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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

Konga (1961)

May12 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Bad, Horror, Kaiju, Mad Scientist, Full Reviews, Reviews, Giant Apes Tagged rip-off, cash-in, college, Britain, college students, gorilla suit, chimpanzees, Michael Gough, Merton Park Studios, teacher's pet, botanist, carnivorous plants, embiggened

May 2nd, 2012: The Rundown (2003)

May2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Guerrillas, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged artifact, chef, children of famous people, Christopher Walken, Columbia Pictures, con artist, double cross, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Ernie Reyes Jr., gimmick weapon, homage, Jon Gries, jungle, mine, mobsters, Peter Berg, retrieval expert, rip-off, Rosario Dawson, Seann William Scott, treasure, Universal Pictures, Vince McMahon, whip, WWE Films

April 17th, 2012: 28 Days Later (2002)

Apr17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Apocalypse, Arthouse, Horror, Indy, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original, Zombies Tagged Alex Garland, attempted rape, Brendan Gleeson, Britain, British Film Council, Christopher Eccleston, Cillian Murphy, coma, Danny Boyle, deserted city, digital, homage, hospital, insanity, it's not over, land mines, London, low-budget, multiple endings, Naomi Harris, rip-off, scientists, virus zombies

April 5th, 2012: It Conquered the World

Apr5 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Black and White, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, War with Aliens Tagged "hell hath no fury", AIP, alien ultimatum, aliens as Communism allegory, allegory, bad special effects, Beverly Garland, burning, cash-in, cave, Charles B. Griffith, Cold War, Dick Miller, goofy monster suit, James H. Nicholson, Jonathan Haze, Lee Van Cleef, Lou Rusoff, low-budget, mind control, Peter Graves, rip-off, Roger Corman, Sally Fraser, Samuel Z. Arkoff, scientists, Venus

March 14th, 2012: Abby (1974)

Mar14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Horror, Possession, Movie of the Day, Independent, Blaxploitation, Demons Tagged Drive-In, insanity, exorcist, rip-off, cash-in, grindhouse, funeral home, low-budget, demon, before they were famous, archaeological dig, AIP, strip club, brothers, Samuel Z. Arkoff, William Girdler, product placement, Carol Speed, William Marshall, hearse, Austin Stoker, professors, father-in-law, brothel, father-son relationship, Terry Carter, archaeologist, reverend, funeral home director, sexy demon, Eishu, Kentucky Fried Chicken

March 1st, 2012: Bijo to Ekitainingen aka The H-Man (1958)

Mar1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Blobs, Cops, Crime, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi Tagged "kill it with fire", Akihiko Hirata, blobs, dancers, drug deal gone bad, drug dealers, drugs, Eiji Tsuburaya, fishermen, fishing boat, flamethrowers, ghost ship, Ishiro Honda, Japan, Kenji Sahara, lounge act, Masaru Sato, mobsters, moll, musical interlude, night club, police procedural, radiation, radiation mutation, rip-off, scientists, sewers, Takeshi Kimura, Toho, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Yumi Shirakawa

February 12th, 2012: APE* aka Attack of the Giant Horny Gorilla

Feb12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Comedy, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Apes, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, So-Bad-It's-Good, Spoof Tagged actress, apes, bad special effects, before they were famous, cash-in, Drive-In, interspecies lust, kidnapping, Korea, low-budget, models, movie production, movie stars, rip-off, shark, sleazy movie producer

January 21st, 2012: The Children (1980)

Jan21 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Camp, Horror, Independent, Killer Kids, Monster, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Achilles' Heel, Drive-In, fratricide, gore, grindhouse, Harry Manfredini, infanticide, it's not over, Massachusetts, matricide, patricide, radiation, radiation mutation, rip-off, school bus, sheriff, under siege

January 19th, 2012: Bloodlust! (1961)

Jan19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged alcoholic, before they were famous, crazed veteran, crossbow, Drive-In, henchman, hunters, insanity, island, low-budget, mastermind, most dangerous game, rip-off, Robert Reed, sniper, teens, uncharted island, veteran, World War II Veterans

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