42nd Street Forever, Vol. 1

Synapse Cinema

R1 DVD

Many modern devotees of cult cinema were too young to sit in the tawdry grind house cinemas of Times Square in the Sixties or Seventies. So here is an opportunity to uncover some of the guilty pleasures of that period. 42nd Street Forever, Vol. 1 is a collection of the wildest trailer you will every see.

This selection is carefully chosen to offer a comprehensive experience of the more exploitative genres of the period. We start with horror and violence and move through soft and hard porn, blaxploitation, bizarre martial arts films, biker violence, Satanism, Sci Fi and more. There is something to offend everybody here from the classic Boss Nigger to Pink Angels (Gay Bikers), from Crippled Master (physically deformed Martial Arts) to Ginger.

This two hour marathon includes: The Undertaker And His Pals, Flesh And Blood Show, Women And Bloody Terror/ Night Of Bloody Horror, I Dismember Mama/ Blood Splattered Bride, Corruption, The Butcher Of Binbrook, Ginger, Italian Stallion, Creampuffs, The 3 Dimensions Of Greta, Hard Candy, The Centerfold Girls, Panorama Blue, Wicked Wicked, Teenage Mother, Charlie And The Hooker, Matango, The Green Slime, Destroy All Monsters, The Crippled Master, Werewolves On Wheels, The Pink Angels, The Depraved (aka Exposed), They Call Her One Eye, Maid In Sweden, Behind Convent Walls, Secret Africa, Shocking Asia, Chappaqua, Welcome Home Brother Charles, The 44 Specialist, The Bullet Machine, Death Drive (aka Hitchhike), The Raiders Of Atlantis, Star Crash, Cofessions Of A Summer Camp Counsellor, Sunset Cove, Superfuzz, Death Will Have Your Eyes, Death Has Blue Eyes, A Black Veil For Lisa, Ironmaster, The Deadly Spawn, The Devil's Nightmare and MORE!

They are well reproduced and hold up remarkably well considering the age and origin. The sound is clear, the picture obviously varies from clip to clip but that only adds to the pleasure of experiencing the weirdness of a risky grind house cinema in the safety of your own home !