Plus, this trailer makes me feel sad for Christian Slater. I wish this trailer made the crossover seem fresh but their cliche handling, with the jerky J-horror movements and quick cuts interspersed with TV blizzard imagery, doesn’t inspire confidence that some exciting hybrid is going to emerge. The confluence of those two classic ideas? Well that could be interesting, but only if appropriately executed. Movies in which technology is haunted by evil? The Japanese are on top of it, with everything from One Last Call to Ringu, baby. Nickles, in theaters March 9th)įilms about serial killers who tape their handiwork? Hardly a new concept. The tension between what initially appears to be a family drama and something far more sinister is established by setting carefree scenes of play against ominous music and beautifully overcast skies, and the choice to only show the eerie aftermath of violence, like a body wrapped in plastic, is chillingly effective. I always feel wary of trailers that start off with “true story” or facts and figures and location information, as if these are the film’s strongest selling point and said framing is required to appreciate it, but this trailer definitely evokes a grittily menacing Australian suburbs vibe pretty quickly. THE SNOWTOWN MURDERS (Justin Kurzel, in theaters March 2nd) Here’s a little commentary on a selection of recent genre trailers let’s both judge a book by its cover and appraise the cover itself. Trailers have the ability to psyche us up, freak us out, turn us off, and lead us very, very astray, but the heightened anticipation (they don’t call them teasers for nothing) is part of the fun, regardless of how accurate a representation of the film that cleverly constructed little bugger ends up being in the end. Jackson, sci-fi, serial killer, Silent House, snakes on a plane, Takashi Shimizu, teaser, The Snowtown Murders, Thriller, Trailer Nickles, Movie, Playback, Prometheus, remake, Ridley Scott, Samuel L. 7500, Alien, Chris Kentis, christian slater, Elizabeth Olsen, Horror, Justin Kurzel, Laura Lau, Michael A.
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