Class Trailer Review

Name of film: Toxic Avenger     

Year Released: 1985

Genre of trailer: Horror

Mark after reviewing: 2/10

What happened in the trailer?

In the trailer a small weedy guy called Melvin who works at a gym as a janitor is being bullied by all the people at the gym and when he receives a humiliating prank from one of the muscular gym guys he jumps out the window and unfortunately falls into a toxic waste truck which transforms Melvin into a pumped up muscular monster who turns into a hero and saves innocent people from getting hurt by the jackass gym dudes.

Which positive, clever or interesting aspects do you think you could include in your own trailer? What generic features are fulfilled well?

·         Considering it was a low budget horror there were some decent scenes.

Which aspects of the trailer did you think were unsuccessful, and would put off its target audience? How is it disappointing?

·         The trailer was too long and dragged on

·         It was too humorous

·         Too many puns that it was annoying

·         They say “Toxic Avenger” too much.

·         Not enough horror

What was the trailer’s average score? Why did it receive that mark?

3.5- Not enough horror and the trailer was too annoying.