I love trailer compilations. I don’t care what the opening sequence is, I only am here for the movies. And here they are. I’ve also compiled a Letterboxd list for this.
Sex With the Stars: The stars here aren’t celestial bodies; they’re a collection of 1970s British sitcom regulars and starlets, including Sherrie Hewson and Sylvia Kristel in archival footage, getting caught in various states of undress and nudge-nudge, wink-wink scenarios.
Parasite: Long before Bong Joon-ho, Charles Band was giving us 3D monsters in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It’s gooey, it’s sweaty, and it’s got Demi Moore fighting a lemon-shaped organism.
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo: The ultimate Cannon sequel. It’s less a movie and more a neon-colored fever dream where dance can literally save a community center from developers.
Black Deep Throat: If you’re looking for a sequel to the Linda Lovelace classic, you’ve come to the wrong grindhouse. This is actually a bizarre Italian export (originally Gola profonda nera) that tries to capitalize on two different crazes at once: the Deep Throat name and the Black Emanuelle phenomenon starring Ajita Wilson.
Franchesca’s Sexual Whirlpool: A woman finds herself caught in a cycle of longing and liberation, navigating a series of encounters that are filmed with that soft-focus, hazy glow that makes everything look like it’s happening inside a bottle of cheap perfume. While it lacks the gonzo energy of the Mitchell Brothers or the high-gloss production of a Gerard Damiano joint, it’s an example of the porn chic goal of blending narrative prestige with hardcore in and out.
Heroes of the East: Also known as Challenge of the Ninja, Shaolin vs. Ninja and Shaolin Challenges Ninja, this Lau Kar Leung-directed film has more Japanese martial arts on display than you usually see from a Hong Kong movie. The Japanese characters are also treated with respect, unlike many of these movies, and Lau insisted that none of the fights ended in death.
St. Ives: Charles Bronson stars as Raymond St. Ives, a crime reporter turned novelist hired by an eccentric billionaire to recover stolen ledgers. This sleek 1970s thriller weaves a web of double-crosses, murder, and high-stakes intrigue. Bronson swaps his usual vigilante grit for sophisticated wit in this stylish, star-studded neo-noir mystery.
10 to Midnight: Charles Bronson versus a naked serial killer. This is the peak of Cannon’s law and order obsession, where the mustache of justice finally snaps. Shot both as a hard R rated and TV-friendly film — in which the killer’s nudity is covered — this movie is wild, with director J. Lee Thompson fully unleashed and Bronson waving masturbatory devices in criminal’s faces screaming, “You know what this is for, Warren? It’s for jacking off!” while Wilford Brimley tries to get him to simmer down. I mean, Roger Ebert called it “a scummy little sewer of a movie” and that seems like him telling me to watch it as many times as I can.
Telefon:Charles Bronson plays Grigori Borzov, a KGB agent sent to America to stop a rogue official from activating brainwashed sleeper agents. These telefons are triggered by lines of Robert Frost poetry to commit sabotage. Bronson teams up with a double agent in a tense, cross-country race against time.
Vigilante Force: Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent go to war in a small town. It’s a gritty 70s explosion-fest that doesn’t hold back.
The Wizard: Corey (Fred Savage) runs away with his gifted younger brother, Jimmy, and Jenny Lewis to compete in a high-stakes video game championship in California. Along the way, they dodge their family and a bounty hunter, culminating in an iconic tournament showdown featuring the debut of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Detroit 9000:After a $400,000 heist at a political fundraiser, a street-smart white detective anda college-educated black sergeant must solve the case. This gritty, on-location blaxploitation classic blends hard-boiled police procedural with explosive action and a cynical, twist-filled ending.
The New York Ripper: Lucio Fulci goes to the Big Apple and leaves a trail of duck-voiced mayhem behind. It’s mean, it’s sleazy and it’s pure Italian soul-crushing horror. It’s also weirder to hear the duck quack in German on this trailer.
Savage Beach:Dona and Taryn are back again, this time flying missions as federal drug enforcement agents based in Hawaii. After a successful drug bust, they are asked to fly a vaccine from Molokai to Knox Island. However, they soon run afoul of nefarious forces within the Philippine government and some double agents at home, who are searching for a sunken World War II-era ship loaded with gold.
Swamp Thing: Wes Craven takes on DC Comics. It’s a rubber-suit romance that feels like a Saturday morning cartoon with a slightly higher body count, David Hess and Adrienne Barbeau.
The Return of Swamp Thing : Jim Wynorski takes over, adds more camp, and gives us a mutant montage set to “Born on the Bayou.”
Vice Versa: Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage swap bodies via a magical skull. It’s the 80s. Just go with it.
Relentess: A William Lustig big budget movie! Sam Dietz (Judd Nelson), a rookie detective and transplant from New York, who is partnered with a cynical, veteran LAPD detective, Bill Malloy (Robert Loggia). They are tasked with hunting down a serial killer who chooses victims at random from the telephone book.
Captain America: Albert Pyun directed this, a film in which Captain America is played by Matt Salinger, the son of the writer of The Catcher In the Rye, and fighting Scott Paulin as the Red Skull, who was a child prodigy that the Axis experimented on, sending Dr. Maria Vaselli (Carla Cassola, Demonia) to America where she creates the Super Soldier Syrum
Overexposed: Catherine Oxenberg stars as a soap opera actress who becomes the target of a deadly stalker. As the obsessed fan’s threats escalate, the line between her television role and reality blurs.
Beyond the Door: There are rip-offs of The Exorcist. And then there are rip-offs where copyright infringement lawsuits lead to Warner Brothers getting a cash settlement and a portion of the film’s future revenue. Beyond the Door would be the latter. It’s $40 million worldwide gross meant that this film would a film draw the ire and call of that most Satanic of all monsters, the suits and the lawyers.
The Sister-In-Law: Despite being called The Sister-In-Law, she disappears halfway through this movie and we never see her again. Instead, this becomes a heroin movie. Yes, there’s a cat fight, but this is really the story of two brothers — one who wants to be rich, another who is hitchhiking across the country — and the women are just in the way. And banjo music. So much banjo music.
Winter Love: A young woman finds herself swept up in a passionate affair with her ski instructor. As their relationship deepens against a snowy backdrop, the film explores the complexities of desire and emotional vulnerability. It remains an obscure relic of early seventies sentimental psychodrama.
The Working Girls: Stephanie Rothman proves once again she was the best director in the Roger Corman stable, giving us a smart, funny, and subversively feminist look at survival.
Porky’s 2: The Next Day: After the success of Porky’s — success is a small way to describe how influential it was on the movies that would follow in its wake, even if it owed so much to Animal House and Lemon Popsicle — the next film was in production quickly. Directed and co-written by Bob Clark, who worked with Alan Ormsby and Roger Swaybill, the results may not live up to the original, but it’s way better than the teen sex comedies that would arise after the first movie.
Evel Knievel: George Hamilton stars as the man who defied gravity and common sense. It’s a self-mythologizing biopic that’s as loud as a Harley.
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood: A movie about a dog that features approximately 700 cameos from Golden Age stars who probably needed the paycheck.
Salon Kitty:Directed by Tinto Brass, Salon Kitty is a stylized 1976 controversial drama set in Nazi Germany. It follows a high-class brothel used by the Gestapo for espionage, where sex workers are trained to extract secrets from officials. A family film!
Namu, The Killer Whale:A naturalist tames a grieving orca in this 1966 family adventure. Rather than a bloodthirsty beast, Namu becomes a gentle companion to a biologist, defying a fearful fishing community. It’s a scenic, heartwarming precursor to Free Willy, showcasing the bond between man and whale against a beautiful Pacific Northwest backdrop. That said, the trailer is frightening.
The Libertine: Catherine Spaak discovers her late husband’s secret “playroom” and decides to out-degenerate him. Stylish, 60s Italian psychodrama sexiness at its best.
Black Belt Jones: Jim Kelly. A car wash. A karate showdown in soap suds. If you don’t love this, you don’t love movies.
Audrey Rose: Is it reincarnation or just Anthony Hopkins being very intense in the rain? A classy, creepy supernatural drama that avoids the usual shocks for real dread.
Body Talk: Directed by Anthony Spinelli, this 1982 adult feature stars Sharon Mitchell as a fitness enthusiast caught in a web of erotic encounters. Set against the backdrop of the early 80s aerobics craze, it combines high-energy workout sequences with explicit scenes, capturing the neon-soaked, synth-driven aesthetic of pre-VHS era adult.
Fearless Fighters: Wuxia madness that feels like it was edited in a blender. It’s the kind of kung-fu flick that fueled a thousand 42nd Street dreams.
High, Wild and Free: Filmmaker Gordon Eastman captures the rugged splendor of the British Columbia wilderness. It’s a high-altitude journey featuring breathtaking wildlife footage, daring mountain climbs and incredible fishing. For anyone who loves the great outdoors, it’s a pure, scenic escape into the untouched heart of nature.
Tom Thumb: In this George Pal musical, Russ Tamblyn stars as a tiny boy granted to a childless couple by the Forest Queen. Featuring Oscar-winning special effects and Puppetoons, the film follows Tom as he outwits bumbling thieves Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas.
Popi: Alan Arkin stars as a hardworking Puerto Rican widower in New York who concocts a wild scheme to secure a better life for his sons. He sets them adrift off Miami, hoping they’ll be adopted as wealthy refugees.
Ginger: Ginger McAllister takes on a job of infiltrating a gang of criminals. This often means sleeping with men and women, which can often mean using piano wire on a dude’s tallywhacker and threatening to cut it off. This feels like porn without penetration, the kind of porn that was playing the Avon and the rougher theaters, as Ginger is tied up and assaulted several times, yet always comes out on top, even when bad guy Rex Halsey (Duane Tucker) rapes her. After all, the cut to her face assures us that she likes this.
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