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May 6th, 2013: Return to Glennascaul

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

April 21st, 2013: The Fog (1980)

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Leave a comment Posted in From Beyond the Grave, Ghost, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, The Original Tagged "We Can't Close the Beaches!", Adrienne Barbeau, alcoholic, annoying children, baby sitters, centenary, Charles Cyphers, children of famous people, cursed town, Darwin Joston, Dean Cundey, DJ, double cross, Drive-In, fishermen, George "Buck" Flower, ghost story, grindhouse, Hal Holbrook, hitchhiking, it's not over, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, low-budget, Nancy Kyes, ocean, priest, Rob Bottin, Tom Atkins, weatherman

April 4th, 2013: The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Cults, Degenerate Hillbillies, Ghost, Horror, Killer Dolls, Killer Kids, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Satire, Slasher, Spoof, Stoner, Werewolves, Zombies Tagged "spam in a cabin", Amy Acker, archetypes, Bradley Whitford, cabin, children of famous people, Chris Hemsworth, college students, cult leader, cultists, Drew Goddard, drugs, Final Couple, final girl, homage, it's not over, Joss Whedon, mind control, paramilitary group, rednecks, Richard Jenkins, sacrifice, scientists, Sigourney Weaver, stoners, twist

March 25th, 2013: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Computer Animation, Epic, Event Film, Fantasy, Ghost, Last Stand, Monster, Movie of the Day, Remake, Road Trip, Sequel, Sword and Sorcery, War Movies Tagged Andy Serkis, Annie Lenox, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup, Best Original Song, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Billy Boyd, Bob Weinstein, Brad Dourif, Bruce Spence, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, curse, cursed objects, Dominic Monaghan, dwarves, Elijah Wood, elves, Fran Walsh, Harvey Weinstein, Hobbits, Howard Shore, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, insanity, John Rhys-Davies, JRR Tolkien, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Lord of the Rings, mastermind, Miranda Otto, New Line Cinema, New Zealand, orcs, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, prophecy, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, self immolation, sorcerer, under siege, Viggo Mortensen, Wing-Nut Productions, wizards

March 23rd, 2013: Candyman (1992)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Ghost, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, The Original Tagged adultery, anthropologist, Chicago, Clive Barker, graduate student, hook hand, housing project, Philip Glass, Ted Raimi, urban legend, Vanessa Williams, Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley

January 1st, 2013: Kwaidan aka Kaidan (1964)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Anthology, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Fantasy, From Beyond the Grave, Ghost, Horror, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, The Original Tagged Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, blind, ghost story, Japan, Lafcadio Hearn, Masaki Kobayashi, meta, monks, musicians, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, vengeful ghost

October 28th, 2012: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Family, Ghost, Holiday, Horror, Movie of the Day, Musical, Remake, Short Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", Bing Crosby, Disney, farmer, farmers, ghost story, manipulative woman, RKO, teachers, Walt Disney, Washington Irving

October 21st, 2012: The Haunting (1963)

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, The Original Tagged Britain, Claire Bloom, haunted house, inheritance, Julie Harris, Lois Maxwell, MGM, psychic, Richard Johnson, Robert Wise, Russ Tamblyn, scientists

October 3rd, 2012: The Legend of Hell House (1973)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House Tagged "Spend One Night in This Haunted House", 20th Century Fox, Alan Hume, Britain, ghost hunters, haunted house, parapsychologist, psychic, Richard Matheson, Roddy McDowall, scientists, seance

October 2nd, 2012: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)

Oct2 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Comic Strip, Ghost, Holiday, Killer Plants, Made for TV, Movie of the Day Tagged Ann Altieri, Bill Melendez, Charles M. Schulz, Christopher Shea, Emmy nominee - Outstanding Children's Program, Emmy nominee - Special Classifications of Individual Achievements, Gabrielle DeFaria Ritter, Glenn Mendelson, Kathy Steinberg, Lisa DeFaria, Peter Robbins, Sally Dryer, Vince Guaraldi

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