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May 25th, 2013: Laserblast (1978)

May25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in So-Bad-It's-Good, Sci-Fi, Horror, Possession, Aliens, Movie of the Day, Independent, Stop Motion Animation, Juvenile Delinquent Tagged alien possession, alien weapon, cash-in, Charles Band, Drive-In, Eddie Deezen, Keenan Wynn, low-budget, Richard Band, rip-off, Roddy McDowall, Ron Masak, teens, the declining years

May 24th, 2013: I Bury the Living (1958)

May24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Thriller Tagged "are they mad or...", Albert Band, before they were famous, board, board member, cemetery, Drive-In, insanity, Louis Garfinkle, low-budget, map, retirement, Richard Boone, superstition

May 20th, 2013: The House that Dripped Blood

May20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Anthology, Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Spoof, Vampires, Wax Museum, Witches Tagged abandoned house, Amicus, Britain, Christopher Lee, cops, cursed objects, Denholm Elliott, father-daugther relationship, film within a film, filmmaking, Ingrid Pitt, it's not over, Joanna Lumley, Jon Pertwee, Joss Ackland, low-budget, overbearing father, Peter Cushing, Scotland Yard, twist, writer

May 12th, 2013: Saving Private Perez

May12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, War Movies, Crime, Comedy, Spoof, Fish-Out-of-Water, Slapstick, Adventure, Movie of the Day, Independent, Gangster, Special Operations, Suicide Mission Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

April 21st, 2013: The Fog (1980)

Apr21 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Mystery, Slasher, Ghost, The Original, Movie of the Day, Independent, From Beyond the Grave Tagged "We Can't Close the Beaches!", Adrienne Barbeau, alcoholic, annoying children, baby sitters, centenary, Charles Cyphers, children of famous people, cursed town, Darwin Joston, Dean Cundey, DJ, double cross, Drive-In, fishermen, George "Buck" Flower, ghost story, grindhouse, Hal Holbrook, hitchhiking, it's not over, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, low-budget, Nancy Kyes, ocean, priest, Rob Bottin, Tom Atkins, weatherman

April 12th, 2013: Earth vs. the Spider (1958)

Apr12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in So-Bad-It's-Good, Black and White, Horror, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Giant Insects Tagged Drive-In, musical interlude, rip-off, cash-in, teens, rock and roll, low-budget, bad special effects, scientists, AIP, Science!, teachers, Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, high school, adults playing teens, Bert I. Gordon, bad rear projection, music summons the monster, gym, DDT

Saving Private Perez

Apr8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Full Reviews, Gangster, Independent, Reviews, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

April 5th, 2013: Teenage Caveman (1958)

Apr5 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Apocalypse, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", "it was the future all along", adults playing teens, AIP, bad special effects, before they were famous, cave, cavemen, Drive-In, futures past, it's not over, James H. Nicholson, Jonathan Haze, low-budget, Malibu Pictures, Robert Vaughn, Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, teens, terrible bear suit, twist

April 1st, 2013: April Fool’s Day (1986)

Apr1 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Comedy, Holiday, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged Amy Steel, Charles Bernstein, Clayton Rohner, college students, Danilo Bach, Deborah Foreman, ferry, Frank Mancuso Jr., Fred Walton, island, it's not over, jack-in-the-box, Ken Olandt, low-budget, Paramount Pictures, party, prank gone awry, pranks, spoiled rich kids, Thomas F. Wilson

March 21st, 2013: Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!

Mar21 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, So-Bad-It's-Good, Crime, Comedy, Black and White, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Independent, Road Trip, Camp, Hostage Situation, Adult, Softcore Tagged Drive-In, double cross, grindhouse, low-budget, dirty old man, Haji, car racing, Russ Meyers, treasure, Tura Santana, muscle man, go go dancers

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