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Category Archives: Independent

Films that were made without studio backing.

May 25th, 2013: Laserblast (1978)

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

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 12th, 2013: Saving Private Perez

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fish-Out-of-Water, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, Suicide Mission, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

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

April 21st, 2013: The Fog (1980)

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Leave a comment Posted in Mystery, Slasher, Ghost, The Original, Movie of the Day, Independent, From Beyond the Grave 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

Saving Private Perez

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Full Reviews, Gangster, Independent, Reviews, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

April 6th, 2013: The Ten (2007)

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Anthology, Comedy, Computer Animation, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Sketch, Slapstick, Stoner Tagged adultery, bad animation, bar, Bobby Cannavale, children of famous people, courtroom scene, David Wain, doctor, drugs, ex-wife, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol, incompetent doctors, Janeane Garofalo, Jason Sudeikis, jealousy, Jessica Alba, Jesus, Joe Lo Truglio, Jon Hamm, Ken Marino, Liev Schreiber, Mexico, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, murder, Oliver Platt, Paul Rudd, prison, rape, Rashida Jones, Rob Corddry, Ron Silver, talent agents, ten commandments, The State, ventriloquist, Winona Ryder

April 5th, 2013: Teenage Caveman (1958)

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Leave a comment Posted in Apocalypse, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", "it was the future all along", adults playing teens, AIP, bad special effects, before they were famous, cave, cavemen, Drive-In, futures past, it's not over, James H. Nicholson, Jonathan Haze, low-budget, Malibu Pictures, Robert Vaughn, Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, teens, terrible bear suit, twist

March 27th, 2013: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Heist, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, cops, diamond heist, diner, double cross, Edward Bunker, Harvey Keitel, Laurence Tierney, Los Angeles, Michael Madsen, Miramax, mix-tape soundtrack, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Steve Buscemi, Steven Wright, the declining years, Tim Roth, torture, undercover

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