Homemade Grindhouse

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by: Dave Davis Feb. 16, 2007

A few weeks back, Austin's South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) announced a contest urging all exploitation fans and aspiring filmmakers to craft a "fake trailer" in honor of the release of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's impending intentional schlock GRINDHOUSE.

Some of the entries are appearing on YouTube, and it's a little surprising how many there are considering the whirlwind turnaround required to meet the quick deadline. Some of them, such as STORMTROOPERS OF THE APOCALYPSE and MAIDEN OF DEATH, look more like trailers for low-budget action flicks that I'll admit I would love to see. But a shocking number of them also seem to have a firm grasp of the "grindhouse" aesthetic, or at least how to put together a trailer that would be right at home on one of the awesome 42nd STREET FOREVER collections of grindhouse previews.

My personal favorite for capturing the tone might be MISTER MUERTE, though it's hard to argue with the thoroughly satisfying stop-motion insanity of the Vietnam zombie flick CONG OF THE DEAD... Snoop around YouTube for more SXSW Grindhouse contestants and see what strikes your own filthy fancy, brothers and sisters.

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Extra Tidbit: The lead character in the grisly, sordid exploitation flick THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE (aka THEY CALL HER ONE-EYE) provided one of the most enduring costumes to emerge from grindhouse, and heavily influenced the appearance of Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) in Tarantino's KILL BILL.

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slapshot63
8:04PM on 02/16/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile

YES!

Thriller: A Cruel Picture (They Call Her One Eye is the title for the US release in the 70's that was hacked to shit) is a really great film. It definitely isn't for everyone but if you aren't bothered by hardcore porn inserts and like revenge films, you'll like this movie. It's one of my favorites and is truly gritty, disturbing and downright creepy. Definitely a classic. (If you don't want...

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littlebigpete
6:31PM on 02/16/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile

that MAIDEN OF DEATH looks kick ass, i wish the guys who made that would turn that into a feature because i would be all over that!

Danger^Cart
6:25PM on 02/16/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Holy Shit

Thanks for officially depressing me Dave. Now that I've seen the fake trailers for Maiden of Death and Cong of the Dead, I want more than anything for an actual film of them to air. Fuck.

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