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2. Psycho (1960)
By IFC
on 06/25/2009
Sure, Alfred Hitchock was the master of suspense, but he was also a master of the mordantly funny trailer. Any one of his bone dry performances could have made this list (his passive-aggressive avian torture in "The Birds" promo, for instance), but his "Psycho" tour-guide routine tops them all.
In the long-form preview, he turns on the obsequious charm, leading the audience towards each crime scene with the tittering unease of an anal-retentive coroner, his hands a bundle of nervous energy. Waddling in front of the Bates’ staircase, he describes the broken, twisted back of a victim with a twirl of his eager paws -- before hypocritically embracing discretion. Tip-toeing in front of the motel, his glee at entering the murder site is expressed in a nervous finger fidget, tapping all ten together at the horrors he’s about to unleash. He’s playing this audience-titillating game for laughs, until he reaches for that shower curtain... --R. Emmet Sweeney
I guess you guys haven't seen the trailer for The Hughes Bros.'s Dead Presidents, huh? What about Forest Gump? I think those are the 2 greatest of all time. Gump is better than the movie. And Dead Prez is the best ever.
Oh... what about the SW Ep 1 teaser? Maybe you should call this the best film trailers on YouTube! LOL. Dead Prez is probably too hard for you to locate.
I think The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and 300 should be included!
Clerks? No love for the Clerks trailer? Sigh.
Honorable mention for the Grindhouse fake trailers? "Don't" was brilliant.
Great list, by the way. Thanks for including 'Man Who Wasn't There'
Seriously? We have to click 50 times just to get the damn list? No thanks.
Like clicking 50 times is soooo hard, right? But you guys forgot about There Will Be Blood!!
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
GREAT article and flawless pick for #1. I actually did a lil piece on that trailer at our own movie blog, so I'm elated to see as your top pick. Yay trailers!