Leofwine_draca Review of 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1

42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2005 Video)

The grindhouse experience

[7/10 · 28 September 2020]

The first of a long-runner trailer compilation series, this came out around the time there was a resurgence of interest in cult film and general grindhouse programming. It's an exhausting, two hour-long compilation of general B-movies of the 1960s to 1980s, with an emphasis on sleaze, horror and science fiction. There are cult Euro oddities, Japanese movie madness, and plenty of giallo and Italian trash added to the mix. These were the days when trailers wallowed in bloodshed and nudity and left nothing to the imagination, so only strong stomachs need apply...