{"id":3204,"date":"2006-11-29T16:50:48","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T21:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinemacrazed.wordpress.com\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2006-11-29T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2006-11-29T21:50:48","slug":"festival-of-fright-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/29\/festival-of-fright-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Fright (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Upon first glance at the cover, it\u2019s pretty obvious \u201cThe Monster Club\u201d didn\u2019t just take a bunch of images and pasted them together (seriously, take a look at the cover! It\u2019s like a poster! The horror gods shine on you Kerry Gammill). And \u201cFestival of Fright\u201d is not just a pastiche of trailers to sell DVDs. \u201cFestival of Fright\u201d is in the tradition of trailer compilations of the VHS era that not only help us relive some of the best and worst horror films ever made, but also show us that film can still be fun because it invokes nostalgia, amusement, and lets us marvel at how film has evolved and devolved over decades.<\/p>\n

Take compilations like \u201cHorrible Horror\u201d with Zacharly, and \u201cBlack Trailers,\u201d which explored black cinema. Even film trailers have the power to invoke emotions. Long ago film trailers were as important as the films they marketed, they were as artful or schlocky as the films themselves\u2026 and that was a long time ago, as you can see. Marvel at the giant Cyclops super imposed on a scene of Lon Chaney Jr. on a cliff! Fear the slow moving clunky but immortal Tabanga! Gaze in horror at Gsa Gsa Gabor from Venus! Featured within the compendium are utterly terrible films like \u201cFrom Hell it Came,\u201d and \u201cThe Cyclops,\u201d and some of the best horror films of all time like \u201cBlack Sabbath,\u201d and \u201cCarnival of Souls.\u201d But be they horrible pieces of D grade filmmaking, or top notch horror classics, every twist and turn is entertaining for the horror buff. For those who grew up with Paris Hilton on \u201cHouse of Wax,\u201d they\u2019ll be shocked to discover some of the more tantalizing treasures awaiting them in the genre.<\/p>\n

With these utterly fascinating trailers they all end up being much more atmospheric and overall satisfying than the films themselves. Take for instance \u201cBlack Sunday\u201d which paints itself as a grim witchcraft installment. And there\u2019s the highlight of the bunch: \u201cBlack Sabbath,\u201d probably one of the best horror films ever made with a trailer that\u2019s just as creepy as the final product. \u201cFestival of Fright\u201d allows you to coast through the trailers one by one, or watch them all, and you\u2019ll be compelled to watch it all, because to just glance at a few would be missing out on what value this compilation has to offer. The Monster Club\u2019s \u201cFestival of Fright\u201d is a dazzling and utterly entertaining gallery of some of the best and worst horror films ever made, and I had a damn good time. To quote \u201cCarnival of Souls\u201d: You can\u2019t afford to miss \u201cFestival of Fright\u201d!<\/p>\n

To order \u201cFestival of Fright,\u201d and other assorted gear, visit the crew at \u201cThe Monster Club<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d and purchase this bitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upon first glance at the cover, it\u2019s pretty obvious \u201cThe Monster Club\u201d didn\u2019t just take a bunch of images and pasted them together (seriously, take a look at the cover! It\u2019s like a poster! The horror gods shine on you Kerry Gammill). And \u201cFestival of Fright\u201d is not just a pastiche of trailers to sell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[227,338,477,687,906,1087],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-compilation","tag-f","tag-horror","tag-movie-trailer","tag-science-fiction","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}