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January 20th, 2013: Anaconda (1997)

Jan20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Animals Attack, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Kaiju, Monster, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Amazon, anaconda, before they were famous, boat, Columbia, Danny Trejo, documentary film crew, Eric Stoltz, filmmaking, Frank Welker, Ice Cube, Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Kari Wuhrer, National Geographic, Owen Wilson, rip-off, snakes

August 25th, 2012: Alligator (1980)

Aug25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daugther relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

August 2nd, 2012: Bride of the Gorilla (1951)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Black and White, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Movie of the Day, Mystery, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "it's all in their heads-or is it?", before they were famous, curse, Curt Siodmak, Drive-In, femme fatale, gorilla suit, gorillas, insanity, it's only a dream, jungle, Lon Chaney Jr., low-budget, natives, older man, plantation, Raymond Burr, stock footage, the declining years, twist, witch, Woody Strode

Alligator (1980)

Jul25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Full Reviews, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster, Reviews Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daugther relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

January 19th, 2012: Bloodlust! (1961)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged alcoholic, before they were famous, crazed veteran, crossbow, Drive-In, henchman, hunters, insanity, island, low-budget, mastermind, most dangerous game, rip-off, Robert Reed, sniper, teens, uncharted island, veteran, World War Two Veterans

October 14th, 2011: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Adventure, Black and White, Great White Hunter, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged Amazon, Ben Champan, boat, Drive-In, fossil, gillman, greed, Hans J. Salter, Henry Mancini, interspecies lust, Jack Arnold, Julie Adams, living fossil, marine biologists, paleontologists, Perry Lopez, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning, Ricou Browning, river, scientists, Universal International Pictures, Universal Pictures, Whit Bissell, William Alland

June 13th, 2011: Mighty Joe Young (1949)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Black and White, Event Film, Family, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation, The Original Tagged Africa, Argosy Pictures, Ben Johnson, Best Effects-Best Special Effects, cowboys, Ernest B. Schoedsack, fire, gorillas, John Ford, Merian C. Cooper, musical interlude, night club, RKO, Robert Armstrong, Ruth Rose, Willis O'Brien

The White Buffalo

Aug12 by professormortis

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5 Comments Posted in Period Film, Western, Adventure, Great White Hunter, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Full Reviews, Reviews Tagged rip-off, cash-in, United Artists, Slim Pickens, Dino De Laurentiis, Ed Lauter, Charles Bronson, Will Sampson, Clint Walker, Jack Warden, John Carradine, J. Lee Thompson, John Barry, has beens

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