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March 28th, 2013: Pan’s Labyrinth

Mar28 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Coming of Age, Drama, Fantasy, Guerrillas, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, War Movies Tagged Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, co-production, Doug Jones, dream worlds, evil stepfather, fairy, fairy tale, faun, Guillermo Del Toro, labyrinth, Mexico, pregnancy, Spain, Spanish Civil War, stepfather, tyrannical officer

December 10th, 2012: Supersonic Man (1979)

Dec10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Superheroes Tagged alien superhero, bad special effects, Cameron Mitchell, cash-in, father, Juan Piquer Simón, killer robots, lady reporter, low-budget, mastermind, reporter, rip-off, scientists, Spain

October 13th, 2012: El ataque de los muertos sin ojos aka The Return of the Evil Dead aka Return of the Blind Dead

Oct13 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in From Beyond the Grave, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel, Zombies Tagged "kill it with fire", Amando de Ossorio, blind, Drive-In, festival, fireworks, grindhouse, hunchback, it's not over, Knights Templar, low-budget, mayor, rip-off, ruins, Spain, Tony Kendall, torch wielding villagers, village idiot, zombies on horseback

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

Apr30 by professormortis

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

November 20th, 2011: Torremolinos 73

Nov20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Comedy, Drama, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, Screwball, Spoof Tagged Candela Peña, Denmark, Estudios Picasso, film within a film, homage, Javier Camara, Juan Diego, Mads Mikkelsen, Nimbus Film Productions, porn, porn stars, Spain

October 13th, 2011: Tombs of the Blind Dead

Oct13 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Cults, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, The Original, Vampires, Zombies Tagged Amando de Ossorio, blind, Drive-In, grindhouse, it's not over, Knights Templar, low-budget, rip-off, ruins, Spain, train, train attack, warnings from townsfolk, zombies on horseback

July 28th, 2011: The Sea Hawk (1940)

Jul28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adventure, Black and White, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Pirate, Remake, Swashbuckler Tagged Alan Hale Sr., Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Brenda Marshall, Britain, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Errol Flynn, Gilbert Roland, Henry Daniell, Michael Curtiz, Montagu Love, Spain, Spainish Armada, Una O'Connor, Warner Brothers

March 11th, 2011: Hatchet for the Honeymoon

Mar11 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Black Comedy, From Beyond the Grave, Ghost, Giallo, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Serial Killer, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged arrested development, brides, Drive-In, flashback, grindhouse, Italy, low-budget, Mario Bava, meat cleaver, Mommy issues, Spain, twist, undercover, wedding gown

El Espinazo del Diablo aka The Devil’s Backbone

Nov14 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Coming of Age, Drama, Fantasy, Full Reviews, Ghost, Period Film, Reviews, Thriller Tagged gold, Guillermo Del Toro, homage, kid ghost, Mexico, orphanage, Spain, Spanish Civil War

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