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June 18th, 2013: The Evictors

Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Crime, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Period Film, Thriller Tagged Bill Thurman, Charles B. Pierce, cops, Dennis Fimple, double cross, Drive-In, dysfunctional family, home buying, homefront, house with a history, insanity, it's not over, Jessica Harper, location shooting, Louisiana, low-budget, Magic Black Person, massacre, Michael Parks, new home, prohibition, real estate agent, twist, unfriendly locals, Vic Morrow, World War Two

June 14th, 2013: The Brides of Dracula (1960)

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Leave a comment Posted in Dracula, Horror, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Vampires Tagged "no room at the inn", abusive mother, Anthony Hinds, Baron, Baroness, Britain, coach, creative crosses, Germany, girls' school, graveyard, holy water, inn, Jimmy Sangster, matricide, Michael Carreras, Michael Ripper, mother, mother-son relationship, Peter Cushing, sexy vampires, superstition, teachers, Terence Fisher, unfriendly locals, vampire hunter, Van Helsing, Yvonne Monlaur

May 29th, 2013: Shriek of the Mutilated

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Leave a comment Posted in Cults, Horror, Independent, Monster, Movie of the Day Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", "New York", alcoholic, Bigfoot, cannibalism, college students, Drive-In, electric knife, electrocution, goofy monster suit, graduate student, grindhouse, husband and wife team, insanity, island, it's not over, low-budget, Michael Findlay, Roberta Findlay, Sasquatch, traps, twist, Yeti

May 27th, 2013: Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Degenerate Hillbillies, Horror, Independent, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Slapstick, Slasher, Spoof Tagged "spam in a cabin", Alan Tudyk, cabin, Canada, chainsaw, college students, gas station, homage, insanity, it's not over, Memorial Day, oversexed college students, rednecks, town vs. rednecks, twist

May 25th, 2013: Laserblast (1978)

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Horror, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Possession, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Stop Motion Animation Tagged alien possession, alien weapon, cash-in, Charles Band, Drive-In, Eddie Deezen, Keenan Wynn, low-budget, Richard Band, rip-off, Roddy McDowall, Ron Masak, teens, the declining years

May 24th, 2013: I Bury the Living (1958)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Thriller Tagged "are they mad or...", Albert Band, before they were famous, board, board member, cemetery, Drive-In, insanity, Louis Garfinkle, low-budget, map, retirement, Richard Boone, superstition

May 20th, 2013: The House that Dripped Blood

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Leave a comment Posted in Anthology, Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Spoof, Vampires, Wax Museum, Witches Tagged abandoned house, Amicus, Britain, Christopher Lee, cops, cursed objects, Denholm Elliott, father-daugther relationship, film within a film, filmmaking, Ingrid Pitt, it's not over, Joanna Lumley, Jon Pertwee, Joss Ackland, low-budget, overbearing father, Peter Cushing, Scotland Yard, twist, writer

May 15th, 2013: Blood Feast (1963)

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2 Comments Posted in Cults, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Serial Killer, Slasher, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, Thriller Tagged beach, caterer, Connie Mason, cops, David F. Friedman, Drive-In, dump truck, Egyptians, feast, gore, grindhouse, H.G. Lewis, incompetent cops, Ishtar, Miami, Playboy bunnies turned actresses, plot specific radio, serial killer

May 6th, 2013: Return to Glennascaul

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on an Urban Legend, Black and White, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Short Tagged abandoned house, Best Short Subject Nominee, Dublin, ghost story, haunted house, hitchhiking, Ireland, Orson Welles

May 3rd, 2013: Dracula aka The Horror of Dracula (1958)

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Dracula, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, Vampires Tagged Anthony Hinds, before they were famous, Bram Stoker, Britain, Christopher Lee, freely adapted, Hammer, Jimmy Sangster, Michael Carreras, Michael Gough, Peter Cushing, sunlight kills, Switzerland, Terrence Fisher, vampire hunter

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