You really can’t mention mock trailers without bringing up Astron-6, the collective behind the likes of MANBORG and FATHERS’ DAY. LAZER GHOSTS 2: RETURN TO LASER COVE (2008) Dir. They’re all a good time, and are made with a face straight enough to make you realize that the man behind them genuinely loved the goofy tropes he’s exploring.ĩ.
Among the titles on his YouTube channel are shorts devoted to the Eurocrime film, the Mexican vampire flick, the Japanese giant monster film, and, of course, the low-budget sci-fi/horror of the ’50s and ’60s that translates to well to trailering.
(He also directed the low-budget monster pic ZARKORR! THE INVADER.) A couple years back, however, he took a break from working on big projects to make a series of his own shorts, trailers for fake films featuring the genres he admired the most. Deak has a large array of film credits to his name, ranging from Full Moon flicks like DEMONIC TOYS and SEEDPEOPLE to big-budget spectacles HULK, THE ISLAND and TRANSFORMERS.
We’re finally here! After a long journey involving parts one, two, three and four of our list of the Top 50 Greatest Fake Trailers Ever Made, we’re at the top ten, the cream of the crop, the best of the best, the tip of the iceberg, the fault of our stars in terms of the best fake films ever made! So let’s get to the final ten, and feel free to tell us what we missed!