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May 24th, 2013: I Bury the Living (1958)

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 "are they mad or...", Albert Band, before they were famous, board, board member, cemetery, Drive-In, insanity, Louis Garfinkle, low-budget, map, retirement, Richard Boone, superstition

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

March 28th, 2013: Pan’s Labyrinth

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1 Comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Coming of Age, Drama, Fantasy, Guerrillas, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, War Movies Tagged Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, co-production, Doug Jones, dream worlds, evil stepfather, fairy, fairy tale, faun, Guillermo Del Toro, labyrinth, Mexico, pregnancy, Spain, Spanish Civil War, stepfather, tyrannical officer

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

March 8th, 2013: The Honeymoon Killers

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

Ministry of Vengeance

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Espionage, Full Reviews, Independent, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged "I'm Done Fighting", airport, attempted rape, cash-in, child death, Concorde Pictures, double cross, flashback, George Kennedy, hard ass seargant, hostage, Italy, James Tolkan, John Schneider, last stand, Lebanon, low-budget, Middle East, military training, minister, Ned Beatty, post traumatic stress disorder, pushed too far, Rome, terrorists, the declining years, torture, training sequence, TV actors, twist, under siege, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Yaphet Kotto

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 22nd, 2013: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, German Expressionism, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, Silent, The Original, Thriller Tagged asylum, before they were famous, carnival, Conrad Veidt, Expressionism, flashback, Germany, insanity, it's not over, nightmares, Robert Weine, sleep walker, somnabulist, twist

January 19th, 2013: The Black Cat (1934)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Cults, Horror, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House, Revenge, Thriller Tagged "This Lair is Gonna Blow!", Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Carl Laemmle Jr., designated hero, double cross, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar G. Ulmer, explosives, flayed alive, Great War, Great War veteran, incest, insanity, Jack P. Pierce, John Carradine, necrophilia, revenge, satanism, torture, torture chamber, twist, Universal Pictures, war crimes, World War One

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

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