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Films that were made without studio backing.

May 29th, 2012: Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)

2 Comments Posted in Event Film, Family, Giant Apes, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "Skippy the Wonder Dog", Canada, cash-in, dogs, double cross, Drive-In, frozen in ice, Gianfranco Parolini, industrial espionage, industrialist, Italy, Newfoundland, rip-off, scientists, suspended animation, teens, Toronto, Yeti

May 27th, 2012: Q: The Winged Serpent

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Heist, Cops, Horror, Black Comedy, Kaiju, Cults, Monster, Movie of the Day, Independent, Stop Motion Animation, Addicition, Satire Tagged musical interlude, low-budget, it's not over, New York City, drug addict, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Larry Cohen, David Carradine, Richard Rountree, Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, Arkoff International, Larco Productions, Chrysler Building, nest, SWAT, ex-con, diamonds, Aztecs, gods, museum

May 26th, 2012: Stagecoach (1939)

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Drama, Western, Cavalry, Black and White, Event Film, The Original, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Chase, Independent Tagged "Native American Face", alcoholic, Andy Devine, before they were famous, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Claire Trevor, Confederate War Veteran, doctor, Donald Meek, fallen woman, falsely accused, John Carradine, John Ford, John Wayne, on the lam, prisoner, showdown, Southern gentleman, stagecoach, The Border, Thomas Mitchell, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, U.S. Cavalry, United Artists, Walter Wanger Productions, Yakima Canutt

May 22nd, 2012: Z (1969)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Political Thriller, Thriller Tagged assassination, assassination attempt, Best Actor (Cannes), Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Picture Nominee, car accident, car attack, coma, conspiracy, Costa-Gravas, coup, doctor, France, Greece, hospital, informer, Irene Pappas, it's not over, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, journalist, Jury Prize (Cannes), Palme D'Or Nominee, paramilitary group, political group, politician, reluctant witness, surgery, Yves Montand

May 18th, 2012: House on Haunted Hill (1959)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", acid, Allied Artists, bickering married couple, Carol Ohmart, dinner party, doctor, double cross, Drive-In, Elisha Cook Jr., Emergo, gimmick, gossip columnist, matinee, party, pilot, secretary, skeleton, Vincent Price, William Castle, William Castle Productions

May 13th, 2012: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cults, Demons, Drama, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged apartment, Charles Grodin, creepy neighbors, D'Urville Martin, deal with the devil, demon, doctor, Elisha Cook Jr., Ira Levin, John Cassavetes, Maurice Evans, Mia Farrow, new home, old men, pregnancy, Ralph Bellamy, Roman Polanski, Ruth Gordon, Satan, satanism, Victoria Vetri, William Castle, William Castle Productions

April 26th, 2012: Titus (1999)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Play, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Political Thriller, Revenge, Tragedy Tagged Alan Cumming, Angus Macfadyen, Anthony Hopkins, Best Costume Design Nominee, Britain, cannibalism, Colm Feore, double cross, Goths, Harry Lennix, insanity, Italy, Jessica Lange, Julie Taymor, Queen, rape, Rome, William Shakespeare

April 25th, 2012: Psychomania aka The Death Wheelers

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Cults, Horror, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Uncategorized Tagged black magic, Britain, butler, cash-in, double cross, Drive-In, George Sanders, immortality, it's not over, low-budget, mother, mother-son relationship, motorcycle gang, Stonehenge, suicide, the declining years, toad, twist, undead

April 23rd, 2012: Pale Rider (1985)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Period Film, Western, Coming of Age, Remake, Ghost, Movie of the Day, Independent Tagged miners, Clint Eastwood, The Malpaso Company, giant, Chris Penn, small town, Richard Dysart, mine, evil businessman, Michael Moriarty, showdown, John Russell, gunfighter, Billy Drago, Carrie Snodgress, Richard Kiel, gold panners, town vs. rednecks, preacher, stealth remake

April 19th, 2012: The Holy Mountain (1973)

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4 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black Comedy, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged Alejandro Jodorowsky, allegory, art, artists, enlightenment, gore, guru, head film, Mexico, mountain climbing, mountains, mystics, reinvention, spirtual journey, surreal

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