The Corner Penthouse

This is one of an ongoing series of reviews that looks at various Blu-ray compilations of movie trailers and TV spots, most notably Umbrella Entertainment's Drive-In Delirium series and Garagehouse Pictures' Trailer Trauma series. Today's review details Trailer Trauma 4: Television Trauma. Read on to find out more...

As the title implies, this release contains TV spots from the 1960s through the 1980s, with the main focus being Grindhouse-type films: horror, action, martial arts, erotica, exploitation, blaxploitation, sci-fi, and kaiju. There are some mainstream Hollywood motion pictures represented here, but the majority are still obscure flicks, so this release may not be to everyone's liking. Since these spots were meant to air on television, they don't contain the nudity and mature content that the trailers in previous volumes did, but this is still not one for the kiddies. A lot of the movies that have spots here, also have full trailers in some of the previous Blu-rays I've reviewed.

The spots are not shown alphabetically or chronologically. I'm really not sure what the order is, though some similar-themed films are kept together. For the most part, there is one spot per chapter. All of the movie years come from the IMDB and are assumed to be correct. The spot list included inside the case doesn't list the years (or even give chapter numbers - which makes it kinda useless). I looked EVERYTHING up in the IMDB and used that.

I should also point out that the last five seconds of most spots is silent. This is normal. This is where an announcer would usually intone that the film is coming on a specific date to a local theater.

-- SPECIFICATIONS --

The total spot runtime is 3:01:33. The full chapter/spot list is below, following this review. All content is presented in English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono. There are no subtitles, but were you really expecting any?!? All spots are shown in full 1920x1080 high definition, in the original 1.33:1 aspect ratio (aside from one spot), pillarboxed into a 16:9 frame. The following note is included inside the case: "The 16mm TV spots and trailers included in this volume are presented in their original 1.33:1 aspect ratios as they were seen on television. The occasional matting seen at the top and bottom of your screen is normal." The disc is region-free and plays fine on U.S. Blu-ray players.

-- PICTURE & AUDIO QUALITY --

Almost all of the spots were sourced from dirty/damaged film reels. As such, most of them are littered with scratches and dirt, with picture that doesn't always have the best color balance. A lot of the spots have audio that starts in-progress a second or two after the video starts, and a few are cut off at the end. I noted the worst of these in the list below.

There are also a few spots that appear to have been filmed off of a screen, be it a theater screen or a TV screen. I've noted #224 The Thing (1982), #225 Halloween II (1981), #229 Videodrome (1983), and #233 Amityville II: The Possession (1982) as definitely being done this way; and maybe #254. Halloween + Assault on Precinct 13 (double feature) (1978), too.

There are also two or three spots where the audio from one overlaps with the video of the one after it. I didn't keep track of them all, and I didn't note them in the list below, but here are a few: #263 Phantasm (1979) into #264 The Amityville Horror (1979) into #265 Killer's Delight (1978).

-- SPECIAL FEATURES --

There is an Audio Commentary with Michael Gingold, Grady Hendrix, and Chris Poggiali. There is also the following Garagehouse Pictures Trailers (8:37): The Intruder (1975), The Dismembered (1962), The Satanist (1968), Trailer Trauma #2 Blu-ray, Trailer Trauma #1 Blu-ray, and Ninja Busters (1984/2015).


-- PACKAGING --

The single disc comes inside a standard 12mm clear Blu-ray case. The reverse/inside of the case artwork is a spot list (no chapter numbers given - which makes it kinda useless) on the left side and part of the right side under the disc, while the other half of the right side contains cover art for a few other Garagehouse Pictures releases (with the aspect ratio note and credits underneath).

-- CONCLUSION --

This is a weird one to comment on. The films represented are a mix of stuff from previous volumes, and since the spots are usually 30 to 60 minutes long, none overstay their welcome. I can't even compare it to any of the other Blu-rays because none have TV spot collections. Some of the Drive-In Delirium releases have VHS trailers, some of which may be TV spots, but those are from Australia. So, I guess I'll just say that, overall, this is a nice volume. It's also nice to see Cannibal Girls (1973) (#220), the second feature film from Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, who paid homage to it in Ghostbusters II. I just wish the quality on these Trailer Trauma releases would improve.

• Trailer Trauma 1
• Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-In Monsterama
• Trailer Trauma 3: '80s Horror-Thon
• Trailer Trauma 4: Television Trauma
• Trailer Trauma 5: '70s Action Attack!

The Blu-ray set was purchased with my own money and was NOT provided to me by anyone involved in the production or distribution of it.

001. Title / Rabid (1977) 002. Deathsport (1978) (audio edit in middle) 003. The Big Bird Cage (1972) 004. Caged Heat (1974) 005. Women in Cages (1971) 006. The Woman Hunt (1962) 007. The Cremators (1973) 008. Candy Stripe Nurses (1974) 009. Night Call Nurses (1972) 010. Street Girls (1975) 011. Big Bad Mama (1974) 012. Crazy Mama (1975) 013. Lady Frankenstein (1971) 014. Tidal Wave (1973) 015. Bury Me an Angel (1971) 016. Angels - Hard as They Come! (1971) 017. Starcrash (1978) 018. Up From the Depths (1979) 019. The Last Days of Man on Earth (aka The Final Programme) (1973) 020. The Velvet Vampire + Scream of the Demon Lover (double feature) (1971) 021. Summer School Teachers (1974) 022. The Student Teachers (1973) (in prog) 023. Fly Me (1973) 024. Cockfighter (1974) 025. Fantastic Planet (1973) 026. Sweet Kill (1972) 027. The Brood (1979) 028. Galaxy of Terror (1981) 029. Piranha (1978) 030. Humanoids from the Deep (1980) 031. Slithis (aka Spawn of the Slithis) (1978) 032. Zaat (1971) (audio edit in middle) 033. The Twilight People (1972) 034. Private Parts (1972) 035. Deranged (1974) 036. The Toolbox Murders (1978) 037. Abby (1974) 038. Human Experiments (1979) 039. The Folks at Red Wolf Inn (aka Terror House) (1972) 040. Eyeball (1975) 041. Autopsy (1975) (slight audio edit on title at end) 042. Shock Waves (1977) 043. The Rape Killer (aka Death Kiss) (1974) 044. Eyeball + Suspiria (double feature) (1977) 045. Evil Eye (1963) (aka The Girl Who Knew Too Much) 046. The Black Cat (1981) 047. Doctor Butcher M.D. (aka Zombi Holocaust) (1980) 048. Orgy of the Dead (1965) (triple feature of Revenge of the Living Dead, Curse of the Living Dead, and Fangs of the Living Dead) 049. The Girl in Room 2A (1974) 050. Torso (aka Carnal Violence) (1973) 051. The Last Survivors (1975) 052. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) 053. The Tempter (1974) 054. Great White Death (1981) 055. Killer Fish (1979) 056. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) 057. Suspiria (1977) 058. Baron Blood (1972) 059. The Night Child (1975) 060. The Black Belly of the Tarantula + The Weekend Murders (double feature) (1971) 061. Man From Deep River (aka Sacrifice!) (1972) 062. Beyond the Door (1974) 063. Beyond the Door II (aka Schock) (1977) 064. Beyond the Door II + The Dark (double feature) (1979) 065. Next! (aka Next Victim) (1971) 066. Creepers (aka Phenomena) (1985) 067. Castle of Blood + Hercules in the Haunted World (double feature) (1964) 068. The Terror of Godzilla (1975) 069. Inframan (1975) 070. King Kong Escapes (1967) 071. Godzilla Vs. The Smog Monster (1971) 072. Destroy All Monsters (1968) 073. Godzilla on Monster Island (1972) 074. Message From Space (1978) 075. Monster Zero + The War of the Gargantuas (double feature) (1966) (in prog) 076. Goliathon (aka The Mighty Peking Man) (1977) 077. The Green Slime (1968) 078. Black Magic (aka Baba Yaga) (1973) 079. The Killer Snakes (1974) 080. Master Killer (1978) 081. Chinatown Kid (1977) 082. The Tattoo Connection (1978) 083. Bruce Lee... His Last Days (1976) 084. The Three Avengers (1964) 085. The 5 Deadly Venoms (1978) 086. Dynamo (1978) 087. Duel of the Iron Fist (1971) 088. The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979) 089. Street Gangs of Hong Kong (1973) 090. The Hammer of God (1970) 091. Fearless Fighters (1971) 092. The Godfathers of Hong Kong (1973) 093. Fists of the Double K (1973) 094. Dynasty (1977) 095. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) 096. Stud Brown (aka The Dynamite Brothers) (1974) 097. The Candy Tangerine Man (1975) 098. Friday Foster (1975) 099. Blacula (1972) 100. Black Rodeo (1972) 101. The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972) 102. If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968) 103. The Black Six (1973) 104. The Mack (1973) (audio in prog) 105. Three the Hard Way (1974) 106. Gordon's War (1973) 107. The Ghetto Warriors (aka The Black Gestapo) (1975) 108. Black Eye (1974) (audio in prog) 109. Trick Baby (1972) (audio in prog) 110. Book of Numbers (1973) (audio in prog) 111. Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) (audio in prog) 112. Super Fly (1972) 113. Wattstax (1973) 114. Darktown Strutters (1975) 115. TNT Jackson (1974) 116. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) 117. Solomon King (1974) 118. Alabama's Ghost (1973) 119. Mark of the Devil (1970) 120. Night of the Lepus (1972) 121. Race with the Devil (1975) 122. The Hills Have Eyes (1977) 123. Sisters (1972) 124. Mark of the Devil Part II (1973) (audio in prog) 125. The Devil's Rain (1975) (audio in prog) 126. Dr. Phibes (aka The Abominable Dr. Phibes) (1971) 127. They Came From Within (aka Shivers) (1975) 128. Dracula's Dog (1977) 129. Satan's Cheerleaders (1977) 130. The Exorcist (1973) (audio in prog) 131. The Fury (1978) 132. Silent Night, Evil Night (aka Black Christmas) (1974) 133. Schizoid (1980) 134. Don't Open the Window (1974) 135. The House that Vanished (1973) 136. The Blood Spattered Bride + I Dismember Mama (double feature) (1972)

137. Psychic Killer (1975) 138. The Medusa Touch (1978) 139. Drive-In Massacre (1976) 140. Son of Blob (aka Beware! The Blob) (1972) (audio in prog) 141. Devil's Nightmare (1971) 142. Theatre of Blood (1973) 143. The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe (1974) 144. Equinox (1970) 145. Tourist Trap (1979) 146. Phantasm (1979) (reissue spot) 147. Curse of the Headless Horseman + Carnival of Blood (double feature) (1972) 148. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 149. The Night Visitor (1971) 150. When the Screaming Stops (1973) 151. End of the World (1977) 152. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) 153. Vampyres (1974) (audio in prog) 154. Night of the Living Dead (1968) (trailer) 155. Dawn of the Dead (1978) 156. Jaws (1975) 157. The Sentinel (1977) 158. Carrie (1976) 159. The Mutations (aka The Freakmaker) (1974) 160. Son of Dracula (1973) 161. Dracula Sucks (1978) 162. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972) (audio in prog) 163. Night of the Bloody Apes (1969) 164. Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973) 165. The Devils (1971) 166. Don't Look Now (1973) 167. Lord Shango (1975) (audio in prog) 168. A Name for Evil (1973) 169. Homebodies (1974) 170. Don't Look In the Basement (1973) 171. Dead of Night (1974) 172. Shanks (1974) 173. Grizzly (1976) 174. Day of the Animals (1977) 175. Rattlers (1976) 176. The Teasers (1975) 177. They Call Her One Eye (aka Thriller: A Cruel Picture) (1973) 178. Big Zapper (1973) 179. Mondo Cane + Mondo Cane 2 (double feature) (1963) 180. Dirty O'Neil: The Love Life of a Cop (1974) 181. Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) 182. Girls Are for Loving (1973) 183. Blacksnake! (1973) 184. Sixpack Annie (1975) 185. The Single Girls (1974) (audio in prog) 186. Superchick (1973) 187. The RoomMates (1973) (edit in middle) 188. The Room of Chains (1970) 189. The Swappers (1970) 190. Swedish Fly Girls (aka Christa) (1971) 191. The Sin of Adam and Eve (1969) (audio in prog) 192. Beyond Atlantis (1973) (audio in prog) 193. Summer Camp (1979) 194. Super Vixens (1975) 195. Waitress! (1981) 196. Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976) 197. Massage Parlor Hookers (aka Massage Parlor Murders!) (1973) 198. The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) 199. The Cheerleaders (1973) 200. How Much Loving Does a Normal Couple Need? (1967) 201. Incoming Freshmen (1979) 202. Tomcats (1977) 203. Shame of the Jungle (1975) (animated) 204. Flesh Gordon (1974) 205. Hustler Squad (1975) 206. Class of 1984 (1982) 207. King *@#!! Frat (aka King Frat) (1979) 208. The Bod Squad (1974) 209. When Women Had Tails (1970) 210. When Women Lost Their Tails (1972) 211. Tarzana, the Wild Girl (aka Tarzana, the Wild Woman) (1969) 212. Bigfoot (1970) 213. A*P*E (in 3-D) (1976) 214. The No Mercy Man (1973) 215. Chain Gang Women (1971) 216. The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) 217. The Child (1977) 218. The Redeemer... Son of Satan! (1978) 219. Blood Demon (aka The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism) (1967) (audio in prog) 220. Cannibal Girls (1973) 221. Land of the Minotaur (1976) 222. Massacre at Central High (1976) 223. Death Ship (1980) 224. The Thing (1982) (filmed off a screen) 225. Halloween II (1981) (filmed off a screen) 226. The Awakening (1980) 227. Horror Planet (aka Inseminoid) (1981) 228. Bloodeaters (aka Toxic Zombies) (1980) 229. Videodrome (1983) (filmed off a screen) 230. Alone in the Dark (1982) 231. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 232. Xtro (1982) 233. Amityville II: The Possession (1982) (audio in prog, filmed off a screen) 234. The Fog (1980) 235. The Evil Dead (1981) 236. Friday the 13th (1980) 237. Friday the 13th Part II (1981) 238. Motel Hell (1980) 239. Blind Date (1984) 240. The Unseen (1980) 241. Graduation Day (1981) 242. Death Screams (1982) 243. The Children (1980) 244. Don't Go In The House (1979) 245. Mother's Day (1980) 246. My Bloody Valentine (1981) 247. Screams of a Winter Night (1979) 248. The Beast Within (1982) 249. Deadly Blessing (1981) 250. He Knows You're Alone (1980) 251. Demon Seed (1977) 252. The Car (1977) 253. Mansion of the Doomed (1976) 254. Halloween + Assault on Precinct 13 (double feature) (1978) (1:66:1 aspect ratio) (filmed off a screen?) 255. The Tenant (1976) 256. The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) 257. Tintorera... Tiger Shark (1977) 258. Inseminoid (1981) 259. The Incubus (aka Satan's Mistress) (1982) 260. Frogs (1972) 261. Blue Sunshine (1977) 262. Halloween (1978) 263. Phantasm (1979) 264. The Amityville Horror (1979) 265. Killer's Delight (1978) 266. Kiss of the Tarantula (1976) (2 spots) 267. The Fog + Phantasm (double feature) (1980) (audio in prog) 268. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde + The Mask of Fu Manchu + Mark of the Vampire (triple feature) (1935)

THE END