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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

November 1st, 2012: The Body Snatcher (1945)

Nov1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Crime, Movember, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged anatomists, before they were famous, Bela Lugosi, body stealing, Boris Karloff, cemetery, doctor, grave robbing, graveyard, Henry Daniell, RKO, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Wise, surgery, Val Lewton

October 26th, 2012: My Darling Clementine (1946)

Oct26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Western Tagged 20th Century Fox, Alan Mowbray, Arizona, Cathy Downs, Cold War, dance, Darryl F. Zanuck, doctor, double cross, Grant Withers, graveyard, gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Ford, John Ireland, Linda Darnell, rustlers, showdown, surgery, Tim Holt, Tombstone, tuberculosis, U.S. Marshall, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Wyatt Earp

May 22nd, 2012: Z (1969)

May22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Arthouse, "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Thriller, "Based on a True Story", Movie of the Day, Independent, Based on a Book, Political Thriller Tagged Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Picture Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, hospital, Best Film Editing, it's not over, France, Best Director Nominee, assassination, Greece, conspiracy, journalist, doctor, politician, surgery, paramilitary group, Yves Montand, assassination attempt, coup, political group, coma, car accident, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irene Pappas, Costa-Gravas, Jacques Perrin, Jury Prize (Cannes), Best Actor (Cannes), Palme D'Or Nominee, car attack, informer, reluctant witness

May 10th, 2012: The Unknown (1927)

May10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Thriller Tagged amputation, body horror, circus, double amputee, double thumbs, insanity, jilted lover, Joan Crawford, knife thrower, Lon Chaney Sr., love triangle, MGM, Norman Kerry, on the lam, strongman, surgery, Tod Browning, twist

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

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Apr8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Based on a Book, Black and White, Buddy Flick, Full Reviews, Reviews, Western Tagged 20th Century Fox, Alan Mowbray, Arizona, Cathy Downs, Cold War, dance, Darryl F. Zanuck, doctor, double cross, Grant Withers, graveyard, gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Ford, John Ireland, Linda Darnell, rustlers, showdown, surgery, Tim Holt, Tombstone, tuberculosis, U.S. Marshall, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Wyatt Earp

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