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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

January 11th, 2013: The Brain that Wouldn’t Die (1962)

Jan11 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Black and White, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original Tagged "what's locked in the closet", Acting!, artist model, bad special effects, burlesque, car accident, cash-in, decapitation, deformed assistant, disfigured face, double cross, Drive-In, father, fiance, grindhouse, head on a platter, head transplant, kidnapping, low-budget, mad scientist, models, nurse, organ transplantation, overbearing father, plastic surgery, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, Sammy Petrillo, Science!, scientists, sleazy, strippers, surgery

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

August 25th, 2012: Alligator (1980)

Aug25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daugther relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

Alligator (1980)

Jul25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Full Reviews, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster, Reviews Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daugther relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

July 14th, 2012: Wild Strawberries (1957)

Jul14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged Best Original Screenplay Nominee, daughter-in-law, doctor, dream sequence, father, father-in-law, father-son relationship, flashback, hitchhiking, nightmares, overbearing father, Svensk Filmindustri, Sweden

April 9th, 2012: The Attic (1980)

Apr9 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Black Comedy, Drama, Horror, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller, Tragedy, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, Atlantic Releasing Corporation, attic, Carrie Snodgrass, chimpanzees, disappearance, double cross, fantasy sequence, father-daugther relationship, fiance, fire, Frances Bay, Gary Graver, George Edwards, home movies, it's not over, librarian, library, low-budget, movie theater, murder, overbearing father, paralysis, pyromaniac, Ray Milland, sailors, secret, twist, wheelchair

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Mar26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Disaster, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Slapstick Tagged boat, Buster Keaton, class issues, college boy, cyclone, father-daugther relationship, father-son relationship, jail, meet cute, overbearing father, prison break, river, shopping for clothes, steamboat, storm

January 30th, 2012: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

Jan30 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Espionage, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sequel Tagged 007, Albert R. Broccoli, attempted suicide, Bernard Lee, biological warfare, Blofeld, bobsled, Britain, car racing, casino, Desmond Llewelyn, diana rigg, Eon Productions, father-daugther relationship, gambler, George Lazenby, Harry Saltzman, Ian Fleming, it's not over, James Bond, Joanna Lumley, John Barry, John Glen, Lois Maxwell, MI6, mobsters, overbearing father, Peter R. Hunt, Richard Maibaum, scientists, skiing, SPECTRE, Switzerland, Telly Savalas, undercover

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

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