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April 1st, 2013: April Fool’s Day (1986)

2 Comments Posted in Comedy, Holiday, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged Amy Steel, Charles Bernstein, Clayton Rohner, college students, Danilo Bach, Deborah Foreman, ferry, Frank Mancuso Jr., Fred Walton, island, it's not over, jack-in-the-box, Ken Olandt, low-budget, Paramount Pictures, party, prank gone awry, pranks, spoiled rich kids, Thomas F. Wilson

5 Dolls for an August Moon aka Island of Terror

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Leave a comment Posted in Giallo, Mystery, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged chemical formula, chemist, double cross, Drive-In, freezer, grindhouse, inventors, island, isolation, it's not over, Italy, low-budget, MacGuffin, Mario Bava, murder, private island, rip-off, scientists, teens, twist, William Berger

January 3rd, 2013: Premature Burial

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Nightmares, Period Film, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged AIP, Alan Napier, buried alive, cash-in, Charles Beaumont, Dick Miller, double cross, Drive-In, Edgar Allan Poe, Gene Corman, Hazel Court, insanity, low-budget, Ray Milland, rip-off, Roger Corman, the declining years

November 13th, 2012: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged adultery, Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, Canal+, Christmas Party, Ciaran Hinds, Cold War, Colin Firth, double agent, double cross, Gary Oldman, John Hurt, John Le Carre, Mark Strong, MI6, party, Soviet Union, Soviets, Stephen Graham, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, Working Title Films

September 15th, 2012: Death on the Nile (1978)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Sequel, Whodunnit Tagged "A Galaxy of Stars", Agatha Christie, Angela Lansbury, Best Costume Design, Bette Davis, boat, Britain, David Niven, Egypt, EMI Films, George Kennedy, Harry Andrews, Jack Warden, Jane Birkin, John Guillermin, Maggie Smith, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, Peter Ustinov, Sam Wanamaker, Simon MacCorkindale, steamboat, twist

August 29th, 2012: Profondo Rosso aka Deep Red aka The Hatchet Murders (1975)

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Leave a comment Posted in Giallo, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged Claudio Argento, creepy children's music, Daria Nicolodi, Dario Argento, David Hemmings, feral child, flashback, Goblin, grindhouse, insanity, Italy, past event drives plot, psychic, rip-off, Rizzoli Film, traumatized children, twist

July 7th, 2012: Without a Clue (1988)

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Slapstick, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged Alan Hume, alcoholic, Ben Kingsley, Britain, Henry Mancini, ITC, Jeffrey Jones, London, Michael Caine, Paul Freeman, Peter Cook, Sherlock Holmes, Thom Eberhardt

June 23rd, 2012: Murder by Death (1976)

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged Alec Guinness, Asian Face, before they were famous, Columbia Pictures, David Niven, double cross, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, ethnic stereotype, James Coco, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Neil Simon, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, racism, Truman Capote

June 18th, 2012: Up! (1976)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adult, Camp, Comedy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Softcore, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged cops, corrupt cops, grindhouse, Kitten Navidad, low-budget, Nazis, piranha, rape, Raven De La Croix, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyers, S+M, sadist, truckers, undercover, whip

March 29th, 2012: The Beast Must Die (1974)

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Short Story(ies), Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller, Werewolves, Whodunnit Tagged Amicus, Britain, British Lion Film Corporation, Calvin Lockhart, Charles Gray, country estate, dog as wolf, Drive-In, gimmick, hunters, it's not over, James Blish, low-budget, Michael Gambon, most dangerous game, Peter Cushing, twist

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