Friday, January 08, 2010

REASONS WHY 2010 COULD BE PRETTY BITCHIN' #2: FROM FAKE TRAILER TO FULL-FLEDGED FEATURE

One of the many joys of GRINDHOUSE was its fake trailers, each a fun and evocative short that perfectly captured the feel of the genres they were straight-facedly lampooning, and perhaps the best-realized of the lot was Robert Rodriguez's MACHETE. Sitting through that coming attraction for a movie that would presumably never come made me wish that it was real, and now my prayers have been answered.

Yes, this is the actual teaser poster for the upcoming full-length MACHETE, and I'll be there on opening night (a date that has yet to be announced). Hopefully it will be ultra-violent and entertaining as hell, thereby scoring a huge hit at the box office and possibly opening the floodgates for a new wave of bigscreen exploitation flicks. Oh, please let it happen...

3 comments:

  1. Jim Browski12:37 AM

    According to IMDb, the cast reunites Trejo with Jeff Fahey and Cheech Marin (both also in the faux trailer), and now includes...

    get a load of this line-up!...

    Robert DeNiro, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Tom Savini, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, Rose McGowan (of Death Proof) and Steven Seagal!

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  2. Kevin M. Hagerman9:48 AM

    From your lips to Zombie Roger Corman's ears, Steve.

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  3. I am so very, very there!

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