I have a real fascination with the marketing of films, and particularly of the marketing of sleaze/grindhouse/blaxploitation/kung fu/gore films of the 60s/70s. While modern trailers often give away a good chunk of the plot, the trailers featured on this disc are devoted to getting people into the theaters (or drive-ins) using any method possible, including threatening that the picture is so scary that they might just die while watching. If 42nd Street Forever has a fault, it’s that it’s almost too much of a mix. In two hours we cover ridiculous sci fi (Star Crash, Destroy All Monsters), amazingly offensive
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