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January 3rd, 2013: Premature Burial

Jan3 by professormortis

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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

December 28th, 2012: Truck Turner (1974)

Dec28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged AIP, Alan Weeks, bounty hunters, brothel, cash-in, Charles Cyphers, dead partner, Dick Miller, Drive-In, Fred Weintraub, grindhouse, hit man, Isaac Hayes, Jonathan Kaplan, madame, Nichelle Nichols, party, Paul Harris, pimp, prostitutes, revenge, Sam Laws, Scatman Crothers, Stan Shaw, the declining years, Yaphet Kotto

April 5th, 2012: It Conquered the World

Apr5 by professormortis

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

December 23rd, 2011: Gremlins (1984)

Dec23 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Event Film, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Satire, Slapstick, The Original Tagged "Nobody Here but Us Monsters", "Not Santa!", Amblin Entertainment, bank, before they were famous, Belinda Balaski, cameos, car won't start, cartoonist, Chris Columbus, Chuck Jones, Corey Feldman, cute monsters, Dick Miller, Frank Marshall, Frank Welker, Glynn Turman, gremlins, Harry Carey Jr., homage, Howie Mandel, Hoyt Axton, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Dante, Jonathan Banks, Judge Reinhold, Kenneth Tobey, Keye Luke, Marvin Miller, Michael Winslow, musical interlude, Nicky Katt, Phoebe Cates, Robby the Robot, Steven Spielberg, teens, The Real Don Steele, urban legend, Warner Brothers, William Schallert, Zach Galligan

November 28th, 2011: The Howling (1981)

Nov28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Horror, Independent, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Stop Motion Animation, The Original, Werewolves Tagged Avco Embassy Pictures, Belinda Balaski, Dee Wallace, Dennis Dugan, Dick Miller, Forrest J. Ackerman, Joe Dante, John Carradine, John Sayles, Jonathan Kaplan, Kenneth Tobey, Kevin McCarthy, Patrick Macnee, Rick Baker, Rob Bottin, Robert Picardo, Roger Corman, Slim Pickens

September 4th, 2011: Used Cars (1980)

Sep4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Screwball, Slapstick, T+A, Workplace, Movie of the Day, Chase Tagged con artist, Steven Spielberg, teens, children of famous people, snobs vs. slobs, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, John Milius, Frank McRae, Dub Taylor, Joe Flaherty, Columbia Pictures, Jack Warden, Dick Miller, Kurt Russell, corrupt politicians, Al Lewis, sibling rivalry, used car salesman, Michael McKean, Gerrit Graham, Deborah Harmon, David L. Lander, Harry Northup, Alfonso Arau, Wendy Jo Sperber, commercials, pirate TV, hanging judge, hiding a death, highway project, "Save the Old X", inflation, driver's ed, race to the finish, long lost relative

June 5th, 2011: The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Jun5 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, Suicide Mission, The Original, War Movies Tagged Best Effects, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Charles Bronson, Clint Walker, convict, Dick Miller, Donald Sutherland, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, insanity, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, MGM, misfits, Nazis, Ralph Meeker, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Aldrich, Robert Ryan, Seven Arts Productions, snobs vs. slobs, Sound Effects, Telly Savalas, World War Two

May 12th, 2011: The Terminator

May12 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Apocalypse, Chase, Dark Future, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, The Original, Thriller, Time Travel Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, assassin, before they were famous, Bill Paxton, Brian Thompson, cyborg, Dick Miller, evil computer, Gale Ann Hurd, Guerrillas, it's not over, James Cameron, Lance Henriksen, Linda Hamilton, low-budget, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, Rick Rossovich

Piranha (1978)

Aug31 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Animals Attack, Black Comedy, Full Reviews, Horror, Reviews, The Original Tagged alcoholic, Barbara Steele, Belinda Balaski, Bradford Dillman, cash-in, Dick Miller, Drive-In, homage, Joe Dante, John Sayles, Kevin McCarthy, low-budget, New World Pictures, Paul Bartel, rip-off, Roger Corman

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