee Broughton to cover of one of the mad Spaniard’s early films, The Diabolical Dr. Z, for CineSavant.

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Fedora | Trailers From Hell Fedora, Billy Wilder’s 1978 film about a middle-aged actress living in seclusion, certainly has echoes of Sunset Boulevard and it even stars William Holden as the dowager’s one-time lover. But the mov...

Things are (Billy) Wilder Than Ever this week on Trailers From Hell! First up, tune in to Trailers From Hell Guru Bernard Rose’s brand-new trailer commentary for Billy’s underappreciated classic Fedora.

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This week for @randyfuller1.bsky.social’s Blood of the Vines TFH column, the devil is in the details of three horror movies (The First Power, Prince of Darkness and Deep Red) and wine tastings.

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