BLACHEFAN Posted May 3, 2017 In 2005, Joe Dante, an astounding filmmaker of his own right, launched a youtube channel to focus on movie trailers of movies that ranged from science fiction to horror to exploitation films of the 1950s and 1960s decade as well as some classic films of the 1930s and 1940s of different genres. Gaining his expertise as an editor at New World Pictures under Roger Corman, he shared his fascination of films, even before Leonard Maltin and Robert Osborne. he was the original expert of movie knowledge. He was an early film critic that wrote an early predecessor of Leonard Maltin's movie guide back in the 1960s decade. Leonard Maltin had a discussion with him in a podcast interview a few years ago about that topic. Since then, Dante's channel had gained the interest of filmmakers, editors, film historians and screenwriters to talk about some of their favorite movie trailers and what makes them attracted to a particular film as they comment about it under whatever running time or trailer length from beginning to end. Your gurus range from John Landis, Mick Garris, Edgar Wright, Allison Anders, Roger Corman, Guillermo Del Toro, Mary Lambert and many others. To visit his website go to trailerfromhell.com or visit the Youtube channel under the name Trailers from Hell. The trailers are great, you never know what trailer they will comment next. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted May 15, 2017 The website is a must, if you are into old-fashioned trailers to contemporary trailers of the present. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaragon Posted May 20, 2017 It's fun and interesting to see how films were marketed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted May 27, 2017 This week's commentaries from Trailers from Hell are the works of David Lynch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted August 23, 2017 This week on Trailers from Hell, the films of Jerry Lewis who passed away last week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted March 10, 2018 This week on Trailers from Hell, Night of the Following Days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted March 10, 2018 The first video that was posted on this youtube channel was Joe Dante's introduction for the movie Gremlins to film fans in France for the Cinenasty series back in 2011. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted March 10, 2018 A special treat from the youtube channel Trailers from Hell is a clip from the compilation film that Joe Dante edited from 1968 The Movie ****. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fp4v8bTEo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted August 17, 2018 There is a great batch of trailers commented by trailer editor and filmmaker Brian-Trenchard Smith. Here is an example of his versatile expertise at describing the plot, history, cast and director of the movie Snowpiercer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK4p4WjqAbA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted August 17, 2018 Here is another insightful commentary by Brian-Trenchard Smith about the film Becket starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. Just listening to his voice and his upper-level vocabulary brings me joy as if one were in a classroom with him as the college professor giving us a lecture about a film that has been relatively obscure but has gained renewed attention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWUAODG4Bmo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted August 20, 2018 An episode from one of my favorite animated movies by Ralph Bakshi with trailer commentary for the 1972 film Fritz the Cat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHOQ5wI9jQA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
