So, I really love a good trailer.

So, instead of just my #FavoriteHorrorScenes and #FavoriteHorrorQuotes, I think this is the perfect time of the year to share my #FavoriteHorrorTrailers, too.

A thread. /1

I'd never seen the original, but they really got me with this trailer, which happens to be, IMO, the highpoint of the franchise.

#FavoriteHorrorTrailers for #Halloween /5
youtu.be/CpaJdsnEsWA?...

I think I've said in other places that the feeling I got from this trailer is what inspired my #horror short THE WORST PLACE ON EARTH

the feeling that your running away from something awful...

...but running toward something worse

#FavoriteHorrorTrailers for #Halloween /3
youtu.be/FcDhdb6J3rM?...

The movie has it's obvious flaws, but, at the time, this trailer had me absolutely HOOKED

#FavoriteHorrorTrailers for #Halloween /4
youtu.be/SfiUCrfbLgY?...

This was my intro to @mikeflannigan.bsky.social and I still think it's just perfect

#FavoriteHorrorTrailers for #Halloween /2

youtu.be/hEpk6mcunsE?...

IMO the very best trailers communicate mood, and, on that, this one is a masterpiece.

#FavoriteHorrorTrailers for #Halloween /6

youtu.be/48wg-_VzD04?...