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March 19th, 2013: House of Wax (1953)

Mar19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Camp, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Wax Museum Tagged Andre De Toth, before they were famous, burn victim, burning, Can Can dancers, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson, cult, fire, gimmick, insanity, juggler, mad artist, musical interlude, mutes, sculptor, Vincent Price, Warner Brothers, wax figure, wax museum

April 10th, 2012: The Crazies (1973)

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Leave a comment Posted in Disaster, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged "too expensive to show", allegory, biological warfare, burning, Drive-In, fire, firefighters, George A. Romero, grindhouse, helicopter, high school, incest, insanity, it's not over, low-budget, Lynn Lowry, murder, National Guard, nurse, Pennsylvania, priest, pyromaniac, quarantine, rape, scientists, self immolation, small town, spineless bureacrats, suicide, town doctor, tragedy of errors, veteran, Vietnam allegory, Vietnam veterans

April 5th, 2012: It Conquered the World

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Leave a comment Posted in So-Bad-It's-Good, Sci-Fi, Black and White, The Original, Aliens, Movie of the Day, War with Aliens Tagged Roger Corman, rip-off, cash-in, low-budget, burning, bad special effects, Dick Miller, scientists, Cold War, AIP, Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef, Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, Charles B. Griffith, Beverly Garland, goofy monster suit, alien ultimatum, allegory, Sally Fraser, Jonathan Haze, Lou Rusoff, Venus, mind control, aliens as Communism allegory, cave, "hell hath no fury"

December 1st, 2011: Mystery of the Wax Museum

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Body Snatchers, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, The Original, Wax Museum Tagged before they were famous, burn victim, burning, Fay Wray, Hal B. Wallis, lady reporter, Lionel Atwill, mask, Michael Curtiz, morgue, New York City, reporter, The Vitaphone Corporation, Two Color Technicolor, Warner Brothers, wax figure, wax museum

October 7th, 2011: Masque of the Red Death (1964)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Cults, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Revenge Tagged AIP, Britain, burning, Charles Beaumont, corruption, Drive-In, dual role, Edgar Allan Poe, Hazel Court, Italy, James H. Nicholson, Little People, low-budget, masquerade, Nicholas Roeg, Patrick Magee, plague, Red Death, reused sets, Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, satanism, secret identity, Skip Martin, twist, Vincent Price

May 4th, 2011: The Class of 1984

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Leave a comment Posted in Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Thriller Tagged alcoholic, Alice Cooper, before they were famous, burning, children of famous people, grindhouse, high school, hostage situation, Lalo Schifrin, low-budget, Mark L. Lester, Michael J. Fox, Perry King, punks, rape, Roddy McDowall, street gang, teachers, teens, Timothy Van Patten, Tom Holland

May 2nd, 2011: The Bad Seed (1956)

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2 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Based on a Play, Black and White, Horror, Killer Kids, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Women's Picture Tagged alcoholic, Best Actress Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, burning, children of famous people, Henry Jones, Meryvn LeRoy, Patty McCormack, Paul Fix, Warner Brothers

The Bad Seed (1956)

Jul12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Play, Black and White, Full Reviews, Horror, Killer Kids, Reviews, The Original, Thriller Tagged Best Actress Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, burning, children of famous people, Henry Jones, Meryvn LeRoy, Patty McCormack, Paul Fix, Warner Brothers

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