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February 7th, 2013: El Topo (1970)

Feb7 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Spaghetti Western, Western Tagged Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfonso Arau, allegory, father-son relationship, gore, grindhouse, gunfighter, head film, low-budget, Mexico, midnight movie, religion, surreal

August 15th, 2012: Skullduggery (1983)

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2 Comments Posted in Cults, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slasher, So-Bad-It's-Bad Tagged Canada, cash-in, double cross, family curse, low-budget, surreal, Wendy Crewson

April 19th, 2012: The Holy Mountain (1973)

Apr19 by professormortis

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4 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black Comedy, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged Alejandro Jodorowsky, allegory, art, artists, enlightenment, gore, guru, head film, Mexico, mountain climbing, mountains, mystics, reinvention, spirtual journey, surreal

December 16th, 2011: Castle Keep

Dec16 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Independent, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Satire, War Movies Tagged academic, Al Freeman Jr., Avala Film, baker, Battle of the Bulge, before they were famous, Bruce Dern, Burt Lancaster, castle, Columbia Pictures, Filmways Pictures, France, Henri Decae, historian, James Patterson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nazis, Patrick O'Neal, Peter Falk, Scott Wilson, surreal, Sydney Pollack, Tony Bill, William Eastlake, World War Two

October 5th, 2011: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Oct5 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adventure, Animation, Based on a TV Show, Based on Myths, Comedy, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Road Trip, Sketch, Slapstick, Spoof, Sword and Sorcery, The Original Tagged Britain, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, coward, EMI Films, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, interrupted wedding, John Cleese, king, King Arthur, knights, low-budget, Michael Palin, Monty Python, Neil Innes, surreal, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, wedding, witch

Hausu (House)

Nov5 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Comedy, Fantasy, Ghost, Gothic Horror, Horror, Old Dark House, Quick Reviews, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good, Spoof Tagged cannibalism, evil cat, flashback, Japan, surreal, World War Two

The Tin Drum

Jan31 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Full Reviews, Killer Kids, Period Film, Reviews, War Movies Tagged Best Foreign Language Picture, Germany, Little People, Palme D'Or, surreal, World War Two

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