We love trailers here at The Comeback. Sometimes, they’re better than the movies or TV shows they’re intended to promote. We try to cover the best of them, big and small, in our coverage during any given week. But we can’t always get to all of them in a given week, which is why we try to pool them together in a one-stop shop for movie and TV anticipation.

Most of the past week’s trailers were of the smaller variety. No big blockbusters, unless you put It in that category. Everything seems just a bit dark. Maybe we’re thinking about the end of summer. Or maybe that’s going to be a prevailing tone among many of the movies we see this fall. Movies are looking to scare us, make us think and feel, and maybe compel us to wonder what exactly we’re watching. We’ve got horror, science fiction, absurdist comedy and character drama among this week’s crop. No popcorn flicks here.

Here are the best trailers from the past seven days.

It – Sept. 8

The second trailer for It gives us a little bit more of Pennywise, and we also hear his voice for the first time. With a higher pitch to that voice, Bill Skarsgård makes the demonic clown just that much creepier. Above all, this new preview emphasizes one of the themes of this story, that so many in Derry, Maine had their childhoods taken away by the demon which haunts the town. And it’s been happening for years, going back generations. Some sharp-eyed fans also noticed that Tim Curry’s version of Pennywise, from the ABC miniseries version of It, makes an appearance in this trailer. Did you see him?

Brad’s Status – Sept. 15

A story about a man wondering what he’s really accomplished as he looks back at his college days sounds like it would have been a great Tom Perrotta novel, but Mike White (School of Rock) got there first. Ben Stiller seems like a good choice to play someone experiencing a midlife crisis as he takes his son on college tours, forcing him to think about what he thought he’d become when he was in academia. Based on this trailer, Brad’s more successful college buddies all seem like cliches, but maybe that will play out better in the full film. I can only imagine this is going to be painful for some people to watch, maybe hitting a bit too close to home.

Marjorie Prime – Aug. 18

Jon Hamm is making some intriguing choices in his post-Mad Men days, whether it’s the secret agent in Keeping Up with the Joneses, a bank robber in Baby Driver and now, a computer program (hologram?) in Marjorie Prime. This movie drew some buzz at the Sundance Film Festival for its science-fiction, Black Mirror-esque take on growing old and staying connected with the people we love most. Hamm plays Walter, or a computer simulation of Marjorie’s (Lois Smith) long-lost husband. Does such a program allow Marjorie to live out her days happily, with some version of her husband with her? Or is it an unreal, revisionist way of recalling the past?

Suburbicon – Oct. 27

George Clooney has had an inconsistent career as a director, with quirky comedies like Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Leatherheads and attempts at more dramatic fare such as The Ides of March. He’s leaning back toward quirky with Suburbicon, but pairing with the Coen brothers — who wrote the script — should give him more solid footing in that territory. The bright, clean portrait of 1950s suburbia certainly seems spot-on, but it quickly gets darker and murkier as Matt Damon’s character becomes mixed up with a criminal element. The shot of Damon fleeing a crime scene on a tricycle is sure to be a lasting image.

My Friend Dahmer – TBD

Based on the 2002 autobiographical graphic novel by Derk Backderf, My Friend Dahmer looks at the infamous serial killer as a teenager in the late 1970s, when he was a classmate of the author. Young Jeffrey Dahmer was a lonely kid, dealing with inner demons, a troubled household, and bullying by his classmates. But eventually, he settled into some kind of identity or role, encouraged by classmates to act out in strange ways. However, he also had some unusual interests that he kept secret from those who knew him. Is this an attempt to explain Dahmer? Was he destined to turn into what he became or could that have been prevented?

Detroit – Aug. 4

This final trailer for Detroit is a bit of a late arrival, since the movie is opening in theaters this weekend. But what could be sort of a tough sell to late summer audiences might need all the promotion it can get. The tone of this preview is jolting, going from a colorful, nostalgic view of Detroit in 1967 to a darker, more threatening account when police raid the Algiers Motel after hearing gunshots, an incident that fueled riots in the city. The scenes with John Boyega being questioned by police and Anthony Mackie being threatened by an unhinged officer are particularly chilling. Detroit is drawing some awards buzz, and we’ll all get a chance to see it beginning Friday (or Thursday night).

Flatliners – Sept. 29

Unlike the first trailer for the Flatliners remake, this new preview jumps right into the premise of briefly dying to experience the afterlife without much build-up or explanation. Appealing to nostalgia probably wasn’t the right way to go, since the 1990 film has its fans, but wasn’t a huge hit. The horror elements of the story are played up much more in this trailer, with the main characters being stalked and pursued by whatever they brought back with them from the afterlife. Or is this something in their heads, hallucinations brought on by flirting with death? Probably not.

LBJ – Nov. 8

With Wilson, War for the Planet of the Apes and The Glass Castle, Woody Harrelson was already having one hell of year. But playing Lyndon B. Johnson in an upcoming biopic may be the final, definitive punctuation on what could arguably be a career renaissance. (Except Harrelson hasn’t exactly disappeared, especially over the past 10 years.) Behind some prosthetics, make-up and perhaps some added weight, Harrelson is a convincing LBJ, one of history’s most intriguing presidents. Thrust into the chief executive role after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Johnson attempts to carry out the administration’s agenda facing opposition from his fellow Southern politicians and within the White House itself.

LBJ could also be a career revival for director Rob Reiner, who hasn’t made a movie of any real significance in the past 20 years, going back to 1995’s The American President. In watching the trailer, it’s worth asking if viewers will feel like they’ve seen a lot of this story before, whether in portrayals of the JFK presidency (most recently in last year’s Jackie) or LBJ’s involvement with the Civil Rights Act and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 2014’s Selma. Can LBJ provide something new?

The Vault – Sept. 1

The Vault looks like it could be the opposite end of the spectrum from Baby Driver. One story followed the excitement, glamour and drama associated with a life of crime, making a living from robbing banks in well-planned heists. But what about the people in those banks, especially those work at the institutions being robbed? James Franco plays the mustached bank manager whose branch is being robbed. Yet the vault below the building apparently holds more than money behind its locked steel door.

A horror take on a heist movie is certainly intriguing. The trailer also seems to imply that some of the bank staff knows what’s down in that vault. Or has Franco’s bank manager used the “that’s where the real money is” line to entice several people to check out what’s in the basement? Franco as a villain would be fun.

About Ian Casselberry

Ian is a writer, editor, and podcaster. You can find his work at Awful Announcing and The Comeback. He's written for Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, MLive, Bleacher Report, and SB Nation.