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May 29th, 2012: Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)

May29 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Event Film, Family, Giant Apes, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "Skippy the Wonder Dog", Canada, cash-in, dogs, double cross, Drive-In, frozen in ice, Gianfranco Parolini, industrial espionage, industrialist, Italy, Newfoundland, rip-off, scientists, suspended animation, teens, Toronto, Yeti

May 11th, 2012: The Leopard (1963)

May11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged "Cast of Thousands", Alain Delon, aristocracy, ball, Burt Lancaster, class issues, Claudia Cardinale, decline, France, Garibaldi, Italy, Luchino Visconti, noble, revolution, revolutionaries, Sicily, Terrence Hill, Titanus

April 30th, 2012: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Apr30 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in War Movies, Period Film, Western, Event Film, Sequel, Spaghetti Western, Adventure, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Epic, P.O.W. Tagged Drive-In, homage, musical interlude, Clint Eastwood, double cross, grindhouse, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), United Artists, gold, Cannon, Ennio Morricone, train, priest, Italy, bounty hunters, graveyard, Spain, hanging, Sergio Leone, Lee Van Cleef, showdown, gunfighter, Aldo Sambrell, POW, cemetery, explosives, prison warden, prison, Eli Wallach, treasure, Civil War, Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, Alberto Grimaldi, Constantin Film Produktion, West Germany, buried treasure, treasure hunt, bridge, POW camp, interrupted execution, wanted poster, shopkeeper

April 26th, 2012: Titus (1999)

Apr26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Play, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Political Thriller, Revenge, Tragedy Tagged Alan Cumming, Angus Macfadyen, Anthony Hopkins, Best Costume Design Nominee, Britain, cannibalism, Colm Feore, double cross, Goths, Harry Lennix, insanity, Italy, Jessica Lange, Julie Taymor, Queen, rape, Rome, William Shakespeare

January 10th, 2012: The 10th Victim (1965)

Jan10 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Camp, Comedy, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Romance, Satire, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi, The Original, Thriller Tagged "Battle of the Sexes", Carlo Ponti, double cross, France, gun bra, Italy, Marcello Mastroianni, most dangerous game, Robert Sheckley, twist, Ursula Andress

November 30th, 2011: Les Yeux Sans Visage aka Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Nov30 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged Aida Valli, disfigured face, dogs, father, France, Georges Franju, Italy, kidnapping, Lux Film, mask, Maurice Jarre, overbearing father, Pierre Boileau, plastic surgery, surgery

November 18th, 2011: Blow-up (1966)

Nov18 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, The Original, Thriller Tagged Best Director Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Britain, David Hemmings, Herbie Hancock, Italy, Jane Birkin, John Castle, Michelangelo Antonioni, mimes, models, murder, musical interlude, photographer, Sarah Miles, The Yardbirds, twist, Vanessa Redgrave

October 30th, 2011: Black Sunday (1960)

Oct30 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Vampires Tagged AIP, Barbara Steele, castle, curse, cursed town, Drive-In, dual role, execution, family curse, gore, Italy, Les Baxter, Mario Bava, Nikolai Gogol, priest, prince, princess, Samuel Z. Arkoff, village, warnings from townsfolk

October 20th, 2011: Le Samourai (1967)

Oct20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Crime, Hit Man, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, The Original Tagged Alain Delon, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), cult, double cross, Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, France, hit man, homage, Italy, jazz, Jean-Pierre Melville, low-budget, mobsters, night club, Paris, subway, torch singer

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

Oct7 by professormortis

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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

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