Anyone who saw Grindhouse in the theaters remember that while the films were good, it was the experience as a whole that made the film amazing. This included the various trailers that started and then split up the film. One of those, Eli Roth's Thanksgiving, was disturbing and entertaining, so it's not that big of a surprise that he'd want to follow it up with something.
Unlike with Robert Rodriguez's Machete feature, though, Roth is planning on taking the trailer concept in a different direction. Trailer Trash is set to be a feature-length series of fake trailers. Roth told Bloody-Disgusting.com, "Trailer Trash is not a horror film, it's a comedy. It will be very R-rated and completely insane, and I'm producing it with Mike Fleiss (who I did both Hostel films with), and writing it with my friends Jeff Rendell (my Thanksgiving co-writer, who also played The Pilgrim), Noah Belson (my co-creator on The Rotten Fruit) and my brother Gabe, who's collaborated with me on everything I've ever done.
"I want to make a film like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which I consider to be the greatest achievement in the history of cinema. The best part is I get to shoot some new Thanksgiving scenes, as well as other holiday slasher films I've always dreamed of making but never would because they'd completely ruin me. I can't wait to shoot!"
Sounds pretty neat, even if it's hard to imagine anyone watching it outside of the small niche who attended his and buddy Quentin Tarantino's film earlier this year. Trailer Trash is being made by MGM and should be out August 22, 2008.
Related links:
Paste's review of Grindhouse
Eli Roth on IMDB
Bloody-Disgusting.com
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