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May 20th, 2013: The House that Dripped Blood

May20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Anthology, Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Spoof, Vampires, Wax Museum, Witches Tagged abandoned house, Amicus, Britain, Christopher Lee, cops, cursed objects, Denholm Elliott, father-daugther relationship, film within a film, filmmaking, Ingrid Pitt, it's not over, Joanna Lumley, Jon Pertwee, Joss Ackland, low-budget, overbearing father, Peter Cushing, Scotland Yard, twist, writer

May 3rd, 2013: Dracula aka The Horror of Dracula (1958)

May3 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Dracula, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, Vampires Tagged Anthony Hinds, before they were famous, Bram Stoker, Britain, Christopher Lee, freely adapted, Hammer, Jimmy Sangster, Michael Carreras, Michael Gough, Peter Cushing, sunlight kills, Switzerland, Terrence Fisher, vampire hunter

April 29th, 2013: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Apr29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Comedy, Drama, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged arranged marriage, before they were famous, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Britain, Channel Four Films, class issues, Daniel Day-Lewis, immigrants, laundromat, mistress, Pakistanis, poverty, racism, racists, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Shirley Anne Field, Stephen Frears, Stephen Marcus, Working Title Films

March 30th, 2013: Frankenstein Created Woman

Mar30 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in From Beyond the Grave, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Sequel Tagged Anthony Hinds, aristocracy, bar, bartender, Britain, Drive-In, fops, guillotine, Hammer, hunchback, mad scientist, Peter Cushing, reanimation, revenge, scientists, soul, Terence Fisher

March 15th, 2013: Theater of Blood

Mar15 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Black Comedy, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge Tagged Britain, cash-in, Diana Dors, diana rigg, Douglas Hickox, Drive-In, Jack Hawkins, low-budget, Milo O'Shea, rip-off, Robert Morley, Stanley Mann, theme murders, United Artists, Vincent Price

March 11th, 2013: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Mar11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Horror, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Anthony Hinds, Britain, Christopher Lee, Drive-In, Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster, grave robbing, graveyard, Hammer, Hazel Court, Jimmy Sangster, mad scientist, mad surgeon, Mary Shelley, Michael Carreras, Peter Cushing, reanimation, scientists, Terence Fisher

February 23rd, 2013: Island of Terror (1966)

Feb23 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Horror, Independent, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Britain, Drive-In, Ireland, low-budget, Niall MacGinnis, Peter Cushing, scientists, Terence Fisher

February 5th, 2013: Tight Little Island aka Whiskey Galore

Feb5 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Comedy, Homefront, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged alcoholic, Britain, comedic alcoholic, Ealing Studios, Home Guard, Scotland, shipwrecks, whiskey, World War Two

January 23rd, 2013: Zulu

Jan23 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies Tagged Britain, Jack Hawkins, Michael Caine, Patrick Magee, Stanley Baker, Zulu War

January 16th, 2013: Escape from New York (1981)

Jan16 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Sci-Fi, Dark Future, The Original, Movie of the Day, Independent Tagged "but I get results", "New York", "You will self destruct in 24 hours", Adrienne Barbeau, Air Force One, airplane, arena, Avco Embassy Pictures, Bob Minor, bridge, Britain, Charles Cyphers, co-production, Donald Pleasence, double cross, Drive-In, Ernest Borgnine, futures past, George "Buck" Flower, glider, Harry Dean Stanton, helicopter, hostage, Isaac Hayes, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, John Diehl, Kurt Russell, land mines, low-budget, musical interlude, New York City, plane crash, President of the United States, prison, prison warden, prisoner, rescue mission, scientists, Tom Atkins, veteran, World War Three

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