The "Dark Movie Trailers" page was probably the most difficult page of links to keep updated. Apple.com's fabulous Trailers archive didn't quite exist yet (and even when it did, I was careful to keep backup links to good trailers at other places in case Apple ever decided to shutter their archive). Understandably, movie trailer pages took up a lot of bandwidth, so they'd shut down often. I didn't want to direct link to the Quicktime .mov files, as that would be rude, and tried to avoid linking to overly spammy, pop-up ad-laden doorway pages.
Still, the payoff was worth it, as I found so many fun horror trailers to watch and to share with you guys!
1. Alien: The Director's Cut
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A scary trailer for the 25th anniversary of the film.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/alien_25/
2. An American Haunting
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I found this trailer extremely visually interesting and well edited. Perhaps it didn't do its job, as I never went to see the movie. But that was probably due to a lack of time in a busy year. It's not often Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland stoop to doing a horror film together. Now on revisiting this trailer tonight, I might have to Netflix the film soon.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/anamericanhaunting/
3. The Corpse Bride
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Ok, I know the title of this post has the term "Bonechilling" in it, and "The Corpse Bride" is not at all spooky or scary. Nor very chilling. But I can't help it, I have to list this trailer here because it's so fun to watch. Quite unlike the movie, which I found a bit boring and disappointing. A Tim Burton fan, I still dutifully own the DVD, but I don't reach for it to rewatch it. Still, the trailer is beautiful.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/corpse_bride/
4. Dark Water
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The trailer for some reason actually creeped me out so much I didn't want to see the movie. I'm not afraid of water, so I'm not sure why I was so disturbed by this trailer. In retrospect, hearing how incredibly bad it was, I'm glad I didn't.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/dark_water/
5. The Exorcist
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This trailer, with its attempt at inducing seizures using black-and-white flashes, is actually quite surprisingly frightening. I can't believe they unleashed this on a simpler, more innocent public back in the day. Eek.
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/the-exorcist/trailer
6. The Grudge
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Great editing, a barely-seen ghost, plus a breathy voiceover from Sarah Michelle Gellar, make this trailer actually quite creepy.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/the_grudge/
7. The Haunting
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Is it the narrator's creaky, creepy voice that makes this trailer so scary? The movie was cheesy (C'mon, Catherine Zeta-Jones?) but Lili Taylor saved it for me, and the visual effects were interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2EBuaPXTJA
8. The Messengers
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Another crappy film with a nice spooky trailer. I'm always a sucker for horror trailers with weird little babies.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/themessengers/
9. The Omen
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This remake trailer made the list because of my favorite scene from the trailer: The nanny climbing up on the roof, saying "Damien, look at me Damien. It's all for you!" and then jumping off the building. Ha, ha.
http://www.spike.com/video/omen-trailer/2724397
10. Pan's Labyrinth
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The film itself won three Oscars, but I think the trailer editor should have won some awards too! Stunningly beautiful work.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/picturehouse/panslabyrinth/
11. Poltergeist
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Laugh if you need to, but this trailer really made an impression on me when I was a kid. (I was 13 when the movie came out). Carol-Anne saying "They're Heeeeeere" was of course what intrigued me and made me beg to see the film.
http://www.movie-list.com/p/poltergeist.html
12. The Ring
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This trailer did a fantastic job of getting people into the theaters. Fantastic sound editing and music.
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/the-ring/trailer
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/the-ring/trailer-b
13. The Shining
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It's all about those nasty elevator doors.
http://www.movie-list.com/s/shining.html
--Carrie Carolin
Enjoy the trailer for An American Haunting but don't bother with the actual film! (12% at Rotten Tomatoes).
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