The horror that used to be shown during the early years of
VHS was astounding. Creepy visuals and sounds mixed to create a sense of dread and
horror that is still palpable today.
One example is The Secrets of the Phantom Caverns:
My brother had
nightmares from the trailer alone and refused outright to see it. The film is relatively
tame - it seems some albinos (people in bad makeup) live underground with hand
puppets that stick out of fake rock walls. And stars Timothy Buttons as Major Stevens! (Who?)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension was
another oddity in terms of trailers:
A disparate group of oddly dressed men
(including Jeff Goldblum as a cowboy{!}) assemble in an urban drain, inter cut with bizarre imagery of otherworldly beings mixed with grunting electro pop synths. It produced a disorientating and undeniably disturbing experience for this ten year old!
