The Rabbit Hole
The joys of technology: people can communicate instantly with loved ones across the world, information can be exchanged at the speed of light, and any idiot in his basement can take a video, bastardize and upload it to youtube for the world to see.
Luckily, there are some people who use this technology for good, and create clever and often humorous videos. Some of the most ingenious are the trailer remixes.
Basically someone takes a movie, edits the footage, dialogue, slaps on a little music, and then can completely change the movie’s plot or genre. Sometimes they’re crap, sometimes they’re okay, and sometimes they’re absolutely brilliant.
Here are the five best trailer remixes:
One of the essential, classic rom coms, what if it were a thriller with an obsessed Meg Ryan stalking the lovable Tom Hanks? This trailer dares to wonder…
Now what would happen if something did the opposite: took a scary film and turned it into a tear-jerker? Then you’d end up with a heartwarming version of The Ring.
Using the Back to the Future films, this trailer teases the touching story of a forbidden love that crosses decades.
(I promised myself I would only feature one Brokeback Mountain parody on this list, but I just have to link to Star Wars: The Empire Brokeback–the story of forbidden love between two droids, R2-D2 & 3-CPO.)
Did you ever wonder what the Charlton Heston Classic The 10 Commandments would be like if it were a teen comedy? I didn’t either, but I’m glad someone did. This remix is absolutely brilliant!
This is hands down, the best movie trailer remix I have ever seen. I have only ever seen The Shining once, and it was so disturbing that I will never watch it again. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be possible for The Shining to be a feel good movie. This video proves that anything is possible.