Film: Toxic Avenger (1984)
Trailer Genre: Action horror
Mark after viewing: 4/10
What happens in the trailer?
Scenes from the movie that introduce plot points are shown, and little bits of body horror are introduced, but it's all done with a comedic spin in a news report kind of way. Similar to Shaun of the Dead, with the voice over.
Which positive, clever or interesting aspects do you think you could include in your own trailer? What generic features are fulfilled well?
There were very aspects to the trailer that were done well. The first being that the trailer used key scenes from the film that gave an idea of the plot e.g.When Toxic aveneger is shown how he came into being, but falling into a vat of nuclear waste. Another good aspect was that body horror was intorduced, although breifly, with the Toxic Avengers transformation, it was done very well. With the buldging of the skin e.t.c.
Which aspects of the trailer did you think were unsuccessful, and would put off its target audience? How is it disappointing?
There are a few aspects to this trailer that are not done well, such as the the inclusion of various plot points. It was so widespread that it seemingly spoiled half the movie for the audience before they go see it. They already know some key areas, that would of been best preserved as a surprise for the film and not ruined within the trailer itself. Also the voice over, though very informative, was also very cheesy and cliche - it detracted from the trailer and made it all the more comical and ruined the trailer overall. Had the voice over been scrapped, the trailer would of been a lot better.
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