I have always felt like I was born in the wrong time period; I’ve always had this sense of temporal displacement of self, believing that I should have been a twenty-something in the mid-to-late 70s. Nothing confirms this more than Synapse’s second volume of grindhouse coming attractions trailers, 42nd St. Forever, Vol. 2.

In the 70s, New York’s 42nd street was the place to get whatever vice you needed–from drugs and illicit sex to the best in exploitation entertainment–movies that were relegated to a dirty shoebox theater with sticky floors and stickier patrons. Man, do I wish I were sitting in that nasty theater.

In this volume, you get cult picks like: The ultra-feminist DEATH WISH gender-bender MS. .45! Maybe you’d like to catch a young Jack Nicholson as a rampaging biker in HELL'S ANGELS ON WHEELS – in “exciting” color! Why not jump in a tricked-out disco-van with the “Chooch” on VAN NUYS BLVD.? You could take down Whitey with BLACK SAMSON – teamed with his lion and walking stick, he’s “mean and clean and rules the scene”! If horror is more your speed, that foxy mama SUGAR HILL will eradicate the mob with her voodoo zombie hitmen! But sometimes, you just wanna put on leotards, strap on some wheels and get down to that funky roller-disco beat at SKATETOWN USA, featuring Scott Baio, Ruth Buzzi and a young Patrick Swayze!

Over two full hours of classic trailers – there’s guaranteed something for everyone and you don’t even need a raincoat. But feel free to bring one.