The
Three on a Meathook trailer was a favorite of mine long before I ever recognized the name 'William Girdler.'
"Little broken dolls that go on dancing ... after the music has stopped."
It's genius.
There was a video circulating in the late eighties/early nineties titled 'Mad Ron's Previews From Hell.' I caught it when I was in high school, and it had a huge impact on my movie viewing. I think I rented that tape every week (I finally bought a copy a few years ago; that's where the long version of 'Meathook' comes from). It became a checklist for films that I had to see. It's still the single best trailer collection ever compiled for a video, in my opinion. Some of the amazing trailers include the double feature "I drink your blood/I eat your skin" ... another favorite trailer of mine. 'Torso' is a lot of fun, too.