The Shining "Redux" trailer (parody) (1 Viewer)

[JeremyErwin]

I'm looking for a trailer that recasts "Sound of Music" as a horror flick. You can hear bits and pieces of it here, but I'd like to see the complete version.

 

[Greg_S_H]

It's the same Shining. In my opinion, it's the only really successful one of the three.

 

[Citizen87645]

I agree. The Titanic one is not enough of a 180. The West Side Story one is better in that regard, but I don't like the "cheating" with the light effect in the eyes/mouth.

 

[PaulP]

I think the West Side Story is brilliant. But The Shining is the best! You'd never know it's a freaky Kubrick film!

 

[Greg_S_H]

Those were my reasons exactly.

 

[Citizen87645]

Well, I guess the line "I'm your foster father" could be considered a cheat too, but more forgiveable.

 

[Greg_S_H]

I'm not sure of the rules of the contest, but that one line does seem unnecessary. I would think it should be footage and dialog strictly from the movie, with voiceover and music being fair game. Still, the Shining trailer is top-notch.

 

[Mark Sherman]

TOOOOOO FUNNY

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

I absoutely agree. It's a cheat - and quite a disappointing one as well, since I honestly don't think it is needed. The point of the trailer is well made without it.

But, despite that, it really is a brilliant editing effort. Well done to whoever made it.

 

[Robert Anthony]

I dig the West Side Story one.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Very wonderful stuff. Maybe all Jack really needed was a little uplifting Peter Gabriel-style!

 

[BarryR]

Isn't this on any other download other than mov. ?

 

[JeremyErwin]

They're hard enough to find as it is--and you're angling for a different format?

 

[BrettB]

How long do they take to dl? :frowning:

 

[JeremyErwin]

the three trailers total about 23 meg.

 

[Haggai]

Some ideas for a couple of other ones:

Taxi Driver as a romantic comedy about an uptight guy who lightens up by finding the right woman. Show Travis threatening Albert Brooks karate-style and Jodie Foster saying, "I don't who's weirder, me or you!" to establish him as a charmingly quirky oddball, then witty banter with Cybill, etc. Throw in something from Peter Boyle's rambling monologue to make it seem like a go-get-'em romantic pep talk.

Meet Me in St. Louis as a Bad Seed/Exorcist-style horror story about a young girl killer, with Tootie as the murderer. Obsessed with disease and death for her dolls, falsely accusing the neighbor of trying to kill her, the elaborate Halloween night sequence, her yelling "I KILLED HIM!" in the middle of all the other kids. It could maybe switch her into the main role, although it might be clever to keep Judy Garland as the main character, as the protective older sister who comes to realize the true horror of what her little sis is doing.

They certainly wouldn't top the Shining one, though, that's just brilliant. The West Side Story one is pretty great as well.

 

[Elijah]

Haggai, great idea with Meet Me in St. Louis!

Im tempted

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

It is, but in the same way Shining cheats with the "foster father" line, West Side Story cheats with the lights. And again it is unnecessary. It would work perfectly without them.

I like the Taxi Driver idea.

 

[Keith Paynter]

If you're making one, don't forget to rip off James Horner from 'STII:TWOK' or 'Aliens'! (or Danny Elfman's "Breakfast Suite" from 'Pee-Wee's Big Adventure')

 

[rich_d]

Funny stuff.

I'd love to see this done to a couple films ...

Blue Velvet and Silence of the Lambs come to mind.