Help TRAILERS FROM HELL!

Joe Dante, along with a lot of other filmmakers in Hollywood and self-proclaimed Grindhouse aficionados, started Trailers from Hell to talk about, well, I might as well give you info from the horse’s mouth.

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Trailers — you know — those fast-paced 2-to-4 minute theatrical promo shorts that have preceded the Feature Attraction since the dawn of sound? An exciting montage of all The Best Parts of a movie the exhibitors want you to NEED to see! Full of swirling letters screaming hyperbolic promises of THRILLS! ACTION! MYSTERY! ROMANCE! Packing all the highlights of a whole picture into its own mini-movie in just a few minutes!

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TRAILERS FROM HELL is the brainchild of film director Joe Dante, new media entrepreneurJonas Hudson, graphic artist Charlie Largent and producer Elizabeth Stanley. The series was born out of their mutual love of classic films of all types, but particularly horror and exploitation films.

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TFH is the premier showcase for a breathtakingly eclectic assortment of trailers from classic era films both in their original form and punctuated with informative and amusing commentary by contemporary filmmakers. This content is syndicated across web and mobile partners including AOL Video, AT&T, Sprint, You Tube, Babelgum, Shorts TV, Yahoo and on cable television, as well as on the net at www.trailersfromhell.com. Fireworks International, a division of ContentFilm, serves as TFH’s international sales agent.

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Here is a little taste of what the guys at Trailers from Hell do, featuring John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, Thriller) discussing the trailer to One Million Years B.C., a Bad Movie Nite favorite.

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Trailer From Hell has grown increasingly popular over the years, and in order to keep growing, they have started a Kickstarter campaign to help raise the money to make the site as great as it can possibly be. Here’s the press release:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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TRAILERS FROM HELL KICKSTARTS ITS FUTURE

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June 19, 2012. Los Angeles, CA. The award-winning multi-platform series, TRAILERS FROM HELL, is determined to complete 1000 episodes and is looking at Kickstarter as a way of keeping the content free to the user and getting the fans involved in the process.

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Launched in May of 2007 with only word-of-mouth publicity, TRAILERS FROM HELL has since become the weekly ‘must-see’ stop for film lovers around the globe. TFH presents movie trailers with commentaries by industry professionals each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

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“Crowd-funding is proving to be a wonderful way to connect filmmakers with fans and Kickstarter was an obvious choice as a partner,” states Co-Founder Joe Dante.

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Over the next 30 days Trailers From Hell plans to raise $30,000 to produce more episodes and distribute them free to users through their web and mobile devices. The funds will also be used to improve the website and expand upon what TFH has already accomplished.

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Acclaimed Trailers From Hell “Gurus” such as Roger Corman, Edgar Wright, John Landis, Josh Olson, Eli Roth and many others have jumped in to support the cause by offering Kickstarter contributor’s exclusive and iconic premiums from projects they have worked on in the past. For a full list of premiums, visit TFH’s “Nine Circles of Trailers From Hell!” – A Guide to our Pledge Rewards and a link to our Kickstarter campaign can be found at http://kck.st/M6Njuk.

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PLEASE help support the preservation of classic cinema and commentary by filmmakers who simply love these beloved and many times ridiculously bad movies!

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Source: Killer Film