i sent out an e-mail with the first three of these a few months back to my friends. since then i have found a couple more. the shining is the best of them all by far, but the others are entertaining as well. says a lot about the way trailers work, no?

• the shining as a romantic comedy
• west side story as a zombie/horror movie
• titanic as a horror movie
• big as a thriller about child molestation(*)
• a christmas story as a horror movie

the reason i believe the shining to be the best is that it uses the most genuinely creepy parts of the movie in such a way that creates a great dissonance with the new editing and music. if you've seen the movie, that is. the others could accomplished with any movie, and this lessens their impact.

*this file is unfortunately hosted at ebaumsworld, a site which is generally not safe for work and which many companies block their employees from accessing. i am trying to find another site with the file. the trailer also has the 'f' word in it, i think.