The League of Dead Films

Bringing dead films back to life one review at a time

Home
Movie of the Day
Welcome to The League
Who is Professor Mortis?

Category Archives: Juvenile Delinquent

June 15th, 2013: Teenagers From Outer Space

Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Black and White, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, War with Aliens Tagged adults playing teens, bad rear projection, bad special effects, cash-in, Drive-In, JD, lobster, low-budget, quotably bad dialogue, teens, Warner Brothers

May 25th, 2013: Laserblast (1978)

May25 by professormortis

Continue reading →

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

December 3rd, 2012: Breathless (1960)

Dec3 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, New Wave, Romance, Spoof, The Original, Tragedy Tagged before they were famous, car thief, double cross, femme fatale, Francois Truffaut, hand held camera, homage, Jean Luc Godard, Jean Serberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville, jump cuts, low-budget, motorcycle cop, murder, New Wave, newspaper, Paris, press conference

April 25th, 2012: Psychomania aka The Death Wheelers

Apr25 by professormortis

Continue reading →

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

March 7th, 2012: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Mar7 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Crime, Dark Future, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Sci-Fi Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, brain washing, Britain, cops, corrupt cops, David Prowse, double cross, futures past, it's not over, Malcolm McDowell, Nazis, Patrick Magee, political group, priest, prison, rape, scientists, Stanley Kubrick, street gang, Warner Brothers

February 26th, 2012: Kenka Erejî aka The Fighting Elegy aka The Born Fighter

Feb26 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Satire Tagged adults playing teens, boarding house, Catholic, coup, Facism, February 26th Incident, Hideki Takahashi, Japan, militarists, Nikkatsu, Seijun Suzuki, street gang, teens, World War Two

December 30th, 2011: West Side Story (1961)

Dec30 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Coming of Age, Drama, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, Tragedy Tagged Arthur Laurents, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, double cross, Jerome Robbins, John Astin, Leonard Bernstein, Natalie Wood, New York City, Rita Moreno, Robert Wise, Russ Tamblyn, Seven Arts Productions, Simon Oakland, street gang, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists, William Shakespeare

December 27th, 2011: Touch of Evil

Dec27 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Cops, Crime, Film Noir, Hostage Situation, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Thriller, Uninvited Guests Tagged Akim Tamiroff, before they were famous, bombing, cameos, Charlton Heston, corrupt cops, corruption, Dennis Weaver, double cross, drug dealers, drugged, drugs, fortune teller, frame up, Henry Mancini, Janet Leigh, Joseph Cotton, Keenan Wynn, kidnapping, low-budget, Marlene Dietrich, Mercedes McCambridge, Mexico, motel, National Film Registry, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, The Border, Universal International Pictures, Zsa Zsa Gabor

December 2nd, 2011: Suburbia (1983)

Dec2 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Music Tagged abusive father, before they were famous, child abuse, child death, child molestor, cops, Drive-In, feral child, Flea, grindhouse, live performance, low-budget, New World Pictures, Penelope Spheeris, punks, Roger Corman, squatters, suburbia, teens, traumatized children

August 9th, 2011: Once Were Warriors

Aug9 by professormortis

Continue reading →

3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Addicition, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Drama, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day Tagged abusive relationship, alcoholic, bar fight, Cliff Curtis, domestic violence, Lee Tamahori, low-budget, Maori, New Zealand, New Zealand Film Commission, poverty, racists, rape, street gang, Temuera Morrison

← Older posts

A Few Things About Us

Welcome to The League
Movie of the Day
Who is Professor Mortis?

"Based on a True Story" "Foreign Film" Action Adaptation Adventure Arthouse Based on a Book Black and White Comedy Crime Drama Event Film Fantasy Full Reviews Horror Independent Monster Movie of the Day Mystery Period Film Remake Reviews Romance Sci-Fi Slapstick So-Bad-It's-Good Spoof The Original Thriller War Movies

League Communiques

RT @CulturalGutter: At The Gutter: Xanadu as postmodern mash-up: theculturalgutter.com/guest_star/xan… 13 hours ago

Follow @DeadFilmsLeague

David Cole
professormortis

Subscribe to the League

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 554 other followers

Blog at WordPress.com. | Theme: Quintus by Automattic.

Follow “The League of Dead Films”

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 554 other followers