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April 20th, 2013: Breaking Away (1979)

Apr20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day, Sports Tagged 20th Century Fox, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, bicycle race, blue collar, classical music, college, cycling, Daniel Stern, Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Hart Bochner, Indiana, it's not over, Jackie Earle Hayley, John Ashton, Little 500, P.J. Soles, Paul Dooley, Peter Yates, quarries, serenade, snobs vs. slobs, teens, used car salesman

September 14th, 2012: Creepshow (1982)

Sep14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Animals Attack, Anthology, Based on a Comic Book, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black Comedy, Comedy, From Beyond the Grave, Horror, Killer Plants, Monster, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Spoof, The Original, Thriller, Zombies Tagged Adrienne Barbeau, alcoholic, beach, before they were famous, Christine Forest, college, college students, comic books, doctor, Drive-In, E.C. Comics, E.G. Marshall, Ed Harris, evil businessman, father-daugther relationship, father-son relationship, Fritz Weaver, Gaylen Ross, George A. Romero, Hal Holbrook, homage, incompetent doctors, insects, it's not over, Leslie Nielsen, low-budget, nightmares, ocean, overbearing father, patricide, professors, rednecks, scientists, shrew, Stephen King, Ted Danson, Tom Atkins, Tom Savini, unfaithful spouse, voodoo doll, Warner Brothers

Konga (1961)

May12 by professormortis

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5 Comments Posted in Full Reviews, Giant Apes, Horror, Kaiju, Mad Scientist, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Bad Tagged botanist, Britain, carnivorous plants, cash-in, chimpanzees, college, college students, embiggened, gorilla suit, Merton Park Studios, Michael Gough, rip-off, teacher's pet

December 21st, 2011: Black Christmas (1974)

Dec21 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Based on an Urban Legend, Holiday, Horror, Movie of the Day, Slasher, The Original Tagged "He's Calling From Inside the House", abortion, alcoholic, Andrea Martin, Art Hindle, attic, before they were famous, Bob Clark, Canada, Canadian Film Development Corporation, college, college students, comedic alcoholic, deteriorating relationship, Drive-In, Famous Players, fraternity, grindhouse, inappropriate comedy relief, insanity, it's not over, John Saxon, Keir Dullea, komedy, komedy kops, low-budget, Margot Kidder, obscene phone call, Odious Comic Relief, Olivia Hussey, oversexed college students, prude, sorority, townies

September 18th, 2011: Real Genius

Sep18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Buddy Flick, College, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged Air Force, beauticians, Brian Grazer, California, child prodigy, college, college students, Dean Devlin, Deborah Foreman, Ed Lauter, engineers, Gabriel Jarret, Jon Gries, laser, Martha Coolidge, Michelle Meyrink, montage, Neal Israel, Pat Proft, pranks, professors, reclusive genius, Robert Prescott, secret military project, secret weapon, snobs vs. slobs, Stacey Peralta, training sequence, TriStar Pictures, Val Kilmer, wild party, William Atherton

June 9th, 2011: Midnight Madness (1980)

Jun9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Family, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged adults playing teens, college, college students, David Naughton, Eddie Deezen, Michael J. Fox, nerds, Paul Reubens, scavenger hunt, Stephen Furst, teens, Walt Disney

March 23rd, 2011: Urban Legend (1998)

Mar23 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Revenge, Slasher, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged "New England", Alicia Witt, Brad Dourif, cash-in, children of famous people, college, double cross, expository rant, Jamie Blanks, Jared Leto, John Neville, Joshua Jackson, journalist, killer in the back seat, Loretta Divine, Michael Rosenbaum, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Rebecca Gayheart, red herring, rip-off, Robert Englund, Tri-Star, urban legend

The House on Sorority Row

Jun17 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Full Reviews, Horror, Reviews, Slasher, The Original Tagged accidental death, cash-in, college, experiments, Film Ventures International, killer clown, musical interlude, party, rip-off, sorority

Sorority Row

Apr22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Full Reviews, Horror, Remake, Revenge, Reviews, Slasher, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged accidental death, Carrie Fisher, children of famous people, college, fraternity, gimmick weapon, in-name-only-remake, Jamie Chung, Julian Morris, Karz Entertainment, Matt Lanter, misanthropy, nepotism, obnoxious people, pact, plot holes, prank, prank gone awry, sorority, stupid people, Summit Entertainment, the declining years

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