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

Apr12 by professormortis

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

March 19th, 2013: House of Wax (1953)

Mar19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Camp, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Wax Museum Tagged Andre De Toth, before they were famous, burn victim, burning, Can Can dancers, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson, cult, fire, gimmick, insanity, juggler, mad artist, musical interlude, mutes, sculptor, Vincent Price, Warner Brothers, wax figure, wax museum

March 3rd, 2013: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla aka Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster aka Godzilla vs. The Bionic Monster

Mar3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Event Film, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Sequel, The Original, War with Aliens Tagged Akihiko Hirata, Anguirus, archaeological dig, archaeologist, doppelganger, Drive-In, fakeitonium, globe trotting, Godzilla, Interpol, Japan, Jun Fukuda, Kenji Sahara, killer robots, King Seesar, King Shisa, Masaru Sato, Mechagodzilla, music summons the monster, musical interlude, Okinawa, prophecy, psychic, rip-off, scientists, space titanium, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka

January 16th, 2013: Escape from New York (1981)

Jan16 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Dark Future, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Drive-In, hostage, musical interlude, double cross, low-budget, Britain, New York City, futures past, John Carpenter, scientists, Kurt Russell, helicopter, airplane, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, World War Three, Charles Cyphers, arena, Bob Minor, veteran, Donald Pleasence, land mines, Avco Embassy Pictures, Tom Atkins, Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, George "Buck" Flower, Isaac Hayes, President of the United States, "but I get results", prison warden, prison, co-production, bridge, rescue mission, prisoner, plane crash, John Diehl, "New York", glider, Air Force One, "You will self destruct in 24 hours"

January 8th, 2013: (500) Days of Summer

Jan8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged Clark Gregg, Fox Searchlight, hipsters, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, karaoke, mix-tape soundtrack, MPDG, musical interlude, non-linear timeline, Zooey Deschanel

November 15th, 2012: Monkey Hu$tle

Nov15 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Con, Crime, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged "Save the Old X", AIP, apprentice/mentor relationship, Arthur Marks, cash-in, character study, con artist, double cross, low-budget, mobsters, musical interlude, real estate scam, rip-off, Rosalind Cash, Rudy Ray Moore, scam, teens, Yaphet Kotto

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

October 17th, 2012: Gilda (1946)

Oct17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Music, Romance, Thriller Tagged abusive relationship, Argentina, cartel, casino, Columbia Pictures, double cross, gambler, George MacReady, Glenn Ford, innuendo, musical interlude, nightclub, Rita Hayworth, tacked on ending

October 15th, 2012: Matango aka Attack of the Mushroom People

Oct15 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Drama, Horror, Killer Plants, Movie of the Day Tagged addiction, AIP, Akira Kubo, allegory, Eiji Tsuburaya, fungi, hallucinations, Hiroshi Koizumi, insanity, Ishiro Honda, it's not over, James H. Nicholson, Japan, Kenji Sahara, Kumi Mizuno, lone survivor, movie stars, mushrooms, musical interlude, radiation, sailors, Samuel Z. Arkoff, scientists, shipwrecks, Takeshi Kimura, temptation, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, transformations, twist, William Hope Hodgson

August 19th, 2012: A Night at the Opera (1935)

Aug19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Musical, Satire, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original Tagged Chico Marx, double cross, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, MGM, musical interlude, National Film Registry, ocean liner, opera, opera house, The Marx Brothers

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