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The Trailer Park: Like Crazy and More


Like Crazy
Out 10/28/2011

This trailer makes me want to cry. It makes everyone want to cry. Life is full of scraped knees, broken hearts, and missed opportunities. So what if it’s a cliche, it’s still true. Don’t deny it. Just cry. 


Straw Dogs
Out 9/16/2011

Because just writing “Alexander Skarsgard” over and over again isn’t adequate commentary, I’ll note that this movie is a remake of an original that my boyfriend describes as too good of a movie to remake. This trailer’s got everything it needs to fill seats, with the menace of a film that’s not afraid to break unspoken rules and the casting to back that up. Alexander Skarsgard Alexander Skarsgard Alexander Skarsgard Alexander Skarsgard Alexander Skarsgard Alexander Skarsgard Alexander Skarsgard Alexander Skarsgard Alexander Skarsgard...


Contagion
Out 9/9/2011

Contagion has been billed as the ultimate horror movie for the modern world. You can be pretty sure you won’t get mauled by a Great White Shark or attacked by a Vampire that looks like Colin Farrel, but you can’t avoid touching things. Add to that the freaking incredible cast (thank you, Kate Winslet, for coming back), made possible by the fact that each actor had to spend only about 5 days on set, and you’ve got an A-lister germfest even worth forgiving some of the hokiest credits ever seen in a trailer.


Shark Night 3D
Out 9/2/2011

Sharks! In a lake! “This is insane! It’s a lake!”

‘Nuff said. 


Atrocious
Technically out 8/17/2011, hopefully in theaters nearby soon!

Cue whining about how it’s just a remake of The Blair Witch Project. Atrocious is billed as “2011’s Answer to Paranormal Activity,” and it appears to have all the necessary traits and more. That means gritty, shaky handicam, haunted house evidence, and a few teasing shots of blood, blood, blood. There’s a reason they keep remaking The Blair Witch Project, it’s because it work...ed. And it will work again. Maybe this time. Maybe. 


The Thing
Out 10/14/2011

This snowy horror has all the trademarks of blockbuster horror that won’t quite deliver on its promise. Still, the icy isolation worked as a suspense technique in that one X-Files episodes, and I want to believe it will work again. 

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