02 April 2008

SOUND-OFF: Trailer Trash

B-movie trailers (MP3s) from various sources, including from the archives of Ratso Russo's Groovy Movie Soundtracks radio show (KUSF 1997 - 2002). Because I like to include bits and pieces of them in mixes and you might too. More to come in the future.


The Acid Eaters (1968)


Astro Zombies (1968)


Asylum of Satan (1975)


Black Mama, White Mama (1972)


Blood Feast (1963)


The Curious Dr. Humpp (a.k.a. La Venganza del Sexo) (1971)


Death Race 2000 (1975)


Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)


The Erotic Adventures of Zorro (1972)


Equinox (1970)


Ghetto Freaks (1970)


The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)


The Manhandlers (1975)


The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970)


The Naughty Stewardesses (1975)


Scum of the Earth (1974)


Teaserama (1955)


Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman (1975)

Further listening:

Sound collage artist Wayne Butane uses snippets from trailers like these (as well as samples from a vast -- and I mean vast -- array of other sources) to create meticulously crafted routines of immature aural mayhem. WFMU calls him "the master of milk-through-nose, zero-attention-span
cut-up tomfoolery."

Further viewing:

To see the trailers for "The Erotic Adventures of Zorro," "Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman" and "The Curious Dr. Humpp," sure you could search YouTube, or you could shell out ten bucks and get the Extra Weird Sampler from Something Weird Video which includes over 100 such cinematic delights. All titles are available on dvd from SWV so, unlike other trailer collections, it's backed by the opportunity to see the full movies. We let this loop in the background at Count Drunkula's last Halloween party.

Further reading:

Cinema Sewer: The Adults Only Guide to History's Sickest and Sexiest Movies

Sleazoid Express: A Mind-Twisting Tour Through the Grind-house Cinema of Times Square by Bill Landis and Michelle Clifford.

Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film by Felicia Feaster and Bret Wood.

Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a
Trash Film King
by
David F. Friedman.

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