Wonderful trailers for B-movies that never existed

Jason sends us, "my former supervisor and friend Michael S. Deak's series of faux 50's and 60's trailers. He has worked in Special Makeup Effects for 30+ years and has appeared in many cheesy 80's horror classics as monsters/creatures. These trailers are his pet projects that he conceived and made on his own. They feature friends and colleagues, are made with lots of love and reflect his unique view of the entertainment industry and film appreciation."

Michael S Deak's YouTube channel (Thanks, Jason!)

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Anonymous

Was that a Pharaoh, or was it Queen Nefertiti?
I expect accuracy in my movies!!!
Anonymous

Here’s how to make a movie trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QG49bS0F_U
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I hate trailers that give away the entire plot of the movie before you see it.
BDiamond

These are delicious, campy fun. Makes me wish Mr. Deak would go the route of Larry Blamire and make a feature!
Rob Gehrke

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BDiamond

To Muse and Anon — Larry Blamire wrote, directed, produced and starred in Lost Skeleton of Cadavra and its sequel. He also made a movie called The Trail of the Screaming Forehead (which I haven’t seen yet). True, they’re not perfect, but I love ‘em, anyway. And that’s why I wish Deak would make a feature — he may just out-Blamire Blamire.
Godfree

@ fnc: I would love to see the movie “Wilhelm’s Revenge.”
Muse

Fun, but my favorite trailer is still for this: The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra

The movie itself wasn’t quite as delightful as the trailer though.
Anonymous

I loved the Lost Skeleton — one of my favorite movies. The sequel was a letdown, unfortunately.
jfrancis

I recognize the village in the opening. It’s a set in Santa Clarita with a Western street at one end, and at 0:05 is the ruined Afghani village Iron Man flies in and saves.
Art

Madre de Dios!!! I have never known such a terror!
BDiamond

Well, it would seem that Deak did direct one feature, which was released back in 1996.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118214/combined

Off to Amazon!
Donald Petersen

Couple of nice things I noticed:

1. An actual, literal, comic book “Aaaiiieeee!!”

2. A decent allusion to the Karloff version’s trailer: “Death… eternal punishment… for… anyone… who… opens… this… casket.”
- fnc
  
  That was the Wilhelm Scream. And a darned good use of it too.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream
  - Donald Petersen
    
    Oh, I recognized the Wilhelm Scream when I heard it (dummy being tossed over the cliff). No, the “Aaaiiieee!” happens earlier, after the guy spits out the cork and gets grabbed by three arms. (0:59 or so).
  - Ceronomus
    
    There is no longer any such thing as a “good” use of the Wilhelm Scream. What started off as an inside joke has grown into an incredibly overused audio clip that jars me out of a program every time I hear it (which seems to be at least twice a week these days).
    
    It was fun when it began, but really, enough. I enjoyed this trailer up to that point, then just shut it off.
    
    Can I really be alone in being annoyed by the overuse of the Wilhelm Scream?
hughelectronic

Wonderful! But the use of 90s font Crackhouse is a bummer.
MandoSpaz

Spectacular! And tomorrow is Friday!
Anonymous

(Yes, the Wilhelm scream deserves some credit)… But if this were a real 50′s trailer, they would have never shown the monster’s face. That was always considered a privilege worth paying for. After all, the makeup was usually the most expensive thing in these movies
Baron Karza

Wait a second â€” if he were triple the terror, wouldn’t he have six arms instead of just three? Three arms is only 150% as much terror.

Here’s an illo I did for a “Star Wars Insider” magazine article on the Wilhelm Scream (on Jabba’s sail barge in ROTJ): http://www.skatemonk.com/portfolio/illos/scream.html
Just to add to the overkill.