The VHS of this one always jumped out at me from the video store shelf, but since it was rated R, I was never allowed to rent it. When I finally caught up with it, I think in college, it wasn’t nearly as special as the box art had suggested, but that’s a tale as old as time.

This 16mm trailer has seen better days - god knows how many grindhouse projectors it got run through, how many leaky cardboard boxes got stacked on top of it in how many basements - but it’s got a little of that same spark that made the video box pop as hard as it did.

TIMEFIGHT (1979)
Trailer by Gradet Bootleg / The Hatbeard Co.
Written & Directed by Chris Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas
Cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema
Edited by Jennifer Lame
Mr. Washington’s Wardrobe: Kurland’s of Hollywood
Music (Feature) by Ludwig Göransson
Music (Trailer): John Carpenter / Barry DeVorzon