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April 4th, 2013: The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Apr4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Cults, Degenerate Hillbillies, Ghost, Horror, Killer Dolls, Killer Kids, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Satire, Slasher, Spoof, Stoner, Werewolves, Zombies Tagged homage, twist, Richard Jenkins, children of famous people, it's not over, sacrifice, Chris Hemsworth, scientists, Final Couple, drugs, rednecks, stoners, college students, paramilitary group, final girl, mind control, cabin, "spam in a cabin", cultists, cult leader, Joss Whedon, Sigourney Weaver, Bradley Whitford, Amy Acker, Drew Goddard, archetypes

January 4th, 2013: Blind Fury (1989)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Remake, Road Trip Tagged blind, casino, corrupt cops, cult, drug dealers, drugs, ex-husband, ex-wife, homage, Las Vegas, Lisa Blount, master swordsman, Meg Foster, Miami, Nick Cassavetes, Noble Willingham, Phillip Noyce, Randall "Tex" Cobb, remake of a foreign film, Rick Overton, Rutger Hauer, samurai swords, Sho Kusugi, stealth remake, sword cane, Terry O'Quinn, Tri-Star

December 17th, 2012: Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Event Film, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Screwball Tagged "martial arts", 20th Century Fox, Al "Kabong" Leong, Alan Howarth, brothel, California, card game, Carter Wong, Chinatown, cult, Dean Cundey, demon, Dennis Dun, Donald Li, flop, gambling debts, Gerald Okamura, homage, immigrants, it's not over, James Hong, John Carpenter, kidnapping, Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, madame, prostitutes, sacrifice, San Francisco, sorcerer, street gang, Triads, truckers, undead, Victor Wong

December 3rd, 2012: Breathless (1960)

Dec3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Arthouse, "Foreign Film", Crime, Romance, Black and White, Spoof, Coming of Age, The Original, Movie of the Day, Independent, Neo-Noir, Juvenile Delinquent, Tragedy, New Wave Tagged homage, double cross, low-budget, before they were famous, femme fatale, Jean Luc Godard, newspaper, murder, Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris, New Wave, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Francois Truffaut, press conference, hand held camera, jump cuts, car thief, motorcycle cop, Jean Serberg

November 25th, 2012: Play it Again, Sam

Nov25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Spoof Tagged Diane Keaton, homage, Paramount Pictures, Tony Roberts, Woody Allen

November 2nd, 2012: Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Nov2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Espionage, Event Film, Hit Man, Indy, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Spaghetti Western Tagged Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin, children of famous people, CIA, Columbia Pictures, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, corruption, Danny Trejo, Day of the Dead, Dimension Films, double cross, Enrique Inglesias, Eva Mendes, homage, Johnny Depp, mariachi, Mexico, Mexico City, Mickey Rourke, Pedro Armendariz Jr., revolution, Robert Rodriguez, Ruben Blades, Salma Hayek, Troublemaker Studios, Willem Dafoe

October 20th, 2012: Thundercrack! (1975)

Oct20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adult, Animals Attack, Arthouse, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Hardcore, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Spoof Tagged bestiality, blow-up doll, circus, crazy old woman, Curt McDowell, fire, George Kuchar, gorilla suit, gorillas, grindhouse, hitchhiking, homage, horny gorilla, insanity, low-budget, mother-son relationship, musical interlude, older woman, porn, secret, storm, tragic past, truck crash, truckers, twist, underground films, vomit, voyeur

September 19th, 2012: Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Music, Romance, Satire, Spoof, Stalker, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged 20th Century Fox, before they were famous, Best Music Nominee, Brian De Palma, deal with the devil, disfigured face, double cross, Drive-In, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham, homage, insanity, Jessica Harper, music industry, musicians, Paul Williams, Rod Serling, William Finley

Vamp (1986)

Sep14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, College, Comedy, Full Reviews, Horror, Independent, Reviews, Road Trip, Vampires Tagged "kill it with fire", albinos, Billy Drago, cash-in, Chris Makepeace, Deedee Pfieffer, elevator, elevator operator, fire, fraternity, Gedde Wantanabe, Grace Jones, homage, Kansas, kid vampire, less famous siblings, low-budget, Molotov cocktails, nerds, New World Pictures, Oklahoma City, operator, rip-off, Robert Rusler, sexy vampires, street gang, strip club, stripper with a heart of gold, sunlight kills, unfriendly locals, yuppies

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

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